What Sarah Edmondson has said about NXIVM
3 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 6, 2026
Sarah Edmondson, Former NXIVM member and whistleblower, author and podcast host, has been quoted on NXIVM 3 times in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on November 6, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Edmondson says the realization that the brand was Keith Raniere's initials, concealed from her, revealed the problem rather than the branding itself.
“It was realizing that the brand was Keith's initials and a monogram. And that had been kept from me”
TED Radio Hour: Escaping the modern world and your noisy mind (Nov 6, 2026) · Listen from 23:27
Edmondson says she and a colleague concluded Raniere had created a blackmail-based scheme for sex, which they took to the FBI.
“pretty much what we ended up going to the FBI with, which is that he'd created a blackmail MLM scheme”
TED Radio Hour: Escaping the modern world and your noisy mind (Nov 6, 2026) · Listen from 25:44
Edmondson estimates that roughly 15 to 20 NXIVM loyalists remain dedicated to the group.
“Yep, there's still probably about 15 to 20, we call them the loyalists, still dedicated”
TED Radio Hour: Escaping the modern world and your noisy mind (Nov 6, 2026) · Listen from 27:27
Episodes
Escaping the modern world and your noisy mindTED Radio Hour · Nov 6, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with Pico Iyer, Sarah Edmondson and Lehua Kamalu, and airs Shonda Rhimes's talk, about escape, silence, cults, voyaging and burnout.
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