
Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan
Steven Hassan, PhD, is one of the leading experts on cults and undue influence in the world. A former member of the right-wing Moonie cult, Hassan was deprogrammed 45 years ago and has dedicated his life to helping people out of cults and destructive situations. Dr. Hassan is a licensed mental healt
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Invisible Threads: Weaving Mental Health and Democracy in Trump Times with Kate Woodsome
Kate Woodsome is the founder of The Invisible Thread...
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Feb 17 2025 1h 10m
Chapter 1 20 mins
Journalist Discusses Mental Health and DemocracyChapter 2 6 mins
Escaping a Cult and Fighting CensorshipChapter 3 11 mins
Navigating Media, Cults, and MoralityChapter 4 14 mins
Understanding Cognitive Dissonance and Societal SystemsChapter 5 16 mins
Empowering Civil Discourse and Critical ThinkingChapter 6 1 min
Exploring Cults and Mind Control
On Offense: Taking Action to Prevent Further Assaults to Democracy with Kristofer Goldsmith
Kristofer Goldsmith is the founder and CEO of the no...
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Feb 10 2025 1h 3m
Chapter 1 13 mins
Veterans Fighting Extremism for DemocracyChapter 2 13 mins
Recognizing and Resisting Authoritarian BrainwashingChapter 3 13 mins
Building a Grassroots Resistance MovementChapter 4 6 mins
Unmasking Extremism and White SupremacyChapter 5 14 mins
Uncovering Extremist Networks Through SurveillanceChapter 6 1 min
Expanding Trustworthy Community Connections
Tuning In: Experiencing Music in Psychedelic States, a new book by former Hare Krishna devotee Steven J. Gelberg
This interview had two foci: ISKCON and Tulsi Gabbar...
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Feb 3 2025 1h 5m
Chapter 1 18 mins
History of Hare Krishna MovementChapter 2 14 mins
Leaving ISKCON and PsychedelicsChapter 3 12 mins
Exploring Music in Psychedelic StatesChapter 4 9 mins
Music and Psychedelic Therapy GuideChapter 5 11 mins
Navigating Ideological Shifts and Psychedelics
Framed: Women in the Family Court Underworld with Dr. Christine M. Cocchiola and Amy Polacko
Ever hear the term coercive control? Did you know th...
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Jan 27 2025 1h 1m
Chapter 1 10 mins
Protective Parenting in Family CourtChapter 2 8 mins
Recognizing and Escaping Abusive RelationshipsChapter 3 3 mins
Protective Measures in High Conflict DivorceChapter 4 11 mins
Cults in the Family Court SystemChapter 5 14 mins
Narcissistic Abuse and Parental ManipulationChapter 6 12 mins
Social Media Addiction and Coercive Control
Research on Folks Who Left the Headquarters of the Jehovah’s Witnesses with Dr. Andre Jackson
Former cult members often reference the moment when ...
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Jan 20 2025 1h 1m
Chapter 1 9 mins
Waking Up From Jehovah's WitnessesChapter 2 8 mins
Understanding Cult Mind Control and AwakeningChapter 3 11 mins
Engaging With Jehovah's WitnessesChapter 4 16 mins
Unpacking Psychological Impact of Religious ControlChapter 5 4 mins
Bethel ExposedChapter 6 10 mins
Overcoming Doubt and Gaslighting in CultsChapter 7 1 min
Exploring Cult Expert Resources
Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors' Stories of Conversion Therapy with Lucas Wilson
"Conversion therapy"—a discredited practice that pur...
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Jan 13 2025 1h
Chapter 1 15 mins
Exposing Conversion Therapy Trauma and RecoveryChapter 2 6 mins
Recovery and Self-Denial in EvangelicalismChapter 3 6 mins
Family Reaction to Conversion TherapyChapter 4 6 mins
Liberation Through Higher EducationChapter 5 4 mins
Breaking Free From Religious IndoctrinationChapter 6 3 mins
Challenging Evangelical Beliefs Through IdentityChapter 7 9 mins
Understanding Colonization and Conversion TraumaChapter 8 8 mins
Healing From Trauma and Community Support
Taking on Sexual Misconduct in Spiritual Communities with Attorney Carol Merchasin
Carol highlights the urgent need to reform the law, ...
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Jan 6 2025 1h 6m
Chapter 1 18 mins
Legal Advocacy Against Cult InfluenceChapter 2 15 mins
Legal Ramifications of Coercive ControlChapter 3 6 mins
Cult Influence and Legal ImplicationsChapter 4 11 mins
Legal Challenges and Victim SupportChapter 5 14 mins
Enhancing Forensic Evaluation in Cults
Maladaptive Daydreaming and Trauma Survivors with Dr. Eli Somer
Many people daydream, and this is an entirely normal...
