Get all sides of every story and be better informed at https://ground.news/AlexOC - subscribe for 40% off unlimited access. For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack: https://www.alexoconnor.com To donate to my PayPal (thank you): http://www.paypal.me/cosmicskeptic - VIDEO NOTES Rick Alan Ross is an American deprogrammer, cult specialist, and founder and executive director of the non-profit Cult Education Institute. Frequently appearing in the news and other media, discussing groups some consider cults. Ross has intervened in more than 500 deprogramming cases in various countries. - LINKS Get Rick's book, "Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out": https://amzn.to/4kD471c - TIMESTAMPS 0:00 – Are All Cults Bad? 5:50 – Is Christianity Just a Big Cult? 22:21 – Do Cult Leaders Actually Believe It? 27:26 – When Rick Met a Cult Leader 32:54 – Which People are Most Susceptible to Cults? 38:06 – Are the Charles Manson Followers Victims? 44:45 – Are Bigger or Smaller Cults More Dangerous? 57:36 – What are the Signs Someone is Joining a Destructive Cult? 1:00:18 – What Destructive Cults are Active Now? 1:05:36 – Is the Manosphere a Cult? 1:12:12 – What Makes People Leave Cults? 1:20:23 – Staging Interventions for Cult Members 1:25:23 – Are Involuntary Cult Interventions Ethical? 1:34:47 – Where Do Interventions Go Wrong? 1:37:56 – Groups Commonly Mistaken for Cults 1:40:16 – Is Donald Trump a Cult Leader? 1:45:40 – What is the John Frum Cargo Cult? - CONNECT My Website: https://www.alexoconnor.com SOCIAL LINKS: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cosmicskeptic Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cosmicskeptic Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/cosmicskeptic TikTok: @CosmicSkeptic The Within Reason Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/within-reason/id1458675168 - CONTACT Business email: contact@alexoconnor.com ------------------------------------------