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Stuff Mom Never Told You

Why do women join cults?

Stuff Mom Never Told You

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.24.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2014

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Are women likelier to join cults? Cristen and Caroline investigate how destructive cults like the Manson Family work and why women join them and then debunk stereotypes about women in cults.

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0:00.0

Welcome to The Good Stuff. I'm Jacob Schick, a third-generation combat marine.

0:04.3

And I'm his co-host and wife Ashley Schick. We believe everyone has a story to tell.

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Not only about the peaks, but the valleys they've been through to get them to where they are today.

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We're joined by some amazing guests who share the lessons they've learned that shaped who they are

0:17.8

and what they're doing to pay it forward and give back.

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0:30.0

Hi, Jenna Colopus here with the new season of My Overcomefer Podcasts. What's over comefer

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all about? It's about inspiring confidence in all of us and choosing calling over comfort.

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Every Tuesday I'll be having real and honest conversations. You'll hear it from me first before

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1:01.2

Check out the Your Financial Maven Podcast where we need to change the way we think about money,

1:06.0

our understanding of it, and the effects. I'm Samantha Mitman-Bessnov, CPA, and I have spent

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1:16.3

like saving and budgeting and really anything around money to help you feel financially empowered.

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Listen to the Your Financial Maven Podcast on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever

1:27.5

you get your podcasts. Welcome to Stuff Mom Never Told You from HouseofBoards.com.

1:42.3

Hello and welcome to the podcast. I'm Kristen and I'm Caroline and today we are talking about

1:47.2

women and cults and to kick things off. We thought we would start at the very worst end of the

1:54.4

spectrum in terms of women's involvement in cults because I think when a lot of us hear the word

2:01.6

cult, we think of Charles Manson and the family and the number of women who he attracted to his cult.

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