137: The Science of Cults

Our patrons decided that cults would be the topic of this week’s episode, so here you go! A little lighter on the heavy science this week as we delve into what cults are, how they work, and why people might join them...

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References & Further Reading

1. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797620971654
2. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jamie-Raines
3. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/29565/1/Being%20Transgender-%20Effects%20of%20Behaviour%2C%20Arousal%20and%20Wellbeing%20JR%20Thesis%2022.12.20.pdf
4. https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/15/style/the-psychology-of-the-cult-experience.html
5. https://www.apa.org/monitor/nov02/cults.html
6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2540138/?page=1
7. https://www.apa.org/monitor/nov03/jonestown
8. https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1356&context=theses_dissertations
9. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178116319941
10. https://www.openculture.com/2020/10/why-do-people-join-cults.html
11. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178116319941
12. http://cultresearch.org/definition-and-explanation-of-the-word-cult/
13. http://vivianlawry.com/psychology-of-cults/
14. http://www.psychology.uct.ac.za/sites/default/files/image_tool/images/117/Elizabeth.Ligthelm.pdf
15. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/12/what-makes-a-cult-a-cult/amp