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Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

Rosanna Arquette - Commune Life, Racism, & Harvey Weinstein

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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True Crime, Talk Radio, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.41.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Actor, director, and activist Rosanna Arquette discusses her childhood growing up on a commune that was part of the Subud spiritual movement, her mom's journey from her own abuse to helping other women, the racism she saw in the community outside of the commune, her own personal experience with Harvey Weinstein's harassment, the subsequent changes she felt in her career, speaking out against Weinstein, and being a part of a movement that changed the world. Check out our great sponsors! Thrive Causemetics: Get an exclusive 15% off your first order at ThriveCausemetics.com/trustme Progressive: Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 29 million drivers who trust Progressive! Got your own story about cults, extreme belief, or abuse of power? Leave a voicemail or text us at 347-86-TRUST (347-868-7878) OR shoot us an email at [email protected] CHECK OUT OUR MERCH!!! bit.ly/trustmemerch INSTAGRAM: @TrustMePodcast @oohlalola @meaganelizabeth11 TWITTER: @TrustMeCultPod @ohlalola @baberahamhicks TIKTOK: @TrustMeCultPodcast

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0:00.0

If you have your own story of being in a cult or a high control group or if you've had

0:04.1

experience with manipulation or abuse the power that you'd like to share, leave us a message

0:08.4

on our hotline number at 347-86 trust. That's 347-868-7878 or shoot us an e-mail at TrustMePod

0:18.2

at gmail.com. Trust me, do you trust me? Trust me, I'm like a smart person. Yeah, I've never

0:25.6

lied to you. I'll never have lied. If you think that one person has all the answers, don't!

0:32.5

Welcome to TrustMe, the podcast about cults, extreme belief, and manipulation from two movie

0:38.0

stars who've actually experienced it. I'm Lola Blanc, and I'm Megan Elizabeth. Today, our guest

0:42.7

is an actual movie star, Rosanna Arquette, director, actor, activist. She's going to tell us about

0:47.8

her childhood and how she grew up on a commune that was part of the subit spiritual movement with

0:52.4

the mom who was troubled but became interested in growth and self-reflection later in life,

0:56.2

and how the real extreme thinking in her life was actually in the racist southern neighborhood

1:00.1

outside the community. She'll also tell us about her experiences with Harvey Weinstein's sexual

1:05.7

harassment and the subsequent changes she experienced in her career and what it felt like to speak out

1:11.6

about him and be part of a movement that changed the world. That's right, all that and more, and before

1:18.3

we dive in with her, Megan, tell me your coolest thing. You know what? I'm excited about this week's

1:23.8

cultiest thing. I'm looking at some articles that are saying that there's new evidence that we're

1:30.2

genetically predisposed to like serial killer documentaries that we, it makes sense for us to want

1:37.7

to get gameplays because we feel like it's going to help us defeat them in the end, which makes me

1:45.6

happy because it always feels kind of dark that people just love to watch people get murdered.

1:51.0

You know what I mean? Interesting. Do you find in your life, this is fully anecdotal? I don't have

1:56.9

any statistics, but do you find in your life that women are more into true crime than men?

2:01.9

Yeah, and I guess that would, you know, make the points even more because we're usually the ones

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