This is exactly right.

Everyone thinks they'd never join a cult.

But it happens all the time to people just like you.

And people just like us.

I'm Lola Blanc.

And I'm Megan Elizabeth.

We're the hosts of Trust Me, a podcast about cults, manipulation, and the psychology of belief.

Each week, we talk to fellow survivors, former believers, and experts to understand why people get pulled in and how they get out.

Trust me, new episodes every Wednesday on Exactly Right. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Music When I invited you here, I thought I made myself perfectly clear.

When you're a guest

in my home

you gotta come to me

empty-handed

I said no gifts

your presence is

present's enough

and I already had too much

stuff so how do you dare disobey me And I already had too much stuff.

So how do you dare to obey me?

Okay, before the show begins, a reminder of the live show coming up, August 22nd at 7.30 p.m. at Dynasty Typewriter. That's here in Los Angeles. If you're not in Los Angeles, book the flight, get in the car. Or you can do, we have a live stream, all of these things, the tickets,

the live stream can be purchased on dynasty typewriter.com, or you can Google it or, you know,

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