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A podcast about cults, extreme belief, and manipulation – from two hosts who’ve actually lived it. Hosted by Lola Blanc and Meagan Elizabeth. Got your own story about cults, extreme belief, or manipulation? Leave a voicemail or text us at 347-86-TRUST (347-868-7878) OR shoot us an email at Trust Me Pod @gmail.com INSTAGRAM: @TrustMePodcast @oohlalola @meaganelizabeth11 TWITTER: @TrustMeCultPod @ohlalola @baberahamhicks TIKTOK: @TrustMeCultPodcast
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Power isn’t about luck—it’s about strategy. Hollywood, media, and the elite don’t just report the news—they shape it. The biggest names in entertainment, politics, and business follow the same unspoken rules of influence, branding, and narrative control. Ashley Investigates exposes how power really works behind the scenes—breaking down media manipulation, Hollywood’s hidden agendas, and the branding strategies shaping public perception in the breaking stories you can’t get enough of! What Yo ...
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Welcome to 'Manipulation Games: Psychology & Marketing,' a podcast that explores the intricate dance between the human psyche and the world of marketing. Join hosts Gene and Darren as they explore how psychological principles influence marketing strategies, and vice versa, revealing the subtle art of persuasion that shapes our decisions and behaviors. Each episode of 'Manipulation Games' will take you on a journey through fascinating topics at the intersection of psychology and marketing. Fr ...
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Former evangelical Christian and pastor's son Caleb Ward continues his story of growing up in evangelical culture in the early 2000s. We discuss some of the touchstones of his youth including Heritage USA (Disneyland for Christians) and Christian rock event Creation Festival, as well as his fear of losing his virginity before marriage, what hell to…
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Did Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively master a Trojan Horse strategy in Hollywood—slowly taking over movies from the inside? We all saw how Reynolds took control of Deadpool and how Lively reshaped It Ends With Us, but what if this started way earlier? Let’s go back to Blade: Trinity (2004), where Reynolds was suddenly pushed as the new face of the fr…
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We discuss the complexities of data privacy, identity, and digital security on Manipulation Games: Psychology & Marketing podcast with special guest Andrew Bloom. Starting with a true story about a cybersecurity breach at the U.S. Treasury Department on December 8th, 2024, we explore the far-reaching effects of cyber-attacks, including the breach o…
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Breaking news: Ryan Reynolds improvised his joke during the SNL 50th Anniversary Special—but was Blake Lively actually caught off guard, or was she in on it? In a new interview, an SNL cue card handler reveals that Reynolds went off-script, raising questions about whether Lively was genuinely horrified or just playing along. Meanwhile, Justin Baldo…
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Former pastor's son Caleb Ward joins Lola and Meagan to share his experience about the height of evangelical culture in the early 2000s in a church called Kingdom Life Ministries. Caleb discusses growing up in an environment where everyone was speaking in tongues and having loud prophecies in the middle of church, the pressures that come with being…
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Today is part 2 with Uriah Wesman, former member of THREE different cults. This week he’ll talk to us more about cult #2, the Hearts Center (which was an offshoot of cult #1 from last week), what it was like being a rebellious emo kid slowly starting to realize inconsistencies in the church, and how his dad discovered cult #3 in Canada, the Ideal S…
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Blake Lively is back in legal headlines—this time, PR firm Jed Wallace is suing her. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because Wallace was mentioned in Blake’s CRD complaint but was not originally listed as a defendant in her lawsuit. Wallace, who previously worked with Justin Baldoni, is now taking legal action against Blake—raising major questio…
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Creator of the one man show 3 Cults Walk Into a Bar, Uriah Wesman, shares about his FIRST cult experience in Church Universal and Triumphant, how they combined Christianity and New Age ideas, the paranoia that was created by beliefs surrounding demons, his mom's mental deterioration that led her to accuse his father of being a demon, and his parent…
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Justin Baldoni just released a full timeline of behind-the-scenes texts and emails between him, Sony, Blake Lively, and Ryan Reynolds—and the 2024 updates take things to a whole new level. If you thought yesterday’s breakdown was wild, just wait until you see what’s unfolding now. In this video, we’re diving into: 🔥 The latest revelations from Bald…
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The legal fallout from It Ends With Us just got messier! We start with a tarot reading then move into the BREAKING NEWS (while on stream) of the new website Justin Baldoni's legal team launched!!! This is part 1 where we move through the 2023 timeline of events!! Make sure to subscribe to catch part 2! From texts between Ryan Reynolds and Baldoni t…
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The legal fallout from It Ends With Us just got messier! We start with a tarot reading then move into the BREAKING NEWS (while on stream) of the new website Justin Baldoni's legal team launched!!! This is part 1 where we move through the 2023 timeline of events!! Make sure to subscribe to catch part 2! From texts between Ryan Reynolds and Baldoni t…
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🚨BREAKING: Taylor Swift is reportedly distancing herself from Blake Lively as backlash over It Ends With Us intensifies. With Swifties and fans of Colleen Hoover weighing in, what’s REALLY going on? We talked about this before: Taylor Swift's Human Design Perspective is SURVIVAL. Is Taylor doing what she needs to so that her brand can survive this!…
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Are you looking for a HUMAN DESIGN deep dive on Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, & Justin Baldoni?! You found it! I am trained by the official Human Design School and we deep dive into the Primary Health System to look at what actually MOTIVATES Blake, Ryan, & Justin (Perspective & Motivation in Human Design) I have no doubt this will be absolutely EYE…
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Taylor Swift’s team claimed she had no involvement in It Ends With Us, but an actress from the film says otherwise—did Taylor really have more influence than she’s letting on? In this video, I play the interview clip where young Lily’s actress, Isabela Ferrer, shares how Taylor allegedly got her the role, and I dive into a tarot reading to uncover …
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Is Ryan Reynolds the real catalyst behind the drama? In this live stream, we’re breaking down Ryan Reynolds through the lens of Human Design and astrology while diving into the latest updates on the case. We’ll unpack Candace Owens’ revelations, the leaks and sources she’s exposed, and Ryan’s “nice guy” persona—plus his controversial past with T.J.…
