About this episode

Angela shares her harrowing childhood experience growing up in the Falun Gong cult, exploring themes of spirituality and family.

**PLEASE NOTE:  This episode originally aired in Oct 2024. Since, there have been quite a few updates to both the cult and story. Tune into the episode to hear more. ** ____ When her mother fell sick, young Angela had no idea that she would spend her childhood growing up in a dangerous cult. Falun Gong, a Chinese spiritual movement-slash-religion-slash-cult, known for its Shen Yun dancers and its ties to 'The Epoch Times’ entangled her family in its facade of meditation and enlightenment. In this two-part episode, Angela recounts her experience in a world where karma is not just a bitch, but a force that can dictate life and death… with suffering seen as a path to salvation and modern medicine demonized as an obstacle to spiritual purity. And just when you think it can’t get any wilder, the Capitol Insurrection storms into the story…  This is Part 1 of Angela's powerful story.  _____ FOLLOW US   → For more culty content — follow us on  Instagram  &  TikTok  → @wasiinacult SUPPORT THE SHOW Join our  Patreon ! Get ad-free episodes, bonus content, and behind-the-scenes conversations. (And our forever…

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