Podcasts by Cult or Just Weird
Join Chris & Kayla on their journeys
of humor, discovery, and the absurd as
they try to answer the question...
is it a cult, or just weird?
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S5E11 - The Full Circle from 2023-11-21T08:00
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S5E10 - The Secret Knowledge (Theosophy) from 2023-10-24T07:00
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S5E9 - The Criminals (Hare Krishnas, pt2) from 2023-10-10T07:00
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S5E8 - The Chanters (Hare Krishnas, pt 1) from 2023-09-26T07:00
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S5E7 - The Gambler's Meritocracy (American State-run Lotteries) from 2023-08-29T07:00
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S5E6 - The Hams&Their Eggs (the LA Breakfast Club) from 2023-08-01T07:00
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S5E5 - The Collective's Legacy (Objectivism's reception&effects) from 2023-07-04T07:00
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S5E4 - The Collective's Architect (Ayn Rand's life) from 2023-06-20T07:00
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S5E3 - The Collective's Dogma (Objectivist beliefs) from 2023-06-06T07:01
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S5E2 - The Ecstatics&their DJ (Ecstatic Dance) from 2023-05-09T04:01
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S5E1 - The Wives&Their Father (the Source Family) from 2023-04-11T06:49
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S4E20 - The Religious Service (The Aetherius Society) from 2022-12-27T08:00
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S4E19 - The Magic Eyes (EMDR) from 2022-12-13T08:08:54
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S4E18 - The Heavy Weight (Fat Liberation&Acceptance) from 2022-11-29T08:00
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S4E17 - The Keening (Midsommar) from 2022-11-15T08:30
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S4E16 - The Fandom (Furries&Fur Science) from 2022-11-01T07:00
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S4E15 - The Basics (Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Lattes) from 2022-10-18T07:00
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S4E14 - The Bean Counters (Pythagoreanism) from 2022-10-04T07:00
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S4E13 - The Partners (Starbucks Workers Unions) from 2022-09-20T07:00
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S4E12 - The Dirt (Black Oxygen Organics takedown) from 2022-09-06T07:00:45
"Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things." - Vernor Vinge
Kayla and Chris tell another side of the classic MLM story - the downfall. And we've got a special interview here...
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S4E11 - The Antidote (suicidality&Teal Swan) from 2022-08-23T07:00:35
“Human connection is the suicide killer."
Chris and Kayla revisit a former topic that's reared its head in mainstream culture again to talk about why this person continues to amass power....
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S4E10 - I Didn't Know it Was Wrong[tm]! (how abusers react to accountability) from 2022-08-09T07:00
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S4E9 - The Vibes (Empty Spaces) from 2022-07-26T07:00:31
“Sometimes reality is too complex. Stories give it form.” - Jean Luc Godard
Kayla and Chris fall down the dollhole into an online world of unstable meaning and multilayered storytelling.<...
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S4E8 - The Magic Formula (Long Term Capital Management) from 2022-07-12T07:00
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S4E7 - The Abortion Conversation from 2022-06-28T07:00
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S4E6 - The Scheme (B&B Worm Farm Ponzi) from 2022-06-14T07:00:33
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S4E5 - The Banking Dynasty (The Rothschild Family) from 2022-05-31T07:00:37
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S4E4 - The Corporate Culture (cultlike corporate practices) from 2022-05-17T07:00:58
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S4E3 - The Toolbox (self care strategies from past guests) from 2022-05-03T07:19:13
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S4E2 - The Tea (Celestial Seasonings&Urantia) from 2022-04-19T07:00
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S4E1 - The Informed Public (Mike Caulfield interview on info literacy) from 2022-04-05T07:00
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S3E20 Bonus Patreon Episode (The Rise and Fall of LuLaRoe) from 2021-12-29T08:00
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S3E20 - The Journey (past, present, and future of COJW) from 2021-12-28T08:00
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S3E19 - The Old New Religious Movement (The Amish) from 2021-12-14T08:03:19
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S3E19 - The Old New Religious Movement (The Amish) from 2021-12-14T08:03:19
The tree of spiritual munificence must be refreshed from time to time.
