Hey, everybody. This is Armando Torres, and you're listening to the show before the show.

And I'm Paige Wesley.

And with this, we have one of our first episodes on you.

And that is technically true, and you'll find out why later in the episode.

That'll make sense later in the episode.

Uh, we have got a great episode. We're finally done with our series on the Nazis,

and Paige is brought into something so nice and fun and juicy, and it's so good,

and I can't wait to dive into it.

Um, I'm having a blast so far. This first episode was great, and I'm hoping, uh,

that you will enjoy it as much as I have.

And I sound weird, because I'm a little high, because I got food poisoning,

which I will go into, uh, actually, I don't even think I do.

I have food poisoning. Deal with it. Thank you for being here.

Uh, without any further ado, let's hop into this show.

Hello.

That was a, that was a fake word.

For the purposes of this podcast, we define a cult as organizations that rally behind

an entity or leader who espouse beliefs outside the norm.

Organizations that require physical or monetary sacrifice as a condition of membership.

Organizations in which the doctrines follow by the leaders are different than that of the followers.

Organizations in which isolation is encouraged, either by commune living or by a policy of

disconnection from outside relationships.

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