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The episode explores the cult-like aspects of modern culture and discusses the possibility of deprogramming individuals from these influences.

Free yourself. What does it take to get someone to leave a cult? What happens if the cult is all around us? In this episode, Ben Brock Johnson & Amory Sivertson of NPR’s Endless Thread podcast join Sarah for a discussion about the cultier aspects of our culture, politics, and history, from the surprising origin of the anti-vax movement to the online communities that conspiracy theories can provide to lonely seekers. Together they try to figure out if it is indeed possible to “deprogram” t...

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Guests: Ben Brock Johnson, Amory Sivertson

Topics covered

• cult deprogramming
• anti-vax movement
• conspiracy theories
• online communities

Keywords

• deprogramming
• cult
• society
• politics
• history

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Books & works: Endless Thread

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