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Let's Talk About Sects w/Sarah Steel

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Religion & Spirituality

4.8566 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Sarah Steel is the creator and host of the "Let's Talk About Sects" podcast, where she produces, and writes all of the episodes. And, today you can actually hear Rachel's guest appearance on that podcast by following the link in the show notes of this episode or just search for "Let's Talk About Sects" wherever you get your podcasts. In addition to podcasting, Sarah is also a filmmaker and writer with a keen interest in social sciences, culture, and psychology. Her writing has been published in The Guardian, Indiewire, and The Metro. She has also produced for ABC Radio National's Earshot program. Her debut book about cults, charisma, and coercive control, "Do As I Say", is out now and available in hardcopy, paperback, and e-book formats. In this unique episode, Sarah explains the common misconceptions people have about cults that she learned through creating her show. Together she and Rachel identify the ways both media and governments could lessen the damaging impact of cultic control in society. Before You Go: Rachel explains how cults use the guise of "equality" and "community" to lure in followers only to create a system of authority and intense peer pressure to achieve total conformity and control. Listen to Rachel's appearance on Let's Talk About Sects here: https://shows.acast.com/293c3043-0316-4f41-80cf-037ced3466c1/6549debbcce18a001211f401 You can find out more about Sarah and her podcast at: https://www.ltaspod.com/ Follow Sarah on IG at : https://www.instagram.com/letstalkaboutsects/ You can buy Sarah's book here: https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781760986131/do-as-i-say/ All of Rachel's free informational PDF documents are available here: www.rachelbernsteintherapy.com/pdf.html All of Rachel's video lectures are available for purchase here: rachelbernsteintherapy.com/videos.html To help support the show monthly and get bonus episodes, shirts, and tote bags, please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Prefer to support the IndoctriNation show with a one-time donation? Use this link: www.paypal.me/indoctrination Connect with us on Social Media: Twitter: twitter.com/_indoctrination Facebook: www.facebook.com/indoctrinationpodcast Tik Tok: www.tiktok.com/@indoctrinationpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/indoctrinationpodcast/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/rachelbernsteinlmft You can always help the show for free by leaving a rating on Spotify or a review on Apple/ iTunes. It really helps the visibility of the show! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0

Welcome to indoctrination, a weekly conversation series about protecting yourself from systems of control.

0:11.1

I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.

0:13.5

Hi, everyone.

0:14.9

Before I introduce our guest for today, I wanted to say thank you to our listeners in Great Britain, Canada, Australia,

0:27.0

Sweden, Ireland, Denmark, Australia, and New Zealand, and really all around the world.

0:35.7

If you haven't yet been in contact from any of those parts of

0:39.9

the world or really anywhere that you are living, please be in contact and let us know not only

0:46.6

what your interest is in the show, but if there's a particular group or a particular movement,

0:52.9

something that is a new trend that's really worrisome

0:56.3

because it has kind of cultic tendencies that we might not know about here in the States.

1:02.0

Please inform us so that we can research it and maybe find a guest who can come on and talk about it.

1:09.4

So thank you very much, really, from us to you all

1:14.7

over the world. And now, for today, I am so pleased to be able to have Sarah Steele on the show.

1:31.1

Sarah Steele is the creator and host of the Let's Talk About Sexs podcast,

1:36.9

where she produces and writes all of the episodes herself.

1:40.3

And today you can actually hear my guest appearance on that podcast by following the link in the show notes of this episode or just search for Let's Talk About Sexs wherever you get your podcasts.

1:53.3

In addition to podcasting, Sarah is also a filmmaker and writer with a keen interest in social sciences, culture, and psychology. Her writing has been

2:02.4

published in The Guardian, Indie Wire, and The Metro. She's also produced for ABC Radio National's

2:09.5

Earshot program. Her debut book about cults, charisma, and coercive control, Do As I Say,

2:15.8

is out now and available in hard copy paperback and ebook formats.

2:20.6

You can find out more about Sarah and her work at L-T-A-S dot pod.com.

2:31.0

Here is Sarah now.

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