Escaping NXIVM

Escaping NXIVM

NXIVM (pronounced "Nexium") calls itself a humanitarian community. Experts call it a cult. Uncover: Escaping NXIVM is an investigative podcast series about the group, its leader Keith Raniere and one woman's journey to get out. From CBC Podcasts and CBC News. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.

Episodes

Escaping NXIVM Introduces: Hollywood Exiles

January 29, 2024 • 36 mins
From the BBC World Service and CBC Podcasts comes Hollywood Exiles. Host Oona Chaplin tells the story of the decades-long campaign to root out communism in Hollywood. It’s a campaign that eventually drove her grandfather, Charlie Chaplin, and many others out of tinseltown. Hollywood Exiles is a tale of glamour, duplicity and political intrigue that reverberates to this day. It’s the story of how Tinseltown became an ideological bat...
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A Conversation With Sarah Edmondson & Anthony Ames About Escaping NXIVM & Mental Health: Sickboy Podcast

June 6, 2022 • 13 mins
Sarah Edmondson and Anthony "Nippy" Ames are cult escapees and whistleblowers featured in Escaping NXIVM. In this clip from the Sickboy podcast, Sarah and Nippy sit down with the Sickboy hosts to dive deep into their experience with escaping a cult and how it affected their mental health. The full interview and more episodes are available at smarturl.it/sickboycbc
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The rise and fall of NXIVM's Keith Raniere

October 28, 2020 • 21 mins
In a U.S. federal courtroom Tuesday, Keith Raniere was sentenced to 120 years—having been convicted of a slew of crimes related to his alleged sex cult NXIVM. During the trial and sentencing, victims told of how the self-professed empowerment "vanguard" had turned some of his followers into sex slaves and branded them with his initials. Front Burner's Jayme Poisson discusses with Uncover: NXIVM host Josh Bloch.
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Escaping NXIVM: Trailer

September 4, 2018 • 2 mins
Over the past few months, CBC documentarian Josh Bloch has been investigating NXIVM, a self-help group led by Keith Raniere. In this season of Uncover, we take you into NXIVM, and reveal how Raniere won the endorsement of actors, politicians and even a visit from the Dalai Lama. Originally launched September 5, 2018.
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Episode 1: The Branding

September 4, 2018 • 35 mins
Sarah Edmondson is a high-level member of a self-help group called NXIVM, but an invitation to join a secret women's group called DOS leads her to do something she later regrets.
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Episode 2: The Epiphany

September 4, 2018 • 53 mins
Sarah takes us inside her journey with NXIVM, from signing up for a personal growth workshop to becoming a star recruiter for the group she now calls a cult.
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Episode 3: Sex, Money and Nazis

September 4, 2018 • 55 mins
Those who knew Keith Raniere intimately reveal his early life, how he started NXIVM and ended up being accused by the FBI of running a criminal enterprise.
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Episode 4: The Suppressives

September 4, 2018 • 42 mins
What happens when you leave NXIVM? Those who have left or spoken out reveal the price they paid.
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Episode 5: Blow it Up

September 4, 2018 • 40 mins
Sarah and her husband try to escape NXIVM and take it down while warning others who are still inside.
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Episode 6: The Defence

September 4, 2018 • 38 mins
Josh speaks to one of Keith Raniere's lawyers, Marc Agnifilo, and hears a different point of view on NXIVM and DOS.
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Episode 7: The Reckoning

September 4, 2018 • 43 mins
Sarah faces criticism about her role in NXIVM and tries to come to terms with the 12 years she spent as a high-level member of the group.
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The Fright Experiments: Bonus

September 4, 2018 • 21 mins
Jennifer Kobelt — Sarah Edmondson's former assistant in NXIVM — tells her story of joining NXIVM at a moment of crisis in her life and being involved in the group’s so-called "fright study.”
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Inside the Trial: Bonus

September 4, 2018 • 37 mins
The team behind season one of Uncover: Escaping NXIVM takes us inside the trial of NXIVM co-founder Keith Raniere and speaks with former member of the group Sarah Edmondson about her thoughts on the trial.
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