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.

Hello.

So a lot of my friends and acquaintances have been telling me to start a podcast

or asking me when I'm starting a podcast. So I guess this is it. This is me starting a podcast.

And there's been a number of reasons I think that I've been procrastinating. I've had some resistance. I think one of the reasons is this sort of

thought of like, well, who the hell am I to start a podcast? I'm not sure I have things of value to say.

On the other hand, I am extremely opinionated about a great many things. So there that i think another reason has been you know when

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