Thought reform
Subject in Social Sciences
Thought reform has come up in 2 episodes across 1 podcast in TMT, including Mayim Bialik's Breakdown. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Rick Alan RossAmerican cult intervention specialist, founder of the Cult Education Institute and author of Cults Inside Out
Ross argues that destructive cults should be defined objectively by group structure and behavior rather than beliefs.
“We want to have an objective definition based on the structure of the group, its dynamics, and its behavior”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Part Two: Cult Leaders Target You At Your Weakest. Never Confess This To Them | Rick Alan Ross (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 56:34
Ross says people commonly enter cults during periods of vulnerability such as divorce, job loss or bereavement.
“And so what frequently is the narrative of people entering cults is that they were at a time of vulnerability”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Cult Leaders Target You At Your Weakest. Never Confess This To Them | Rick Alan Ross (Sep 22, 2026) · Listen from 25:22
Podcasts
- Mayim Bialik's Breakdown · 2 episodes
Episodes
Part Two: Cult Leaders Target You At Your Weakest. Never Confess This To Them | Rick Alan RossMayim Bialik's Breakdown · Sep 23, 2026 · 59 min
Mayim Bialik and cult expert Rick Alan Ross discuss coercive control in relationships, workplaces and UFO groups, Tulsi Gabbard's ties to Chris Butler, and whether MAGA is a cult.
Cult Leaders Target You At Your Weakest. Never Confess This To Them | Rick Alan RossMayim Bialik's Breakdown · Sep 22, 2026 · 51 min
Mayim Bialik talks with cult expert Rick Alan Ross about how cults recruit and break people down, deprogramming, Scientology, AA, religion and Lev Tahor.