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Dec 30 2024 56m
Chapter 1 18 mins
Understanding Dissociation and Trauma TherapyChapter 2 21 mins
Exploring Maladaptive Daydreaming and TraumaChapter 3 14 mins
Exploring Addiction and Trauma TherapyChapter 4 1 min
Exploring Cults and Mind Control
Thought Reform and Cyber Security: Where Cult Manipulation Techniques Meet Technology With Dustin Rozario Steinhage...
Dustin Rozario Steinhagen, PhD is a privacy expert w...
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Dec 23 2024 58m
Chapter 1 11 mins
Exploring Influence and Privacy in SocietyChapter 2 8 mins
Understanding Thought Reform DeniersChapter 3 6 mins
Identifying Cult Leaders and InfluenceChapter 4 14 mins
Examining Legal Protections Against Psychological ManipulationChapter 5 17 mins
Analyzing Privacy Harms in Thought Reform
Using the Law to Criminalize Cult Leaders With Robin Boyle-Laisure
Professor Boyle is a full-time faculty member at St....
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Dec 16 2024 1h
Chapter 1 13 mins
Trafficking Laws and Coercive ControlChapter 2 20 mins
Parenting Book on Human TraffickingChapter 3 8 mins
Legal Considerations of Undue InfluenceChapter 4 18 mins
Cult Influence and Forensic Evaluation
Navigating Life Beyond the Children of God Cult as an Expert on Disabilities with Psychologist Maria Esguerra
Australian Maria Esguerra tells us that it’s still d...
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Dec 9 2024 1h 9m
Chapter 1 14 mins
Growing Up in a Destructive CultChapter 2 4 mins
Aftermath of Destructive Cult ExperienceChapter 3 12 mins
Escaping Cult, Pursuing Psychology EducationChapter 4 15 mins
Promoting Organizational Attachment and IdentityChapter 5 8 mins
Addressing the Impact of CultsChapter 6 13 mins
Supporting Second-Generation Cult Survivors
Nature’s Medicine: Unlocking the Secrets to Wellness with Chris Kilham
In recent years, modern science has confirmed what a...
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Dec 2 2024 59m
Chapter 1 12 mins
Natural Healing and Indigenous WisdomChapter 2 10 mins
Psychedelic Healing and Ethical UseChapter 3 8 mins
Climate Change and Shaman EthicsChapter 4 14 mins
Environmental Awareness and Meditation BenefitsChapter 5 13 mins
Medicine Hunter's Global Adventures
Kundalini, 3HO & Yogi Bhajan: Predatory Behavior, Sexual Abuse, and Undue Influence With Peter Blachly
There is a new HBO Max 4-part documentary called Bre...
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Nov 25 2024 1h
Chapter 1 13 mins
Exploring Cult Dynamics With Former MemberChapter 2 4 mins
Unpacking the Origins of a CultChapter 3 17 mins
Understanding Cult Mentality and Spiritual EgoChapter 4 11 mins
ExposedChapter 5 12 mins
Navigating Cults and Authentic IdentityChapter 6 1 min
The Influence Continuum Podcast Overview
Gaining Further Election Insight on Spycraft Interference: Den of Spies from Past to Present Day with Author Craig ...
On this episode of the Influence Continuum, I spoke ...
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Nov 18 2024 59m
Chapter 1 16 mins
Covert Operations in American PoliticsChapter 2 13 mins
Conspiracy and Covert Operations in PoliticsChapter 3 7 mins
The October SurpriseChapter 4 14 mins
American History and Truth AcknowledgementChapter 5 5 mins
Spies, Politics, and Media Influence
TECH AGNOSTIC: How Technology Became the World’s Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation...
Now with the American election won with the help of ...
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Nov 11 2024 1h 2m
Chapter 1 12 mins
Tech AgnosticChapter 2 10 mins
Tech Cults and ReligionsChapter 3 12 mins
Tech, Bitcoin, and ManipulationChapter 4 10 mins
Tech Cults, Manipulation, and Social ConditioningChapter 5 16 mins
Agnosticism, Mind Control, and HopeChapter 6 1 min
Unmasking Influence
Workplace Bullying and the Law with Professor David Yamada
Dr Phil spoke at Madison Square Garden saying Trump ...
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Nov 4 2024 1h 1m
Chapter 1 19 mins
Workplace Bullying and Political PsychologyChapter 2 18 mins
Workplace Bullying and Legal ProtectionsChapter 3 10 mins
Recognizing Workplace Abuse and Legal AdvocacyChapter 4 12 mins
Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Legal Advocacy
To Stop a Tyrant: The Power of Political Followers to Make or Brake a Toxic Leader with Ira Chaleff
When thinking about political leaders—those with inf...
