This is exactly right.

Trust me. Do you trust me?

Would I ever lead you astray?

Trust me.

This is the truth. The only truth.

If anybody ever tells you to just trust them, don't!

Welcome to Trust Me, the podcast about Colts, extreme belief and

manipulation from two soulful cyclists who've actually experienced it. I am Lola Blanc and I'm Megan

Elizabeth. Today our guest is Jess Rothschild, creator of Cult of Body and Soul, a documentary

podcast about spinning brand Soul Cycle. She's going to tell us about the

company's origins with a workout environment engineered to create an almost religious experience,

and how instructors chosen for their cult followings and special charisma exploded the brand.

She'll talk about the social hierarchies that formed inside and outside of class, some of the

flings that happened with

instructors, the mysticism infused into the culture, and how the corporate takeover of the brand

changed everything. And this is just a little bit more of a lighter episode. We know Socycle isn't

like a cult, but there were some actually pretty surprising things we found out about it and some

pretty culty aspects. Indeed. Before we go cycling with Jess, Megan, what's your cultiest thing

of the week? All right. Well, as always, we are like speaking about something that might be current

this week, but when it airs, it might be a few weeks from now. So just know that this is current this week.

Well, you're not being dated in your references. I'm not being dated, okay?

So 50 Cent and Netflix released the Sean Combs, The Reckoning documentary.

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