Cults I'd Join

Golden tablets, oddly communicative angels, sacred undies... We at CIJ LOVE a new religion, and the LDS church continues to evolve and find its feet a scant century-plus after its birth. Yes, they ha…

A Pentecostal cult of Karens turned Goddess worshiping murdery Cat Cult? YAAAAAAS this is our JAAAAAAAM. Get over here and pump this pod while we SPILL. THIS. TEA! 

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This one is all Ameran all the time! Jesse is taking the back seat to learn all about Young Living from the girl who lived it (and we can only assume smelled great the whole time)... Ameran, the form…

Each season we choose one fictional cult to join, and this time we're signing our lives over to The Path, a Hulu original populated entirely by super hot people with great clothes. But wait... there'…

You don't have to be on your Rumschpringe to know a good party when you see one... and talking about the Amish is ALWAYS a great party with CIJ! This one comes with a lot of personal stories, which i…

Ever stare into the depths of space while wondering "What if Mean Girls became an actual religion"? If so, wonder no more, friends! Welcome to the weird, and arguably dangerous, corner of the world t…

There are smocks. There are balloon pants. There is circle dancing and hibiscus tea, name changes and matching headbands... Listen, we haven't spent a moment at the Twelve Tribes that we haven't love…

TikTok it's cult o'clock! Actually it's more TikTok and less cult, so this is a story of how communes and social media meet... and that produces a LOT of different results. See you on this twisty roa…

Hello, Friends... It's nigh unto the Sabbath and you know what that means... quiet reflection, or high-stakes rabble-rousing if you're down with the Quakers through the centuries! Join us on the scen…

Season Two is starting out with a bang—or more with the sound of a comet playing a  theremin. Heaven's Gate is forever tied to an ending we all know, but the journey was a long and twisty one. Let's …

Season one is a wrap and we are having SO MUCH FUN! Here's the plan: Cults I'd Join will give you 12 episodes and a bonus recap every season. We're talking about all 12 groups we've covered in this f…

Welcome home! At the Rainbow, all ways are free, and you are perfect just the way you are! Will you get sunburned, lightly poisoned, dysentery, and more naked man hugs than necessary...? Sure, yes, a…

Sometimes we talk about cults we would NOT join. Sometimes even a group we would never join still poses a lot of questions that need answers, and often the groups that we wouldn't join need a light s…

If you know about Ruby Ridge, you know two things—it is not a cult and it is not a happy ending. However, the Weaver family living at Ruby Ridge did belong to a dangerous cult that is thriving today:…

I know we say this a lot but... this is a major favorite! Love communal living? Love matriarchal sex decrees? Love trench digging? Aggressive road-tripping? Rationed food? Truly epic parties? Putting…

Sure, you've seen Wild Wild Country and who doesn’t love a good sex cult dressed entirely in orange. But who were the Rajneeshees before all that? And what about after? What did their kids have to sa…

Listen—these people have combined suburbia, pyramid schemes, advanced Karening, and your classic sex dungeon. And we're here to talk about it. Join us, won't you?

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Ever driven past a lovely Amish family in their buggy and thought, "Revolutionary! Outlaw! Hung in the square and burned at the stake!" If you haven't, you don't know the roots of their movement. The…

Good luck finding these guys... seriously. Finding them is just one part of the game—and according to The Finders ALL of life is a game—with one guy calling, and changing, the rules! Will you want to…

Exactly WHAT love has won is yet to be determined for this cult. It's a fun ride trying to figure it out though, so come along with Cults I’d Join for this twisty, too-much-glitter-y journey!

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