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We're Starting a Cult!

Ep. 10: The Family SEASON FINALE!

Alexis and Barak travel down to 80s Miami and see what the people in the white robes are up to.

Ep. 9 Yahweh Ben Yahweh

Alexis and Barak get hot and sweaty talking about Bikram Yoga.

Ep. 8 Bikram Choudhury

We look into the madness of Jim Jones, with guest Hari Leigh, who tells us about growing up in an ashram

Ep. 7 Jonestown with Hari Leigh

When starting you're own fake cult, who better to talk to then someone who's both a doctor in religious studies and a former MTV reality star? We sit down with Susie Meister from the Brain Candy Podcast.  

Ep. 6 Susie Meister

Barak and Alexis call out some cult leaders in their own lives and look up the Heaven's Gate Wikipedia.

Ep. 5 Heavens Gate

This week we look at Mike Warnke, Barak's childhood comedy hero. We hear about his amazing and fully false exploits with the occult and Vietnam. Alexis says the F word a bunch and Barak straight up asks for nudes. Also we mention Christian ska and disc golf.

Episode 4: Mike Warnke

Alexis and Barak debate the important questions for their cult: How nerdy should their cult be? Should they have baby murder? Swords vs. berets.

Ep. 3 The Order of the Solar Temple

Barak "feels out" a dinner party if the cult is into the whole mass suicide thing.

Ep. 2.5 BONUS TRY-OUT

Alexis and Barak discuss which celebrities they'd draft into their cult, the Smallville sex cult, and what the good parts they can learn from the Source Family.

Ep. 2- The Source Family

Barak and Alexis discuss the cult they're totally starting, the Rajneeshi featured in the documentary "Wild Wild Country", potential names for their cult, and Barak tries out a cult press conference after a lube disaster.

We're Starting a Cult - Ep. 1 Rajneeshpuram

Alexis Novak and Barak Hardley are starting a cult. He's former pastor, now an atheist, she's a yoga instructor (so, like, enough said.) It's not gonna be pretty. But it will be sexy.

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We're Starting a Cult!

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