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Cults, Culture & Coercion with Dr. Steve Hassan podcast

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Cults, Culture & Coercion with Dr. Steve Hassan

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  MeidasTouch Network, Dr. Steven Hassan  

Steven Hassan, PhD, is one of the leading experts on cults and undue influence in the world. A former member of the right-wing Moonie cult, Hassan was deprogrammed 45 years ago and has dedicated his life to helping people out of cults and destructive situations. Dr. Hassan is a licensed mental health professional and has written four books, including The Cult of Trump and the seminal book Combating Cult Mind Control. On this podcast, Steve will explain HOW mind-control works, and how to protect yourself from its grips. He will also address ethical influence as the podcast will address the entire Influence Continuum. He’ll interview the biggest names in this field.

Steven Hassan, PhD, is one of the leading experts on cults and undue influence in the world. A former member of the right-wing Moonie cult, Hassan was deprogrammed 45 years ago and has dedicated his life to helping people out of cults and destructive situations. Dr. Hassan is a licensed mental health professional and has written four books, including The Cult of Trump and the seminal book Combating Cult Mind Control. On this podcast, Steve will explain HOW mind-control works, and how to protect yourself from its grips. He will also address ethical influence as the podcast will address the entire Influence Continuum. He’ll interview the biggest names in this field.

 

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#250

The Power of Us: Dr. Jay Van Bavel on Social Identity and The Power of Dissent

Social identity, or how the portion of our identity we derive from participating in our so... more

07 Sep 2026

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:30

07 Sep 2026

#249

Carlos Castaneda's Cult of Witches with Ru Marshall: Fooling Millions and UC Press still sells his b...

Carlos Castaneda sold more than 10 million books to readers who thought they were buying a... more

31 Aug 2026

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:32

31 Aug 2026

#248

The Problems with America's Family Courts with Karen Winner: A journalist turned lawyer on custody, ...

A family court judge can reach into your family, single you out by name, and rearrange you... more

24 Aug 2026

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:56

24 Aug 2026

#247

Escaping the Moonies, and Rebuilding his Life: Ingo Michehl gave the cult his flute, his country, an...

Ingo Michehl spent six and a half years as one of the Moonies' most productive fundraisers... more

17 Aug 2026

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:37

17 Aug 2026

#246

Escaping Shincheonji, Korea's Covid Cult with Chris Vishoot: A survivor of the Korean doomsday cult ...

Shincheonji recruits through what looks like an ordinary Bible study, and most people who ... more

10 Aug 2026

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:21

10 Aug 2026

#245

The World Mission Society Church of God (WMSCOG) with Anthony Forte: A decade inside the Korean doom...

Anthony Forte spent more than ten years inside the World Mission Society Church of God, ri... more

03 Aug 2026

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:52

03 Aug 2026

#244

6,000 Images and No Idea It Was a Crime: Clinical psychologist Dr. Mary Riggs Cohen on why autistic...

A person on the autism spectrum leaves a file-sharing program running overnight because th... more

27 Jul 2026

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:14

27 Jul 2026

#243

God, Law, and the Cult of Power: Marci Hamilton on what it will take to restore the rule of law in a...

The First Amendment gives you an absolute right to believe whatever you want. It has never... more

20 Jul 2026

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:06

20 Jul 2026

#242

She Spent $115K in a Wellness MLM with Brandie Hadfield: A new mom, an autistic baby, and a decade l...

A wellness MLM does not announce itself as a cult. It arrives as a smoothie recipe, a flye... more

13 Jul 2026

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:38

13 Jul 2026

#241

Crypto Is Buying Your Democracy: Molly White breaks down meme coins, stablecoins, Bitcoins, the shad...

I have been saying for years that cryptocurrency has the structure of a multi-level market... more

06 Jul 2026

58 MINS

58:45

06 Jul 2026

#240

What the Watchtower Doesn’t Want You to Know with Australian whistleblower Lara Kaput: Child labor, ...

When Lara Kaput was eight years old, she was required to clean bricks on Jehovah’s Witness... more

29 Jun 2026

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:02

29 Jun 2026

#239

Russian Disinformation From the Ground in Ukraine With Journalist Chris Sampson: An American journal...

Russian disinformation no longer feels like a foreign problem you read about in long artic... more

22 Jun 2026

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:33

22 Jun 2026

#238

What Detransition Taught Me About Identity: Alexander Linkowski on his detransition journey, informe...

