We began collecting stories as part of the King’s Phase of the Gen Z Role Models Project from Autumn 2025.
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“clicking on the instagram page attached to this video.” (S190)
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“and was hooked” (S189)
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“she scrolled. Onto another video, punchier than the last” (S188)
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“the video came to an end, a wave of shame washed over Nathan” (S187)
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“found herself drawn to the peaceful ambiance created by the video” (S186)
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“was soon doing a deep dive of the individual’s instagram page” (S185)
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“Rishabh spoke about the Bhagavad Gita” (S184)
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“The woman in the video held a calm that seemed [to] demand attention” (S183)
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“realized that this individual was part of a Christian church unlike any she had grown up with” (S182)
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“decided to do a bit of deeper research” (S181)
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“The page had its own secret language; homesteading, beef tallow, seed oils, unschooling” (S180)
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“Noticed that a lot what he said really made sense” (S179)
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“learnt about tarot cards” (S178)
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“pressure from all the corners was bombarding her” (S177)
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“allowed herself to go down the rabbit hole” (S176)
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“Ahmad began to become more and more drawn to the speaker” (S175)
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“The person was a renowned Indian spiritual leader” (S174)
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“found that he felt that he was meant to see this video” (S173)
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“Alexander had been missing out on a very important aspect of life: spirituality” (S172)
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“he noticed that the pastor kept coming back to everyone he hated” (S171)
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“liked the video so that he could watch it again at a later date” (S170)
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“letting the words slowly draw him in, feeling a quiet sense of curiosity” (S169)
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“he thought it was really interesting at the beginning” (S168)
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“Thu was the girl with high ambitions about her career” (S167)
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“wisdom that had come from the words of Pranam Sadghuru” (S166)
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“All of the sudden, everything came into its place” (S165)
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“Found herself trapped in an endless cycle of charisma” (S164)
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“Sometimes the universe hides the answer until you’re soft enough to receive it.” (S163)
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“realized it was a live online talk by a young meditation master” (S162)
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“an old woman in a tiny room, gray hair twisted with a pencil” (S161)
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“as the speaker began to talk more, Carson was drawn into his words” (S160)
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“It gave me hope” (S159)
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“felt something he hadn’t felt in a long time: a sense of purpose” (S158)
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“follow all the social media handles of this individual” (S157)
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“ended up not being the biggest fan of what he was hearing” (S156)
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“quickly realized that she was talking about a social experiment” (S155)
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“was awakened by this simple vid[eo]” (S154)
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“letting the calm voice ease the weight in Christian’s chest” (S153)
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“about 1 hour of watching, Akolgo came to his senses” (S152)
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“thinking about how god help[ed] through these all years” (S151)
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“she learned that the individual’s name is Demetria” (S150)
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“She realised that she was watching the answer she had been looking for years” (S149)
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“it wasn’t quite what he had expected” (S148)
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“felt a deep-rooted sense of surety” (S147)
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“As he watched, he became more and more drawn because the video” (S146)
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“So, Sam continued watching and watching” (S145)
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“Before he knew it hours had passed” (S144)
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“found herself once more frustrated” (S143)
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“found themselves completely and utterly convinced” (S142)
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“felt something inside her wanting to know more about this person” (S141)