Falun Gong P1: “Karma Claus... He’s Always Watching"

Was I In A Cult?

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True Crime, Comedy, Talk Radio

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🗓️ 6 October 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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When her mother fell sick, young Angela had no idea that she would spend her childhood growing up in a dangerous cult. Falun Gong, a Chinese spiritual movement-slash-religion-slash-cult, known for its Shen Yun dancers and its ties to 'The Epoch Times’ entangled her family in its facade of meditation and enlightenment. In this two-part episode, Angela recounts her experience in a world where karma is not just a bitch, but a force that can dictate life and death… with suffering seen as path to salvation and modern medicine demonized as an obstacle to spiritual purity. And just when you think it can’t get any wilder, the Capitol Insurrection storms into the story… Stay tuned next week for Part Two. ____ Angela on TikTok: @workplace_doodles Follow us on Instagram/TikTok/FB: @wasiinacult Have your own story? Email us: [email protected] Please support Was I In A Cult? Through Patreon (we appreciate the hell out of you guys): https://www.patreon.com/wasiinacult Merch is here! www.wasiinacult.com Tyler’s Boring Book Club addition: "How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World"

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0:00.0	Shen Yun is everywhere, the epic times is growing, and they seem to have a really large influence over people,
0:09.0	and there are a lot of people who are interested in Falun Gong as well, like joining the cult, not even
0:16.5	realizing what it is. It seems a little dangerous, and I want to warn people. Welcome to what's
0:24.0	a little.
0:25.0	Welcome to what's an occult, he's Tyler Meissom.
0:36.0	And she's Liz Aia Coosy.
0:38.0	And this is a show featuring people who have been in situations that left them asking, wait, hold on, was I in a cult? And we give
0:47.8	those people a chance to share their story in a self-empowered way. And some of our
0:52.2	guests come to the cult conclusion quickly, while others why it takes some time.
0:57.0	And today's guests knew right away when she left that she had left a cult.
1:02.0	Yes, she is an outspoken tic-tacker who openly talks about her journey in Falun Gong, a spiritual movement
1:09.3	slash cult that was founded in the 1990s in China.
1:13.7	Now for those of you who have not heard of this huge organization,
1:16.9	little crazy fact, this cult is behind Epic Times
1:20.9	and those Shenyang dancers, your aunt keeps telling you to see.
1:24.0	And what compelled her to speak out in the first place is mostly because of one very heartbreaking reason,
1:30.0	which of course we will let her tell you herself.
1:33.0	We discovered Angela because of her Tik-Tock
1:36.0	and let me tell you she is fearless, young, wise, and real as hell
1:40.0	about the cult's impact on her and her family.
1:43.7	And like us, you might not know just how deep and wide this cult's roots run.
1:49.9	spoiler alert guys, it's huge
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