From the Nike sneakers in Rancho Santa Fe to the salad bars in The Dalles to the salt mines of Mount Fuji... we examine the mechanisms of cults to answer the ultimate question... is MAGA a cult?

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Timestamps:
(00:00:00) The Dark History of Cults for a Long Sleepless Night
(00:00:24) Is MAGA a Cult. The Pattern That Answers the Question
(00:09:28) Heaven's Gate, the Nikes, and 39 Dead in Rancho Santa Fe
(00:35:44) Charles Manson, Spahn Ranch, and the Night on Cielo Drive
(01:00:15) Jim Jones, Jonestown, and 918 Dead in the Guyanese Jungle
(01:33:56) Order of the Solar Temple, Holograms, and an Infant Staked
(01:48:28) David Berg and the Children of God's 223,989 Encounters
(02:02:55) Scientology, Xenu, the E-Meter, and the IRS Infiltration
(02:22:52) Synanon, the Rattlesnake in the Mailbox, and Chuck Dederich
(02:40:58) Aum Shinrikyo and the 1995 Sarin Attack on the Tokyo Subway
(03:03:52) David Koresh, the 51-Day Waco Siege, and 76 Dead in Texas
(03:27:17) NXIVM, the Bronfman Millions, and the Branding Iron in Albany
(03:51:17) Rajneeshpuram, 93 Rolls-Royces, and the Oregon Salad Bar Attack
(04:14:27) 11 Cults, One Pattern, and the Question Before You Sleep

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