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    Cults I'd Join

    Ever see that oddly identical group of people all cramming into a sketchy van or disappearing into rural land, and think to yourself, "I'd like to see what goes on in there..."? Whether you'd put on the matching outfit and dive on in, or just opt to be a fly on the wall, Cults I'd Join takes you to the inside as hosts Ameran and Jesse discuss the pros and cons of each group, what makes them tick, and whether or not they'd join. Join a new cult with us for an hour or so at a time. It's all the zany fun of cult joining, with none of that pesky commitment or potentially really bad decisions!
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    Episodes (46)

    Hillsong Episode 2

    Hillsong Episode 2

    D*ckroot. The Beebs. Pentecostal worship. Adultery.  DUI's. Biblical enlightenment. All this and more are waiting for you as you join us for another week at Hillsong-- they started at the bottom now they here!

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    You can find Ameran on the Insta @ amawren
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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usMarch 05, 2024

    Hillsong Part 1

    Hillsong Part 1

    Okay party people!!! Put your hands up in the air and wave them all around like you just don't... no wait, wave them around like you care a LOT. Now feel free to cry. Now tithe 10% and make your peace with loving Justin Bieber, because this week we're all joining... Hillsong!!! The Australian mega-church that took the US hipster scene by storm! Come for the modern music, stay for the old-fashioned shame!
    Also, Jesse apologizes in advance for when she sings. 

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usFebruary 27, 2024

    Twin Flames Part 2

    Twin Flames Part 2

    We are so glad you've found your NEED for your one and only Twin Flame! That's the first step. You're doing great.
    All you have to do now, is give up the rest of your money, acknowledge Jeff and Megan as Gods, possibly change your ACTUAL genitals, or at least LOOK like you're heteronormative, and bing-bang-boom! All your problems are answered!
    The upside? Twin Flames also enforces its own specific diet, and it's like... ALL CARBS. Lead with that, Twin Flames, and we might be all in.

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usFebruary 20, 2024

    Twin Flames Part 1

    Twin Flames Part 1

    Oh, you thought you were going along just living your best life... BUT YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU HAVE A TWIN FLAME and NOTHING CAN WORK OUT IN LIFE WITHOUT THEM! Also, only two people can find your twin flame, neither of those are you, and these people are gonna need a LOT of your money. It all makes sense don't think about it just get a new credit card also they might cure cancer. 
    If that doesn't spell romance folks, we don't know what does!
    **Spoiler alert, we DON'T know what does... 

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usFebruary 13, 2024

    Mother God—a gift from Patreon

    Mother God—a gift from Patreon

    Happy solitude season, everyone! It's been a long lonely winter and we have MISSED you! Cults I'd Join will be kicking off Season four NEXT WEEK, but this week, we thought we'd gift you an appetizer with a little gift from our Patreon.

    Ya'll. We'd like to remind everyone that we were covering Love Has Won before it was cool. Still, nobody does documentaries better than Max, and The Cult of Mother God is A LOT. 

    Over on our Patreon, you can find all three episodes of our coverage of this drug-fueled wild ride, but here and now, please enjoy this free bonus episode, Part One of Mother God!

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usFebruary 08, 2024

    Season 3 Chatting-Bee

    Season 3 Chatting-Bee

    Can you even??? Season 3 is wrapping up, and we're talking all things culty from the last 12 episodes. Which was the best? Which was the worst? Who had the best clothes? Has Ameran already joined the Essenes? Is there ANY group Jesse won't join (YES, but WHO)?!? 
    You can find all those answers and more right here in episode 13, but the biggest gift would be YA'LL telling us YOUR answers! What are your loves and non-loves from this round? What did you learn that made you say "OH!!!"???

    Season 4 is already in the works, we'll have a 4-week hiatus, and then both the regular feed and the Patreon will be back with all new cult-tacular tales... we adore each of your smoochy faces and we'll see ya'll here while we're making your new presents!

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usJanuary 09, 2024

    The Farm Part 2

    The Farm Part 2

    This one is a two-parter because... we'd love to give you a good reason, but it's because our hosting platform just stopped recording mid-episode, so parts one and two are unceremoniously stopped and started. Listen. People who join cults as their favorite hobby are often not also people who are great at tech stuff—so please enjoy The Farm, Episode 2, the janky but just as good partner to The Farm, Episode 1! 

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usJanuary 02, 2024

    The Farm Part 1

    The Farm Part 1

    We saved this one for last because The Farm is a dreamy dreamscape for dreamers (and yuppies), and we can't wait to stroll down First Street, Second Street, and so on, with YOU! If you don't already know The Farm, get over here and soak up all its loveliness with us. If you do already know The Farm, sit down while we spill the tea and go over the mountainous roller coaster that is its history from its beginnings till now. Also, check your belly button. If it's an outie, you weren't born there. 

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usJanuary 02, 2024

    Women Talking, a bonus New Years Gift to YOU!

    Women Talking, a bonus New Years Gift to YOU!

    Surprise, you guys! It's New Year's Eve and the wrap-up to our first year as a new podcast. Thanks to all of you new friends, we're rounding out our first year with 26k downloads and in the top 25% of podcasts overall—imagine if we learned how to advertise!!! We are LOVING the discussions we get to have with you online, we are loving the community y'all are creating and we are so thankful for everything this past year has given all of us.
    And that is the long way to say, here's a gift to you! It's our first episode from our Patreon subscription level, free as a bonus on your regular feed! We just wrapped recording our Patreon Season One today, and we are so happy to have a little giftie to give each of you as we bring in the new year. 
    Happy everything, and please enjoy our chat about Women Talking!
    P.S. you're gonna be surprised at who ISN'T joining this cult...

