Combating Cult Mind Control
by Steven Hassan
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Feb 2026 on Digital Social Hour.
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The general take
John Dehlin recommends Stephen Hassan as a world leader on cults and highlights his book "Combating Cult Mind Control" as valuable, particularly praising Hassan's BITE acronym as an easy-to-remember framework for understanding how cults operate.
Who said what
John Dehlin👍 Recommends
…explaining steven hassan's bite model for understanding cult control mechanisms
“Stephen Hassan is one of the world's leaders in cults. You may enjoy having him on sometime. He wrote a book called Combating Cult Mind Control and he came up with a really easy to remember acronym for understanding how cults work. It's BITE, B-I-T-E.”
Digital Social Hour — John Dehlin: “No One in a Cult Thinks They’re in a Cult” (Here’s Why) | DSH #1829at 03:33
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