Why No One Thinks They're in a Cult

You're listening to The Michael Shermer Show. All right, hey everybody, it's Michael Sirmer. It's time for another episode of the Michael Shermer Show. Here we go. Great topic today, Colts, one of our favorites here.

My guest is Ashlyn Hilliard. The next generation of cult intervention specialists whose work has been featured in prominent media outlets like Hulu, News Nation, Hubbingham Post, and BET<unk>. The public remains fascinated by cults, and in her show, she has a live show coming up this fall. We'll be releasing this shortly before the first episode or I guess the first event happens. I'll tell you the cities in just a moment.

But the show is called The Psychology of Cults, in which she explores the psychology of these destructive groups. We'll get into uh how you define a cult in just a minute, uh, but also the individuals who become entangled in them and what you can do about it if you're one of them or if you're a family member or friend or or significant other of somebody that's caught in one of these things, what do you do? You turn to Ashlyn. Okay.

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