The Dream

None of us are immune to cults, scammers and, according to today's guest, the wiles of the malignant narcissist. Diane Benscoter is a former cult member having joined the Moonies in the 1970s. She now runs a nonprofit called Antidote aimed at helping victims and their families escape. You can find more about her work here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does it mean when the Department of Homeland Security and ICE ask big tech -- Facebook, Palantir, etc -- for all of your info? Jess Lewis, a cyberpsychologist breaks it down and breaks our hearts. You can find her on Threads @jesslewis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Stone has spent years looking into the bad practices at the healthcare giant UnitedHeath He walks us through a lowlight reel of what he's uncovered in his reporting.

More of Adam's original reporting can be found at his news outlet, theexaminernews.com and the podcast Sick Care.

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This week we are bringing you one of our favorite episode's from one of our favorite podcasts: "Proxy" - hosted by Yowei Shaw.

-- Nicole is an organizer who's good at channeling her anger. The problem is she can't always downshift.
From the episode:
•Learn more about Deborah Gould, a Professor and Chair of Sociology at UC Santa Cruz
•Read Debbie's book Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight Against AIDS
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Former MLM boss babe and student psychotherapist Brandie Hadfield is back to take us inside an MLM coach's funnel hacking scheme. -- she lurked in a Zoom meeting!Often billed as free classes or materials, this marketing tactic offers something quite different, and sketchy. Check out more of Brandie's work at brandiehadfield.substack.com

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