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usJanuary 01, 2024

    Elohim City

    Elohim City

    Elohim City has been called the most dangerous compound in America. It's been called God's word in boot leather, a low-rent trailer park, and the underground railroad for right-wing extremists. Cults I'd Join calls them people we no longer see at Thanksgiving. 

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usDecember 26, 2023

    The Essenes

    The Essenes

    Well everyone, Ameran and Jesse have found their cult, and you can find us hanging with the Essenes in... Portland? Austin? The desert? That's right, a mystic religion that lived and disappeared in a brief window alongside Jesus (yes, THE Jesus), seems to have new converts and new leaders all over the place. We can't put a finger on who's got the best line to God, but we CAN tell you that white linen clothing, live foods, and a difficult relationship with gourds is a big YES from the team here at Cults I'd Join. We dig you Essenes, you ethereal weirdos, you! Now, could somebody pass the kombucha? 

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usDecember 19, 2023

    The Remnant (aka The Weigh Down)

    The Remnant (aka The Weigh Down)

    Ever think to yourself... "I'd love to join a high control cultish group, but I'd ALSO love to develop an eating disorder, and also encourage that in others..."? And after that, did you ever think "More specifically, I'd like that group to also be super snooty, dress like we're all in late 1990's Glamour Shots, and occasionally be at least associated with murder..."?

    If this is you, then wish and wait no longer, friends! This is the group for you! Come on down to the Remnant, a church that is also a weight loss program—all your issues addressed in one place! And YES, there are some SERIOUS hair styles awaiting you at the pulpit. 

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usDecember 12, 2023

    The Branch Davidians (in Waco, TX)

    The Branch Davidians (in Waco, TX)

    No spoiler alert needed on this one, we all know how it ends. But do we all know how it begins? How things went in the middle, or even how a tragedy like this unfurled its road? Today we're talking about the Branch Davidians—before, during, and after David Koresh. And yes, its members give us plenty of humanity and even some great levity—our favorite is definitely the good old-fashioned corpse-off! Come on in to talk all things Waco with us, and please keep in mind that you're here at Cults I'd Join, so please remember to take off any preconceived notions and leave them at the door when you come in!

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usDecember 05, 2023

    LuLaRoe

    LuLaRoe

    It's another phat-bottom girl y'all, and this time... she's wearing exploitative leggings! Follow along as Ameran takes us on another journey through MLM land. They've got drama, they've got victimizing marginalized people, they've got rotting pants with questionable pattern mixing, and yet again, they've got Mormons (#notallmormons)! Put on your stretchiest pants, friends, grab your inexplicably high down payment, and let's get this party started! 

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usNovember 28, 2023

    The Hutterites

    The Hutterites

    Amish. Commune. Amish-commune! AMISHCOMMUNE!!! Or close, anyway. What percentage do you think Jesse is in on this one? Is a million percent a real number? Is Ameran packing her plain black bags? Welcome to the Hutterites, another branch of our good friends the Anabaptists, who have been living fully communally since the 1500s. A peaceful religion, a time-tested community of goods, and some FABULOUS head scarves. Come be a Hutterite with us for a bit, we say WILLKOMMEN to you!!!

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usNovember 21, 2023

    The Village

    The Village

    It's fictional utopia time and this season we're joining... The Village! M. Night Shyamalan, we see you. And you see our love for super sweet bustles, window-pane fabric, and suspicious locked wooden boxes lurking in the shadowy corners of the world's coziest houses. Get on the bus friends, this week we're hand-knitting some GORGEOUS shawls, strenuously avoiding the bad color, and joining The Village! 

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usNovember 14, 2023

    Lori Effing Vallow and a Triangle of Dummies

    Lori Effing Vallow and a Triangle of Dummies

    Another doomsday cult who has it all figured out and isn't going to burn like the rest of us. YAWN. But this one has a kick: it's made up of only a handful of people and a few of them are the walking embodiment of everything a cult might call evil. Trigger warning for all things child-related in this one, and an extra trigger warning for anyone fully overwatching pretty girls LITERALLY GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Spoiler alert: she doesn't get away with it forever. 

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usNovember 07, 2023

    FLDS

    FLDS

    Oh hey, FLDS! Did you think we wouldn't stop by for a visit? We think your PERFECT hair (we're not kidding), your sweet prairie dresses (again, LOVE), and your drama-drenched communal history are exactly how we want to spend an afternoon, if not an eternity. Also, at least one of us is all about the sister-wives, but no one still likes all the blood-atonement. See you on the compound, FLDS! 

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usOctober 31, 2023

    Sovereign Citizens

    Sovereign Citizens

    Don't tread on me! Posse comitatus! God is my authority! Where is your postmaster?!?! All these code phrases and more are about to be available to make you free too, for the low, low price of... one hour of your life listening to this podcast! If you've been wanting to start driving without a license committing tax evasion while insisting that the U.S. is secretly a giant post office, then have we got the cult for you! Come along as we join the Sovereign Citizens... but only for the length of this episode because we don't have enough snacks for a solid government standoff.

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usOctober 24, 2023

    IBLP

    IBLP

    You may or may not have heard of IBLP, but you've definitely run into some of their famous adherents in the media... 19 kids and a smattering of criminal charges, anyone? IBLP has it all—matching bib dresses, swimming costumes that make the 1800s look lewd, and abuse cases far and wide. Come join us at the giant dinner table and let's talk IBLP, where the boys are well taken care of and the girls can fend for themselves.

    Original song and performance by Devon Sproule

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    Super special thanks to our theme song creator, the incomparable Mz. Devon Sproule, we are lucky ducks to have a piece of her sweet sound on our show!

    Cults I'd Join
    en-usOctober 17, 2023
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