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Best of Nancy's Bookshelf: International cult expert Janja Lalich

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You may think that cults are bizarre groups that only strange people inhabit, but sociologist Janja Lalich says that by studying cults, we can learn about our place in the world.

This week, join Nancy for a throwback conversation with a cult survivor about her book, Escaping Utopia: Growing Up in a Cult, Getting Out, and Starting Over.

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Nancy Wiegman
Nancy Wiegman has a master's degree in French linguistics from Indiana University and taught yoga and foreign languages at CSU Fresno and the College of Charleston before moving to Chico in 1990.
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