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The NXIVM Extravaganza | Ft. Mark Vicente, India Oxenberg, Susan Done, and Karen Unterreiner

Published: Sept. 11, 2023, 8 a.m.

This episode is sponsored by Better Help.\xa0

Well hello there, A Little Bit Culty listener. How\u2019d your summer go? What\u2019s the haps?
This is actually our out of office greeting talking to you, because we\u2019re away from the studio right now investigating some kickass episodes for our new season. But we didn\u2019t want to leave you hanging\u2026so we went through the archives to make you a veritable Dairy Queen Blizzard of culty goodness from some of our fan favorites.
We\u2019ll be back soon with all new episodes, but until then you can also find us each week on Patreon where we\u2019re serving up fresh episodes and content on the regular.

So today\u2019s episode is\u2026well\u2026in our wheelhouse. If you\u2019re a listener of this particular show, you\u2019re already familiar with NXIVM \u2013\xa0but on today\u2019s episode we are taking a closer look at the cult featured in the HBO series, The Vow, starring yours truly. (Whose got four thumbs and once helped bring NXIVM down? THESE GUYS).

Joining us are 4 people who understand the inner workings of NXIVM\xa0 better than almost anyone else.

First up is Mark Vicente. He\u2019s The Vow\u2019s Stone cold silver fox, a film-maker turned whistleblower, and an internationally renowned sweetheart. He\u2019s the guy who originally recruited me, and the guy who raised hell to help bring it all down.\xa0 Also, he\u2019s the lucky husband of the one and only Bonnie Piesse, aka, Bonfire.

Next is India Oxenberg, who went through hell and back in NXIVM\u2019s darkest chapter: DOS. From forced starvation, and sleep deprivation, to multiple forms of mental and sexual abuse, to a devastating years-long separation from her family. God damn we\u2019re glad she got out and that she\u2019s THRIVING now. .\xa0

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Ater India, we\u2019ve got Susan Dones\u2026.The one-woman wrecking crew who served as her own legal representation in a series of court battles after she left the organization. Susan was way ahead of the curve on calling bullshit Keith Raniere and his flying monkeys. She also paid dearly for it.\xa0

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And finally, is Karen Unterreiner, who at only 18-years-old,\xa0 became romantically intertwined with Keith Raniere. Over the next 40 years, she\u2019d go on to become a top level NXIVM trainer, a key figure of the Executive Success Programs\u2019 leadership committee, and an overseer of administration (bookkeeping) and IT.\xa0 Which is all to say: There is much tea to spill. So much tea.

So if you\u2019re sick of hearing us talk about NXIVM, you better turn around now. You\u2019ve been warned. Everybody else? Let\u2019s rock.

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