Hello Friends!
I’m getting excited about attending two back-to-back conferences this July. I am honored to be a speaker at both, and both will take place in Barcelona!
The first is the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) International Conference. I will present my talk, “Combating Cult Mind Control Throughout the World in 2024,” on Friday, July 6th, at 6 P.M. (GMT+2). As you can imagine, I have several topics to cover for that one. We will soon provide live-streaming links so you can experience much of this conference from home! For more information and to register, visit https://www.icsahome.com/events/conferenceannual.
Next, I will be attending the International Congress on Law and Mental Health (ICLMH) conference. I will speak on a panel titled “Forensic Models to Update the Law Regarding Undue Influence” on Monday, July 22, at 1:45 P.M. (GMT+2).
There are many heavy subjects to discuss at both conferences, to be sure, but they are all critically relevant to the global rise of authoritarianism, with scarce social awareness and little to no legal recourse to keep those using undue influence in check. Please wish me luck and help me counteract the heaviness by sharing your favorite restaurants in Barcelona and any especially wonderful locations to explore in Spain!
I am also happy to announce that I am formally associated with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), the premiere organization for helping underage children in the U.S. It was created by John Walsh, who is famous for creating and hosting the TV show America's Most Wanted. I was on John Walsh's daytime show in 2014, right after police found Elizabeth Smart with one of my former clients and her daughter.
This week’s Influence Continuum podcast features David Lipsky, a prolific, award-winning writer for Rolling Stone and The New Yorker and a contributor to NPR. Last year, he wrote a Rolling Stone article on how the Moonies have been at the center of global climate denial for 50 years through their Washington Times organization. After reading the article, I immediately bought his book, The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial.
In this enlightening conversation, we delve into how anti-science sentiments have flourished in American society, drawing unsettling parallels between cult behavior and climate change denial. If you are interested in the climate crisis, disinformation, propaganda, and cult mind control, this is an episode you will want to listen to throughout!
Listen to the podcast below:
I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Nancy Levine Stearns about the increasing problem of bullying for both children and adults. We discussed how bullying impacts our lives and politics and how we can address it individually and as a society.
I recently discovered Bill Moyers’ documentary WWII–The Propaganda Battle. It features Hitler, Goebbels, and the filmmaker of the propaganda film The Eternal Jew. The documentary explores how film was used for the first time to control minds. Their methods were to simplify the message and repeat it over and over. Of course, they utilized “The Big Lie: "People always want to hear things that are agreeable."
As always, please let us know what you think about these pieces or what you’d like to see us discuss in the future. Thanks so much!
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