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Rick Alan Ross is an American deprogrammer, cult specialist, and founder and executive director of the non-profit Cult Education Institute. Frequently appearing in the news and other media, discussing groups some consider cults. Ross has intervened in more than 500 deprogramming cases in various countries.
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0:00 – Are All Cults Bad?
5:50 – Is Christianity Just a Big Cult?
22:21 – Do Cult Leaders Actually Believe It?
27:26 – When Rick Met a Cult Leader
32:54 – Which People are Most Susceptible to Cults?
38:06 – Are the Charles Manson Followers Victims?
44:45 – Are Bigger or Smaller Cults More Dangerous?
57:36 – What are the Signs Someone is Joining a Destructive Cult?
1:00:18 – What Destructive Cults are Active Now?
1:05:36 – Is the Manosphere a Cult?
1:12:12 – What Makes People Leave Cults?
1:20:23 – Staging Interventions for Cult Members
1:25:23 – Are Involuntary Cult Interventions Ethical?
1:34:47 – Where Do Interventions Go Wrong?
1:37:56 – Groups Commonly Mistaken for Cults
1:40:16 – Is Donald Trump a Cult Leader?
1:45:40 – What is the John Frum Cargo Cult?
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