Liz's Story - Pt1: "Hollyweirdest"
Was I in a Cult?
Liz Iacuzzi
4.5 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Either Liz finally stepped up to the mic to tell her own story… or Tyler finally cornered her and hit record. Either way — it's happening.
After moving to Los Angeles with a toxic boyfriend, Liz leaves behind the Chicago comedy scene and finds herself nudged into a Hollywood acting class — one he introduces her to via a "free" class that's anything but. What starts as a supposedly legit acting class quickly earns a reputation as "the place where comedy goes to die." And yet… it's somehow worse than that.
Because this "class" slowly morphs into a spiritual self-help cult.
Yes. An acting class cult.
No, she did not see it coming.
And neither will you.
In Part 1 of Liz's story, we dive into how this Chicagoan accidentally wandered into the hollyweirdest chapter of her life.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The views, information, or opinions expressed by the guest appearing in this episode solely |
| 0:04.4 | belong to the guest and do not represent or reflect the views or positions of the hosts, |
| 0:09.4 | the show, podcast one, this network, or any of their respective affiliates. |
| 0:28.5 | Are we ready? Are we good? Are we rolling? We're rolling. Okay, we're good. Hi, everyone. Welcome to Wausa and I Welcome to our episode of Wazana Cult. I'm Lizzie and I'm Tyler Misen. And why are we here today? |
| 0:36.8 | What are we doing here? |
| 0:38.6 | Where is our guest? |
| 0:39.6 | Where is our guest? |
| 0:40.9 | I guess it's me. |
| 0:42.3 | Is it me? |
| 0:43.6 | It is you. |
| 0:44.5 | Liz Aikuzi is our guest today because by God she was in a cult. |
| 0:49.6 | Guys, how long? |
| 0:51.1 | Don't bury the lead there. |
| 0:52.9 | Hey, guys, the secret is out. |
| 0:55.5 | But if you've listened to the show more than twice, you know that Liz references her cult every once in a while. |
| 1:02.3 | And I reference my cult, which I was raised as a Mormon. |
| 1:06.1 | And we covered my episode. |
| 1:08.6 | Are you going to make me cry? |
| 1:10.6 | Is that what your goal is today i don't make |
| 1:13.3 | women cry you make yourself cry oh put the blame on the victim that's how my co-host works |
| 1:20.4 | i give you full rain to make fun of me today if you'd like thanks or cry. I've really, I've really been tied down before making fun of you. |
| 1:31.3 | Here's the question. |
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