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Refinery29 editor-in-chief Christene Barberich and executive creative director Piera Gelardi discuss Refinery29’s first-ever book, Refinery29: Style Stalking. Preetma Singh, Market Director at Nylon, Laura Brown, executive editor of Harper’s Bazaar, and Aya Kanai, fashion director of Cosmopolitan, join them to talk about how personal style has become a full-blown movement to wear what you love and look amazing doing it.
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CEOs Justin Stefano and Philippe von Borries cofounded Refinery29, a transformative media and technology company that delivers a hybrid of original content and shoppable product. These passionate entrepreneurs talk about how they launched Refinery29 in 2005 from a kitchen in Brooklyn to help people discover and define their personal style by connecting and refining the world of style.
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Let's Talk About Sects is an award-winning monthly podcast focusing on a different cult each episode. Sarah takes a storytelling, deep dive approach, looking at the history of a sect's leaders, the recruitment of members, their experiences, psychological aspects, and notable incidents during its existence. You can support us on Patreon, with a one-off donation, or grab some merch. Sarah Steel's debut book Do As I Say is available now. “A fascinating and well-researched look into cults and th ...
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Go Off, Sis

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Go Off, Sis is an R29 sub-brand: Unbothered video series that confronts the hard truths around being a Black woman in America; championing dialogues and creating a community that celebrates Black Voices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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UnStyled

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UnStyled is a weekly podcast hosted by Refinery29 Global Editor-in-Chief & Co-founder, Christene Barberich, that explores the funny, inspiring, sometimes heartbreaking tales of life, work, and love—as told through the things that we wear. Guests this season include Shailene Woodley, E. Jean Carroll, Samantha Bee, and more. For more UnStyled extras check out @christenebarberich and sign up for our exclusive UnStyled newsletter delivered straight to your inbox every week. Thanks for tuning in! ...
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Refinery 29's award-winning podcast is back for season 4! In this five-part capsule collection, host Elisa Kreisinger dives into the world of the professional female athlete to explore how they've survived and thrived in a sports-loving country that doesn't alway love them back. Did you know that the highest grossing sport for women is tennis? Or that the US exports many of our best female athletes to China and Russia because they pay them a livable wage? This season we talk with soccer lege ...
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Money Diaries

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In Refinery29’s Money Diaries, we ask women to share their salary, their take home pay, and their monthly expenses. The series always brings up more questions than answers: Why is she putting so much into retirement? Why can’t she afford a vacation? Why do commenters hate it when diarists let boyfriends pay for the check? In the podcast, we set out to answer those questions. Every episode, a diarist calls in with a money dilemma, question, or awkward situation, and our hosts help them figure ...
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Rent the Runway makes high fashion more accessible by renting designer dresses and accessories online. Cofounders Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Fleiss discuss how they turned the age-old dilemma of “I don’t have anything to wear” into a breakthrough business. Moderated by Connie Wang, style director at Refinery29.
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AstroTwins

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The AstroTwins, Ophira and Tali Edut, bring the stars down to earth with practical and empowering horoscopes: astrostyle.com and @astrotwins. They are also the official astrologers for ELLE and MindBodyGreen, and the authors of numerous books, including Love Zodiac, Momstrology, and a yearly horoscope guide. Their classes, like The Astrology of Success and Design Your Dream Relationship, teach methods for applying cosmic wisdom to the areas of life that matter most. Brands including Coach, R ...
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One Click

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Narrated by Elle Fanning, One Click explores how a single click on the internet can change your life forever. Season 1 tells the story of DNP (2,4-dinitrophenol), an explosive chemical originally used in WWI-era munitions factories that is now being sold on the internet as a diet pill leaving hundreds dead in its wake. Together with journalist Jessica Wapner, Elle Fanning traces the history of DNP and asks, why (despite the perils) have so many turned to DNP and what does it say about the he ...
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Tall Tales in the Big City

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With 13 million people in NYC every day, everyone’s got a different story. Every week Marie Faustin and her guests serve up stories and experiences that’ll have you laughing, or crying, or immediately booking a flight to "The City That Never Sleeps." Marie is a comedian and storyteller who has been featured in GQ Magazine, MTV, Refinery29, EliteDaily and a variety of other digital platforms. She co-hosts The Warm Up, a monthly show at Karma Lounge in NYC at 8pm on the second Saturday of ever ...