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Today our guests are historian Philip Deslippe and writer Stacie Sutkin, who together have done investigative reporting on 3HO (“happy, healthy, holy organization”), Kundalini yoga, and Yogi Bhajan. They’re going to tell us how they got started writing about 3HO, both interacting with Kundalini yoga in different ways, who Yogi Bhajan was and whethe…
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Breaking updates on the It Ends With Us ongoing legal battles! Are you a bit pop culture obsessed?! Than you must tune in to this episode! There is no end in sight for the Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, It Ends With Us legal battle! Taylor Swift's PR makes a statement against Justin Baldoni, while Taylor Swift also reportedly bans Blake from attendi…
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Want to start your own luxury brand? You've come to the right podcast episode! We unravel the art and science of luxury branding by breaking it down into three essential ingredients: Craftsmanship, Mythology, and Status. Through stories, insights, and discussion, we explore how these elements work together to transform everyday products into symbol…
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Episode 23: Lola Blanc & Meagan Elizabeth continue to interview Frank Lyford, former member of Heaven's Gate. In part 2, they discuss the growing number of red flags he began to notice after one of the leaders died, including talk of castration, and what led to his decision to finally, after 18 years, break away. He also tells the girls what it was…
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Episode 22: Lola & Meagan interview Frank Lyford, survivor of Heaven's Gate who left after 18 years--just a few years before discovering his friends and loved ones in the group had died by suicide. In part 1, he tells the girls how he began following the leaders Ti and Do, what it was like living a nomadic lifestyle with his "check partner," and wh…
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Lets discuss the marketing psychology behind Augustus, Rome's first emperor, in this episode of Manipulation Games: Psychology & Marketing. Gene and Darren, joined by Dr. Ian Silva, a PhD in Classics from Princeton, explore Augustus’ rise to power and his revolutionary use of branding, propaganda, and public perception to shape history. From his un…
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Cult interventionist and founder of People Leave Cults, Ashlen Hilliard, talks about her path to working in cult intervention and recovery, her personal religious experience that led her to this work, how interactions with Mormons in Utah affected her worldview, how she defines what a cult is, why accusing a group of being a cult isn't always helpf…
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You're a child living on a remote compound in West Texas. One day authorities show up at your front door and an exchange of gunfire breaks out. Just as you expected would happen. Survivor of the Branch Davidians and the Waco massacre, Joann Vaega, discusses her earliest memories of living on the compound, what cult leader David Koresh was like in p…
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FOR OUR 200th EPISODE, we are joined by eating disorder therapist, author, and expert Carolyn Costin to discuss her own experiences that led to her starting her practice, why so many cults control the eating habits of their members, why having an eating disorder is like having a little cult leader in your brain, and how Carolyn helped Meagan with h…
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Today is part 2 of our interview with Yoni Shrira, former student at the Family Foundation School, also known as Allynwood, the remote troubled teen program known for a series of lawsuits brought against it as well as over a hundred deaths from overdose or suicide by its former attendees. Last week, we talked about how and why Yoni ended up in the …
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We explore cults and the thought terminating tactics they use to manipulate and control those trapped within them. You'll learn about red flags to look out for, and how to draw the line between a dangerous cult tactics or cultish behavior. You'll also learn to answer the simple question, "Are you in a cult?" by outlining the cult tactics that cause…
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Today our guest is Yoni Shrira, friend of the show and survivor of the Family Foundation School, a troubled teen sobriety school that became notorious for how many of its former students died after going through the program. In part one today, he’s going to talk about what he was like as a teenager, how he was genuinely out of control when it came …
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Today our guest is Tory Hess, former member of a small rural group in upstate New York she calls Crazyland. She tells us about how she always loved reading and fantasy growing up, never went to public school, and didn’t connect easily with folks in real life when she was young, and how she found connection in the online gaming community Second Life…
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Groups!... I did it again. Jay Van Bavel, NYU Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, Director of the Social Identity and Morality Lab, and co-author of The Power Of Us, discusses how our social identities change depending on our environment and context, how the groups we identify with affect our decisions and perception, and the impo…
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Today our guest is actor, musician, and now author Bethany Joy Lenz, whom we will just call Joy. Joy was the star of hit TV show One Tree Hill, and today she’s going to talk to us about how she was in a Christian cult the whole time she was filming the show. She’ll tell us about her upbringing and her career as a young actor, living in LA on her ow…
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Today, our guest is a friend who we'll call Anne. We discuss the connection between psychosis and cults, the mental changes Anne experienced when her episode started, the delusions that grew stronger, how she felt like she was communicating with spirits, the paranoia that grew inside her, and how a psychiatric mental health professional helped pull…
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We discuss the psychology of charisma on the topic of "Becoming Magnetic" We break down the enigmatic qualities that make some people irresistibly charismatic and others struggle to connect, despite being equally capable or talented. Emotional Resonance & Charisma, the art of influence isn't always logical! If you've ever wondered why certain indiv…
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Episode 15: Lola and Meagan interview Jitarth Jadeja, former QAnon believer. He tells the girls about how, despite being Australian, he first was a Bernie supporter, then shifted his support to Trump before becoming obsessed with conspiracy theories. They discuss the two years of his life in which he believed in Q, the moment he realized it was all…
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