Episode 79: Generation Cult ft. Dhyana Levey (Bonus Episode)

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Bonus Episode: Generation Cult featuring Dhyana Levey Dhyana Levey, creator of the podcast Generation Cult, knew she was growing up on a kind of commune in California but didn’t realize it was a cult until she was much older. CONNECT WITH DHYANA Instagram Spotify Dhyana Levey, creator of the podcast Generation Cult, […]

Episode 78: Parents Who Leave for Cults ft. Lily Dunn

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 78: Parents Who Leave for Cults featuring Lily Dunn Author Lily Dunn’s father joined Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s movement about the same time that And Then Everything Changed host Ronit Plank’s mother followed him to India. They both grew up in the shadow of Bhagwan (also known at Osho, the guru at […]

Episode 40: Hollywood Park ft. Mikel Jollett

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 40: Hollywood Park featuring Mikel Jollett Mikel Jollett, frontman of the indie band The Airborne Toxic Event and author of the new memoir, Hollywood Park, spent his early years with his brother in an orphanage at the Synanon cult not knowing he had a mother and father of his own. Listen […]

Episode 20: Escaping the Midwest Church That Was a Cult ft. Benjamin Risha

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 20: Escaping the Midwest Church That Was a Cult Cult leaders arranged for Benjamin Risha’s mother, a woman of Jewish descent, and his father, of Lebanese descent, to be married.  Their marriage, and his birth, was intended to be a sign of peace between Arabs and Jews. Listen On iTunes Listen […]