She Runs a Sex Cult - The OneTaste Sex Cult Scandal
5/7/20269 min
Founded in 2004 by Nicole Daedone, OneTaste marketed itself as a revolutionary wellness company focused on OM to foster female empowerment and healing. While it initially gained mainstream acclaim through high-profile endorsements and a popular TED Talk, investigative reports in 2018 exposed a dark side, with former members alleging cult-like manipulation, financial exploitation, and psychological abuse.
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First 90 secondsRay William Johnson· Host0:00
So this woman is about to join a cult. Now, the woman's name is Michal, and Michal is 28 years old, living in Brooklyn, New York. Here's the thing about Michal. I guess she's just not satisfied with her sex life. I guess she's self-conscious about her body, and she just has trouble asking for what she wants in bed. But then one day in 2014, she comes across a possible solution. She hears about a company called OneTaste, which is like a wellness organization focused on female empowerment, AKA a cult. But Michal doesn't know it's a cult, and she decides to give it a shot. So she attends one of their free introductory sessions, and when she gets there, everything seems fine. The staff members are chill and open-minded, and they all look like they've gotten their whole intimate romantic life figured out. But then eventually, the members introduce Michal to what's called orgasmic meditation or OM. And I'm not gonna explain it to you in detail what orgasmic meditation is, but it's basically a sexual practice that the group members do to a woman for about 15 minutes, and it's supposed to not be sexual. It's supposed to be spiritual and, like, healing, but- [moaning] ... it's totally sexual. But anyway, I guess Michal tries out this OM thing, and she's like, "Damn- [moaning] ... that felt pretty good. I mean, it felt kind of fun." And she starts to feel like this is exactly what she's been missing. And lucky for her, OneTaste