Abusive Leaders Episodes
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Oct. 10, 2023
S5E9 - The Criminals (Hare Krishnas, pt2)
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- "It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible." -David Brin Chris and Kayla explore the nature of power and learn some...
Guest: Henry Doktorski
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Sept. 26, 2023
S5E8 - The Chanters (Hare Krishnas, pt 1)
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- "Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces." - Martha Graham Chris and Kayla go to a restaurant. Kind of. Don't worry, we'll repeat ourselves. --- *Search...
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July 4, 2023
S5E5 - The Collective's Legacy (Objectivism's reception & effects)
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices. - Theodor Adorno Chris tries to land this Ayn Rand plane in an objectively satisfying...
4
June 20, 2023
S5E4 - The Collective's Architect (Ayn Rand's life)
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- Who is Ayn Rand? Chris and Kayla try to answer this ocean of a question, exploring the many rivers and tributaries that feed it. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Common...
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June 6, 2023
S5E3 - The Collective's Dogma (Objectivist beliefs)
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- I am evolving and it’s so damn beautiful. -Anonymous Chris ponders the philosophical orb with Kayla, and finally comes out as a cultist himself. Objectively speaking. ---...
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April 11, 2023
S5E1 - The Wives & Their Father (the Source Family)
Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? --- Experience is the teacher of all things. - Julius Caesar Kayla and Chris kick off Season 5 by going to a cult within a cult... culturducken. --- *Search Categories* New Age; New...
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Aug. 9, 2022
S4E10 - I Didn't Know it Was Wrong[tm]! (how abusers react to accountability)
Cult or Just Weird
19
Dec. 14, 2021
S3E19 - The Old New Religious Movement (The Amish)
Cult or Just Weird
Guest: Lizzie Hershberger
15
Oct. 19, 2021
S3E15 - The Conspiritualists (interview w Matt Remski of Conspirituality pod)
Cult Or Just Weird
Guest: Matthew Remski
9
July 27, 2021
S3E9 - The Blue Curtains (abuse in the Amish community)
Cult or Just Weird
Guest: Molly Maeve Eagan