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Rating
4.4from
This podcast has
378 episodes
Language
EnglishPublisher
Paige Wesley & Armando TorresExplicit
Yes
Date created
2017/08/27
Latest episode
2026/06/01
Average duration
80 min.
Release period
38 days
Description
A podcast. About cults. Duh. Tune in each week as we cover groups ranging from Japanese Death Cults to the Violent Alt-Right. A perfect way to remember: Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid!
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Ep 323 Children of Thunder Pt. 2: He Still Sucks
2026/06/01
We're back with the second part of our series on Children of Thunder and they're wack leader, Glenn. Join Paige as she takes Mando through the rest of the story AND a super fun musical guest.
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv
Ep 322. Children of Thunder Pt.1 - Not Special AT ALL
2026/04/30
We're so sorry we went out for cigarettes, but we're back now and we're gonna work things out with your Mom. We brought back a present from our travels, it's THE EPISODE FORMERLY KNOWN AS EPISODE EIGHTEEEEEEEN.
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Ep. 321 Troubled Teen Industry Pt. 4: What Were the Minions Up To?
2026/01/12
WE’RE BACK, BABY! New year, new episode. Join Paige as she takes Mando thru the finale of our series on the Troubled Teen Industry. Big warning up top: This is a rough one. But hey, we missed ya.
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv
Ep. 320 Troubled Teen Industry Pt. 3: Gooning In the Night
2025/10/07
We're back, baby! Join Paige as she takes Mando through the history of Synanon and their pathway to Cedu Schools (but pronounced like Sea-Doo, you know thos jetskis that are like...not jetskis? Actually I looked it up and they qualify them as "personal watercrafts" which feels weird. Huh. Wait, it turns out that Jetskis are like a brand of personal watercrafts. So it's like how Band-Aid or Xerox just became the name for the thing. That's crazy, man. I ain't never thought about Jetskis this much in my life.)
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv
Cult Podcast Special Episode: Happy Rapture!
2025/09/23
Grab a bucket to collect your neighbor's dental fillings and gather round to hear Paige answer questions about the Rapture... and one question about Raptors!
Just a quick check in with ya'll on this special day, and we'll be back with a normal episode soon!
High Five St. Peter for us when you get to the top of the stairway!
Ep. 319 Troubled Teen Industry Pt. 2: Helena Bottom Carter Knowles
2025/07/23
We’re back with the first earnest part of our new series on the Troubled Teen Industry. Join Paige as she takes Mando through the very hopeful beginnings of a movement that would ultimately turn upsetting.
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv
Ep. 318: Troubled Teen Industry: Joey Chestnut is a Demi-God
2025/07/15
We're BACK baby. Join Paige and Mando as they get back into the groove, catching up and telling you about their dumb, busy lives. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, we're starting a brand new series!
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv
Death Madness (Ft. Todd from Horror Virgin)
2025/06/02
This week join Paige and Mando as they sit with Todd from Horror Virgin to discuss the scariest topics known to humans. Death. Woof. I promise, it's more fun than it sounds.
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv
Ep. 317 Brother Louv Pt. 2: To Buy or Not to Buy a Black Light Poster
2025/05/20
We're back! This week Mando finishes up his series on Brother Louv and the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church. Join Paige as she learns about the Miami Jamaica connection and we learn a new rule about being a good cult leader. It comes second to "never set a doomsday".
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv
Ep. 316 Brother Louv: Granny Style
2025/05/06
We’re BACK! Join us as Mando takes Paige through the early life of Brother Louv, formerly known as Thomas F. Reilly, and the path that led him towards a life of kick ass crime.
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv
Ep. 315 The Church Universal Pt. 2: Theosophy Strikes Again
2025/04/16
We're BACK with our final installment on a woman literally named Prophet. Listen along as Paige tells Mando about Ms. Prophet's takeover, remarriages, and the fall of the whole damn thing.
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv
Ep. 314 The Church Universal: Build Your Own Past Life
2025/03/27
We're BACK with an episode that takes us back to our roots, baybee. I'm talking theosophy, I'm talking terrible husbands, I'm talking randomly selecting famous figures from the past to be your "previous lives". Yeah. This one got everything. Join Paige as she takes Mando through the life of Elizabeth Prophet and the beginnings of the Church Universal.
PANIC FEST is THIS WEEK, if you want tickets to our show on March 30th click the link here or go to www.panicfest.eventive.org
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv
Ep. 313 Hobby Lobby: When Joann Met Michael's
2025/03/17
We're BACK, baybee! Rising from the dead to give you a life update and also to ask you to join Paige as she takes Mando through the tumultuous timeline of Hobby Lobby, the only craft store that asks "What Would Jesus Do?" And then...mostly ignores that question actually.
PANIC FEST is coming up in just a week, if you want tickets to our show on March 30th (We got the date wrong in the episode so so so sorry) click the link here or go to www.panicfest.eventive.org
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv
Ep. 312 - Oral Roberts Pt. 3: Murder Doritos and Fire Madness
2025/01/28
We're finally back, we survived our city being on fire and the only thing that will make us feel better is some good old fashioned Orel.
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv
Ep. 311 Oral Roberts Pt. 2: More Like BS-MI
2024/12/23
We're back this week for a very merry episode full of screaming about weight and people who use pseudo-science to "treat" it. Trust me, you're gonna love it.
Also, we have a Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab.
Also also, if you’d like to listen to Armando’s new show, Boyfriend Material, click this link right here or go to linktr.ee/midnightsnack.tv
Podcast reviews
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Fear-Les 2026/09/28
Light In The Darkness
Paige and Mando creatively balance the dark topic of cults with thoughtful humor and sass. The podcasters have a close rapport and provide a refreshin...
Skibob98 2026/07/08
Bummer
This podcast was recommended by a friend who also is fascinated by cults, but he did not warn me about the annoying waste of time I spent fasting forw...
Anita_lobotomy 2026/04/26
😒
20 min. of useful info within a 1.15 hour podcast. They didn’t get to the topic until 22 min in.
Johnboy976 2026/04/06
It used to be great, but now it is mostly filler
**This is a review that isn’t letting the months of no episodes affect the assessment** I used to love this podcast. They presented interesting perspe...
Preciousmofo 2026/01/23
Funny but…
I keep coming back to this pod because I love Horror Virgin and RTP, but every single time it takes so long to get to the actual cult stuff. I’m liste...
WHAT COLOR IS CLEAR TAPE 2026/01/02
great show!
i love love love paige and mando! i found this show via boyfriend material, and i’ve devoured basically every episode. i do wish it updated more regul...
nicoleelizaaraujo 2025/07/21
Paige and Armando used cult manipulation tactics to trick me into listening to 35 minutes of nothing
Tried to listen to the first Hare Krishna episode. It really had promise. They talked about literally nothing for 20 minutes and then kept nearly gett...
AmyAmyAmy!!! 2025/05/26
Its fine I guess
I really love cults as a topic, but for some reason I just can’t get behind these 2. Every-time I listen some of the jokes or conversations give meme ...
Matt_B_W 2025/05/17
Unlistenable
Sounds like two 13 year olds goofing around, fascinated by hearing their own voices, and thinking they’re really funny.
CosmicMustard 2025/05/03
I want to love it
I really want to love this podcast but the hosts make it difficult, particularly for news listeners who don’t understand the in-jokes and style of hum...
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