Matthew Remski, Part 2 - Cult Hopping, Disillusionment, and Root Causes of Cults
Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
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🗓️ 22 April 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In part two with Matthew Remski (author and host of the Conspirituality podcast), Matthew shares how he cult hopped from his first guru to his second, the moment that disillusioned him, and the cultural patterns he's seeing—including a resurgence of the Satanic panic—that most alarm him as he follows conspiracies and spirituality on his podcast.
He’ll talk about how the importance of addressing the root economic causes of why so many people are looking to snake oil salesmen for answers, pointers from his upcoming book (Antifascist Dad) for how to navigate this fraught information landscape, and why it’s important to create healthy organizing spaces–since all sides of the political spectrum are susceptible to cultish behavior.
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| 0:00.0 | This is exactly right. |
| 0:07.0 | Trust me. |
| 0:08.4 | Do you trust me? |
| 0:10.2 | Would I ever lead you astray? |
| 0:11.7 | Trust me. |
| 0:12.6 | This is the truth. |
| 0:13.8 | The only truth. |
| 0:15.3 | If anybody ever tells you to just trust them, don't. |
| 0:19.2 | Welcome to Trust Me, the podcast about cults. |
| 0:22.2 | Extreme belief and manipulation from two cult hoppers who've actually experienced it. |
| 0:26.7 | I am Lola Blanc, and I am Megan Elizabeth. |
| 0:30.0 | And today is once again Matthew Remski, part two with him. |
| 0:33.7 | He is an author and he is one of the hosts of the Conspiruality Podcast. |
| 0:38.5 | And Matthew is going to talk to us about how he cult hopped from his first guru to his second, the moment that disillusioned |
| 0:44.1 | him with the second one, and the cultural patterns, including a resurgence of the satanic panic |
| 0:48.7 | that are most alarming to him as he follows conspiracies and spirituality on the podcast. |
| 0:53.8 | He'll also talk about how his |
| 0:55.2 | interests now lie in addressing the root economic causes of why so many people are looking to |
| 1:01.4 | snake oil salesmen for answers, some pointers from his upcoming book, Anti-Fascist Dad, about how to |
| 1:08.3 | navigate the fraught information landscape, and why it's important to create |
| 1:12.4 | healthy organizing spaces since all sides of the political spectrum are susceptible to cultish |
| 1:18.2 | behavior amen sweetie amen sweeties i don't know why that was the right thing to say |
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