I really enjoy the silly and relaxed unselfconscious commentary by the hosts. They handle hard topics with humor and empathy. Really well edited too which is not super common in podcasts.

A heavy topic handled with humor and kindness. The banter between the hosts seems to reflect an authentic, sweet friendship.

This podcast does a good job of balancing serious subject matter with witty banter and education. Liz teases Tyler about his factoids but that is one of my favorite things about this podcast. 😁they treat all guest with grace and compassion. It’s my go to podcast right now.

Fascinating stories and I love the comic relief the hosts offer. They’re hilarious.

Great idea! Very well produced. I had to unsubscribe bc the hosts think they are hilarious and they are just annoying. The guests are great and so interesting.

Love their chemistry and banter. The guests interviews are always informative, entertaining, and respectful.

This podcast is definitely my favorite and I count the days for the next episode. I wish it was more than 1 a week. The chemistry they they have is just the best!!! So much fun listening to you guys…. I started listening to “Am I in a Cult” when I first moved to SLC, Utah…. The first few episodes touched on Mormon culture and definitely opened my eyes…. Thank you for an amazing podcast

I listen to a lot of podcasts on cults, this is one of my favorites. It’s not a straightforward interview format. I love the hosts’s commentary and the fun facts along the way.

I look forward every Monday to a new episode. As someone who was in a borderline culty/cult adjacent organization in my late teens/early 20s, hearing other people’s stories is such a breath of fresh air. Also, I am hoping for a “cult of Trump” episode… because we are all living it and seeing it. It’s a cult. Be brave, Tyler and Liz!

I’m always happy when I see there’s a new episode available to listen to. Tyler and Liz are really fun and have a great rapport with each other

Love you Liz and Tyler! So interesting and funny! Look forward to every episode!

Such a good show. I listen for the banter as much as the stories. One of my favorite podcasts!

This is by far my favorite podcast. Keep it up!

Amazingly done, there are a vast amount of cult podcasts on here but this one is my personal favorite. They take time to listen to the victims and express the horrific events while keeping the vibe light and fun. Truely something we all need in these times. For those saying they fell off when they endorsed Harris for president… please close the door on your way out. As a fellow Tyler I say, keep up the good work! Thank you.

Such a great listen. Enjoy hearing each person’s story, very intriguing and also very mind boggling.

I love you guys and I do love your show prior to the last one. Besides these facts I thought it was very unprofessional to bring politics into your show. Then pushing your political ideologies onto your listeners… Big mistake on your part.

I often look to podcasts to escape. I always looked forward to new episodes until they decided to start stumping for political candidates. It was fun while it lasted. I unsubscribed. Best wishes

Fascinating, entertaining and at the same scary what cults do to people.

So it’s no shock that two people who were in cults in their past are promoting the cult of the Democratic Party. Maybe one day someone who loves you will pull you out of the insane Dem cult you now promote. Regards, lost subscriber

I listen all the time. Unfortunately, I just deleted all my downloads and unfollowed the show.

Big mistake bringing politics into your show! Picking a side means you alienate a portion of your audience, are you trying to lose half of your audience? Because that is what you have done. I really enjoyed your show but this has ruined it for me! It is really a shame to see you have joined the worst cult of all!

But when you endorsed Kamala and stood against a true and hateful cult leader (TRUMP), I exhaled. You did it, and I'm grateful. Keep up the good work of exposing cult leadership, like Trump! You make this Texas Patriot (yes Dems are the true patriots (ie supporters of this great democrat country)) PROUD. Thank you.

I used to really enjoy this podcast (and still do) but I really don’t enjoy all the banter. It’s a bit immature and too frequent. I feel like I’m listening to inside jokes I don’t know or care about. I like the guests’ stories which is why I keep listening but it’s definitely prefer less host interruptions.

One of my very favorite podcasts.

Like many other reviewers, I enjoy the actual stories and listening to the experiences of the guests, but the hosts are hard to listen to. Liz, A for effort. I appreciate your intentions to make things light and approach the world with humor, but you’re seriously not funny. Like, not even a little bit. And you can’t sing either. Please don’t put people through that anymore. Thanks.

I used to really enjoy this show. Listened every week and looked forward to the episodes. However you allowed politics to enter into the latest episode with your “endorsement”. Most people enjoy listening to podcasts to get away from politics but since you brought them in I will no longer listen. I have unsubscribed and will no longer be a consumer of your show.

Maybe you should encourage everyone to vote how they feel led to and not just endorse one person. That kinda goes against everything you stand for.

So now they throw in bathroom humor and their obsession with Trump or TDS is getting old. Typical of anyone in “the industry” they are losing original thought and obsessed with their own political view point, thinking their way is the only way. I am bored now of this podcast. Overstayed their welcome.

I used to REALLY enjoy this show. But it’s always had an issue with the hosts not being available enough for it. Even worse however, the “jokes” have gotten absolutely unbearable and are SO. LONG. They will last for MINUTES and they’re so cringey and straight up stressful. I got to the point where every time a host began talking I would skip forward because I still wanted to hear the guests’ stories, but I couldn’t do even that anymore. Even the few seconds of jokes before and after skipping ahead were too stressful so I’ve unfollowed the show. Hopefully they’ll get better writers or SOMETHING in the future. Otherwise I only see this show continuing to go downhill very fast.

i enjoyed a lot of the guests on this show but after the weird, cruel aside on the most recent episode where liz mocked a random fat stranger she saw for not being able to control their body to her satisfaction while exercising, i now know that if the hosts would likely be offended by the sight of me. i clearly am not welcome. i won't be listening anymore.

