Episode 348: Three Friends Who Like To Talk About Cults with Jane Borden
Forever35
Doree Shafrir & Elise Hu
4.8 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Doree and Elise speak with culture journalist, editor, and author of Cults Like Us: Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America Jane Borden about how America’s earliest days make us uniquely susceptible to cult like thinking, the traits of individuals who join but are able to leave a cult later, and how social media has created a perfect environment for falling prey to the allure of charismatic leaders. Plus, Jane shares a surprising tidbit of her book that got left on the cutting room floor.
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| 1:40.1 | And I'm Elise Hugh, and we are two friends who like to talk a lot about serums and sometimes about cults. |
| 1:46.7 | Yes. |
| 1:47.7 | Great intro, Elise. |
| 1:51.5 | They don't come up often, but there is kind of a cult-like atmosphere around certain charismatic leaders. |
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