And frankly, in these conditions, I should be getting more erratic literature from modest, homespun polygamist cults capitalizing on the moment, enticing me with the rent-free, abandoned farmhouse ...

On episode #2302 of The Joe Rogan Experience, he and fellow comedian Ron White shared their thoughts on the most prominent contributing factors behind cults. Throughout the years, Rogan has ...

“We all have an idea of what constitutes a cult,” writes author Jane Borden in “Cults Like Us – Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America” (One Signal Publishers). “The word cult conjures a ...

More recently, she became interested in learning how brands that use the same tactics as cults work, succeed, and then ultimately fail. Einstein soon discovered she wasn’t the first one to ...

Yet, for a nation perceived as one of the least religious in the world, Japan has a lot of cults — thousands, in fact. Despite their reputation and the public’s general skepticism, new-age religious ...

Professional cult deprogrammer Rick Alan Ross joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about cults. What makes a cult a cult exactly? What are some signs you’re in one?

Here’s how it works. Are you interested in cults? I'm talking about watching documentaries and docuseries that take deep dives into groups like the Peoples Temple, Heaven’s Gate, Children of ...

It's scary to think about, but you might fall for a cult. Just ask "One Tree Hill" actress Bethany Joy Lenz. Lenz spent 10 years in a religious cult she calls the "Big House Family" – something ...

In her thought-provoking essay, ''The Collusion of Cults and Culture,'' writer, speaker, and consultant, Naomi Aeon, PhD, examines society's nuanced relationship to the social construct of ...

At Pop Montreal, tribute concerts on Sept. 29 and 30 will honor the memory of Lhasa de Sela, the American-born multilingual singer-songwriter. By Fred Goodman Fred Goodman is the author of a book ...

Five albums in, Cults sound just as eerie and cheery as ever but struggle to transcend the fleeting pleasantries of paint-by-numbers pop. Lest we forget their influences, the album opens with an ...