Explorer #16: Cults, Why People Join Them, and How they Escape w/ Dr. Janja Lalich

The Accent Podcast

Dr. Lalich is Professor Emerita of Sociology at CSU Chico, where she was awarded the Professional Achievement Honor. She is recognized international authority in the fields of Cults and Coercion and has written numerous books and articles on the subject.

In this interview, Dr. Lalich discussed cults, who tend to join them, her experience being in a cult, children raised in cults, and many other things.

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Dr. Lalich's BOOKs:

• Escaping Utopia: https://amzn.to/43L7AmB
• Bounded Choice: https://amzn.to/45XDtdw
• Cults in Mind: https://amzn.to/3MSYUU2
• Taking Back Your Life: https://amzn.to/3oLHpgB

  TIMESTAMPS

  01:05 The definition of Cult

  08:05 The profile of a person joining a cult

  11:00 Cult recruiters

  12:20 Personal cult story

  26:50 Is everything a cult?

  28:20 Strangest cults

  29:55 The largest cults

  31:55 Children in cults

  41:00 Social Media’s Role in cults

  42:40 Pulling your loved ones out of the cult

  44:15 Building a cult

  48:00 Lalich Center on Cults on Coercion