TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why do people join cults? - Janja Lalich
Today, there are thousands of cults around the world. Broadly speaking, a cult is a group or movement with a shared commitment to a usually extreme ideology that's typically embodied in a charismatic leader. But what exactly...
SciShow
Why Do People Join Cults?
It’s easy to assume that people who join cults have something wrong with them, but usually the people who join cults are just like the rest of us. So, how does it happen?
Curated Video
How Cult Leaders Use Language
New ReviewWhat do Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Hitler have in common? They were all obsessively studied by Jim Jones, the cult leader who convinced and coerced more than 900 members of his "People's Temple" to commit suicide in the...
PBS
Why Are We Obsessed with Cults?
What is it about cults that captures the public imagination? Why are we so interested in the stories of Jonestown, Charles Manson, and Patty Hearst? Today Danielle explores how these groups entered the public consciousness and why we...
Religion for Breakfast
Is There Any Difference Between a Cult and a Religion?
You've heard the term "cult" before. It conjures images of authoritarian leaders and sheep-like followers. Many people claim that some religious groups are not religions at all...but rather..."cults." But is there any real difference...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
EB Presents: Key Points of Jonestown Massacre
Overview of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and the 1978 massacre at Jonestown, Guyana.
Curated Video
Secretive Christian sect under scrutiny for allegations of sexual abuse
A B.C. woman says she was sexually abused as a teenager by a fellow member of a secretive Christian sect that has no official name but is most commonly called the Two-by-Twos, or 2x2s. CBC’s Karen Larsen breaks down the allegations and...
Curated Video
NXIVM leader sentenced to 120 years in prison
Keith Raniere, leader of the group NXIVM, has been convicted of sex trafficking, extortion and racketeering. He was sentenced to 120 years in prison.
Bloomberg
Bitcoin Isn't Good for Money Laundering, Taleb Says
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Distinguished Scientific Advisor at Universa, says Bitcoin isn't good for money laundering and it's similar to a cult with a financial product. He speaks to Tom Keene at Bloomberg Invest New York 2023.
Curated Video
How Cults Work
Some cults are religious. Others are political, polygamist or apocalyptic, like Q-anon.
The Recount
Cult Expert Rick Alan Ross Breaks Down NXIVM Case
While the religious activities of cults are protected in the US by the First Amendment, the leader of secretive cult NXIVM, Keith Raniere, committed crimes when he exploited and manipulated its adherents, including cult member and former...
Curated Video
QAnon 'ReQovery' Meets Reality: U.S. Is Far Behind In Deradicalization
Some experts say U.S. mental health community is woefully unprepared to help conspiracy cult followers break free.
Curated Video
CHINA: FALUN GONG CULT MEMBERS DEFY BAN
Mandarin/Nat
Chinese authorities have stepped up their campaign against the Falun Gong spiritual movement.
The country's top religious claims the movement will soon be eradicated.
The Chinese government banned the Falun Gong cult in July...
Curated Video
HONG KONG: FALUN GONG: NEW ANTI CULT LEGISLATION
English/Nat
China has passed new anti-cult legislation in an attempt to eradicate the banned Falun Gong movement.
Their action paves the way for Falun Gong leaders to be given lengthy prison terms and possibly the death penalty.
Police...
Curated Video
GNS WEEKLY NEWS: CHINA: FALUN GONG
Mandarin/Nat
Chinese authorities have stepped up their campaign against the Falun Gong spiritual movement.
The country's top religious claims the movement will soon be eradicated.
The Chinese government banned the Falun Gong cult in...
Bloomberg
Peter Thiel: Facebook Is Not a Monopoly
Sept. 17 -- Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel discusses his outlook for tech companies. He speaks with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on Bloomberg West. (Source: Bloomberg)
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Was it murder, or was it suicide? This documentary [01:30:00] tells the story of Jonestown, The People's Temple, and the over 900 followers of Jim Jones that perished in November 1978.