by Tara Backes | May 29, 2024 | Presentations
From feeling “dead inside” to saying “Sorry comrade Kim, the party’s over” – Dr. Janja Lalich shares her powerful journey out of a cult on The Gaslight Effect. The moment that symbolized of their newfound freedom? An unlit...
by Tara Backes | Feb 27, 2024 | Cults: The Basics, Presentations
In case you missed it, here’s the link to the National Writers Series event this past Thursday in Traverse City, Michigan. I was there with Keely Griffin, survivor of the Twin Flames Universe cult (TFU), featured in the Netflix documentary, Escaping Twin...
by Tara Backes | Jun 6, 2023 | Blog, In the Media, Presentations
The Accent Wealth Podcast interviewed Dr. Janja Lalich, the international authority in the fields of Cults and Coercion who has written numerous books and articles on the subject. In this interview, Dr. Lalich discusses cults, who tend to join them, her experience...
by Dr. Janja Lalich | Mar 9, 2021 | Presentations
Originally published on Radio New Zealand. Listen to Janja Lalich in conversation with Kim Hill. It’s a myth that only “stupid weird crazy people” get tied up with cults, says cult expert Dr. Janja Lalich. Idealism is what these people have in...
by Dr. Janja Lalich | Nov 21, 2019 | Presentations
Originally published on mncriticalthinking.com This week I had the honor of interviewing cult expert, author and academic Dr. Janja Lalich about the subject of destructive cults and her latest book, Escaping Utopia, about second generation survivors of many different...
by Dr. Janja Lalich | Nov 19, 2019 | In the Media, Presentations
This originally appeared on whowhatwhy.org Adolf Hitler (top left), David Koresh (top center), Jim Jones (top right), David Berg (bottom left), Marshall Applewhite (center bottom), and Rev. Sun Myung Moon (bottom right). Photo credit: Adapted by WhoWhatWhy from German...