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Oct 28 2024 1h 1m
Chapter 1 17 mins
Breaking a Toxic LeaderChapter 2 5 mins
Power Dynamics and Courageous FollowershipChapter 3 9 mins
Understanding and Overcoming Political PolarizationChapter 4 9 mins
Navigating Political Polarization With RespectChapter 5 18 mins
Navigating Political Beliefs and InfluenceChapter 6 1 min
Understanding Undo Influence and Cults
Takedown: Inside the Fight to Shut Down Pornhub for Child Abuse, Rape, and Sex Trafficking with Laila Mickelwait
Pornhub was once recognized as the largest and most ...
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Oct 21 2024 1h 5m
Chapter 1 8 mins
Fighting Pornhub Child Abuse and TraffickingChapter 2 14 mins
The Horrors of Pornhub ExploitationChapter 3 10 mins
Exposing Internet Harm and TraffickingChapter 4 10 mins
The Dark Forces Behind Pornhub ExploitationChapter 5 15 mins
Preventing Child Exploitation and TraffickingChapter 6 3 mins
Fighting Online Exploitation Through LegislationChapter 7 1 min
Ending Pornhub Exploitation and Trafficking
How to End Christian Nationalism with Baptist Religious Liberty Expert Amanda Tyler
My latest guest on the Influence Continuum is Amanda...
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Oct 14 2024 1h 1m
Chapter 1 14 mins
The Threat of Christian NationalismChapter 2 8 mins
Fighting Against Authoritarian Religious InfluenceChapter 3 19 mins
The History of Religious FreedomChapter 4 4 mins
Rejecting Christian Nationalism and False TeachingChapter 5 14 mins
Uniting Against Christian Nationalism
Who Owns Democracy? The Real Deep State and The Struggle Over Class and Caste with Sociologist Charles Derber, PhD
United States history is often portrayed more throug...
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Oct 7 2024 1h 3m
Chapter 1 18 mins
The Deep State in AmericaChapter 2 18 mins
American Democracy and Deep StateChapter 3 10 mins
Global Hegemony, Authoritarian Powers, and PeaceChapter 4 14 mins
American Psychological WarfareChapter 5 1 min
Understanding Influence and Mind Control
Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church with author G...
Heard about the Heritage Foundation Project 2025? Di...
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Sep 30 2024 1h 5m
Chapter 1 8 mins
Opus DeiChapter 2 13 mins
Cover-Up Tactics and Litigation TerrorismChapter 3 9 mins
Religious Cult's Exploitation RevealedChapter 4 12 mins
Elite Recruitment Tactics of Opus DeiChapter 5 6 mins
Recruitment Tactics Within Opus DeiChapter 6 14 mins
The Cult of Opus Dei
#UNTRUTH: The Psychology of Trumpism with Filmmaker Dan Partland
This week on the Influence Continuum, I had the plea...
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Sep 23 2024 1h
Understanding Coercive Control in Families with Dr. Christine Cocchiola
Have you ever learned from an expert in coercive con...
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Sep 16 2024 1h
Chapter 1 8 mins
Understanding Coercive Control in FamiliesChapter 2 9 mins
Understanding Psychological Warfare in Family DynamicsChapter 3 14 mins
Understanding Trauma Bonding in Abusive FamiliesChapter 4 5 mins
Empowering Survivors of Family AbuseChapter 5 6 mins
Exploring Coercive Control in FamiliesChapter 6 15 mins
The Dangers of Gaslighting in TherapyChapter 7 1 min
Navigating Cults and Mind Control
Protecting the Elderly from Undue Influence with Lisa Nerenberg
When Kamala Harris was Attorney General for Californ...
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Sep 9 2024 55m
Chapter 1 17 mins
Understanding Undue Influence in Elder AbuseChapter 2 20 mins
Elder Abuse Legal and Ethical IssuesChapter 3 16 mins
Exploring Elder Care and Decision MakingChapter 4 1 min
Exploring Cults and Mind Control
New Report: Trustworthy Elections Can Be a Reality for All! with Braver Angels, J. Larry Mayes and Walt McKee
This is one of the most important podcasts I've had ...
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Sep 2 2024 1h
Chapter 1 11 mins
Building Trust Through Bipartisan CollaborationChapter 2 11 mins
Finding Common Ground Through Open DialogueChapter 3 8 mins
Election Reform Topics and RecommendationsChapter 4 18 mins
Ensuring Trustworthy Elections and Civic EducationChapter 5 8 mins
Promoting Civility and Fact-Based DiscourseChapter 6 1 min
Influence Continuum Podcast and Resources