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.
Dr. Christine Marie on Trust Me: The False Prophet and the Fight for Justice (Part 1)
A Little Bit CultyMay 25, 2026x
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Dr. Christine Marie on Trust Me: The False Prophet and the Fight for Justice (Part 1)

Dr. Christine Marie joins us to talk about surviving manipulation, public shaming, and the long road to healing after her experience with a false prophet and the people around him, as documented in Trust Me: The False Prophet on Netflix....

Danny Rensch Returns: Stories Behind Dark Squares and Untold: Chess Mates (Part 2)
A Little Bit CultyMay 21, 2026x
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Danny Rensch Returns: Stories Behind Dark Squares and Untold: Chess Mates (Part 2)

In Part 2, we continue our wide-ranging convo with Danny Rensch, which starts with a very pointed critique of Netflix editing and the way it framed both Sarma Melngailis and the Hans Niemann scandal in Untold: Chess Mates. He gets into t...

Danny Rensch Returns: Stories Behind Dark Squares and Untold: Chess Mates (Part 1)
A Little Bit CultyMay 18, 2026x
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Danny Rensch Returns: Stories Behind Dark Squares and Untold: Chess Mates (Part 1)

Danny Rensch returns to A Little Bit Culty for a live conversation in Atlanta, where he was in town on the tour stop for his memoir, Dark Squares: How Chess Saved My Life. A fan favorite from our earlier Season 8 appearances, Danny refle...

Shattered, Broken, and Beautiful: Brooke Deanne on Jehovah’s Witnesses (Part 2)
A Little Bit CultyMay 14, 2026x
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Shattered, Broken, and Beautiful: Brooke Deanne on Jehovah’s Witnesses (Part 2)

In Part 2 of our conversation with Brooke Deanne, we get into the moment the whole thing finally cracked wide open: the knife incident that became her final straw, the divorce that followed, and the painfully familiar push-pull of leavin...