Why People Fall for Trump’s Political Cult
A cult expert weighs in on Trumpism.
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Episode Notes
Virginia Heffernan talks to Steven Hassan, author of The Cult of Trump, about why we fall for cults, Donald Trump’s brainwashing, and stories of his own deprogramming from a political cult in the 1970s.
Podcast production by Melissa Kaplan. Engineering help from Merritt Jacob.
