SYSK Selects: How Cult Deprogramming Works

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 22 February 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The fear of cults in the 1970s drove Americans to look the other way on kidnappings, abuse and torture of cult members by deprogrammers – but did it even work? Find out in this classic episode.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.4	Good morning stuff you should know listeners.
0:33.7	This is one of your faithful co-leaders, Charles W. Chuck Bryant, here to tell you about cult
0:39.7	deprogramming.
0:41.4	This is my Saturday select pick for the week.
0:43.2	It's from September 22, 2015.
0:46.8	You know that Josh and I love to talk about cults.
0:49.2	Really fascinate us, but here's the flip side cult deprogramming.
0:53.0	After you leave the cult, you can't just walk out of there.
0:55.5	It takes a lot of effort to normalize yourself back into society and cult deprogramming is
1:01.4	how you do it.
1:02.5	So here you go.
1:03.5	Check it out right now.
1:08.9	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's House Stuff Works.
1:15.7	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
1:19.8	I'm Josh Clark with Charles W. Chuck Bryant, and I always whack you, Jerry.
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