Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
A podcast by Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts - Wednesdays
235 Episodes
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Danny Gold & Sean Williams - Mafias & Organized Crime
Published: 09/06/2021 -
Liz Maupin - The Two by Twos
Published: 02/06/2021 -
Taylor Brown - Tech CEOs
Published: 26/05/2021 -
Dianne Lake - The Manson Family, Part 2: The Tate-LaBianca Murders
Published: 19/05/2021 -
Dianne Lake – The Manson Family, Part 1: Meeting Charlie
Published: 12/05/2021 -
Janja Lalich - Democratic Workers Party and Bounded Choice in Cults
Published: 05/05/2021 -
Avital Ash - Orthodox Judaism
Published: 28/04/2021 -
Anna LeBaron - Ervil LeBaron, the "Mormon Manson"
Published: 21/04/2021 -
Kilian Aulenbacher - Church Universal and Triumphant
Published: 14/04/2021 -
Gerardo Lopez - MS-13 & the Police, Part 2: The Rampart Scandal
Published: 07/04/2021 -
Gerardo Lopez - MS-13, Part 1: LA in the 80s and 90s
Published: 24/03/2021 -
Frank Lyford - Heaven's Gate, Part 2: Breaking Away
Published: 17/03/2021 -
Frank Lyford - Heaven's Gate, Part 1: The Nomadic Lifestyle
Published: 10/03/2021 -
Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti - Autism, Racism, and a Religious Cult
Published: 03/03/2021 -
M.E. Thomas & Arya - Two Sociopaths (Who Are Dating)
Published: 18/02/2021 -
Elana Auerbach - OneTaste (aka the Orgasm Cult)
Published: 10/02/2021 -
Nicoletta Heidegger - BDSM vs. Abuse
Published: 03/02/2021 -
Yuval Laor - Fervor, Awe, and Hyperreligiosity
Published: 27/01/2021 -
Lucien Greaves - The Satanic Temple, Satanic Panic, & Recovered Memory
Published: 19/01/2021 -
Jitarth Jadeja - Former QAnon Believer
Published: 13/01/2021
Trust Me is a weekly interview podcast about cults, extreme belief, and the fine line between devotion and delusion—told through firsthand accounts from the people who lived it. Hosted by two women who’ve been in cults themselves, Lola Blanc and Meagan Elizabeth, the show features survivors from groups like Heaven’s Gate, the Manson Family, NXIVM, OneTaste and more–sharing personal stories of how they got in, how they got out, and everything in between. Each week, they invite these guests alongside experts who can dive deep into seductive leaders, the darker aspects of organized religion, and the subtler shades of groupthink and the psychology of influence. Trust Me explores it all with unfiltered honesty, dark humor, and a lot of heart. This isn’t a sensationalized deep dive into cults—it’s a compassionate, first-person exploration of what it means to believe, to belong, and to break free. At the end of the day, wanting to believe in something bigger than yourself is one of the most human instincts there is.
