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In this episode, litigator Carol Merchasin joins us to explain how the law actually works when someone tries to hold a high-control group accountable, and why coercion is the hinge everything turns on. Carol spent years defending companies against sexual harassment claims before ...  Show more

Journalist and author Chet Hardin joins ALBC to revisit the early days of reporting on NXIVM, Keith Raniere, and the machinery of intimidation that kept members insulated from outside scrutiny. Chet was only a month into his job at Metroland when attorney Joe O’Hara called with a ...  Show more

[SCROLL FOR CW] - LCSW Kat Schneider joins Abby at the end of this episode to talk about what it was like being a part of a religious cult! Kat also explains the mental health side of why people join, choose to stay, and some of the complications of leaving. Lexi and Coworker Jus ...  Show more

[SCROLL FOR CW] -This week we're raising awareness for WEAVE in Sacramento, CA: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=weave&id=265-BREAK DOWN BONUS AUDIO REACTION: https://anchor.fm/abby-murphy5/message-Follow the podcast! -Abby's IG: https://www.instagram ...  Show more

Cults of personality? Based? Not? More complicated than that? It's theory and history time with a lot of banter in-between. 

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