A Reporter and a Sociologist Explain NXIVM

All Of It with Alison Stewart | May 10, 2019

Josh Bloch, an investigative journalist and host of the CBC podcast Escaping NXIVM, joins us to discuss his work on the show and his interviews with a former member-turned-whistle blower.

Then, Janja Lalich Ph.D., a professor of sociology at California State University in Chico, speaks about why people join cults and her book Take Back Your Life: Recovering From Cults and Abusive Relationships.

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