This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Sometimes predators hide in plain sight. Like on the set of your kids’ favorite TV shows. The docuseries "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV" (Investigation Discovery) exposes the dark allegations haunting some of the most popular late 90s to 2000s Nickelodeon productions created by executive producer Dan Schneide ... Show More
Jul 16
The Workout Witch: Liz Tenuto on Trauma, Somatics, and When the Body Speaks (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our conversation with Liz Tenuto aka The Workout Witch, we get into the science (and surprisingly practical magic) behind somatic healing and why so many trauma survivors feel stuck even after years of therapy. Liz shares how her own search for relief from chronic he ... Show More
1h 1m
Jul 13
The Workout Witch: Liz Tenuto on Trauma, Somatics, and When the Body Speaks (Part 1)
Liz Tenuto, aka The Workout Witch, joins A Little Bit Culty for a seriously useful, beautifully weird conversation about healing after abuse, trauma, and all the body-based chaos that can follow. She shares how TikTok accidentally became her platform, how somatics helped her recl ... Show More
37m 50s
Jul 9
Religious Trauma and Cults: Sam Sellers & Elise Heerde on Healing After High Control Churches (Part 2)
Sam Sellers and Elise Heerde return for Part 2 to unpack what healing actually looks like after leaving high-control religious environments. Spoiler: it is not neat, linear, or especially glamorous. Sam talks about getting married, being shunned, learning to live with religious t ... Show More
43m 8s
Mar 2024
Quiet on Set, PDiddy with Nickelodeon Writer Christy Stratton
P Diddy's homes were raided. What does this mean in regard to his sex trafficking lawsuit? Then Christy Stratton, former Nickelodeon writer for Dan Schneider’s The Amanda Show tells all. Christy was featured in the four-part documentary Quiet On Set, which tells the harrowing tal ... Show More
1h 30m
Feb 2025
The Cult of Nickelodeon
Few pop culture phenomena have commanded such fierce devotion while hiding so many skeletons in their neon-colored closet. This week, Chelsea, Amanda, and Reese dig into Nickelodeon—not just as a childhood staple, but as a world built on loyalty, odd rituals, and unsettling secre ... Show More
58m 25s
Mar 2024
The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping
Like hundreds before her, Katherine Daniel was sent by her parents to a school for troubled teens. The Academy at Ivy Ridge claimed to use therapy and recreational activities to help its students. Instead, teens suffered mental and physical abuse in a program that operated like a ... Show More
37m 9s