Chris gets to learn all about the Amish from someone whose story has been featured on a previous episode.
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S3E18 - The Radical Reformers (history of Anabaptism) from 2021-11-30T08:00
"If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water."
-Loren Eiseley
Chris revisits a previous topic but widens the scope by deep diving into the (sometimes violent) religi...
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S3E18 - The Radical Reformers (history of Anabaptism) from 2021-11-30T08:00
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S3E17 - The Contest (No Nut November) from 2021-11-16T08:00
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S3E17 - The Contest (No Nut November) from 2021-11-16T08:00
Every November comes with a kaleidoscope of changing leaves, the aroma of pumpkin spice, and doesn't come with other things.
Kayla goes hard on a nutty topic and comes up with some deep i...
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S3E16 - The Tundra Mouse (interview w Director of Pleistocene Park, Nikita Zimov) from 2021-11-02T07:00
We must cultivate our garden.
Chris gets to talk to a scientist of mammoth significance, clarifying and context-ifying a topic from 4 episodes ago.
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S3E16 - The Tundra Mouse (interview w Director of Pleistocene Park, Nikita Zimov) from 2021-11-02T07:00
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S3E15 - The Conspiritualists (interview w Matt Remski of Conspirituality pod) from 2021-10-19T07:00
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S3E15 - The Conspiritualists (interview w Matt Remski of Conspirituality pod) from 2021-10-19T07:00
It can poison your soul.
Chris and Kayla talk with one of their favorite conspiracy theory/spirituality/cultic studies writer & podcaster - and dive deep into bodily fascism, the yoga com...
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S3E14 - The Cheat Codes (Gravoboi Codes) from 2021-10-04T07:00
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S3E14 - The Cheat Codes (Gravoboi Codes) from 2021-10-04T07:00
“Separate text from context and all that remains is a con.” - Stewart Stafford
Kayla takes a break from watching TikToks to give us a bunch of context and info about a pretty weird trend ...
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S3E13 - The Crusaders: Reprise (QAnon update w QAA's Travis View) from 2021-09-21T07:00
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S3E13 - The Crusaders: Reprise (QAnon, pt 6: update a year later) from 2021-09-21T07:00
All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again.
Chris & Kayla seek an expert to help deliver an update on one of last seasons very timely topics.
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S3E13 - The Crusaders: Reprise (QAnon update w QAA's Travis View) from 2021-09-21T07:00
All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again.
Chris & Kayla seek an expert to help deliver an update on one of last season's very timely topics.
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S3E12 - The Virtuous Cycle (Pleistocene Park) from 2021-09-07T07:30:53
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S3E12 - The Virtuous Cycle (Pleistocene Park) from 2021-09-07T07:30:53
Small steppes can have Mammoth effects.
Chris takes us on a journey to the far reaches of the Earth to find some unintuitive science and some unlikely helpers in the fight to save civiliz...
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S3E11 - The Lab Coaters (Self Realization Fellowship, pt2) from 2021-08-24T07:00
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S3E11 - The Lab Coaters (Self Realization Fellowship, pt2) from 2021-08-24T07:00
I don't want to believe. I want to know.
-Carl Sagan
Kayla sciences even harder on the Self Realization Fellowship: their beliefs, their organizational structures & rules,...
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S3E10 - The Guru (Self Realization Fellowship, pt1) from 2021-08-10T07:00
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S3E10 - The Guru (Self Realization Fellowship, pt1) from 2021-08-10T07:00
There are disciples who seek a guru made in their own image.
-Paramahansa Yogananda
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S3E9 - The Blue Curtains (abuse in the Amish community) from 2021-07-27T07:00
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S3E9 - The Blue Curtains (abuse in the Amish community) from 2021-07-27T07:00
Abusive systems rely on guilt, gaslighting, and isolation.
You need not be perfect. You are not crazy. And you aren't alone.
