My name is Mark Viscente.

I'm a director, producer, writer, and troublemaker.

I'm not totally certain if the trouble finds me or I find it.

I'm most known as the director of the film What the Bleep Do We Know?

And as one of the Nixium whistleblowers featured in the HBO series, The Vow.

Let's just say I know a thing or two about cults.

I don't consider myself a cult expert, but I'm definitely an expert in being screwed over,

waking up, and knowing how to spot them.

And let me tell you, they're everywhere.

As you'll hear, I have a pretty salty approach to most things,

and I'm utterly fascinated by the patterns in human behavior that create the best and the worst in society.

I'm part geek, part rebel, and pissed off about a whole bunch of things.

Join me as I unpack a whole range of topics to do with psychology, spirituality, consciousness,

morality, cults, narcissistic abuse, science, filmmaking, and philosophy.

You never quite know where you're going to get,

as it really does depend on what the fuck is on my mind.

Welcome back, everybody. Thank you for listening or watching if you're on YouTube.

I took a little break after the vow season two ended, not from the subject matter or the themes, but certainly from the vow.

And I decided to do something a little different this week, which is have a guest on.

Back in October 2020, I was on the podcast Fair Game with Leah Remney and Mike Rinder.

Now, Mike Rinder, I sort of met in the sense of saw him on television in 2017 on the movie Going Clear,

in the documentary Going Clear.

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