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Episodes: 254
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10,000 - 100,000
Listener location: USA
YouTube: 59.0k subscribers
Instagram: 268.0k followers
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Steven Hassan - Licensed mental health professional and leading expert on cults, undue influence, and mind control. A former member of the Moonies, he has dedicated his career to helping people leave destructive g...
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Recent Guest Discussions
William Keep - Mlms, Pyramid Schemes, Crypto-related Deception, Commercial Cults, Consumer Protection, And Financial Influence.
Carissa Véliz - AI Ethics, Privacy, Prediction, Algorithms, Influence, And The Concentration Of Technological Power.
Jay Van Bavel - Social Identity, Dissent, Group Influence, Polarization, Cooperation, And Political Hostility.
Ru Marshall - Carlos Castaneda, Fabricated Anthropology, Cult Leadership, Literary Deception, And The Group Of Women Castaneda Called His Witches.
Karen Winner - Family Courts, Custody, Judicial Discretion, Legal Accountability, Custody Evaluations, And Institutional Undue Influence.
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Episodes
Is It Dementia, Alzheimer’s or Medication Side Effects? With Germaine Odenheimer MD — A geriatric neurologist opines on public misinformation
October 05, 2026
These days there are too many people on social media proclaiming Trump has dementia when she says that all the facts are not available. Dr. Odenheimer is a geriatric neurologist and professor emeritus at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. She retired from academic medicine in 2017, keeps her medical license, and advocates for people with dementia and their caregivers. Dr. Odenheimer and I are colleagues in the Program in Psychiatry and the Law, a forensic think associated with Ha...
How to Build a Truth Engine: Friedrich Moser on Disinformation and the Mind - What we now know about psychological warfare conspiracy theories and finding reliable information
September 28, 2026
Austrian filmmaker Friedrich “Fritz” Moser discusses his documentary, How to Build a Truth Engine. The film brings together investigative journalism, computer science, and neuroscience to examine our susceptibility to disinformation and what might help us resist it. The film was executive produced by George Clooney. Fritz initially set out to make a film about automating fact-checking. Could technology help investigators keep pace with the material circulating online? His work eventually brou...
Selling Financial Freedom: William Keep on MLMs, Crypto, and the Politics of Deception – How promises of a better life become tools of undue influence—and why consumer protection matters
September 21, 2026
You want to help your family. Someone you trust offers an opportunity to earn extra income, work from home, and become financially independent. They introduce you to enthusiastic people who seem to share your values. Perhaps they attend your house of worship. Then you discover that making money requires recruiting other people. When the income fails to materialize, you are encouraged to buy more training, pay for coaching, and work on your lack of belief that you can become a millionaire by w...
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