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S3E8 - The Shared Experience (Throawaylien) from 2021-07-13T07:00
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S3E8 - The Shared Experience (Throawaylien) from 2021-07-13T07:00
I want to believe... but take this story with a bowl of salt.
Chris abducts Kayla's scheduled episode slot to disclose a previously unidentified story... before it's too late.
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S3E7 - The Benevolent Association (Hop Sing Tong) from 2021-06-29T07:00
Good or bad, who's to say?
Chris & Kayla walk by an interesting building in LA's Chinatown, which turns into a whole full excuse for Chris to talk about history on the cult show again. Listen
S3E7 - The Benevolent Association (Hop Sing Tong) from 2021-06-29T07:00
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S3E6 - The Instructors (Zumba, pt2) from 2021-06-15T04:00
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S3E6 - The Instructors (Zumba, pt2) from 2021-06-15T04:00
It's a societal thing, not a Zumba thing.
Kayla finally reveals the shockingly large full extent of Zumba's power and influence.
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S3E5 - The Dancers (Zumba, pt1) from 2021-06-01T07:00
Ditch the workout. Join the party.
Kayla and Chris dance their way into the beginnings of yet another wellness-based movement.
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S3E5 - The Dancers (Zumba, pt1) from 2021-06-01T07:00
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S3E4 - The Architects (the Tartarian Empire) from 2021-05-18T07:00
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S3E4 - The Architects (the Tartarian Empire) from 2021-05-18T07:00
We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.
Chris takes us on a journey to a land that is simultaneously far away, yet near, ancient, yet brand new.
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S3E3 - The Desire (the Nugget couch) from 2021-05-04T07:00
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S3E3 - The Desire (the Nugget couch) from 2021-05-04T07:00
When you tell people they can’t have something it makes them want it more.
Kayla takes Chris down the rabbit hole on a topic that's been dubbed "The Supreme Drop for Moms."
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S3E2 - The Immunity (Antivax) from 2021-04-20T07:00
Out of an abundance of caution, we are making this podcast.
Chris doesn't hesitate to take us on the longest CoJW episode journey yet, into the movement(s) that oppose all that s...
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S3E2 - The Immunity (Antivax) from 2021-04-20T07:00
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S3E1 - The Herd (Vaccine Science&History) from 2021-04-06T07:00
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S3E1 - The Herd (Vaccine Science & History) from 2021-04-06T07:00
Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors.
In the first episode of CoJW's third season, Chris sets up the science and history behind a movement that has been in the global conve...
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S2E20 - The Crusaders: Resolve (QAnon, pt 5: tie up&words of resilience) from 2021-01-02T08:00
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S2E20 - The Crusaders: Resolve (QAnon, pt 5: tie up & words of resilience) from 2021-01-02T08:00
It is because of hope that we suffer. It is through hope that we change things.
In the fifth and final CoJW-does-QAnon episode, Chris and Kayla cover a few things they haven't yet, tie up...
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S2E19 - The Crusaders: Casualties (QAnon, pt 4: friends, family, and ex-members) from 2020-12-08T08:00
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S2E19 - The Crusaders: Casualties (QAnon, pt 4: friends, family, and ex-members) from 2020-12-08T08:00
People are hurting.
In the fourth installment of Cult or Just Weird's QAnon deep dive, we hear from real people whose lives and loved ones have been affected by the grip of the online con...
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S2E18 - The Crusaders: Apophenia (pt3: QAnon as alternate reality game) from 2020-11-24T08:00
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S2E18 - The Crusaders: Apophenia (pt3: QAnon as alternate reality game) from 2020-11-24T08:00
This Is Not A Game.
In part three of the five part COJW series on QAnon, Chris takes a hard look at the human psychology behind game mechanics, and what makes QAnon research so engaging.<...
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S2E17 - The Crusaders: Origin (QAnon, pt2: how it got started) from 2020-11-10T08:30
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S2E17 - The Crusaders: Origin (QAnon, pt2: how it got started) from 2020-11-10T08:30
Are you awake yet?
In part two of CoJW's five part series on QAnon, Kayla gets into the nitty gritty mechanics of how it got going and where it's at now.
