Jane Borden: Cults and the American Monomyth

Simplify by Caitlin Schiller, Kollo Media

Feb 9, 202600:52:38Education

What if the United States wasn’t just influenced by cult-like thinking, but shaped by it from the very beginning? This week on Simplify, Caitlin Schiller speaks with journalist and author Jane Borden, whose book Cults Li...

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