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.
Corey Jentry on Selling Sanity: Inside the Troubled Teen Industry Cult (Part 1)
A Little Bit CultyJune 22, 2026x
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Corey Jentry on Selling Sanity: Inside the Troubled Teen Industry Cult (Part 1)

In Part 1 of our conversation with Dr. Corey Jentry, we dive into a side of the troubled teen industry that doesn’t get talked about nearly enough: the programs that didn’t need to kidnap kids in the middle of the night, because they con...

Bring Me the Beauties: Hoyt Richards, and a Double Life in Eternal Values (Part 2)
A Little Bit CultyJune 18, 2026x
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Bring Me the Beauties: Hoyt Richards, and a Double Life in Eternal Values (Part 2)

Hoyt Richards is back for Part 2 with the escape story nobody knew they needed: love, coercion, a shaved head, and the unlikely guardian angel who turned out to be Fabio. After Frederick's death, the new cult leader still made Hoyt's lif...

Bring Me the Beauties: Hoyt Richards, and a Double Life in Eternal Values (Part 1)
A Little Bit CultyJune 15, 2026x
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Bring Me the Beauties: Hoyt Richards, and a Double Life in Eternal Values (Part 1)

This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp.Hoyt Richards joins the pod to talk about the double life behind his modeling fame and his nearly 20 years in Eternal Values, the high-control group also featured in HBO’s Bring Me the Beauties: A ...

Where are they now? Mark Vicente on the Narcissist’s Playbook (Part 2)
A Little Bit CultyJune 11, 2026x
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Where are they now? Mark Vicente on the Narcissist’s Playbook (Part 2)

In Part 2 of our “Where are they now” chat with Mark Vicente, he talks about Narcissist’s Playbook and the emotional toll of spending five years documenting narcissistic abuse and expanding that work through his Instaguru series and podc...