A Little Bit Culty

Sarah Edmondson & Anthony “Nippy” Ames

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Goop, Teens, and Wellness Myths with Hayley Krischer

5/5/2025 • 65 min

The beauty and wellness industry promises healing, glow-ups, and self-love—but what happens when those promises come wrapped in pseudoscience, toxic messaging, and culty marketing tactics? This week, Sarah and Nippy are joined by culture journalist and author Hayley Krischer, whose latest novel You Belong to Me explores the power and peril of the wellness world… Play episode

Hoodwinked by the Algorithm: Dr. Mara Einstein on Cult Tactics in Marketin…
Hoodwinked by the Algorithm: Dr. Mara Einstein on Cult Tactics in Marketin…
Blazing Eyes, Cult Ties, and New Age Vibes with Leah Sottile
Justified Resentment: When AA Goes Culty with April McLean
Laura Richards: What Kanye West, Britney Spears, and Blake Lively’s Cases …
Laura Richards: What Gabby Petito, “Dirty John,” and Keith Raniere Have in…
Mind Control in Disguise: Cristina Coello on the Dangers of the Bright Path
The Ties That Bind: Ariel Anderssen on Cults to Kink
Surviving the IFB: Shelly Snow Pordea on Trauma, Healing, and Fiction
Born and Razed in a Cult: Beth Granger on Surviving Grenville Christian Co…
Born and Razed in a Cult: Beth Granger on Surviving Grenville Christian Co…
Framed: Dr. C on Coercive Control and Family Court Trauma
Brandon Guffy: Coercive Control and Sextortion
Corruption in the Hare Krishna Movement: A Survivor’s Story with Nori Must…
Monkey on a Stick: Corruption within the Hare Krishna Movement with Jason …
F*ck This, I’m Out: Remembering Mike Rinder
For the record: Jonathan Hirsch on Cult Story Telling (Part 2)
Growing Up Culty: Jonathan Hirsch on a Lifetime of Cults (Part 1)
Rift and Redemption: Cait West’s Escape from Christian Patriarchy
Voices From Beyond: Jonathan Mark on NXIVM’s Unsolved Mysteries
Justice Denied: The JonBenét Ramsey Case and the Cult of Groupthink
Jules Hartley: “Breath of Fire” and the Cult of Kundalini Yoga (Part 2)
Jules Hartley: “Breath of Fire” and the Cult of Kundalini Yoga (Part 1)
Whitney Cummings: Healing, Humor, and Hollywood's Culty Side
Through the Labyrinth: Amanda Knox on Coercion, Media, and Advocacy
Bonus Episode: Nobody Should Believe Me
Cult of One: The Manipulation of Munchausen by Proxy (Part 2)
Cult of One: The Manipulation of Munchausen by Proxy
Dinner for Vampires: The Star of a Cult TV Show on Leaving a Real Life Cul…
Dinner for Vampires: The Star of a Cult TV Show on Leaving a Real Life Cult
The Cult of True Crime: Terry Dunn Meurer and "Unsolved Mysteries"
Culty Voicemail Roundup: ALBC Listeners Speak (10/14/24 EDITION)
Diet Wars: Wade T. Lightheart on Culty Nutrition
The Cult Next Door: Mike King on the Zion Society
Dancing for the Devil: Andrea Marks on the 7M TikTok Cult
Patreon Unlocked: Tia Levings on Escaping Tradlife
Speaking Way Up: Nikieta Lambert, Erika Cheung & Jessica Willis Fisher
To the Moon and Back: Lisa Kohn and the Unification Church
Post Narc Therapy: Robin Stern, Dr. Ramani & Dr. Christine Cocchicola
Witness Underground: Scott Homan on Music & The XJW Movement
A Landmark Sampler: Anne Peterson, Rick Ross, and Rob Copeland
Prodigal Daughter: Katherine Spearing on The Christian Patriarchy Movement
Streaming Heroes: Sarma Melngailis, Tom Krumins & Ruthy Heiler
The Army of Survivors: Grace French on Empowering Athletes
From Hell to Stanford: Cameron Black on Thriving After Abuse
TwinRay: ‘We Are the Resurrection’
The Polygamist’s Daughters: Anna & Celia LeBaron on Escape and Redemption
The Grotto: Crypto, NFTs, & An Online Hellscape (Part 3)
The Grotto: Crypto, NFTs, & An Online Hellscape (Part 2)

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