25 Best Cult Podcasts
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Here are 25 Best Cult Podcasts worth listening to in 2025. Subscribe in one place on FeedSpot Reader.
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The Last Podcast On The Left covers all the horrors our world has to offer both imagined and real, from demons and slashers to cults and serial killers, The Last Podcast is guaranteed to satisfy your blood lust.MORE Hosts Henry Zebrowski, Marcus Parks, Ed Larson
Producer/Network SiriusXM Podcasts
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2. IndoctriNation
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A unique podcast hosted by Rachel Bernstein who is a seasoned cult specialist, educator, and licensed therapist. A weekly show covering how to spot cults and manipulators, and how to heal from being in a system of control. With over sixty exclusive bonus episodes available on Patreon too.MORE Host Rachel Bernstein
Producer/Network IndoctriNation
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 1.8KTwitter 782Instagram 4.1K Avg Length 59 min Video Podcast YouTube
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3. Was I In A Cult?
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Hosted by Tyler Measom and Liz Iacuzzi, Was I In A Cult? is a documentary-style podcast showcasing individuals who have been in, and most importantly, successfully left a cult. Told first-hand by the experiencer themself, these are raw, riveting, and inspirational tales of what it means to be a survivor. Using levity and infotainment, the show humanizes the cultic experience and may leave some of our listeners asking themselves... wait, was I in a cult?MORE Hosts Liz Iacuzzi, Tyler Measom
Producer/Network PodcastOne
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Apple Rating 4.5/5 Avg Length 57 min Get Email Contact
4. Cults, Cryptids, and Conspiracies
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A podcast about all the weird crap from history that sometimes can't be explained. From mysteries in ancient times to people missing in the present day. From doomsday cults throughout history to Unicorn cults. From Bigfoot to Dropbears. If it's weird, they want to talk about it.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 3.9/5Facebook 813Twitter 1.2K Avg Length 117 min Since May 2017 Get Email Contact
5. Cultish
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Enter the Kingdom of the Cults with Cultish; a program that explores the impact of the cults from a theological, sociological, and psychologicalperspective. Immerse yourself in the thinking, teaching, strategies, and consequences born out of the nefarious leaders of these movements.MORE Hosts Andrew Soncrant, Jeremiah Roberts
Producer/Network Jeremiah Roberts, Andrew Soncrant
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Facebook 41.7KInstagram 70.1K Avg Length 75 min Get Email Contact
6. Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation
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A podcast about cults, extreme belief, and manipulation from two hosts who've actually lived it. Hosted by Lola Blanc and Meagan Elizabeth.
Hosts Lola Blanc, Meagan Elizabeth
Producer/Network PodcastOne
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Twitter 939Instagram 14.4K Avg Length 68 min Get Email Contact
7. Sounds Like A Cult
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We're Sounds Like A Cult, a podcast that analyzes a different zeitgeisty group every week to try and answer the big question: This group sounds like a cult, but is it really? And if so, how bad is it?MORE Hosts Amanda Montell, Isa Medina, Chelsea Charles-McClure, Reese Persephone Oliver
Producer/Network Studio71
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Apple Rating 3.8/5Twitter 2.7KInstagram 53.5K Avg Length 58 min Get Email Contact
8. Coffee And Cults Podcast
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Coffee And Cults Podcast hosted by Sam and Jon. The podcast is about cults and fringe religious groups. Follow our feed to get notified.
Hosts Samantha Lund, Jon Nash
Producer/Network Coffee And Cults
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 1.4KTwitter 184 Avg Length 77 min Since Apr 2018 Get Email Contact
9. Cult Podcast
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A podcast about cults. Tune in each week as we cover groups ranging from Japanese Death Cults to the Violent Alt-Right.
Hosts Paige Wesley, Armando Torres, Andrea Guzzetta
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 3.8KTwitter 3.4KInstagram 8.6K Avg Length 72 min Since Aug 2017 Get Email Contact
10. Guru: The Dark Side of Enlightenment
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When we face challenges in life, we seek answers from people we believe can help us. When tragedy strikes an exclusive retreat with a self-help superstar, many people are left to wonder: how far is too far? James Arthur Ray was an Oprah-endorsed self-help teacher who achieved fame, fortune, and influence. But friends and family members of his followers questioned his unorthodox methods, and tried to stop him. From Wondery, the makers of 'Dirty John,' 'Dr. Death,' and 'The Shrink Next Door,' comes a story about the dark side of enlightenment. Hosted by journalist Matt Stroud...MORE Host Matt Stroud
Producer/Network Wondery
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Apple Rating 3.7/5Facebook 169.7KTwitter 109.3KInstagram 114.8K Avg Length 11 min Get Email Contact
11. Generation Cult
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A podcast about people who were born in or raised in cults and how they acclimated to mainstream society.