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S2E16 - The Crusaders: Context (QAnon, pt1: history&context) from 2020-10-27T06:00
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S2E16 - The Crusaders: Context (QAnon, pt1: history & context) from 2020-10-27T06:00
Do you know how long this has been going on?
In part one of a five part series, Kayla and Chris tackle a zeitgeisty topic that they've been ruminating on for a while.
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S2E15 - The Holy War (the feud over pronunciation of GIF) from 2020-10-13T07:00
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S2E15 - The Holy War (the feud over pronunciation of GIF) from 2020-10-13T07:00
Teach the controversy.
Chris foolishly dives headfirst into the most controversial debate of the internet age.
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S2E14 - The Volunteers (Voluntary Human Extinction Movement) from 2020-09-29T06:00
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S2E14 - The Volunteers (Voluntary Human Extinction Movement) from 2020-09-29T06:00
May we live long and die out.
Kayla discovers a group that exists to cease.
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S2E13 - The Streaming Service (Gaia TV) from 2020-09-15T07:01
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S2E13 - The Streaming Service (Gaia TV) from 2020-09-15T07:01
We hit a mother lode of madness.
Chris complains to Kayla about some extremely weird ads he's been getting on YouTube lately.
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S2E12 - The Carnivores (the Lion Diet) from 2020-09-01T07:00
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S2E12 - The Carnivores (the Lion Diet) from 2020-09-01T07:00
Science is about questions. Self help is about answers.
Kayla and Chris take a bite out of a meaty topic.
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S2E11 - The Other People (Twin Flames Universe, pt2) from 2020-08-18T07:00
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S2E11 - The Other People (Twin Flames Universe, pt2) from 2020-08-18T07:00
May you have the courage to change the things you can, the serenity to accept the things you can't, and the wisdom to know the difference.
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S2E10 - The Soulmates (Twin Flames Universe, pt1) from 2020-08-04T07:00
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S2E10 - The Soulmates (Twin Flames Universe, pt1) from 2020-08-04T07:00
Do you believe in True Love?
Chris and Kayla talk about soulmates. Well, a particularly "fiery" new age version of them. A version which has the potential to be problematic, and may even ...
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S2E9 - The Device (The Soul Phone) from 2020-07-21T04:01
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S2E9 - The Device (The Soul Phone) from 2020-07-21T04:01
Your call may be monitored for ghostly assurance purposes.
Turns out Kayla was holding back on the juiciest bits of the Afterlife Sciences story last episode...
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S2E8 - The Researcher (Afterlife Science) from 2020-07-07T17:02:21
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S2E8 - The Researcher (Afterlife Science) from 2020-07-07T17:02:21
The trouble with quotes about death is that 99.9% of them are made by people who are still alive. -Joshua Burns
Kayla and Chris get spiritual, contemplate unknowable questions of existenc...
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S2E7 - The Line (Your World of Text) from 2020-06-23T07:00
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S2E7 - The Line (Your World of Text) from 2020-06-23T07:00
"A good traveler is one who who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveler does not know where he came from." -Lin Yutang
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S2E6 - The Coaches (Team Beachbody MLM) from 2020-06-09T04:00
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S2E6 - The Coaches (Team Beachbody MLM) from 2020-06-09T04:00
LOOK. DEEPER.
Chris & Kayla follow up on an interesting lead to a former cult-or-just-weird member. And this interview turns up some surprising and creepy nuggets of new information... Listen
S2E5 - The Tulpa (interview w tulpamancer&his tulpa) from 2020-05-26T04:00
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S2E5 - The Tulpa (interview w tulpamancer & his tulpa) from 2020-05-26T04:00
Cult or Just Weird revisits a topic from Season 1... this time, with a friend or two.
Chris & Kayla interview one of the subjects of conversation from CoJW's season one Tulpa episodes (13...
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S2E4 - The Information Hazard (Roko's Basilisk&LessWrong) from 2020-05-12T04:01
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S2E4 - The Information Hazard (Roko's Basilisk & LessWrong) from 2020-05-12T04:01
If you look, it's already too late.