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Hosted by Stevie Reneé (aka Steph R. Long, certified embodiment facilitator and former Deputy Director of Enterprise for Refinery29 Unbothered), In Case Nobody Told You is a podcast that empowers you to reconnect with your authentic self along your wellness journey. Drawing from years in holistic well-being, Stevie guides listeners in to realigning their bodies, minds, and souls, with each episode delivering practical tools and insights to help you break free from limitations, embody your fu ...
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Got It From My Mama is the hit new Bravo Reality show… although Andy Cohen hasn’t picked it up yet, so for now it’ll just be a weekly podcast with hosts Tori Piskin (MTV’s Wild ’N Out, Refinery29, Bustle) and her mom Lulu Piskin, a professional fitness instructor. As a listener, you will feel like you are part of their relatable yet dysfunctional family. Think of them like the New York City Jewish version of the Kardashians. You will hear about their lives in NYC, from Lulu‘s aloof behavior ...
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The Last Bohemians

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The Last Bohemians is an award-winning, critically acclaimed podcast that meets maverick and radical women in arts and culture and takes listeners on an evocative trip through their extraordinary lives. From subversive musicians and style icons to game-changing artists, these are women who have lived life on the edge and who still refuse to play by the rules. The series was created in 2019 by host and journalist Kate Hutchinson and is produced by a team of rising women and non-binary talents ...
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Mobilizing Culture

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The world is now in the palm of our hands. Explore how a mobile-first society is changing the human-tech relationship, with the leaders who are influencing this next phase of the evolution. Kargo CMO Ed Romaine takes us on the journey. RSSVERIFY
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Our School Leavers podcast is on a mission to raise awareness about the huge range of choices there are out there for young people after school. We're ditching the prehistoric stigmas around apprenticeships and diving into the incredible training and opportunities they offer.
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The brightest entrepreneurial minds discuss all that it takes – the grit, the money, the obstacles, the passion, and the humor – to build a company from launch to exit. Join in with hosts and renowned leaders, Erin Patinkin (CEO & Founder of Ovenly) and Natasha Case (CEO & Founder of Coolhaus) every Thursday for fascinating conversations about the journey to succeed in business. Produced by Eater and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Danny Rensch grew up in the Church of Immortal Consciousness, a cult he usually refers to as ‘the Collective’. Started by Steven and Trina Kamp, the group followed the teachings of a Dr Pahlvon Duran, whose spirit first visited Trina when she was 9. In trances, she would convey the teachings of Dr Duran, whose last lifetime was lived as an Englishm…
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From Jonestown to Heaven’s Gate, to the Octopus Murders and the Waco Siege, the world is full of deception, manipulation, and destruction. Listen to Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes every Wednesday as we explore the real people at the centre of the world’s most shocking secrets and nefarious organizations. Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crim…
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The Logos Foundation was often described as ‘mysterious’ in media coverage, but became a part of the religious right that published full page newspaper advertisements encouraging the electorate to vote on ‘moral’ issues at Queensland state elections in the late 1980s. LTAS looked into the organisation in Season 5, and you can listen to that episode…
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Clare Heath-McIvor is the daughter of the leader of the City Builders Church, an organisation that she and others who know it feel confident fits the definition of a cult. Her marriage was arranged within the church to Patrick McIvor, a man who had survived gay conversion therapy. Since leaving, the now-happily-separated pair have become involved i…
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In 2011, an 18-year-old Liz Cameron joined a Bible study group she only knew as ‘Sarang Church’. Over the coming months, she lost more and more of her life and identity to the group that eventually revealed it was part of a larger South Korean organisation called Providence or JMS – which she was told not to google. Liz managed to find her way out …
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Hey, family. It’s been a minute, I know. So if you have a moment to get cozy, I have some life updates I'm excited to share with you. This finale episode is part reflection, part love letter, part sacred pause. I’m sharing why the mic went quiet after February, what’s been stirring beneath the surface, and how life rerouted me into a space I didn’t…
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The Parliament of Victoria has launched an Inquiry into the recruitment methods and impacts of cults and organised fringe groups, which is open for submissions until 31 July 2025. If you or anyone you know has been involved with a cult that has a presence in Victoria, Australia, you're highly encouraged to make a submission. There’s also an anonymo…
