Professional cult deprogrammer Rick Alan Ross joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about cults. What makes a cult a cult exactly? What are some signs you’re in one? How do cults differ from religions? Can a family be a cult? And why are Americans seemingly so susceptible to cults? Rick Alan Ross tackles these questions and many more on Cult Support.
0:00 Cult Support
0:13 Signs you’re in a cult
0:54 What makes a cult a cult?
2:33 Can a family be a cult?
3:22 The end is kinda whatever
4:51 Cults vs. Religions
5:42 Do cult leaders know what they are
6:06 A cult sure but we’re SEO friendly
7:11 [wailing intensifies]
8:08 How do cult leaders get people to believe?
8:57 Cults and looks
9:23 Sex cults
9:58 A non-problematic cult
10:48 Is it a cult?
12:05 Scientology
13:19 USA!
14:09 Craziest cult
15:13 Helping someone leave a cult
16:01 How does cult deprogramming work?
17:59 Odds are they’re right
18:47 Mother God
19:57 Is astrology a potential gateway?
21:13 In this day and age, come on
22:19 Cults on the brain
23:15 Do cults have to end in violence?
23:50 Can you explain NXIVM?
25:41 Bikram Choudhury
26:11 Twin Flame
26:54 Moonies
28:08 Born and raised
29:27 Is involuntary deprogramming legal?
30:16 Some final advice from Rick
Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: AJ Young
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Rick Alan Ross
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Shay Eberle-Gunst
Sound Mixer: Paul Cornett
Production Assistant: Shenelle Jones
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larse
Additional Editor: Paul Tael
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
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@thefondcarpet5230
November 26, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Hmmmmm
@boobsmakemehappy21
November 26, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Rick Ross the cult deprogrammer
@Bill-im6nt
November 26, 2024 at 7:56 pm
The difference is cults have fewer members, usually. Although his definition does sound like the Catholic Church.
@richtomlinson7090
November 26, 2024 at 8:01 pm
A Cult is a religion where the leader is still alive.
@jocosus3
November 26, 2024 at 8:01 pm
Sounds like…..
Drumpf, RepubliKKKans & Trumptards
@zack_120
November 26, 2024 at 8:01 pm
It’s pitty to learn the rampant existence of cult in the US or other scitech savy cultures which sounds rediculous even stupid given their cultural advantage.
@EyeLean5280
November 26, 2024 at 8:01 pm
Are you sure Apple was a benign cult? It’s my understanding that Jobs was rather emotionally abusive towards anyone within striking distance when it suited him.
@briannareeves2095
November 26, 2024 at 8:02 pm
Cool vid but bro kinda looks like he’s in a cult himself 😭
@blu_indi9333
November 26, 2024 at 8:07 pm
One question – is the Borg a cult?
😊
@bicivelo
November 26, 2024 at 8:07 pm
In the USA, tax exemption status is what makes a cult a religion.
@womble901
November 26, 2024 at 8:10 pm
I do think it’s so important to correctly distinguish religious organisations and cults. Not all cults are religious, not all religions are cults.
@chad63
November 26, 2024 at 8:11 pm
youve been rick ross
@uncletiggermclaren7592
November 26, 2024 at 8:12 pm
Name a single religion that has “Democratic” governance. Where the “believers” get a vote on who it is that has the golden toilet seat.
Has never happened in all of human history. ALL religions are false, and are cults made of lies.
@lalakass9041
November 26, 2024 at 8:15 pm
Why aren’t the Amish considered a cult? I googled it and it says they’re not considered cult because they’re a religion….
@naiyang888
November 26, 2024 at 8:16 pm
It’s absurd that religions are not considered cults in today’s age.
@sorrow2u
November 26, 2024 at 8:18 pm
so any goverment is a cult or close to it XD
@markdunlap9960
November 26, 2024 at 8:19 pm
As a member of the US military I feel attacked
@jaredt.murphy8257
November 26, 2024 at 8:20 pm
Thank you for acknowledging Jehovah’s Witnesses as a cult.
@MouseQueso
November 26, 2024 at 8:22 pm
As a former Jehovah’s Witness I argue that they, and The Mormons are still cults
@pdfads
November 26, 2024 at 8:23 pm
All religions are cults. It’s just a matter of degree.
@paxdamaxgaming4920
November 26, 2024 at 8:24 pm
The FBI burned down the branch dividians with women and children inside, they had pyrotechnics on sight, by all credible accounts the FBI burned women in children alive in the compound and lied that the Branch Davidians did it themselves. Do your research and stop spreading propaganda, it is disgusting that someone would lie about mothers and fathers burning themselves and their children alive to make themselves look good to the media.
@lawrencecarlson2425
November 26, 2024 at 8:24 pm
Truth is freedom. I no longer question the authenticity of today’s Bible versions, I learned how corrupt they are. My study solved the conflicts and inconsistencies that have plagued my walk. I found, the men who wrote the books assembled in what is now many versions of the original, are unidentifiable. The books were named long after the texts were written and many edits and omissions have occurred since. Proof? If it was the authentic word of God, why would the Bible be revised over and over again? Thanks to deconstruction and a yearlong investigation into ancient Greek and Hebrew scripture, I can say the modern Bible is fake. It is not what clergy says it is. Yeshua came and went. His mission was completed. Educate the clergy, they get paid to advise yet they know little or they are complicit in the lie. Either way, we all lose.
@Grelotmystiqueetal
November 26, 2024 at 8:26 pm
A religion is a cult that has succeeded.
@TallyRocky
November 26, 2024 at 8:27 pm
Why does France designate JWs as a cult?
@profoundresolve
November 26, 2024 at 8:28 pm
Man Thanksgiving is gonna be fun this year 🙃