MFM Presents…Trust Me

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

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True Crime

4.6 • 177.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

My Favorite Murder presents the premiere episode of Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation, a podcast about cults, extreme belief and the people who’ve lived through it—now part of the Exactly Right network. Hosted by cult survivors Lola Blanc and Meagan Elizabeth, Trust Me features first-person stories and expert insight into how high-control groups operate, why people get pulled in and what it takes to break free.

In this first episode, artist and writer Akina Cox shares what it was like growing up in the Unification Church—also known as the Moonies. From her parents’ mass wedding and unpaid labor to life on the border of North and South Korea, Akina reflects on the moment she began questioning everything she was raised to believe.

Listen on the iHeartRadio App, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow @trustmepodcast on Instagram and @trustmecultpodcast on TikTok.

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0:00.0	This is exactly right.
0:07.2	Everyone thinks they'd never join a cult.
0:09.5	But it happens all the time to people just like you.
0:12.2	And people just like us.
0:13.5	I'm Lola Blanc.
0:14.6	And I'm Megan Elizabeth.
0:15.9	We're the hosts of Trust Me, a podcast about cults, manipulation, and the psychology of belief.
0:21.4	Each week, we talk to fellow survivors, former believers, and experts to understand why people
0:26.0	get pulled in and how they get out.
0:28.1	Trust me, new episodes every Wednesday on Exactly Right.
0:31.6	Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
0:36.8	Hello, big news, everybody, exactly right's newest podcast. Trust Me is finally here.
0:42.9	Trust me is a show about cults, extreme belief, manipulation, and the people who've lived through it.
0:47.2	And it's hosted by two cult survivors, Lola Blanc and Megan Elizabeth.
0:51.0	Every week they talk to survivors, experts, and sometimes even people still
0:54.4	inside these groups to figure out how belief can turn into control and what it takes to break free.
0:59.9	Today, you're going to hear the story of artist and writer Akina Cox, who grew up in the
1:03.9	Unification Church, also known as the Mooneys. It is a fascinating, powerful story, and it's the
1:09.0	perfect example of why trust me is such an important show and why we're so excited to have them on the network. So settle in and get ready to hear the first episode of Trust Me here on Exactly Right. Now, this is a two-parter, so when you are done with this episode you're about to hear, head over to Trust Me's feed to hear part two, and then you can binge their back catalog of over 200 episodes.
1:29.0	Listen to Trust Me on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast, and make sure to leave a rating or review.
1:36.0	It really helps.
1:36.9	And now, please enjoy Exactly Right's newest podcast, Trust Me.
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