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Falun Gong is familiar to many as a spiritual exercise movement, and a sect that has been persecuted by the People’s Republic of China. In Sydney you'll often see practitioners demonstrating by Town Hall with flyers sharing stories of organ harvesting of wrongfully imprisoned members. But former devotees have come forward with stories of coercion a…
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In the wake of updates to Child Safety Standards emerging from Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Mirriam Francis wrote to Victoria’s Commission for Children and Young People outlining the ways in which she sees Scientology teachings and practices to be violating these standards. While concepts of relig…
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Maria Esguerra escaped the Children of God at the age of 22 with her two children who have disabilities. Maria’s firsthand experience drives her passion to support fellow survivors of cults and institutions, advocating for specialised understanding, interventions and access to governmental schemes such as Redress. Maria has actively engaged in medi…
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Gerette Buglion holds a B.A. in Elementary Education and Special Education, and earned her ‘Master's Degree’ in cult awareness education from the school of life. She emerged from her 18-year cult odyssey in 2014 at age 52, and asked herself, "How did I, an educated, caring mother, wife, and business owner become that lost and for that long?" Gerett…
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Ewan Whyte's feature essay, ‘The Cult That Raised Me’ – about the United States based Community of Jesus and Grenville Christian College – includes the introduction, “When I was 11, my parents sent me to Grenville Christian College, a prestigious Anglican boarding school in Brockville. It turned out to be a perverse fundamentalist cult that brainwa…
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Nikki Giovanni was one of the greatest poets of her generation and it was an honour to sit with her for a special episode of The Last Bohemians, recorded in Spring 2024 in London, while she was promoting what would become her final anthology, Poems: 1968-2020 (Penguin Classics). When we saw she was in town, we jumped at the chance to speak with her…
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Rewind to the 1980s and London nightlife was an explosion of creativity – the new romantics were in, dramatic fashion looks were everywhere and at the back of the club, having a gossip, there’d be Sue Tilley, also affectionately known as Big Sue. She was the best friend of the outrageous performance artist and fashion designer Leigh Bowery, who bec…
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When asked about the Hare Krishnas, most people will conjure images of dancing, chanting people with colourful robes and joyful dispositions. Members of the general public, whom Hare Krishnas refer to as 'karmis', may have encountered devotees through their vegetarian food offerings at music festivals or city restaurants. Their anti-LGBTQI+ and pat…
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When asked about the Hare Krishnas, most people will conjure images of dancing, chanting people with colourful robes and joyful dispositions. Members of the general public, whom Hare Krishnas refer to as 'karmis', may have encountered devotees through their vegetarian food offerings at music festivals or city restaurants. Their anti-LGBTQI+ and pat…
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Let’s Talk About Sects did a deep dive episode about the Two by Twos, also known as The Truth, in October 2020. In the years since we recorded, huge numbers of followers in the USA in particular have left as more and more allegations of child sexual abuse have been made against workers, and the FBI is currently investigating the organisation. It wa…
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The inspiration for this series, Molly Parkin is a painter, erotic novelist and a former fashion editor who was once just as famous for her bedroom liaisons with the movers and shakers of London. She is never without a bejewelled turban on her head or a saucy anecdote at hand. Now 87, she lives on the iconic World’s End estate in Chelsea, in a kale…
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Richard Baker's Pray Harder podcast for LiSTNR's Secrets We Keep series delves into the world of the Geelong Revival Centre, which Richard describes as “one of Australia’s most extreme” Pentecostal churches. The GRC has the same roots as the Revival Fellowship, and its pastor was a man named Noel Hollins who died in April 2024 after 65 years in lea…
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In Melbourne you might have picked up a book or a comic from a Jesus Christian outside Flinders Street Station, or you could have seen their religious graffiti messages along Sydney’s railway lines. But while they portray themselves as an altruistic Christian community living life by faith and rejecting the money motivation of work, former members …
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The media coverage of the Jesus Christians tends to outweigh their size. Most people who have heard of them recognise the name ‘The Kidney Cult’, derived from an initiative where numerous members have donated one of their kidneys to a stranger. What may be surprising is that the person who first suggested that name was the Jesus Christians’ founder…