Host Dhyana Levey
Producer/Network Dhyana Levey
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 912Twitter 699 Avg Length 49 min Since May 2018 Video Podcast YouTube
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12. The Cult Vault
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A podcast offering in-depth insight into some of history's most infamous Cults, modern-day sects and conspiracies within these groups.
Host Kacey Cult Vault
Producer/Network Vault Productions
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 1KTwitter 2.1KInstagram 1.9K Avg Length 73 min Get Email Contact
13. End Of Days
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The story of David Koresh: the prophet whose cult in Waco, Texas preached an apocalypse and the 30 Britons taken in by his message. This is how they got to Waco, and how they lived and died for him.MORE Host David Koresh
Producer/Network BBC Radio 5 Live
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 465.3KTwitter 656.1KInstagram 100.8K Avg Length 32 min Get Email Contact
14. I Got the Hell Out!
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A podcast with a woman who spent 10 years in an Old Testament, polygamous, doomsday cult
Hosts Debby, Laura
Producer/Network I Got the Hell Out!
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Apple Rating 4.6/5 Avg Length 65 min Get Email Contact
15. That's a Cult?
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A podcast about internet communities and how they can sometimes be a bit cultish.
Host Helen McCarthy
Producer/Network That's a Cult?
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Twitter 272 Avg Length 50 min Since Dec 2017 Get Email Contact
16. Zealot
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A podcast about cults.
Host Jo Thornely
Producer/Network Jo Thornely
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 3.3K Avg Length 59 min Get Email Contact
17. Cult Faves Podcast
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Cult Faves explores that fascination in all its dark glory. The show's net will be cast wide, encompassing cults both so real they could be fictional and so fictional (we hope) they could never be real.MORE Hosts Cher Martinetti, Gwenda Bond
Producer/Network Unpops Podcast Network
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Facebook 249Twitter 173Instagram 61 Avg Length 57 min Since Jun 2018 Get Email Contact
18. Transmissions From Jonestown
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Welcome to Transmissions From Jonestown. Leading up to the mass suicides in Jonestown the Peoples Temple recorded hundreds of hours of audio. Now for the first time, listen to the story of the Peoples Temple told by the people who were there.MORE Host Shannon Howard
Producer/Network The Attention Span Recovery Project
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 1KTwitter 1.1K Avg Length 74 min Get Email Contact
19. Heaven's Gate
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In 1997, thirty-nine people took their own lives in an apparent mass suicide. The events captivated the media and had people across the planet asking the same question 'Why?' 20 years later, those who lost loved ones and those who still believe tell their story. Hosted by Glynn Washington of Snap Judgment.MORE Host Glynn Washington
Producer/Network SiriusXM Podcasts
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 1.4KTwitter 664 Avg Length 38 min Video Podcast YouTube
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20. Cult or Just Weird Podcast
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Cult or Just Weird Podcast hosted by Kayla & Chris. They discuss a new organization every episode and try to answer the complicated question. Follow our feed to Listen more about the cult.
Hosts Chris, Kayla
Producer/Network Cult Or Just Weird
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 206Twitter 387 Avg Length 50 min Since Apr 2019 Video Podcast YouTube
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21. Chasing Enlightenment
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They called themselves the Students of Light. Their leader, John Hanas, claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. While some claim he had supernatural powers, others call him an abusive cult leader. Hear the group's story on Chasing Enlightenment.MORE Host Daniel Munro
Producer/Network Chasing Enlightenment
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 23Twitter 233 Avg Length 29 min Get Email Contact
22. The Orgasm Cult
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This podcast is now the subject of a legal complaint by Nicole Daedone, Rachel Cherwitz, OneTaste Incorporated, the Institute of OM LLC and OM IP Co.
Host Nastaran Tavakoli-Far
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 1.2MTwitter 512.1KInstagram 180.3K Avg Length 24 min Get Email Contact
23. On Belief: A Podcast About Cults
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On Belief is a Podcast about Cults by Karen Geier. Podcast examines why, with so much information available to us to dissuade us from joining harmful groups. she asks people who have had first-hand experience with harmful groups and sects how they were seduced, how they were tricked, and how they got out.MORE Host Karen Geier
Producer/Network Karen Geier
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Apple Rating 2.7/5Facebook 70Twitter 642Instagram 246 Avg Length 22 min Get Email Contact
24. The Gateway
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The Gateway is a six-part series about Teal Swan, a new brand of spiritual guru, who draws in followers with her hypnotic self-help YouTube videos aimed at people who are struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts.MORE Host Jennings Brown
Producer/Network Gizmodo
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Apple Rating 4.7/5 Avg Length 40 min Get Email Contact
25. Cults of Our Lives
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Cults of Our Lives podcast hosted by Halle and Stasie. Both delve into sometimes dangerous, always a bizarre world of cults.
