Hello, financial feminist. Welcome back. Welcome back. We do have a very, very fascinating

kind of juicy episode for you today. We hope you loved our first few episodes of the

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for free. Okay, let's get into it. We're fucking talking about cults today. Yes, cults.

So why do an episode about cults on financial feminist? Well, first of all, as we learned

in the multi level marketing episode we did with Jane Marie in season one, still the most

popular episode of the show we've ever done, there are so many nefarious organizations

that operate within this like cultish framework and they overwhelmingly prey on women and

they prey on women's finances and really their safety and their stability. So we brought

in an expert to talk about how to recognize these organizations and how to help people

in your life who may fall victim to them. The best part and the most interesting part about

our expert today is that they are not just studying and an expert on cults, but they were

in a cult themselves. Janja Lallich PhD is a researcher, author and educator specializing

in cults and extremist groups with a particular focus on charismatic relationships, political

and other social movements, ideology and social control and issues of gender and sexuality.

She has been a consultant to educational mental health, business media and legal professionals

as well as having worked with current members, former members and families of members of

controversial groups. This interview is incredibly fascinating, but as you may have already figured

out, we're going to talk about some heavy topics today. So a quick content warning, we're

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