Guinevere Turner, Part 1 - The Lyman Family, Compound Life, and Queen Jessie

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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In part one of her two-part interview, Guinevere Turner, renowned screenwriter (writer of films like American Psycho and Charlie Says), actress, and author of new memoir When The World Didn't End, talks about growing up in the Lyman Family cult, bouncing around between different compounds, and being raised by women in the group who were not her mother. She discusses the trippy teachings of leader Mel Lyman, what it was like joining the caravan of the group's "queen" as a child, and the punishment and ostracization she and the other children frequently experienced. Trust Me is brought to you by Progressive! Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 29 million drivers who trust Progressive! Got your own story about cults, extreme belief, or abuse of power? Leave a voicemail or text us at 347-86-TRUST (347-868-7878) OR shoot us an email at [email protected] CHECK OUT OUR MERCH!! bit.ly/trustmemerch INSTAGRAM: @TrustMePodcast @oohlalola @meaganelizabeth11 TWITTER: @TrustMeCultPod @ohlalola @baberahamhicks TIKTOK: @TrustMeCultPodcast

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0:00.0	If you have your own story of being in a cult or a high control group or if you've had
0:04.1	experience with manipulation or abuse the power that you'd like to share, leave us a message
0:08.4	on our hotline number at 347-86 Trust. That's 347-868-7878 or shoot us an e-mail at TrustMePod
0:18.2	at gmail.com. Trust me. Trust me. Trust me. Trust me. I'm like a smart person. Yeah,
0:25.2	I've never lied to you. I've never had a lie. If you think that one person has all the answers,
0:31.6	don't! Welcome to TrustMe, the podcast about cult, extreme belief, and manipulation from two
0:38.4	flower children who've actually experienced it, I'm Lola Blonde. And I'm Megan Elizabeth.
0:42.9	Today is part one of our interview with Gwynnevere Turner, screenwriter of films like American
0:47.6	Psycho and Charlie Says, actress and now author of her incredible memoir, When the World Didn't End.
0:53.2	She's going to talk to us about the cult she grew up in known as the Lyman family,
0:56.6	who they were and how her mother came to join, and what her child was like bouncing around
1:00.4	between different compounds. She'll tell us about Jesse, the queen of the group, and what it was
1:04.8	like being invited to join Jesse's elite caravan. The leader, Mel Lyman's trippy and confusing
1:10.7	teachings and the system that would ostracize and punish the kids for reasons that they never
1:15.6	quite understood. Plus stay tuned for next week for part two, where we discuss how she left her
1:20.9	journey after and cults and trauma more generally. Plus she's our new best friends.
1:25.9	She's our new best friend, and we had lunch with her, and we're gonna be BFFs for the rest of
1:30.4	our lives. Yes, you heard it here first, we're obsessed. Before we get into it was Gwynnevere.
1:36.8	Megan, can you tell me your culties thing this week? Sure, originally it was going to be about how
1:41.9	in Australia they're mixing AI with human brain cells. Um, I don't like this, but the only outlet
1:50.6	that was making me understand it was the Daily Mail. I'm shocked. So I don't want to quote
1:57.7	from that. I'll just wait for my dad or somebody to explain it to me more thoroughly, but they are
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