The wait is over! Generation Cult, Season 4 will return from summer break with a brand new episode on Sept. 3. Find it on Apple, Spotify, Libsyn, SoundCloud, and wherever else you listen to podcasts. When Susan was 13, her stepdad brought her into what was then known as the Divine Light Mission, an organization … More This Tuesday: Sharing the Knowledge with Susan
Episode 4 is out and it’s a conversation with two writers who have been covering the controversial relationship the group 3HO (Happy, Healthy, Holy Organization) has had with its second generation members. Give it a listen. The children of those who joined the organization have for decades complained of abuses they suffered in the group, … More New Season 4 Episode! 3HO Reparations with Philip and Stacie
Today we rebroadcast an episode from Season 2 in preparation for our upcoming new episode about 3HO, Kundalini yoga, and abusive boarding schools in India. This is Narangkar’s story. It’s intense, but incredibly relevant as next we’ll be discussing a reparations program that recently concluded after more complaints regarding 3HO came to light. Give it … More BONUS: *Season 2 Rebroadcast* No Horses in India with Narangkar
Kate grew up in the High View Church Farm, a secluded place where children worked and lived in militant conditions, rarely saw their families, and had little contact with the outside world. Hear her story on Friday, May 10 when Generation Cult releases Season 4, Episode 3: The Farm and The Neon Sun. At age … More Dropping Friday: The Farm and The Neon Sun with Kate
Episode 2 of the new season dropped today with a super interesting discussion about the church Amanda attended before she was disfellowshipped. Below, she talks about why people in her group embraced some of the disturbing ideas they spouted. The church Amanda grew up in was started by a man known for his ejection from … More Rejecting Race Rhetoric with Amanda
We absolutely realize we need to stop saying we’re going to go away. Who are we kidding? We can’t quit you. Generation Cult is back for Season 4 and the newest episode is out now wherever you get your podcasts. Here’s a clip: Grace grew up in a little-known Christian fundamentalist group referred to as … More New Episode! Season 4!
This is Michelle and she was raised in an end-times group that was started by her grandfather in the 1930s. As survivalists in an organization referred to as “The Field,” her family lived in isolation on a mountain, where they foraged for food and viewed basic comforts as a sin. Michelle endured illness, abuse, hunger … More One More Bonus Literary Edition to Come
Generation Cult is dropping back in with a bonus edition to celebrate today’s launch of Liz Ianelli’s new book called “I See You, Survivor: Life Inside (and Outside) the Totally F*cked-Up Troubled Teen Industry.” In it, Liz details her years left at a program within the Troubled Teen Industry, a network of expensive residential programs, … More Surprise! Bonus Episode Celebrating Book Release About Troubled Teen Industry
This is Tamara and she grew up in a Sufi polygamist organization in the US and England. Hear her story this Friday, April 14 on Season 3’s SEASON FINALE: Episode 14: Tween Marriage and the Culture of Polygamy with Tamara. Here’s a clip but Patreon subscribers have access to the full episode now. Tamara’s father … More Tween Marriage and the Culture of Polygamy with Tamara
This is Rhonda and she grew up in a San Francisco-based organization called The Holy Order of MANS (standing for Mysterian, Agape, Nous and Sophia in Greek, or mystery, love, mind and wisdom in English). Hear her story on Friday, March 31 on a new episode of Generation Cult — the 13th of our 3rd … More Coming Friday: Declared Evil with Rhonda
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