Detransitioning, a term for stopping, shifting, or reversing an initial gender transition,... more

15 Jun 2026

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:15

15 Jun 2026

#237

The War on Trans Healthcare Is Not About Science What a study of 957 detransitioners revealed, and w...

Trans healthcare is an evolving discussion, and the implications greatly affect those in t... more

08 Jun 2026

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:41

08 Jun 2026

#236

He Was Ordained by the Mormon Prophet: Former Mormon Bishop Ian Wilks on 37 years inside the LDS aut...

Ian Wilks was a high-ranking leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He... more

01 Jun 2026

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:51

01 Jun 2026

#235

Smart People Fall For The Cult Of Trump With Journalist Virginia Heffernan

From Richard Dawkins to Larry Summers, brilliant minds get pulled in. I sat down with the ... more

25 May 2026

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:20

25 May 2026

#234

He Was 18. Scientology Put Him in Charge. A former Scientology executive in Scotland on recruitment,...

Scientology recruitment rarely looks the way people imagine. There is no shadowy figure pu... more

18 May 2026

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:39

18 May 2026

#233

Why filmmaker Deeyah Khan sits with extremists demonstrating how listening matters!

She Sought Out the People Who Threatened Her Deeyah Khan was editing a film when the BBC c... more

11 May 2026

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:55

11 May 2026

#232

The Cult That Helped Shape Christian America: The Community of Jesus child abuse and Christian Natio...

The Community of Jesus was founded in 1970 by two housewives, Cay Anderson and Judy Sorens... more

04 May 2026

54 MINS

54:22

04 May 2026

#231

The Missionary Kids: Unmasking the Myths of White Evangelicalism with Holly Berkley Fletcher PhD

Missionary kids often carry the weight of their parents’ choices. They are inculcated into... more

27 Apr 2026

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:16

27 Apr 2026

#230

The Olive Leaf Network: Public Testimony to the Parliament of Victoria on Children in Cults and High...

As the United States remains stalled on full disclosure and holding Epstein file perpetrat... more

20 Apr 2026

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:42

20 Apr 2026

#229

American Dominion: The Rise and Radicalization of a New Christendom with Keri Ladner, PhD

Tracing the roots of Christian Nationalism and the New Apostolic Reformation is no longer ... more

13 Apr 2026

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:30

13 Apr 2026

#228

Holy Disobedience: Sex, Sin, and Secrets in the Biggest Church No One Knows with Melissa Duge Spiers

Melissa Duge Spiers was raised as a several generations Seventh-day Adventist. It wasn’t u... more

06 Apr 2026

54 MINS

54:34

06 Apr 2026

#227

Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, ...

Christianity has been “hijacked” by Christian Nationalists, right-wing Conservatives and D... more

30 Mar 2026

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:01

30 Mar 2026

#226

Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths - And How We Can Stop! with Bill Eddy, LCSW, JD

Bill Eddy has authored more than 20 books on high‑conflict personalities and disputes. He ... more

23 Mar 2026

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:01

23 Mar 2026

#225

White Nationalism, MAGA, and the NAR: A Conversation with Adam James What a former NAR pastor and ge...

White Christian nationalism is not an abstract political concept. For Adam James, it was t... more

16 Mar 2026

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:10

16 Mar 2026

#224

Bethel Church and the New Apostolic Reformation: Holly Pivec and Doug Geivett on Two Decades of Trac...

Holly Pivec and Doug Geivett on Two Decades of Tracking the NAR’s Apostles and Prophets Yo... more

09 Mar 2026

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:46

09 Mar 2026

#223

Pam Hemphill on Leaving MAGA and Making Amends

Pam Hemphill has been fighting MAGA propaganda since the day she realized it nearly killed... more

02 Mar 2026

1 HR 15 MINS

1:15:59

02 Mar 2026

#222

Restart and Restore: A Journal for Survivors of Manipulation with Rachel Bernstein, LMFT, MSEd

Rachel Bernstein is a licensed marriage‑and‑family therapist in Los Angeles and a seasoned... more

23 Feb 2026

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:30

23 Feb 2026

#221

From JD Vance’s Family of Origin: ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Christian Nationalism and Potential Vice‑Preside...

With speculations by experts that Donald Trump’s health appears to be deteriorating regula... more

16 Feb 2026

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:00

16 Feb 2026