Hosts Halle, Stasie
Producer/Network Queen Wednesday Productions
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Apple Rating 3.7/5Twitter 15 Since Sep 2016 Get Email Contact
Cult shows hosts and producers
Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | |
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Henry Zebrowski | Co Host | last-podcast-on-the-left.simplecast.com | 66 | @henrylovesyou | ||
Marcus Parks | Co Host | last-podcast-on-the-left.simplecast.com | 66 | @marcusparks | 365 | |
Ed Larson | Co Host | last-podcast-on-the-left.simplecast.com | 66 | |||
Rachel Bernstein | Host | soundcloud.com/indoctrinationshow | 45 | @rbernsteinlmft | 1.1K | |
Liz Iacuzzi | Co Host | iheart.com/podcast/1119-was-i-in-a-cult-86443370 | 52 | @theiacuzzi | 254 | |
Tyler Measom | Co Host | iheart.com/podcast/1119-was-i-in-a-cult-86443370 | 52 | @tylerfilmmaker | 461 | |
Andrew Soncrant | Co Host | cultish.simplecast.com | 37 | |||
Jeremiah Roberts | Co Host | cultish.simplecast.com | 37 | @drjro | 21 | |
Lola Blanc | Co Host | podcastone.com/pd/Trust-Me | @ohlalola | |||
Meagan Elizabeth | Co Host | podcastone.com/pd/Trust-Me | @baberahamhicks | |||
Amanda Montell | Co Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sounds-like-a-cult/id1566917047 | 29 | |||
Isa Medina | Co Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sounds-like-a-cult/id1566917047 | 29 | |||
Chelsea Charles-McClure | Co Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sounds-like-a-cult/id1566917047 | 29 | |||
Reese Persephone Oliver | Co Host | podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sounds-like-a-cult/id1566917047 | 29 | @reesaronii | 119 | |
Samantha Lund | Co Host | soundcloud.com/coffeeandcults | 4 | |||
Jon Nash | Co Host | soundcloud.com/coffeeandcults | 4 | |||
Paige Wesley | Co Host | cultpodcastshow.com/listen | 24 | @paigewesley | 3.4K | |
Armando Torres | Co Host | cultpodcastshow.com/listen | 24 | @mandodoesstuff | 15.6K | |
Andrea Guzzetta | Co Host | cultpodcastshow.com/listen | 24 | @sundresscomic | 1.6K | |
Matt Stroud | Host | wondery.com/shows/guru | 6 | @mattstroud | ||
Dhyana Levey | Host | generationcult.com | 4 | @dhyanalevey | 578 | |
Kacey Cult Vault | Creator And Host | cultvaultpodcast.com/podcast | 120 | |||
David Koresh | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06qc33m/episodes/downloads | ||||
Debby | Co Host | soundcloud.com/i-got-the-hell-out | ||||
Laura | Co Host | soundcloud.com/i-got-the-hell-out | ||||
Helen McCarthy | Host | soundcloud.com/thats-a-cult | ||||
Jo Thornely | Host | soundcloud.com/zealotpodcast | @jothornely | 11.2K | ||
Cher Martinetti | Host | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cultfaves | @thecherness | 12.7K | ||
Gwenda Bond | Host | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cultfaves | @gwenda | 14.9K | ||
Shannon Howard | Host | radiojonestown.libsyn.com/website | ||||
Glynn Washington | Host | stitcherstudios.com/shows/heavens-gate | @glynnwashington | |||
Chris | Co Host | cultorjustweird.libsyn.com | 14 | |||
Kayla | Co Host | cultorjustweird.libsyn.com | 14 | @kwdobson | 1.2K | |
Daniel Munro | Creator and Host | chasingenlightenment.net | ||||
Nastaran Tavakoli-Far | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08xzk5h/episodes/player | @ntavakolifar | 2.3K | ||
Karen Geier | Host | onbelief.fireside.fm | @karengeier | 27.6K | ||
Jennings Brown | Journalist, Host | cms.megaphone.fm/channel/thegateway | @tjenningsbrown | |||
Halle | Host | podomatic.com/podcasts/cultsofourlives | ||||
Stasie | Host | podomatic.com/podcasts/cultsofourlives |