{"id":243741,"date":"2025-05-14T12:04:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T11:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/persuadable-episode-3-former-cult-member-connects-cults-and-conspiracies-the-account\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T12:04:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T11:04:42","slug":"persuadable-episode-3-former-cult-member-connects-cults-and-conspiracies-the-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/persuadable-episode-3-former-cult-member-connects-cults-and-conspiracies-the-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Persuadable Episode 3: Former cult member connects cults and conspiracies | The Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/6Ibk5vJ-4-o\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Persuadable Episode 3: Former cult member connects cults and conspiracies | The Account\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Ibk5vJ-4-o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Diane Benscoter is a former member of the Unification Church, a religious cult better known as \u201cthe Moonies.\u201d She wrote a book about her experience and founded Antidote, a nonprofit aimed at eliminating psychological manipulation. 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