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If you were in a cult would you know it?

If you were in a cult would you know it?

Daniella Mestyanek Young is a cult survivor and Harvard-trained psychologist. She discusses why she feels every organization falls within a “spectrum of cultiness.”

Think from KERA

March 4, 202646m 27s

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Show Notes

Cults are something other people join, right? Think again; you might be in one. Daniella Mestyanek Young is a cult survivor, U.S. Army veteran and Harvard-trained organizational psychologist and she joins host Krys Boyd to discuss recognizing the language of cults, the us-versus-them rhetoric and lauding of charismatic leaders, to be better able to reduce their power, and why she feels every organization falls within a “spectrum of cultiness.” Her book is “The Culting of America: What Makes a Cult and Why We Love Them.”

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