Cults, a Spotify Original from Parcast, steps into the minds of those who led and joined the most controversial organizations in history. Max Cutler, Head of Talk Creator Content & Partnerships at Spotify and Founder of Parcast Studios, is bringing true-crime fans a new book based on the popular podcast, Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them.
The book was released on July 12th in hardcover, ebook, audiobook, and audio CD editions.
Publishing a book based on a podcast has been done successfully in the last few years by multiple podcasts, including 99% Invisible, Hidden Brain, and Switched On Pop.
In the book, author Cutler profiles ten notorious figures, unveiling the mechanics that make these groups tick and the patterns that link together cult leaders across generations. Disturbing as they are spellbinding, cults prey on the very attributes that make us human: our desire to belong; to find a deeper meaning in life; to live every day with divine purpose.
With national bestselling author Kevin Conley, Cutler looks closely at the leaders’ motivations and manipulative strategies, telling the stories of their rise to power and fall from grace, sanity, and decency. Cults is a study of humanity, an unflinching look at what happens when the most vulnerable recesses of the mind are manipulated and how the things we hold most sacred can be twisted into the lowest form of malevolence.
Author Max Cutler created and founded Parcast Studios in 2016. With Cutler at the helm, Parcast has launched some of the most popular and highly-ranked weekly podcasts, specializing in popular genres like mystery, true crime, pop culture, wellness, and history. In 2019, Spotify acquired Parcast, although Cutler maintains his role as head of the studio.
In celebration around the book’s launch, the Cults podcast series has been releasing special episodes daily from July 6th - July 17th around the different generational cult leaders that the book focuses on, including Charles Manson, David Koresh, Keith Raniere, and Marshall Applewhite.
Doomsday predictions. Religious doctrines. Extraterrestrial orders. What really goes on inside a cult? Step into the minds of those who led and joined the most controversial organizations in history in the Parcast original podcast, Cults. The book is an unflinching exploration into what happens when the most vulnerable recesses of the mind are twisted into the lowest forms of malevolence — revealing eye-opening details which will surprise even the most devoted true-crime fan. If you love the Cults podcast, this is the next-level companion that will take you deeper into the dark side of human nature than ever before. Ten disreputable cult leaders. Ten stories of power, mystery, and destruction. 
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