Episode Details

We're going live with a conversation you're not going to want to pause. Former FBI Behavioral Analysis Chief Robin Dreeke and psychotherapist Shavaun Scott are sitting down with Tony to break apart the Samuel Bateman case in real time — starting with the question everyone who watched the Netflix doc Trust Me: The False Prophet keeps asking: how did a broke, homeless man get fifty people to hand him their children, their money, and their obedience in three years?

Robin spent two decades at the FBI studying how people build trust and exploit vulnerability — from counterintelligence targets to cult leaders. Shavaun has spent thirty years treating trauma survivors and studying the psychology of coercive control. Together, they're watching the same documentary footage you watched and pointing out what you didn't see.

We're taking your questions live. This is Part 1 of three — focused on the behavioral mechanics. How Bateman recruited. How he controlled. How he made people complicit in their own exploitation. And how he maintained power even after he was sitting in a federal cell. Come with your questions — this one is going to move fast.

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