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Was I In A Cult?

Was I In A Cult?

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Hosted by Tyler Measom and Liz Iacuzzi, Was I In A Cult? is a documentary-style podcast showcasing individuals who have been in, and most importantly, successfully left a cult. Told first-hand by the experiencer themself, these are raw, riveting and inspirational tales of what it means to be a survivor. Using levity and info-tainment, the show humanizes the cultic experience and may leave some of our listeners asking themselves…“Wait…Was I In A Cult?” If you or someone you know has been in a cult and want to share your story, contact us at info@wasiinacult.com. We'd love to hear from you.© 993922
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  • Boys Christian League: "Training Boys for God's Army"

    Boys Christian League: "Training Boys for God's Army"
    Mar 9 2026

    Michelle Dowd was born into a cult that was literally training boys to fight in God’s army when the apocalypse came.

    It started in sunny Pasadena, California when her grandfather - a former Boy Scout leader - decided the Scouts weren’t strict enough and built his own organization. Boys were recruited young, drilled like soldiers, and raised to believe they were preparing for the end of the world.

    Michelle grew up inside the group known as “The Field,” running miles before breakfast, enduring military-style obedience drills, selling candy to fund the movement, and eventually living for years on a remote mountain with basically no formal education.

    What eventually happened is almost unbelievable: a secret college application, a full scholarship, and a cult survivor with no formal education… to becoming a professor teaching critical thinking.

    Michelle Dowd is now a writer and the author of Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult.

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    MICHELLE DOWD LINKS → Instagram @michelledowdz |

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    Pick up a copy of Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult"

    Michelle’s NYT Modern Love essay: “Love in a Time of Low Expectations”

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    Tyler’s mascot book mention: Where Are the Fighting Giraffes? by David Winder

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  • OneTaste: "Was I in a Sex Cult?"

    OneTaste: "Was I in a Sex Cult?"
    Mar 2 2026

    Star Stone walked into a fluorescent-lit room on Market Street in San Francisco where a man who looked like Mark Zuckerberg stroked a woman's clitoris in business casual while thirty people watched. "This is it. This is what I need," she thought. It wasn't.

    See, Star didn't join a cult (newsflash, no one does). She joined a sex-positive, orgasm-as-spiritual-practice kind of movement founded by a woman, for women. It was called OneTaste. It promised female empowerment. But what it delivered was sexual trauma. Thanks, Nicole Daedone!

    Star Stone shares her story with the kind of honesty and dark humor that made us fall in love with her immediately. This isn't trauma porn - this is what happens when groups take your desire for connection, belonging, and sexual empowerment and weaponize it.

    Star was a joy to have on the show. Be sure to check out her solo comedy show, "Cl*t Cult," premiering this April at New York Fringe. And don't worry... she promised to come back and tell us everything that happened at "the Land" after her show premieres.

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    GET TICKETS TO CL*T CULT April 2–10 at the Wild Project, East Village, NYC

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    1 h y 7 m
  • Mormonism w/David Archuleta—Pt2: "Dev-OUT"

    Mormonism w/David Archuleta—Pt2: "Dev-OUT"
    Feb 23 2026

    In Part 1, David Archuleta was the church's golden boy - the voice, the fame, the perfect Mormon billboard. In Part 2, that billboard comes down.

    David goes on a two-year Mormon mission to Chile post fame, confronts the darkest chapter of his life, and finally faces the one thing he spent decades praying would go away. Tyler gets personal about his own loss. And David sings for us again.

    DAVID'S NEW MEMOIR DEVOUT is now available.



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I absolutely love this podcast! My husband recommended it to me randomly cause he heard an add for it! I tried it and was hooked! I look forward to the new episodes! The stories themselves have actually helped me realize I survived a cult as well at my old church! Thank you Tyler and Lisa for doing this podcast!

Amazing Podcast

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Great and relatable stories. I was one of Jehovahs Witnesses and it feels freeing hearing others escaping there cults and there progress now existing in the real world. Thanks for making this!

Great commentary!

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My favorite new podcast. I hope to hear the stories of the hosts at some point down the road since they both mentioned they were also in cults...

Am I turning into a cult follower of this show??

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These two hosts could read the instructions for something boring like a refrigerator manual and I would still listen! Such great banter and charisma while still telling experiences and details that sometimes aren’t so pleasant. Need more episodes!

Need more!

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All of these stories have been so interesting and I am so hooked! This episode has been the absolute saddest and I will hug my kids even tighter tonight.

Dang....this one was so rough

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