Host Mode: Sarah & Nippy Answer Your Burning Questions
A Little Bit Culty
Sarah Edmondson & Anthony “Nippy” Ames
4.6 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Back when Sarah and Nippy were in NXIVM, asking questions wasn’t exactly welcome. Fuck that. In this episode, they answer your questions on everything from Keith Raniere’s raging creep factor to what helps them keep it light after deep, dark podcast conversations about culty shit. Also covered: What has most surprised them about the episodes they’ve hosted so far; whether they’ve had to get re-acquainted since leaving NXIVM, and their perspectives on protecting yourself from retaliation when you’re leaving an abusive group, plus a couple lil' Easter eggs for fans of ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Succession.’
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| 0:00.0 | The views and opinions expressed by a little bit culty are those of the hosts |
| 0:04.1 | and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. |
| 0:08.1 | Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors |
| 0:12.1 | are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, |
| 0:16.6 | organization, business individual, anyone or anything. |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome to a little bit culty, a podcast about what happens when something that |
| 0:33.8 | seems like a great thing at first goes to the dark side and takes you with it. |
| 0:38.3 | I'm your host, Sarah Edminson. And I'm also your host, Anthony Ames, aka Nippy. |
| 0:43.0 | Sarah and I met, fell in love in a, quote, self-help organization that turned out to be |
| 0:47.5 | a mega cult cult nexium. We got out of there together and on our way out we helped shut it down. |
| 0:54.6 | Our journey as nexium whistleblowers was captured in detail in a docu-series called the VAL on HBO |
| 0:59.6 | and also on the front page of a newspaper. New York Times, babe. |
| 1:03.6 | Right. Have you heard of it? Each week on a little bit culty we talk with other former cult members |
| 1:08.4 | and whistleblowers plus experts in things like cultic abuse and coercive control. |
| 1:13.6 | We also turn the mic over to advocates and clinicians with wisdom to share on |
| 1:17.2 | recovering from everything from MLMs and toxic religion to bad romances with raging narcissist. |
| 1:22.8 | There's always something to learn about the cultiverse. Be sure to subscribe to a little bit culty |
| 1:27.6 | so you don't miss an episode. Find us on Instagram and at a littlebitculty.com. |
| 1:44.0 | I believe but no. |
| 1:48.8 | Here we are. Ask me anything, sir. |
| 1:51.0 | Well, this has been a long time coming. We've actually been getting questions from the audience |
| 1:55.3 | over email and then we posted on Instagram and curated an incredible list. Unfortunately, |
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