Taster – ‘Why do people join cults?’ – from the new series of Why? with Emma Kennedy
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🗓️ 24 October 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, it's Andrew Harrison here. |
| 0:01.6 | Are you curious about the outer limits of science, psychology and technology? |
| 0:05.6 | Well, we've got the podcast for you, and it's out right now. |
| 0:08.5 | Why is the weekly show where Emma Kennedy, author, screenwriter, lawyer and LEGO Obsessive, delves into the big questions |
| 0:15.9 | of science and the human mind. |
| 0:18.2 | It's out every Thursday and we think you'll enjoy it. |
| 0:21.0 | Episode 1, Why Do People Join Cults, is out now and we've got a taster for you. |
| 0:25.6 | Follow the link in the show notes to hear the whole thing. |
| 0:27.6 | Hello and welcome to Why with me Emma Kennedy. |
| 0:35.0 | Each week I'm joined by two guests to delve into the psychology, philosophy, sociology and |
| 0:40.0 | science of why we are the way we are. |
| 0:42.0 | Why is the podcast for Curious Minds. I've never been in a cult unless you count that time I became obsessed with the Danish |
| 0:59.7 | scandinois Classic The Killing and ended up writing a book about it and following Sophie Grubble |
| 1:04.8 | around for months. |
| 1:06.2 | With her permission, I might add, but still. |
| 1:09.4 | There was a brief window where if she'd asked me to move into a basement and surround myself with icons of |
| 1:14.9 | knitted jumpers, I'd have said yes, but she didn't, so we all live to tell the tale. |
| 1:20.8 | But it strikes me that all cults begin with a charismatic leader who is able to exert |
| 1:26.7 | extraordinary control over his or her followers. |
| 1:30.9 | It's not just religious cults, There are political cults to look at what's happening to the Republican Party in the US as we speak. |
| 1:38.0 | Both of which carry the width of destruction. But what about the devotion of Taylor |
| 1:47.8 | Swift or Beyoncé or any global entertainment force? That's fine, right? So what distinguishes liking |
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