Hank Nuwer & Hazing Culture

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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Society & Culture, True Crime, Comedy

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Writer and author of several books including Hazing: Destroying Young Lives, Hank Nuwer, discusses the various forms that hazing can take, why he started tracking data of deaths and injuries, a history of tragic incidents, the functions and alternatives of hazing, how it varies between fraternities and sororities, and general discussions of group dynamics.

PLUS: Lola and Meagan discuss hearing voices, a wholesome bigfoot hunting trip gone wrong, the 1997 sci-fi flick Contact, why space is Lola's new religion, and how we might be living in a simulation!

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0:00.0	If you have your own story of being in a cult or a high control group or if you've had
0:04.1	experience with manipulation or abuse the power that you'd like to share, leave us a message
0:08.4	on our hotline number at 347-86 trust. That's 347-868-7878 or shoot us an e-mail at TrustMePod
0:18.2	at gmail.com. Trust me. Trust me. Trust me. Trust me. Trust me. I'm like a smart person.
0:24.9	I've never lied to you. I've never had lied. If you think that one person has all the answers,
0:31.6	don't. Welcome to TrustMe. Whoa. The podcast about cult. Extreme belief at the abuse of power
0:38.1	from two sorority sisters who've actually experienced it. I am Lola Blanc. And I am Megan
0:42.8	Elizabeth. For the record, my voice sounds like this because I am once again sick. I love it.
0:48.0	I had COVID like a month ago and I am extremely sick. Well, I'm getting better now but I've been
0:52.4	extremely sick again. I feel like I sound really sexy and I'm like I'm so tree. I love it. Yeah,
0:58.7	I want you to be on like a late night 90s radio show and just oh god yeah. Talked me to sleep
1:05.6	in middle school. Not in a sexual way, just in a nice way. I like Delilah to Delilah. Yes, thank you.
1:15.7	What's going on there? But okay. For the record, not a sorority sister did not go to college
1:21.6	only once semester of community college. But today, our guest is Hank Newer. A writer is the author
1:28.0	of a variety of books about hazing, including hazing, destroying young lies. He'll tell us about the
1:33.2	various forms that a hazing can take. What inspired him to start tracking data of deaths and injuries
1:38.4	and a handful of tragic incidents that have occurred as a result of hazing. We'll also get into the
1:42.8	function of hazing and whether there are alternatives that are physically and emotionally safer,
1:47.5	how it varies between fraternities and sororities and general discussions about group dynamics.
1:52.8	Also, I was not in a sorority. I've said this before because I was going to and then they told
1:57.6	me I couldn't talk to boys for a couple of weeks. I also would turn down that sorority. I was like, uh,
2:05.5	no. What is this? Anyway. At what school? Kansas University. Okay. J-Hawks. I want to throw into the
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