Episode 1196 - Cults Like Us with Jane Borden

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Episode 1196 - Cults Like Us with Jane Borden

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Published on Mar 31, 2025, 2:00:21 AM
Total time: 01:29:10

Episode Description

SUMMARY: Jane Borden returns to talk about her book "Cults Like Us: Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America." Jane delves into subjects like how excess population spurs cult creation, how cults push for isolationism and factualizing, the need to promote critical thinking as a way out of cult behaviors, and do corn flakes stop the impulse to masturbate? Plus Scoop Mail and Scoopardy.
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