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Sarah moderated a panel discussion at the recent Decult conference in Christchurch, New Zealand, entitled 'A new media narrative: Survivor-focussed cult reporting'. The panel featured MISA survivor Bec Sonkkila, documentary filmmaker Natalie Malcon, RNZ investigative reporter Anusha Bradley, and media law Professor Ursula Cheer. This bonus episode …
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The Revival Fellowship is a Pentecostal Australian sect that believes in Bible Numerics, a thoroughly debunked theory about numerical patterns found within the Bible. It also teaches British Israelism, generally considered to be unscientific and ahistorical and by some as a justification for racism. The Fellowship would say its teachings are in lin…
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AJ was sent to the Running River school in around 2007, to attend kindergarten when she was five or six years old. The school was headed up by longtime Divine Madness community member Nancy Monson, and founder Marc ‘Yo’ Tizer didn’t have a whole lot to do with it. AJ stayed in the school up until sixth grade, when a new teacher became concerned and…
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Dr Tabitha Chapman is the founder of The Freedom Train Project, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that provides crucial services for individuals exiting cults or coercive environments. One initiative of the project is International Cult Awareness Month (ICAM) which just concluded its third annual instalment in August 2024 with a focus on policy and cults. In …
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Dr Caroline Ansley is the founder of Centrepoint Restoration Project, a website that serves as a connection point, archive of information and safe landing space for former children of New Zealand’s notorious Centrepoint cult – with which Caroline has personal experience. She is also a General Practitioner, with over 20 years' clinical experience in…
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You may recall the name ‘Esther Rockett’ from episode 2, season 3 of this podcast, which was all about Universal Medicine – Serge Benhayon’s esoteric healing cult in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. Esther has been blogging about the more alarming elements of Serge’s ‘modalities’ since 2012, and he sued her for defamation in 2015. The case went t…
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We’re back for part-two of our cute lil two-pack centered around gathering, and in this episode we’re taking TIME to figure out what do we actually want our summer to look like. From work obligations and career ambitions to juggling side hustles while staying #1 in the group chat we’re burning the candle at both ends and this conversation is center…
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A LOT has happened over this past year and your faves are BACK, spinning the block and here to talk about it ALL...just in time for summer. We’re looking good, festival season is in full swing. We’re outside-outside (not a typo - we’re living) and we have a lot to get into in the first part of this two-part episode centered around gathering, in all…
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Tore Klevjer has been involved with the volunteer charity organisation Cult Information and Family Support (CIFS) since its very formation almost three decades ago, in 1996. Avid listeners of this podcast will know that the end of every episode mentions CIFS. We’re lucky in Australia to have this incredibly dedicated group of volunteers who support…
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Cecilia Peck and Inbal B. Lessner are the director/producer/editor team behind the award-winning Escaping Twin Flames, a three-part documentary series for Netflix about Twin Flames Universe – a cult you may remember from season 5. This powerhouse duo has turned their talents to investigating high-control groups over their last couple of projects, w…
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For his 2017 PhD, John Hunter put forward a hypothesis that offers insights into both the “transformational” experiences associated with large group awareness training (LGAT) participation and the common claims of psychological harm and problematic behaviour associated with participation. Dr Hunter presented his work at the 2023 International Culti…
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A little update from Sarah about what to expect with Let's Talk About Sects now that we're winding up the sixth season of the show. Don't worry, we're not going anywhere! But there are a few small changes to make sure that this project remains sustainable. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ltaspod https://www.ltaspod.com/supporters Hosted o…
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In the last episode of season 5, we looked into a Boulder, Colorado community then known as Divine Madness and led by Marc Tizer, usually referred to as 'Yo'. Its members were recognised for some amazing results in ultramarathons. At the time of researching that episode, updates about the current status of the group were hard to come by. Deru Youma…
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Journalist Emma Lehman is the creator of the independent podcast Gooned, which dives into the Troubled Teen Industry or TTI – a network of for-profit congregate care facilities for youth ranging from wilderness programs to therapeutic boarding schools. In the podcast, Emma interviews survivors, parents, staff members, experts and activists. Across …