Chris & Kayla talk about a topic that some believe is dangerous merely by knowing about it.
Content Warning: existential dread
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S2E3 - The Main Course (Intermittent Fasting) from 2020-04-28T04:00
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S2E3 - The Main Course (Intermittent Fasting, pt2) from 2020-04-28T04:00
Did you know the human body can go for 3 minutes without air, 3 days without water, and 14 days without Cult or Just Weird?
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S2E2 - The Appetizer (Diet Culture Primer) from 2020-04-14T04:00
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S2E2 - The Appetizer (Intermittent Fasting, pt1) from 2020-04-14T04:00
Nothing tastes as good as addressing a broken system feels.
Chris and Kayla take a bite out of a topic that's been eating at Kayla since they started this show.
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S2E1 - The Experts (Cult Awareness Network&Cult Deprogramming) from 2020-03-31T04:01
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S2E1 - The Experts (Cult Awareness Network & Cult Deprogramming) from 2020-03-31T04:01
"You cannot save people. You can only love them."
-Anais Nin
Welcome to Cult or Just Weird... SEASON 2.
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S1E20 - The Culties (CoJW season 1 recap) from 2019-12-10T09:00
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S1E20 - The Culties (CoJW season 1 recap) from 2019-12-10T09:00
Awards shows are rituals of indulgent, narcissistic filler.
It's the CoJW season one finale! Chris & Kayla revisit cults and weirds from all season to bestow some very prestigious and not...
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S1E19 - The Doctor (Ben Lynch, SeekingHealth,&MTHFR) from 2019-11-26T09:00
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S1E19 - The Doctor (Ben Lynch, SeekingHealth, & MTHFR) from 2019-11-26T09:00
Yeah I get confused, that's the human in me.
I reason that shit out, that's the science in me.
Chris & Kayla tap into their trust network to find experts to help navigate the tricky...
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S1E18 - The Blueprints (RNA&Cell Biology Primer) from 2019-11-12T09:00
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S1E18 - The Blueprints (RNA & Cell Biology Primer) from 2019-11-12T09:00
We just took a DNA test, turns out...
To set the stage for the next cult-or-just-weird in question, Chris & Kayla dig into some very cool molecular biology.
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S1E17 - The Spirits (Spirit Halloween, pt2) from 2019-10-29T08:00
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S1E17 - The Spirits (Spirit Halloween, pt2) from 2019-10-29T08:00
This episode: so fun, it's scary.
Kayla & Chris wrap up their Halloween themed topic and decide if it's a cult, or just weird.
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S1E16 - The Hermit Crabs (Spirit Halloween, pt1) from 2019-10-15T08:00
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S1E16 - The Hermit Crabs (Spirit Halloween, pt1) from 2019-10-15T08:00
What do crustaceans, ghosts, and apocalypses have in common?
Kayla and Chris welcome in the spooky season with an on-theme episode.
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S1E15 - The Actuaries (Woodmen Life&Modern Woodmen) from 2019-10-01T21:55:32
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S1E15 - The Actuaries (Woodmen Life & Modern Woodmen) from 2019-10-01T21:55:32
Don't forget to make your bed, brush your teeth, and contemplate your mortality.
Chris & Kayla take a break from talking about cults to discuss life insurance.
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S1E14 - The Wonderland (Tulpa Community, pt2) from 2019-09-17T08:00
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S1E14 - The Wonderland (Tulpa Community, pt2) from 2019-09-17T08:00
"It's no use going back to yesterday," said Alice, "because I was a different person then."
Kayla & Chris (or possibly their persona-tulpas created by their past selves?) traverse further...
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S1E13 - The Imaginary Friends (Tulpa Community, pt1) from 2019-09-03T08:00
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S1E13 - The Imaginary Friends (Tulpa Community, pt1) from 2019-09-03T08:00
The real question is not whether our creations think, but whether we do.
Kayla and Chris learn about the strange and endless limits of the human imagination.
