About this episode

The episode discusses the concept of cults and the shift towards the term 'High Control Group'.

Today we talk about the what cults and about migrating to the more useful term of "High Control Group".

People in this episode

Host: Joseph Via

Topics covered

• cults
• high control groups
• spirituality
• religion
• group dynamics

Keywords

• cults
• high control groups
• spirituality
• religion
• group dynamics

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Cult Continuum

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