Cults, Culture & Coercion with Dr. Steve Hassan
Episodes
Fighting for Victims of Multi-level Marketing (MLMs) with Douglas Brooks
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Multi-level Marketing (MLMs) is a consumer protection challenge! The Direct Selling Association (DSA) is a powerful lobby influencing American politic...
The horror of school shootings and where we go from here with S.E. Cupp
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
S.E. Cupp is a nationally syndicated political columnist, culture critic, author, and CNN political commentator. In this episode, we talk about the ho...
The importance of election integrity with Jennifer Cohn
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Cohn is a writer, journalist, and election integrity advocate. Since the 2016 election, she’s focused her professional efforts exclusively ...
The NXIVM cult with whistleblowers Sarah Edmondson and Anthony “Nippy” Ames
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Edmondson and Anthony “Nippy” Ames are former members of the NXIVM cult but today are some of the most visible whistleblowers of the cult. T...
Living Well and Dying Well with Judith Stevens-Long, Ph.D
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For this week’s episode, we’re focusing on the POSITIVE side of the Influence Continuum. I interview Judy Stevens-Long, Ph.D. Judy is a faculty em...
4th Generation Warfare and The Christian Right with James Scaminaci III
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
James Scaminaci III is an expert on 4th generation warfare. He has a Ph.D. from Stanford University in political sociology and is a retired US Navy Re...
The roots of racism in the Christian Right with John Collins
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
John Collins grew up as “royalty” in the William Branham “Message” cult. He has worked tirelessly to understand and reveal its true history wi...
How we Fight Human Trafficking With Paul Chang
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Chang serves as a Regional Anti-Human Trafficking Coordinator at the U.S. Department of Labor – Wage and Hour Division. In his 25+ years with t...
Traditionalist ideology: From Ginni Thomas to Vladimir Putin
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
n this episode, I interview Joe Szimhart. Joe is a cult information specialist I have known for decades. He is also an author and knows a great deal a...
Ginni Thomas’s Cultic Past
02 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A tweet thread I wrote about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s wife Ginni went VIRAL two days ago. I shared a video from 1986 few people have ...
Mind Control Used on Indigenous People to Colonize Them with Dr. Cindy Blackstock
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Cindy Blackstock is Gixtan native in Canada, Professor of Social Work at McGill University, and Executive Director of First Nations Child & Family...
Mental Health and Forensics: Psychiatry and the Law with Dr. Thomas Gutheil
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Thomas Gutheil is an internationally known forensic psychiatrist and author of over 300 publications. He is a Professor of Psychiatry and co-found...
Christian Dominionism with Frederick Clarkson
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Frederick Clarkson is one of the foremost experts on Christian Dominionism in the United States (“Dominionism” is the theocratic idea that Christi...
Terrorism expert Anne Speckhard on ISIS and White Supremacy
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anne Speckhard is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University's Medical School in Washington D.C. Her research focuses on de...
Using Social Psychology to teach heroism with Matthew Winkler
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Winkler Is the program manager for the Heroic Imagination Project. Founded by seminal social psychologist Philip Zimbardo (Stanford Prison Exp...
Conspiracy Theories and how to talk to people who’ve become lost in them with debunker Mick West
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mick West is a science writer, skeptical investigator, and creator of the websites Contrail Science and Metabunk. West investigates and debunks pseudo...
The Jehovah's Witnesses Cult with Mark and Kimberly O'Donnell
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kimberly O'Donnell are former Jehovah's Witnesses who’ve become some of the loudest whistleblowers of the cult. They were prominently featu...
Terrorists are cult members with Malcolm Nance
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Malcolm Nance was a career counterterrorism and intelligence officer for the U.S. government’s Special Operations, Homeland Security, and Intelligen...
Positively influencing your kids with parenting expert Molly Brown Koch
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Molly Brown Koch has been leading parenting workshops for over 60 years. She is the author of the award-winning book, “27 Secrets to Raising Amazing...
Opening Minds, and The Cult of Scientology with leading authority Jon Atack
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Atack is generally acknowledged as the world's leading authority on the cult of Scientology. He spent nine years in the cult, training as an 'audi...
“The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump” and the censorship of mental health experts in the media with Dr. Bandy X. Lee
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Bandy Lee is a forensic psychiatrist and a renowned expert on violence. Dr. Lee taught at Yale and Yale Law School from 2003-2020 and became known...
The cult of Mormonism with excommunicated whistleblower Dr. John Dehlin
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
John Dehlin is a 6th generation member of the Church of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). He is an American psychologist, podcast host, and excommunicated memb...
The ethical side of the influence continuum! How to harness positive influence in your life and the life of others with Dr. Laurence Sugarman.
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Steve shares a paradigm shift taking place in mind-body medicine. He talks with pediatrician and Research Professor and Director of t...
How we got here; the history of right-wing extremism and the groups and themes still with us today with Dave Troy
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Troy is a disinformation researcher, tech-entrepreneur, TEDxMidAtlantic curator, and data visualization expert. In this episode, he takes us on a...
Dr. Robert Jay Lifton on current affairs and the importance of survivors telling their stories
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode, Dr. Hassan interviews Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, author of the seminal 1961 book, “Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism”...
Introduction to the Influence Continuum
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Steven Hassan will introduce himself and will bring you up to speed on what brought him to study, write, and help people out of d...
The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steven Hassan - Trailer
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steven Hassan begins Monday, January 10, 2022. New episodes weekly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...