Billy Fitzsimons
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650 appearances
14 recordings
3 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 2 Aug
Billy Fitzsimons’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Leaders of cults are often demanding total obedience and punishing people who don't show that obedience.
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Also things like suppressing individuality.
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So it's really that group mindset and exerting that control over a number of different people.
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Yeah.
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And I think often when we think about cults, we think about religion, but that is not necessarily true.
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Again, it's not about the beliefs.
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It's about the behaviour of that group and the behaviour of the leader who is exerting control over that group.
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So when we think about cults, it doesn't have to be associated with a religion.
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It
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In Australia, there are ones that are associated with wellness, for example, or lifestyle based groups.
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Now, I'm sure some people listening to this and, you know, again, might be being like, oh, yeah, my friend's part of a running club cult.
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That is not what we're talking about.
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And I know that everyone knows that.
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But just to be really clear, it is something that is seriously harmful to the people that are involved.
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Yeah.
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So Elliot, we actually did a podcast on it last year and Elliot explained in that podcast this inquiry.
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It is called the Inquiry into the Recruitment Methods and Impacts of Cults and Organised Fringe Groups.
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Okay.
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Where did that come from?
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Well, that is a long title that basically tells you why there was this inquiry because the aim of the inquiry is to understand, A, how people are being recruited into these cults.
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