Apocalyptic Nuclear Bunker Cult PT1: "My Parents Started a Cult"
Was I In A Cult?
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🗓️ 19 May 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
He didn’t just join a cult. He was born a "prince" in one.
In this two-part mind-bender, we welcome Sean Prophet, son of Mark Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet—founders of the Church Universal and Triumphant (aka CUT). At its height, this doomsday spiritual empire commanded tens of millions in real estate, a global following, and enough freeze-dried food and ammo to survive a nuclear winter.
In Part 1, Sean takes us from his early days living in a 17,000-square-foot mansion filled with unpaid devotees, to being groomed as the next “Messenger” of God…
…until a $1.5 million lawsuit shifted everything.
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| 0:00.0 | The views, information, or opinions expressed by the guest appearing in this episode solely |
| 0:04.4 | belong to the guest and do not represent or reflect the views or positions of the hosts, |
| 0:09.4 | the show, podcast one, this network, or any of their respective affiliates. |
| 0:14.7 | For the last year and then some, I've been writing a book about my cult. It's called |
| 0:20.5 | My Cult Your Cult. And what the book really |
| 0:24.3 | delves into, aside from my own story and my own experience, is how cult-like thinking impacts society. |
| 0:31.3 | And it wasn't immediately obvious to me that I was in a cult. Everybody called us that and we insisted that we were just normal Americans, patriotic, you know, that we were trying to find answers to life's questions, spiritual salvation, etc. So the idea of a cult, we treated that like a slur and an insult. And so, you know, it took me a little while to realize, hey, I was absolutely an occult and not a small one. |
| 1:07.5 | Welcome to our little show. |
| 1:09.5 | Was I in a cult? |
| 1:12.7 | Why is that funny? |
| 1:14.9 | It's like you're opening the door. |
| 1:16.8 | Welcome to our party. |
| 1:19.0 | Hi. |
| 1:20.0 | Put your coat over here. |
| 1:21.8 | You want to come in. |
| 1:23.3 | That's a very welcoming welcome. |
| 1:24.9 | It is a very welcoming welcome. |
| 1:27.8 | I'm Lizzie. It's about time. You're a very welcoming welcome. I'm Liz Ayakuzi. |
| 1:29.5 | It's about time you're here for the party. |
| 1:31.1 | You've been late. |
| 1:32.6 | Help yourself. |
| 1:33.6 | There's some chips. |
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