I used to really like this podcast, but now the hosts’ “humorous “ banter is taking up more and more time and is getting more annoying. We needed to hear about yoga back farts in this latest episode? Seriously? And the ads are getting longer and longer and more and more frequent. No shame in wanting to make money, but these long testimonial-style ads are the worst. I want to hear the actual interviewees, but we’re getting a lot less of that.

I listen to Was in a Cult? on a monetized platform. Upwards of eleven minutes of commercials is excessive. Kinda funny but more focus on the topic is needed.

Like, I love this shows actual content. I also love that there are advertisers because it means you guys are successful and you should be… BUT OMG CAN WE GET MORE THAN 4-6 MINUTES in a row without an ad PLEASE GOD. Did I mention I really love this shows content? I do, legit zero complaints. I listen to an ungodly amount of podcasts and if you could just maybe stack a few more ads towards the front maybe? Like I don’t know the ins and outs, of podcasts anyway heh heh, But for real, I know I listen to hella shows that have more adverts and just… arrange them in a way that is more listenable pleeeeease. I will absolutely come back and edit this review to a full five stars as the actual content deserves but whoever is designing the layouts of when your ads play… HALP!

I really enjoyed the first season of the show. There was a better balance between the guest story and the host banter. But lately I’ve been super annoyed by the hosts and all the ads so I actually just unsubscribed. The guest stories are pretty great though.

I like the content of the show but the hosts are difficult to listen to. It’s like you’re listening to friends with inside jokes that you don’t relate to or understand. I just listened to 17 mins of banter and then when you get through that there’s 5 minutes of commercials with MORE of their banter. When the show finally gets back to the guests it’s been so long that I’m trying to remember where we left off. I think maybe take down the long banter segments and get more into the show content might interest more listeners.

I love how Liz and Tyler use humor to lighten tough material. Thank you guys for being you!

I used to adore this pod - I’ve listened to it and to Trust Me every week for a couple of years. I was stoked that Meagan would be telling her own story of living in a cult here but I couldn’t get past the first ten minutes because of the incessant interruptions. The guest host just reiterated everything Megan said, so there was no reason to splice in her two cents after every sentence that came out of Meagan’s mouth. Y’all did her dirty.

This is a good podcast that gets interesting guests. My only complaint is that Liz jokes too much and often at inappropriate times and to make matters worse the jokes aren’t even funny.

This podcast makes way too many jokes, or joking around. They also take way too many interruptions of the story making jokes. Let the guest explain their story.. stop making jokes. They’re also not even funny jokes…

The stories can be interesting but the mindless chatter of the hosts in the beginning and their interjections are often more annoying than entertaining. Also I have listened on and off for a few years and every episode I have heard they keep saying that one day Liz will tell her cult story. If you haven’t done it yet YEARS later, stop plugging it. I get if you aren’t ready to tell it or are just to busy but the constant reminder that it’s coming feels like it’s creating hype for a story that is gonna probably be a letdown.

I listen to so many podcasts, but this one by far is my favorite. To hear cult survivors tell their own stories is so moving, but it can also be dark. That’s where Liz and Tyler come in. I love their comedic style. They bring so much levity to some really sad stories and in the process they promote awareness. Love.

To be completely honest I don’t really care for podcasts but take high interest in cults I love the banter and safeness that the hosts provide for the survivors.🪼🪼🪼

I follow ‘Nobody Should Believe Me’ so was interested in the episode in which Andrea Dunlop, the host of that show, was interviewed. Munchausens By Proxy is a serious subject so I was startled at the snarkily joking attitude of the hosts. Also, they offered absolutely nothing to the discussion and they are extremely poor interviewers. A zillion ads to boot!

No warning, just loud interruptions pushing products and services while listening to sensitive material.

Tyler and Liz never fail to make me laugh so hard with their hilarious banter, while providing a safe outlet for those who have been through a cult experience. I love the uniqueness of the show because another crime podcast is NOT needed. Such an awesome podcast, please don’t ever stop!!

This show came to me right when I was getting out of a cult. I didn’t realize it was a cult until 10 episodes into this show. I’ve been a devoted listener ever since. Liz and Tyler are so hilarious. I could just listen to them even without a good cult story.

Love the wide coverage of all kinds of cults and cult experiences. Eye opening and super helpful in the religious indoctrination to deconstruction process 🫶 plus, Tyler and Liz crack me up.

Way too many ads now. Latest episode took 8 minutes to get to the actual topic and then there was a 2+ minute ad. Used to love this show and dynamic but the Rachael Reign episode started showing me its decline in quality. I don’t mind jokes but I feel like Liz didn’t even listen to her or give a thoughtful, if funny, perspective and just mocked the accent for half the episode. None of them since have really stepped up to the usual quality. The backlog is worth listening to if you can stand the ads.

The stories are great and well narrated by the cult survivors. However, the hosts, Liz and Tyler, interrupt to try and add humor but they are not funny! I don’t think I have ever laughed at any of their jokes. What makes it worse is that you can tell by their tone of voice they think they’re being clever and are killing it lol, but they’re not. They need to just be quiet. What makes the show good are the stories.

Actually screaming and crying and thanking y’all for returning. This podcast is just EVERYTHING!!! It is what got me fascinated with cults in the first place. Please never leave me again!!!!!!!! Xx Edit: OMG AND NOW A CROSSOVER WITH MY OTHER FAV PODCAST (The Cult Next Door)! Can life get any better!?!?