Let's Talk About Sects
Hosted by Sarah Steel and Sarah · Sarah Steel
4.8from 766 ratings
- 121
- Episodes
- 37
- Transcribed
- 766
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About Let's Talk About Sects
Let's Talk About Sects is an award-winning monthly podcast focusing on a different cult each episode. Sarah takes a storytelling, deep dive approach, looking at the history of a sect's leaders, the recruitment of members, their experiences, psychological aspects, and notable incidents during its existence. You can support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7859667), with a one-off donation (http://paypal.me/SarahPSteel), or grab some merch (https://www.ltaspod.com/merch). Sarah Steel's debut book Do As I Say is available now (https://bit.ly/3ORHlnA). “A fascinating and well-researched look into cults and the charismatic leaders behind them.” Peter Wells, The Sydney Morning Herald (https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/the-age-s-wrong-skin-named-podcast-of-the-year-20190520-p51pa3.html) “A fantastic examination of sects, cults, and religion… a fact-based program that’ll hook you in and keep you coming back for more.” Zach Johnston, Uproxx (https://uproxx.com/life/best-podcasts-about-cults-2019/3/) “Cleverly named, meticulously researched.” Elena Nicolaou, Refinery29 (https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/08/206391/podcasts-about-cults#slide-1) “The best podcast of its kind – I can’t wait for another episode!” Apple Podcasts review from a US listener “I study cults and sects and for this reason listen to many podcasts on these subjects. This one is by far the best.” Apple Podcasts review from a US listener “Best podcast about cults I’ve found.” Apple Podcasts review from an Australian listener Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Sarah Steel
- Category
- religion & spirituality · society & culture · true crime
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 Sept 2017
- Latest episode
- 13 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
37 of 121 episodes have a transcript.
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Opus Dei, Tangara and Redfield
18 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Victorian Cult Inquiry Recommendations with Patrick McIvor
12 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Can You Handle a Girl Like Me with Bek Condello
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Opus Dei, Tangara and Redfield
Published 13 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So, yeah, it was very interesting sort of to be, I mean, especially in my case, part of the boys club, but not really sort of fit into it. Sure. And so Tangara and Redfield both, they were set up by Opus Dei. So the official line... As I said, it's really, it's impossible to prove that anyone's a member of Opus Dei. So Tangara Redfield are run by an organisation called PARED, which is Parents for Education. My understanding when the schools were set up, my understanding from my parents is that it was never, they were never pitched as like Opus Dei schools, and they still aren't pitched as Opus Dei schools. […]
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- Claire Harris
- Tim Pocock
- Patrick McIvor
- Bek Condello
- Carol Merchasin
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 459 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 307 ratings
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- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
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