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If you think that one person has all the answers, don't!

Welcome to TrustMe. The podcast about cult, extreme belief, and the abuse of power from two officianautos who've actually experienced it, I am Lola Blanc.

And I am Megan Elizabeth.

And today, our guest is Jennings Brown, reporter and host of podcast The Gateway.

And now, a new podcast called Revelations, in which he does a deep dive into a mysterious religious organization called The Fellowship of Friends.

He's going to tell us about what it was like on their lavish compound full of art and theater and wine and a hand-selected palm trees,

and spending time with the members in the week leading up to their doomsday date.

And what happened when the apocalypse, spoiler, didn't happen.

Spoiled it! God!

We're also going to talk about why people don't leave after their profits.

Prophecies don't come true. Some of the allegations of sexual assault that have come out against the group's leader,

and the orgy that was described as being like going to the DMV.

That's not a good.

But yeah, no, there will be descriptions of sexual assault in case you hadn't gathered that from us mentioning the sexual assault.

But so that is your warning, folks.

Yeah.

Before we get into all of that, Jennings, it's also in this podcast. It's amazing.

You all should all listen to it.

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