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Harry Palmer created Avatar after his presidency of the Church of Scientology's Elmira Mission ended in the mid-1980s, as a result of legal proceedings around trademark infringement. Avatar says that it aims to create an 'enlightened planetary consciousness' or EPC through its courses, which are expensive and numerous. Former students say they have…
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Thomas Parsons joined the Twelve Tribes community in Hiddenite, North Carolina in April 2019, and left in November 2021. With Hiddenite being the unofficial headquarters of the organisation, he had direct contact with a number of senior leaders of the Tribes. Following last week’s live episode release, this conversation with Thomas provides an inte…
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This episode was recorded live at Woodford Folk Festival on 1 January 2024. Many people in the audience would have come across the Twelve Tribes previously at that very festival, as they used to build a big Common Ground cafe by the lake where tens of thousands of festival-goers ate and drank over the years. Numerous wonderful people have devoted t…
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Matson Browning is a law enforcement officer who, along with his wife Tawni, spent years undercover infiltrating various hate groups to research and report on the rise of hate crimes and white supremacy in the United States. Together they wrote the book The Hate Next Door: Undercover Within the New Face of White Supremacy, which was published in Ju…
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Yaakov Aharon and Shula Kirovsky’s lives in Sydney’s famous beach suburb of Bondi were lived largely separate from mainstream society, within the Chassidic sect of Chabad. Their families’ lifestyles were a world away from the fashionable bikini and boardshorts-wearing demographics usually associated with the area. Though Yaakov disconnected himself…
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Lulu picks from Woodberry Common Shopping spree. Skims making men's clothing? Why Tyler Perry documentaries is a must-watch! And who is the rising star comedian Matt Rife? Tori Headlines CT 12/16 Saturday 7pm TICKET LINK Tori Headlines Seattle 1/11 Thursday 7pm! TICKET LINK If you liked this episode, please Leave a 5 Star Review on iTunes Follow us…
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Rachel Bernstein is an LA-based therapist who has specialized in cult intervention and re-acclimation for over 30 years. She serves on the advisory board of the International Cultic Studies Association and has worked with the Department of Justice providing support to cult survivors. Over the years she has made many media appearances as a cult expe…
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North West wants to rid of her wealth and live in an apartment. What Mathew Perry was planning to do with his millions. Kyle Richard tears during Bravocon, seeing J-Lo and Ben Affleck in LA, and Pelvic Floor vagina therapy. Tori Headlines CT 12/16 Saturday 7pm TICKET LINK Tori Headlines Seattle 1/11 Thursday 7pm! TICKET LINK If you liked this episo…
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Why is Tori Spelling living in a trailer park? Tik tok is becoming Nepo baby central, spoiler who will be the next to go on the Golden Bachelor. Why everyone's talking about Netflix's Naked Attraction? Skims new built-in nipple bra Tori Headlines CT 12/16 Saturday 7pm TICKET LINK Tori Headlines Seattle 1/11 Thursday 7pm! TICKET LINK If you liked th…
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Meryl Streep got divorced after 45 years of marriage. Ariana Grande found love with a musical theater nerd. Is Gerry from the Golden Bachelor a dummy? Tori Headlines CT 12/16 Saturday 7pm TICKET LINK Tori Headlines Seattle 1/11 Thursday 7pm! TICKET LINK If you liked this episode, please Leave a 5 Star Review on iTunes Follow us on @ToriPiskin @lulu…
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Kim K A class acting on American Horror Stories. The Golden Bachelor ladies' first fight. Can you trust a doctor who has crystals in their waiting room? Tori Headlines CT 12/16 Saturday 7pm TICKET LINK Tori Headlines Seattle 1/11 Thursday 7pm TICKET LINK If you liked this episode, please Leave a 5 Star Review on iTunes Follow us on @ToriPiskin @lul…
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Xenos was originally set up as a leaderless group that rejected the structures and trappings of mainstream churches. Springing forth from the Jesus Movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s, it focused on meeting in people’s homes and embracing members from the youth counter-cultures. So why does the church’s own website admit to a history that in…
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Xenos was originally set up as a leaderless group that rejected the structures and trappings of mainstream churches. Springing forth from the Jesus Movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s, it focused on meeting in people’s homes and embracing members from the youth counter-cultures. So why does the church’s own website admit to a history that in…
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Tori and Lulu discuss Gigi Hadid's new A-list boyfriend, Bradly Cooper? What snark comment Kylie Richard made at now separated husband, Mauricio Umansky. 73-year-old David Foster birthed a musician baby genius. Lulu talks about her time in Texas and what she learned at the Neuro Solutions Austin. Tori Headlines CT 12/16 Saturday 7pm TICKET LINK Tor…
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