# Diane Benscoter

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1: Diane Benscoter: Cult Survivor Turned Deprogrammer

In this episode, India is speaking with Diane Benscoter on how to identify psychological manipulation and emotional vulnerabilities in ourselves and others, using their own stories.  If there's anything else you want to learn, or if you have any inquiries:    Email: stilllearningthepodcast@gmail.…

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Disinformation as a Tool of Psychological Manipulation

#Episode 21 Disinformation as a Tool of Psychological Manipulation Diane Benscoter is the founder of Antidote, an organization advocating for psychological manipulation to be recognized as a public health concern. She founded the NGO drawing from her own experiences as a member of a cult - in the …

Escaping Extremism: Slap Fighting Our Way to a More Civil Society

The forces of media, technology, and even the wiring of our own brains seem aligned to draw people toward extremism. But never fear: Asher, Jason, and Rob unpack why we're so susceptible to wackadoodle viewpoints and offer ways to tamp down extremist thinking and behavior in ourselves, our communit…

How to talk to a loved one who believes disinformation

Politics can be a touchy subject between loved ones, especially when a close family member or friend has bought into a political conspiracy theory. How do we talk about it? Diane Benscoter has lots of experience with this. Her organization Antidote works to counteract and prevent psychological mani…

Persuadable: Scrolling Alone

If loneliness and social isolation are part of what pushes people down the rabbit hole, what’s the cure? CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan sits down with a cult survivor who explains why conspiracy theories can have such a powerful hold on believers, and he learns from a pair of documentary filmmakers who hav…

Episode 259: Creating New Paths to Plant Medicine with Akua Ofosuhene Part 2

Greetings Glocal Citizens! It’s the eve of the Lunar New Year - the year of the Wood Snake, which in combination represent growth, flexibility, tolerance, wisdom, intuition, mystery, and cunningness with hints of furtiveness. These themes are a fitting context for this two-part conversation with …

Episode 258: Creating New Paths to Plant Medicine with Akua Ofosuhene Part 1

Greetings Glocal Citizens! It’s the eve of the Lunar New Year - the year of the Wood Snake, which in combination represent growth, flexibility, tolerance, wisdom, intuition, mystery, and cunningness with hints of furtiveness. These themes are a fitting context for this two-part conversation with …

How The GOP Became An Apocalyptic Death Cult With Diane Benscoter

Join us for an important and terrifying episode that looks into why so many Americans have fallen into the cult of disinformation, and how we can pull them out with Diane Benscoter, a speaker, author, and cult de-programer who spent five years deep inside the “Moonie” religious cult before finding …

The Antidote to Trickery

Getting into a cult is easy, getting out is hard. Unless you listen to Diane. None of us are immune to cults, scammers and, according to today's guest, the wiles of the malignant narcissist. Diane Benscoter is a former cult member having joined the Moonies in the 1970s. She now runs a nonprofit cal…