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Newsletter: Trump’s “Cult of Personality” Isn’t the Whole Answer
Why are his followers so loyal - and what will happen once he leaves the presidency?
Oct 6
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Dr. Steven Hassan
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Is It Dementia, Alzheimer’s, or Medication Side Effects? With Germaine Odenheimer, MD
A geriatric neurologist opines on public misinformation
Oct 5
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Dr. Steven Hassan
22
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It's Not Just a Cult of Personality
Focusing on only Trump hides the networks that recruit, shape, and steer his base.
Oct 1
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Dr. Steven Hassan
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September 2026
Newsletter: When Asking for Help is Forbidden
High-control groups will do anything to keep members from seeking outside support
Sep 29
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Dr. Steven Hassan
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How to Build a Truth Engine: Friedrich Moser on Disinformation and the Mind
What we now know about psychological warfare, conspiracy theories, and finding reliable information
Sep 28
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Dr. Steven Hassan
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Mental Health Crises Inside Authoritarian Cults
Shunning, suicidality, and the closed loop that keeps people from help
Sep 23
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Dr. Steven Hassan
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Newsletter: What Can We Learn From the Holocaust?
A survivor’s essay
Sep 22
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Dr. Steven Hassan
12
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Selling Financial Freedom: William Keep on MLMs, Crypto, and the Politics of Deception
How promises of a better life become tools of undue influence—and why consumer protection matters
Sep 21
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Dr. Steven Hassan
15
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From Creativity to Catastrophe
How Societies Shape the Human Mind by Dr. Zvi Bar-Yam
Sep 16
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Dr. Steven Hassan
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Newsletter: The Commercial Cults that Target Women
How Multi-Level Marketing deliberately exploits the feeling of sisterhood
Sep 15
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Dr. Steven Hassan
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How MLMs Exploit Women’s Work
Leaving an MLM costs women more than money
Sep 14
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Dr. Steven Hassan
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Who Gains From The “Inevitability” of AI?
Oxford ethicist Carissa Véliz on how AI prediction became a tool of influence and power
Sep 14
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Dr. Steven Hassan
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