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July 20, 2023 78 mins

After Troy and Brian appeared on Stephen's podcast, Cult Hackers back in 2021, Stephen now brings his expertise to talk about cults from an organisational psychology perspective. He shares how organisational models help us understand cult leadership, coercive control dynamics and why people join and stay.

You can find Stephen's podcast here: Cult Hackers and his website here: culthackers.com 

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