Episode 327 : The Yellow Deli
Life After MLM
Roberta Blevins
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2025
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Trigger Warnings - This episode contains topics such as racism, misogyny, child abuse, sexual abuse, violence and exploitation. Please use discretion when listening.
Mr. F and I traveled north to Vista, California to have lunch at the infamous Yellow Deli, this past October. When we returned home, I feverishly dove into the history of The Yellow Deli, the Twelve Tribes cult that runs it and what they believe. This episode blends the two together to prepare us for next week's episode when we go deeper and speak with a survivor of the cult.
Show Notes
r/sandiego - Has anyone gone to the Yellow Deli in Vista?
Yellow Deli People: mellow believers or cult of opportunists?
Ex-Twelve Tribe Members Describe Abuse
Yellow Deli Cult: The Twelve Tribes Explained
The Idyllic Restaurant Chain Owned by a Homophobic, Racist, Child-Beating Cult
Twelve Tribes Vista Yellow Deli
The Child Training Manual (Extreme Trigger Warning)
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| 0:59.4 | Hey, I'm Roberta Blevins, and this is live after MLM, a podcast where we worked and the stigma of failure in an industry systemically designed for you to fail. |
| 1:30.3 | Join us as we dive into the real life stories of survivors, experts, and advocates as we debunk the common myths and fallacies of cults, frauds, scams, and multi-level marketing. I'm The The The |
| 1:47.0 | The Hey, hon bots and hon bros. We've got part one of a two-part special episode on a |
| 2:22.5 | cult that I have been wanting to dig into for a very long time. Today's episode is going to go |
| 2:28.5 | into our experience at this cult, as well as the history and some of the more egregious acts this cult has done. |
| 2:37.9 | And then next week, we are talking with a survivor. |
| 2:41.4 | But I wanted to come on here and let you know that there are a lot of trigger warnings. |
| 2:47.0 | And I want to prepare you for this because it was very hard to research. |
| 2:54.5 | And it was hard to read out loud as well when we made this episode. |
| 3:04.1 | There are trigger warnings of racism, misogyny, child abuse, sexual abuse, violence, and exploitation. |
| 3:06.4 | And I just wanted to give you a heads up. |
| 3:09.2 | It is one of the most ambitious episodes I have ever done. I hope you enjoy it. Without further ado, I'd like to know what to say. |
| 3:33.0 | I don't either. |
| 3:33.8 | Here we are in the belly of the beast. |
| 3:36.3 | We are at the Yellow Deli in Vista, California, which is run by the 12 tribes cult. |
| 3:45.5 | It's kind of weird, right? |
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