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From Wondery, this is a special bonus episode of Twin Flames.

As you can probably tell, I'm not Stephanie Beatrice.

I'm Brooke Sifrin, one of the hosts of Even the Rich.

It's a series where we pull back the curtain on the stories of some of the most powerful

and successful figures in society.

Now I am so fascinated by cults and I've actually been reading a lot about Twin Flames

in the last couple of years, so when I heard about this story, I was immediately all-in.

In some ways, the story of Twin Flames is a universal one.

True love, the pursuit of a happy ever after.

Those are things we can all relate to.

He was the first person that made me feel like, yeah, you're screwed up, but who isn't?

And I still like you.

Yet there were other parts of the story that were more difficult to wrap my head around.

Like how drastically people's lives can change even over the internet.

I no longer knew who I was.

I was just like I was spiraling.

So what does this story tell us about how power and coercion are adapting in our modern

world?

And the lengths people are going to get what they want.

Well, I've got two special guests who've really thought a lot about these questions.

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