A Little Bit Culty

A Little Bit Culty

Think you might be in a cult? Want to know the signs? Join Sarah Edmondson and Anthony “Nippy” Ames to talk about things that are..a little bit culty. Or in their case: a whole bunch of culty. As whistleblowers documented in the critically-acclaimed HBO series “The Vow,” Sarah and Nippy have a lot to say about their experience, and burning questions to ask people with similar stories. They’re here to help people understand, heal from, and avoid abusive situations one little red flag at a time. Listen in as they share their stories, have frank and unscripted conversations with other survivors and cult experts, and do a deep dive on how devotion can turn to dysfunction.
Religious Trauma and Cults: Sam Sellers & Elise Heerde on Healing After High Control Churches (Part 1)
A Little Bit CultyJuly 06, 2026x
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Religious Trauma and Cults: Sam Sellers & Elise Heerde on Healing After High Control Churches (Part 1)

Sam Sellers and Elise Heerde of Religious Trauma and Cults bring the receipts on growing up in high-control faith worlds, with Sam from the Brethren Christian Church, also known as the Exclusive Brethren, and Elise from the Pentecostal C...

Michael Shamblin Black on The Way Down and Escaping Remnant (Part 2)
A Little Bit CultyJuly 02, 2026x
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Michael Shamblin Black on The Way Down and Escaping Remnant (Part 2)

Michael Shamblin Black is back for Part 2, and this one goes to the darkest corners of life inside Remnant Fellowship—and the even darker corners of life after it. Michael walks us through the red flags he couldn't ignore: Gwen's suffoca...

Michael Shamblin Black on The Way Down and Escaping Remnant (Part 1)
A Little Bit CultyJune 29, 2026x
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Michael Shamblin Black on The Way Down and Escaping Remnant (Part 1)

Michael Shamblin Black joins ALBC to talk about growing up inside his mother Gwen Shamblin’s world, featured in the HBO Max docuseries The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin. He reflects on life in Remnant, his current e...

Corey Jentry on Selling Sanity: Inside the Troubled Teen Industry Cult (Part 2)
A Little Bit CultyJune 25, 2026x
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Corey Jentry on Selling Sanity: Inside the Troubled Teen Industry Cult (Part 2)

In Part 2 of our conversation with Corey Jentry, we pick up where we left off and follow the long, winding path out of the troubled teen industry and the program founded by Bob Meehan. Corey shares how years of coercive control, dependen...