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Jo Thornely talks to Jacqui Kassulke about everybody's favourite cult for short people and aliens: Scientology,

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Zealot 1: Scientology with Jacqui Kassulke

Jo Thornely talks to Tristan Lutze about Children of God, a cult responsible for the world's creepiest boob comics.

Zealot 2: Children of God with Tristan Lutze

Jo Thornely talks to Katie Jamieson about the go-to cult for man-buns and active wear: The Raelians

Zealot 3: Raelians with Katie Jamieson

Do we live inside the Earth or is it full of racists and waterfalls? Are they the same thing? Jo Thornely wonders with Eddie Sharp

Zealot 4: Hollow Earth with Eddie Sharp

Jo Thornely talks to Rachael Mogan McIntosh about the cult that inspired luxury car ownership, salad bar terrorism, and tough titties: The Rajneeshees.

Zealot 5: Rajneeshees with Rachael Mogan McIntosh

Jo Thornely talks to Nadine Von Cohen about an evil Chilean Nazi torture cult so heinous they made a bad movie about it: Colonia Dignidad

Zealot 7: Colonia Dignidad with Nadine Von Cohen

Jo Thornely talks to Russ Tainton about the cult that stopped a sneaker line and abandoned its testes: Heaven's Gate.

Zealot 8: Heaven's Gate with Russ Tainton

Jo Thornely talks to Lorin Pickup about the cult that started with a Brylcreem messiah and ended with one of the biggest mass suicides of all time: Jonestown.

Zealot 9: Jonestown with Lorin Pickup

Jo Thornely talks to Greg Morrow about the cult that was good news for fire but bad news for Vernons: The Branch Davidians.

Zealot 10: Branch Davidians with Greg Morrow

Jo Thornely talks to Andrew P Street about the cult that ruined train travel and hair tea for everyone: Aum Shinrikyo.

Zealot 11: Aum Shinrikyo with Andrew P Street

Jo Thornely talks to Rowdie Walden about a cult on a remote volcanic island that has a doddering old racist as its deity: The Prince Philip Movement.

Zealot 13 Prince Philip Movement with Rowdie Walden

Jo Thornely talks to Michael Beveridge about a cult that dresses like an army but makes Youtube videos like a teenage boy: The Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps.

Zealot 14 Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps with Michael Beveridge

Jo Thornely talks to Dan Barrett about a drunk sadist who enjoys a bit of experimental surgery but also bakes a mean baguette: Roch Theriault.

Zealot 15 Roch Theriault with Dan Barrett

Jo Thornely talks to Mat Whitehead about a cult that blames minor ailments on past lives and heals via improv and costuming: Unarius.

Zealot 16: Unarius with Mat Whitehead

Jo Thornely talks to Shelley Stocken about a cult that hits its lows in the twin categories of child-rearing and hairdressing: The Family.

Zealot 17: The Family with Shelley Stocken

Jo Thornely talks to Jan Fran about a cult that puts the prayer into prairie dresses but otherwise makes you feel a bit sick: The FLDS.

Zealot 18: FLDS with Jan Fran

Jo Thornely talks to Dan Ilic about a cult led by a guy who calls himself “The Little Pebble” but who others call “a convicted paedophile”: The Order of St Charbel.

Zealot 26: The Little Pebble with Dan Ilic

Jo Thornely talks to Brock Wilbur about a cult-slash-multi-level-marketing organisation inspired by Scientology, Amway, and deep misogyny: NXIVM.

Zealot 27: NXIVM with Brock Wilbur

Jo Thornely talks to Chris Deal about a guy accused of both running a sex cult and dropping killer jams: R Kelly.

Zealot 28: R Kelly with Chris Deal

Jo Thornely talks to Lucas Brown about a cult that loved communism, forks and fornicating: The Oneida Community.

Zealot 33: Oneida with Lucas Brown

Jo Thornely talks to Alex Jae about a family that hates you, pancakes and nerds, but LOVES bedroom murals and knock-off Ed Hardy: Westboro Baptist Church.

Zealot 36: Westboro Baptist Church with Alex Jae

Jo Thornely talks to Brianna Williams about a woman who has made sure you’ll find her if you Google how to kill yourself: Teal Swan.

Zealot 37: Teal Swan with Brianna Williams

Jo Thornely talks to Rose Callaghan about an actor whose most convincing roles are as a rock star and a cult leader: Jared Leto.

Zealot 38: Jared Leto with Rose Callaghan

Jo Thornely talks to Lauren Bonner about a guy who took a short break from being a prison inmate to develop his skills as a songwriter and cult leader: Charles Manson.

Zealot 39: The Manson Family with Lauren Bonner

Jo Thornely talks to Yvie Jones about a big-haired lady who’ll tell you Jesus wants you to be skinny and fat people go to hell: Gwen Shamblin.

Zealot 40: Gwen Shamblin with Yvie Jones

Jo Thornely talks to Cal Wilson about a Kiwi cult that she visited as a child, remembering the headscarves and gardening, but not the huge cache of weapons: Camp David.

Zealot 42: Camp David with Cal Wilson

Jo Thornely talks to Marieke Hardy about a cult led by a man skilled in the arts of manipulation, push-ups, and Speedo-wearing: The Buddhafield.

Zealot 43: The Buddhafield with Marieke Hardy

Jo Thornely talks to Rhys Nicholson about a man who made a college dorm look even more like a cult than usual: Lawrence Ray.

Zealot 44: Lawrence Ray with Rhys Nicholson

Jo Thornely talks to Paul Verhoeven about a man who made everyone who watched Tiger King say hmmmm: Doc Antle.

Zealot 45: Doc Antle with Paul Verhoeven

Jo Thornely talks to Josh Dean about a guy who did more damage to the Hare Krishna reputation than repetitive airport chanting: Keith Ham.

Zealot 46: Keith Ham with Josh Dean

Jo Thornely talks to Matt Bevan about a guy who shares a load of characteristics with cult leaders, if he could only just get organised: Donald Trump.

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