Escaping NXIVM

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<p>NXIVM (pronounced "Nexium") calls itself a humanitarian community. Experts call it a cult. Uncover: Escaping NXIVM is an investigative podcast series about the group, its leader Keith Raniere and one woman's journey to get out. From CBC Podcasts and CBC News. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.</p>

  • 37 minutes 56 seconds
    Escaping NXIVM Introduces: The Jaclyn Ferland-Smith Case

    Someone Knows Something is the investigative true crime series by award-winning documentarian David Ridgen. 


    In Season 10 of Someone Knows Something, host David Ridgen investigates the sudden 2021 disappearance of Jaclyn Ferland-Smith, a Canadian expat living in Playas del Coco, a paradise veiled in rumour and fear on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.


    More episodes of Someone Knows Something are available wherever you get your podcasts, and here: https://link.mgln.ai/SKS10xNXIVM

    16 March 2026, 2:10 pm
  • 13 minutes 59 seconds
    A Conversation With Sarah Edmondson &amp; Anthony Ames About Escaping NXIVM &amp; Mental Health: Sickboy Podcast
    Sarah Edmondson and Anthony "Nippy" Ames are cult escapees and whistleblowers featured in Escaping NXIVM. In this clip from the Sickboy podcast, Sarah and Nippy sit down with the Sickboy hosts to dive deep into their experience with escaping a cult and how it affected their mental health. The full interview and more episodes are available at smarturl.it/sickboycbc
    6 June 2022, 3:30 pm
  • 21 minutes 41 seconds
    The rise and fall of NXIVM's Keith Raniere

    In a U.S. federal courtroom Tuesday, Keith Raniere was sentenced to 120 years—having been convicted of a slew of crimes related to his alleged sex cult NXIVM. During the trial and sentencing, victims told of how the self-professed empowerment "vanguard" had turned some of his followers into sex slaves and branded them with his initials. Front Burner's Jayme Poisson discusses with Uncover: NXIVM host Josh Bloch.

    28 October 2020, 12:10 am
  • 2 minutes 6 seconds
    Escaping NXIVM: Trailer
    Over the past few months, CBC documentarian Josh Bloch has been investigating NXIVM, a self-help group led by Keith Raniere. In this season of Uncover, we take you into NXIVM, and reveal how Raniere won the endorsement of actors, politicians and even a visit from the Dalai Lama. Originally launched September 5, 2018.
    4 September 2018, 4:09 am
  • 35 minutes 47 seconds
    Episode 1: The Branding
    Sarah Edmondson is a high-level member of a self-help group called NXIVM, but an invitation to join a secret women's group called DOS leads her to do something she later regrets.
    4 September 2018, 4:08 am
  • 53 minutes 21 seconds
    Episode 2: The Epiphany
    Sarah takes us inside her journey with NXIVM, from signing up for a personal growth workshop to becoming a star recruiter for the group she now calls a cult.
    4 September 2018, 4:07 am
  • 55 minutes 38 seconds
    Episode 3: Sex, Money and Nazis
    Those who knew Keith Raniere intimately reveal his early life, how he started NXIVM and ended up being accused by the FBI of running a criminal enterprise.
    4 September 2018, 4:06 am
  • 42 minutes 7 seconds
    Episode 4: The Suppressives
    What happens when you leave NXIVM? Those who have left or spoken out reveal the price they paid.
    4 September 2018, 4:05 am
  • 40 minutes 59 seconds
    Episode 5: Blow it Up
    Sarah and her husband try to escape NXIVM and take it down while warning others who are still inside.
    4 September 2018, 4:04 am
  • 38 minutes 51 seconds
    Episode 6: The Defence
    Josh speaks to one of Keith Raniere's lawyers, Marc Agnifilo, and hears a different point of view on NXIVM and DOS.
    4 September 2018, 4:03 am
  • 43 minutes 18 seconds
    Episode 7: The Reckoning
    Sarah faces criticism about her role in NXIVM and tries to come to terms with the 12 years she spent as a high-level member of the group.
    4 September 2018, 4:02 am
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