Saturday Apr 20, 2024
Speaking of Cults..."You'd Have to be a Moron to Join a Cult!" Debunked
Speaking of Cults
A podcast about cults, coercive control and recovery. Formerly called the Sensibly Speaking podcast, in this weekly show host Chris Shelton interviews cult survivors, psychologists and other professionals and specialists about the topics of cult recruitment, retention and recovery.
Episodes
Episodes
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
Speaking of Cults...Off-the-Grid Cults with Kate Gale
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
Saturday Apr 13, 2024
This week I welcome cult survivor and author Kate Gale to discuss her work as a writer and poet and her experiences growing up on an off-the-grid farm run by a religious fanatic. She had no access to the outside world until almost an adult but picked herself up and made a life and she shares that story with us today. Enjoy!
Kate's website: https://kategale.com
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
Speaking of Cults...What is Coercive Control and How to Stop It?
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
Saturday Apr 06, 2024
This week I offer a short but complete breakdown on coercive control, how to spot it, why it happens and how to stop it. This is a vitally important topic for people in not just cults but relationships and work situations too.There's a lot in this one. Enjoy!
Saturday Mar 30, 2024
Speaking of Cults...The Politics of Fear with Arthur Goldwag
Saturday Mar 30, 2024
Saturday Mar 30, 2024
This week I welcome author and editor Arthur Goldwag to my show to discuss his new book, The Politics of Fear, and his body of work as it relates to destructive cults, politics and our current world situation. We cover a lot of territory in this one. Enjoy!
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Speaking of Cults...The Science Fiction of Scientology
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Friday Mar 29, 2024
I really do apologize for the lateness in getting this posted. We went live mid-week to breakdown in one episode all the major science fiction beliefs that exist throughout Scientology's dogma and it's a lot. I hope you have as much fun with this as I did putting it together. Enjoy!
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Speaking of Cults...The Tolls of Taking on Your Abusers
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Sorry for the delay this week in posting this, but we did a live podcast this week to discuss the toll that it can take to challenge or try to expose your abuser, whether a cult, domestic partner, gang or something else. I hope you'll give this one a watch as it was really from the heart and I think there's something in here for every cult survivor. Enjoy!
Saturday Mar 09, 2024
Speaking of Cults...Recovery and Support Groups
Saturday Mar 09, 2024
Saturday Mar 09, 2024
This week we are very happy to feature Ashlen Hilliard, a fellow alumni of the Salford Coercive Control program and fellow cult fighter. She has a lot to share about her own motivations for doing this work, what our education did for our work, what ICSA is (and isn't) and forming support groups for ex-members. Enjoy!
Ashlen's website: https://peopleleavecults.com
Saturday Mar 02, 2024
Speaking of Cults...Cyberstalking and Cults
Saturday Mar 02, 2024
Saturday Mar 02, 2024
This week we are covering the topics of cyberstalking, cyber-harassment and digital coercive control, all very real and related activities that occur daily on the internet and especially in destructive cults. We're covering some of the key points of research and statistical information and what the problems are in dealing with these things in the real world. Enjoy!
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Speaking of Cults...Growing Up a Shiny Happy Person
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
This week I am joined by Chad Harris, a man who grew up under the religious homeschooling program of Bill Gothard and the IBLP, infamously connected to the Duggar family and featured on the recent documentary Shiny Happy People. Chad has quite a bit to share with us about how religious homeschooling can be done very wrong, how this can lead to other abuses and how he broke away. Enjoy!
Chad Harris on TikTok: @archradish
Your Host
Hello, my name is Chris Shelton and I am an author, consultant, podcaster, videographer, and former cult member. Welcome to my podcast!
Who is Chris Shelton?
Chris started a YouTube channel which has over 45,000 subscribers, produces the Sensibly Speaking podcast each week and has produced hundreds of videos laying out the scam of Scientology, educating on critical thinking and interviewing former members of Scientology and other destructive cults, as well as a range of therapists, cult exit counselors, educators and media personalities. Chris has also given talks and presentations around the United States about his experiences and has been featured on numerous podcasts and television shows. He was featured on Leah Remini’s Scientology and the Aftermath on A&E and served as a consultant to the show for its first two seasons. He has also written a critical analysis of Scientology and L. Ron Hubbard called Scientology: A to Xenu – An Insider’s Guide to What Scientology is Really All About, available on Amazon in printed form, e-book format and as an audio book.