SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT & Shen Yun/Falun Gong is Still a Cult! Pt1 [UPDATE]
Was I in a Cult?
Liz Iacuzzi
4.5 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
**PLEASE NOTE: This episode originally aired in Oct 2024. Since, there have been quite a few updates to both the cult and story. Tune into the episode to hear more.**
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When her mother fell sick, young Angela had no idea that she would spend her childhood growing up in a dangerous cult. Falun Gong, a Chinese spiritual movement-slash-religion-slash-cult, known for its Shen Yun dancers and its ties to 'The Epoch Times' entangled her family in its facade of meditation and enlightenment. In this two-part episode, Angela recounts her experience in a world where karma is not just a bitch, but a force that can dictate life and death… with suffering seen as a path to salvation and modern medicine demonized as an obstacle to spiritual purity. And just when you think it can't get any wilder, the Capitol Insurrection storms into the story…
This is Part 1 of Angela's powerful story.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The views, information, or opinions expressed by the guest appearing in this episode solely |
| 0:04.4 | belong to the guest and do not represent or reflect the views or positions of the hosts, |
| 0:09.4 | the show, podcast one, this network, or any of their respective affiliates. |
| 0:14.4 | Hi, listeners. We just want to let you know that Tyler and I were currently moving homes |
| 0:19.4 | and packing up the vans as we speak. |
| 0:23.8 | She doesn't mean literally we're moving homes. |
| 0:26.6 | We are moving. |
| 0:28.5 | Yeah, make sure you double wrap the China list. |
| 0:31.8 | I don't have China. |
| 0:32.9 | I don't have China either. |
| 0:34.7 | But we are moving distribution companies for the podcast to a new place that will... Very excited. Love us. And we'll be there at the beginning of May. And we're going to have a housewarming party. Guess who's invited? You. You are. Bring wine and flowers. We'll have hors d'oeuvres. We won't. We're just going to release a podcast episode, and you get to listen to it. |
| 0:55.2 | You guys can have a nice party and listen to it together. |
| 0:58.0 | Yeah, they could do that. Or they could just listen to it as they commute. Scrub the floor. Or they do dishes. Right. More likely, that's what's going to happen. But in the meantime, you guys, today is not just a re-release because the cult covered in these episodes has been quite busy since we released these episodes about a year and a half ago. |
| 1:17.6 | And we are going to get into that in just a second. |
| 1:20.6 | So stick around. |
| 1:22.1 | And then in May, we'll be back with all new episodes. |
| 1:25.5 | So until then, hug your loved ones, and we'll see you very soon. |
| 1:33.1 | Shin Yun is everywhere. The epic times is growing, and they seem to have a really large |
| 1:39.2 | influence over people, and there are a lot of people who are interested in Falun Gong as well, like joining |
| 1:46.5 | the cult, not even realizing what it is. It seems a little dangerous and I want to warn people. |
| 2:08.2 | Hey everyone. Welcome back to was I in a cult. I'm Liz Ayakousy. |
| 2:10.0 | And I'm Tyler Meesum. |
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