Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbinger. As always, I'm here with producer Jason DeFilippo.

On the Jordan Harbinger show, we decode the stories, secrets and skills of the world's

most brilliant and interesting people and turn their wisdom into practical advice that

you can use to impact your own life and those around you.

Recently, we've been hearing more and more about cults, from documentaries on Netflix

to exposés of Scientology to woo, woo, yoga and self-help seminars. But what is a cult?

How do we know if we're being recruited by a cult? And what tricks are cults using to control

our behavior and our mind? Today, cult expert and former cult member, an author of cult mind

control, Stephen Hassan, joins us on the show to explain how cults recruit, and there's

a certain set of tools and deception that seem to be very pervasive here. We'll also cover

the types of techniques used to control and enforce cult mandated behavior. Some of this

is advanced hypnosis and some of this is just good old fashioned blackmail. We'll also

uncover why intelligent people, especially those we think would never fall for this type

of mental programming, are actually some of the most susceptible to cult influence. Of course,

we've even got some cult self-defense techniques that you can apply for yourself and will provide

some wisdom about what to do if you suspect you or someone you love is being recruited by a cult.

This is a two-part episode because there was just so much here that I thought was important.

I really hope you enjoy what we've gotten store for you here today and I really hope you never

have to use it. If you want to know how I managed to book all of these great fascinating people,

how did I meet Stephen Hassan, for example? Well, I've got networking systems and tiny habits,

and I'm teaching you how to do this for free in our course, six-minute networking. That's over at

jordanharbinger.com slash course. And by the way, most of the guests here on the show,

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