Taster – ‘Why do people join cults?’ – from the new series of Why? with Emma Kennedy
Oh God, What Now?
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🗓️ 24 October 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, it's Andrew Harrison here with something extra for Oh God what now listeners. |
| 0:03.7 | There's a brand new series of our Science, Psychology and Technology Podcast, Why, starting today |
| 0:09.5 | with a new luck and a new presenter. Emma Kennedy, author, screenwriter, lawyer and LEGO Black Belt, |
| 0:15.2 | will be exploring the outer limits of science and psychology every Thursday for the next 12 weeks. |
| 0:20.0 | Episode 1, Why Do People Join Cults, is out now and we've got a taster for you. |
| 0:24.8 | Follow the link in the show notes to hear the whole thing. |
| 0:27.0 | Hello and welcome to Why with me Emma Kennedy. |
| 0:34.0 | Each week I'm joined by two guests to delve into the psychology, philosophy, |
| 0:38.0 | sociology and science of why we are the way we are. |
| 0:41.0 | Why is the podcast for Curious Minds? I've never been in a cult unless you count that time I became obsessed with the Danish |
| 0:58.9 | scandinois Classic The Killing and ended up writing a book about it and following Sophie Grubble around for months. |
| 1:05.0 | With her permission, I might add, but still. |
| 1:08.0 | There was a brief window where if she'd asked me to move into a basement and surround myself with icons of knitted jumpers, |
| 1:15.0 | I'd have said yes, but she didn't, so we all live to tell the tale. |
| 1:19.7 | But it strikes me that all cults begin with a charismatic leader who is able to exert extraordinary |
| 1:26.9 | control over his or her followers. |
| 1:30.1 | It's not just religious cults, there are political cults to look at what's happening to the |
| 1:34.9 | Republican Party in the US as we speak. |
| 1:37.2 | I'll be there with you to the Capitol. |
| 1:41.5 | Both of which carry the width of destruction. But what about the devotion of Taylor Swift or Beyoncée or any global entertainment force? That's fine, right? So what distinguishes liking someone for |
| 1:56.0 | their talent from falling under the spell of a Svengali? At what point does |
| 2:02.0 | liking someone turn dark? |
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