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S1E12 - The Creators (Creativity White Supremacist Organization) from 2019-08-20T08:00
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S1E12 - The Creators (Creativity White Supremacist Organization) from 2019-08-20T08:00
Creativity is a verb, not a noun.
Chris & Kayla tackle a rough one today (content warning: white supremacist extremism). But we promise if you stick through to the end of the episode, we ...
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S1E11 - The Restaurant (Loving Hut) from 2019-08-06T08:00
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S1E11 - The Restaurant (Loving Hut) from 2019-08-06T08:00
Is there anything more ritualistic than a meal?
Chris and Kayla go out into the field and do some deliciously weird research in order to answer this episode's question.
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S1E10 - The Beauty Advisors (Mary Kay MLM) from 2019-07-23T08:00
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S1E10 - The Beauty Advisors (Mary Kay MLM) from 2019-07-23T08:00
What is the truth of pink?
Chris & Kayla decide it's high time to interview some experts on the show. And there are three sides to every story: your side, my side, and the truth. And no o...
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S1E9 - The Flight Plan (MLM Primer) from 2019-07-09T08:00
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S1E9 - The Flight Plan (MLM Primer) from 2019-07-09T08:00
Have you ever wanted to be your own boss? Make your own hours? Have the financial freedom and success you deserve?
Chris & Kayla start tackling a whole giant subcategory of cult-or-just-w...
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S1E8 - The Primes (Cicada 3301) from 2019-06-25T08:00
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S1E8 - The Primes (Cicada 3301) from 2019-06-25T08:00
Seek and you will be found.
Chris & Kayla finally disagree on the cult conclusion about a mysterious group that sends its followers on wild goose chases around the internet - and beyond.<...
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S1E7 - The Americans (Cargo Cults&John Frum) from 2019-06-11T08:00
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S1E7 - The Americans (Cargo Cults & John Frum) from 2019-06-11T08:00
Cult or Just Culture?
This episode's topic has "cult" in the name, so case closed, right?
Wellllll... we'll get to that.
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S1E6 - The Catalyst, pt 2 (Teal Swan) from 2019-05-28T08:00
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S1E6 - The Catalyst, pt 2 (Teal Swan) from 2019-05-28T08:00
Primum non nocere.
It's part two of CoJW's take on the Teal Swan New Age & self help business empire.
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S1E5 - The Catalyst (Teal Swan) from 2019-05-14T08:00
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S1E5 - The Catalyst (Teal Swan) from 2019-05-14T08:00
Did it really happen the way you remember?
In CoJW's first two parter, Kayla and Chris tackle a surprisingly huge topic - and peel back the many layers to try to understand an interesting...
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S1E4 - The Game (Star Citizen) from 2019-04-30T08:00
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S1E4 - The Game (Star Citizen) from 2019-04-30T08:00
How much would you spend to make it real?
Chris brings an unexpected organization to the table in this week's episode. Prepare for the story of too much money, betrayal, pascal's wager, a...
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S1E3 - The City (Irvine, California) from 2019-04-16T08:00
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S1E3 - The City (Irvine, California) from 2019-04-16T08:00
How much do you really know about the place you live?
Kayla and Chris get geographical and tackle a topic that stretches the definition of cult to its limit. Or does it?
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S1E2 - The Filmmakers (Ramtha's School of Enlightenment) from 2019-04-02T00:13:21
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S1E2 - The Filmmakers (Ramtha's School of Enlightenment) from 2019-04-02T00:13:21
What the @#$% do we know?
In their 2nd episode, Kayla and Chris dig into another topic with a personal connection - and it all stems from one little bleep'n movie you may have heard about...
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S1E1 - The Sanctuary (Best Friends Animal Society) from 2019-04-01T11:00
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S1E1 - The Sanctuary (Best Friends Animal Society) from 2019-04-01T11:00
Have you ever worked somewhere that had bizarre secret history?
Welcome to the first episode of Cult or Just Weird! In the premiere, Kayla and Chris notice a loose thread that, when pulle...
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