Nancy Salzman, former president of Executive Success Programs (ESP)—a company offering personal and professional development programs designed to help people discover, develop, and utilize more of their untapped potential—joins Kate for the first of a two-part conversation. In 1998, she and Keith Raniere co-founded ESP, which Raniere later expanded into the broader umbrella organization NXIVM. He presented NXIVM as an elite self-improvement and leadership training company, but it ultimately became a vehicle for manipulation, coercive control, and the secretive subgroup DOS that led to his federal conviction. Nancy was sentenced in 2021 to 42 months in federal prison for racketeering-related charges connected to her role in the organization. In this first part, she discusses how she met Raniere, the creation and rapid growth of ESP, and what was really happening behind the scenes as the organization evolved. Reality Life with Kate Casey What to Watch List: https://katecasey.substack.com (https://katecasey.substack.com/) Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/katecasey (http://www.patreon.com/katecasey) Twitter: https://twitter.com/katecasey (https://twitter.com/katecasey) Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/katecaseyca (http://www.instagram.com/katecaseyca) Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@itskatecasey?lang=en (https://www.tiktok.com/@itskatecasey?lang=en) Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/113157919338245 (https://www.facebook.com/groups/113157919338245) Amazon List: https://www.amazon.com/shop/katecasey (https://www.amazon.com/shop/katecasey) Like it to Know It: https://www.shopltk.com/explore/katecasey (https://www.shopltk.com/explore/katecasey) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy (https://art19.com/privacy) and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info (https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info). Episode link: https://play.headliner.app/episode/30153021?utm_source=youtube

November 3-10, 2025

Netflix is getting in on the Kennedy-family drama with a series starring Michael Fassbender as Joe Kennedy Sr. The series will follow Ryan Murphy’s upcoming FX series on Carolyn Bessette and JFK Jr. Jack Schlossberg, you seeing this?