

Cult Podcast
Paige Wesley & Armando Torres
A podcast. About cults. Duh. Tune in each week as we cover groups ranging from Japanese Death Cults to the Violent Alt-Right. A perfect way to remember: Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid!
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Oct 7, 2025 • 1h 27min
Ep. 320 Troubled Teen Industry Pt. 3: Gooning In the Night
We're back, baby! Join Paige as she takes Mando through the history of Synanon and their pathway to Cedu Schools (but pronounced like Sea-Doo, you know thos jetskis that are like...not jetskis? Actually I looked it up and they qualify them as "personal watercrafts" which feels weird. Huh. Wait, it turns out that Jetskis are like a brand of personal watercrafts. So it's like how Band-Aid or Xerox just became the name for the thing. That's crazy, man. I ain't never thought about Jetskis this much in my life.)
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv

Sep 23, 2025 • 60min
Cult Podcast Special Episode: Happy Rapture!
Grab a bucket to collect your neighbor's dental fillings and gather round to hear Paige answer questions about the Rapture... and one question about Raptors!
Just a quick check in with ya'll on this special day, and we'll be back with a normal episode soon!
High Five St. Peter for us when you get to the top of the stairway!

Jul 23, 2025 • 1h 21min
Ep. 319 Troubled Teen Industry Pt. 2: Helena Bottom Carter Knowles
We’re back with the first earnest part of our new series on the Troubled Teen Industry. Join Paige as she takes Mando through the very hopeful beginnings of a movement that would ultimately turn upsetting.
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv

Jul 15, 2025 • 1h 4min
Ep. 318: Troubled Teen Industry: Joey Chestnut is a Demi-God
We're BACK baby. Join Paige and Mando as they get back into the groove, catching up and telling you about their dumb, busy lives. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, we're starting a brand new series!
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv

Jun 2, 2025 • 1h 12min
Death Madness (Ft. Todd from Horror Virgin)
This week join Paige and Mando as they sit with Todd from Horror Virgin to discuss the scariest topics known to humans. Death. Woof. I promise, it's more fun than it sounds.
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv

May 20, 2025 • 1h 15min
Ep. 317 Brother Louv Pt. 2: To Buy or Not to Buy a Black Light Poster
We're back! This week Mando finishes up his series on Brother Louv and the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church. Join Paige as she learns about the Miami Jamaica connection and we learn a new rule about being a good cult leader. It comes second to "never set a doomsday".
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv

May 6, 2025 • 1h 12min
Ep. 316 Brother Louv: Granny Style
We’re BACK! Join us as Mando takes Paige through the early life of Brother Louv, formerly known as Thomas F. Reilly, and the path that led him towards a life of kick ass crime.
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv

Apr 16, 2025 • 1h 14min
Ep. 315 The Church Universal Pt. 2: Theosophy Strikes Again
We're BACK with our final installment on a woman literally named Prophet. Listen along as Paige tells Mando about Ms. Prophet's takeover, remarriages, and the fall of the whole damn thing.
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv

Mar 27, 2025 • 59min
Ep. 314 The Church Universal: Build Your Own Past Life
We're BACK with an episode that takes us back to our roots, baybee. I'm talking theosophy, I'm talking terrible husbands, I'm talking randomly selecting famous figures from the past to be your "previous lives". Yeah. This one got everything. Join Paige as she takes Mando through the life of Elizabeth Prophet and the beginnings of the Church Universal.
PANIC FEST is THIS WEEK, if you want tickets to our show on March 30th click the link here or go to www.panicfest.eventive.org
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv

Mar 17, 2025 • 1h 13min
Ep. 313 Hobby Lobby: When Joann Met Michael's
We're BACK, baybee! Rising from the dead to give you a life update and also to ask you to join Paige as she takes Mando through the tumultuous timeline of Hobby Lobby, the only craft store that asks "What Would Jesus Do?" And then...mostly ignores that question actually.
PANIC FEST is coming up in just a week, if you want tickets to our show on March 30th (We got the date wrong in the episode so so so sorry) click the link here or go to www.panicfest.eventive.org
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv


