Liz's Story—Pt2: "Kick 'Em in the Cooch"
Was I in a Cult?
Liz Iacuzzi
4.5 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
So… remember that acting class? Well, turns out this "human behavior expert" has her eyes on a much larger prize. I mean, you can't be the next Tony Robbins while just teaching scene analysis.
In Part 2 of Liz's story, Sandy's world shifts into trying to become what it's been after all along: a spiritual self-help empire. Except this one is built on word salad, public humiliation, and the slow, steady squeeze of control. (Spoiler: Her goal never "manifested")
In this shift, the class expands beyond Los Angeles… all the way across the world to India. Because when you're in a class to learn scene analysis, the obvious next step is a spiritual retreat.
The language changes. The pressure shifts. And suddenly, "transformation" comes with a hefty price tag. A world where boundary crossing is reframed as growth and the cost of admission is total and complete loyalty. And if you can't afford it? No worries. Just sell your car. One student did.
And if you learn nothing else - as Liz would tell you, when someone slaps you in India, kick 'em in the cooch.
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| 0:00.0 | The views, information, or opinions expressed by the guest appearing in this episode solely belong to the guest and do not represent or reflect the views or positions of the hosts, the show, podcast one, this network, or any of their respective affiliates. |
| 0:17.9 | Hey, Tyler. Hey, Tyler. |
| 0:23.4 | Hey, Liz. |
| 0:24.5 | Welcome to Was I in a cult. |
| 0:27.1 | It felt like we did your story last week. |
| 0:29.2 | I think we did. |
| 0:29.9 | We did do my story last week. |
| 0:31.2 | Are you just mugging for mic time, Liz? |
| 0:33.6 | No, I would far prefer not to talk about myself. |
| 0:36.8 | I don't believe that. You got a good story. So we're |
| 0:39.2 | going to finish it. And we have to finish it because I don't know if you left the cult or not. |
| 0:43.9 | Cliffhanger there. This could be the long game to actually recruit all of our listeners into small little life class. |
| 0:53.6 | You know how you know it's not a cult? |
| 0:55.1 | Because I'm going to start a podcast about a cult, |
| 0:58.1 | teach everybody about cult, |
| 0:59.7 | and then recruit you into this non-cult cult. |
| 1:02.4 | Sure. |
| 1:03.0 | That's what you want them to think, Liz, |
| 1:05.9 | until you actually get them to sign up for the life class. |
| 1:09.3 | Take a deep breath, exhale, release your mind, |
| 1:14.5 | and allow Liz and Tyler to take you |
| 1:17.4 | on a journey of self-exploration and transformation. |
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