Ep. 342: The Cult That Sold Orgasms

About this episode

Ellen Huet discusses orgasmic meditation and the fine line between wellness practices and cult behavior, drawing from her investigative work on OneTaste.

What is orgasmic meditation? Where is the line between cutting-edge wellness & cult behavior? Is the word “cult” too divisive to be helpful? Ellen Huet is an award-winning investigative journalist who writes for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Businessweek. Gher investigative piece on OneTaste lead to the FBI investigation & eventually arrest of Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz. She also wrote EMPIRE OF ORGASM, chronicling how the sex self-help group twisted sexual abuse into pe...

People in this episode

Host: Meredith Hackwith Edwards

Guest: Ellen Huet

Topics covered

• orgasmic meditation
• wellness
• cult behavior
• investigative journalism
• sexual self-help

Keywords

• orgasmic meditation
• cult behavior
• Ellen Huet
• OneTaste
• investigative journalism
• sexual self-help
• Nicole Daedone
• Rachel Cherwitz

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bloomberg News, Bloomberg Businessweek

Books & works: EMPIRE OF ORGASM

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