Restoring human agency in a world of:

  • Cults

  • MLMs

  • Influencers

  • Marketing scams

  • AI

  • Purpose washing

  • Branded Content

  • Disinformation

  • False advertising

    …and anxiety

Mara Einstein’s Speaker Reel

“The anxiety economy. Influencer cults. Purpose-washing. I talk about the marketing tactics no one wants to admit are working.”

— Dr. Mara Einstein

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  • "Mara is an incredibly knowledgeable and engaging speaker who captivated our audience with her lecture about cults this past summer. Her presence on stage is warm, confident, and compelling—people lean in when she speaks. Beyond the lecture itself, working with Mara has been an absolute joy; she is thoughtful, reliable, and genuinely passionate about sharing what she knows. We can’t recommend her highly enough."

    Felecia Freely, Co-founder, Lectures on Tap

  • "Mara is an exceptional speaker. I've had the privilege of working with her during the 2025 Brain Bar Festival, in which Mara was one of our main stage keynote speakers. Mara was well-prepared, open to all ideas and suggestions, and an overall enthusiastic character. Not only she had an outstanding session, she also engaged with our audience outside of her program points as well. "

    Mirjam Sipos, Speaker Manager at Brain Bar, Budapest, Hungary

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Brain Bar, Budapest

  • "A speaker who makes the room deeply thoughtful and engaged, not just because of topics she covers, but the insights and research she uses to talk about them."

    Lazar Dzamic, Xoogler, Lecturer & Writer

  • "A fantastic communicator and deep thinker on the social challenges brought by successive waves of corporate marketing and media commercialism"

    Jonathan Hardy, Professor of Communications and Media, University Of The Arts London

  • "Whether cause marketing, branded content or native ads, strategists and media planners walked away thinking more broadly and creatively about the work with our clients."

    Barry Lowenthal, Former CEO of The Media Kitchen

“You were by far our best-rated speaker.”

— Felicia Elisabeth Jackson, Festival Director

THIS Future of Media and Content, Denmark

Book Dr. Mara Einstein to Speak

    • Deceptive Marketing

    • Multilevel Marketing (MLM)

    • Cults

    • Marketing & Religion

    • Influencers

    • Purpose washing

    • Branding

    • Higher Education

    • Reclaiming personal agency in Consumer Culture

    • Anxiety Economy

    • Anyone worried about how our time online is commoditizing our relationships, damaging our mental health, and pulling us into cult-like groups.

    • People looking to understand the relationship among media, tech, and manipulation.

    • Anyone who’s been seduced to buy makeup, shoe whitener, or those leggings from American Eagle that sold out in an hour because an influencer told them to.

    • Parents who want to help their children navigate the negative synergistic influences of social media and competitive education.

    • People worried about relatives and friends being sucked down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories and lured into cults or cult-like groups.

    • Corporate marketers looking to understand why cult tactics have become part of a marketer’s toolkit and how to use.

    • Industry conferences

    • Corporate Events 

    • Academic conferences

    • Panel discussions

    • High schools and colleges

  • Malcolm Gladwell, Jonathan Haidt, Shoshana Zuboff, Amanda Montell, Jenny Odell

  • September 2025: Brain Bar (Budapest)

    August 2025: ISMRC (Boston)               

  • June 2025: Lectures on Tap (NYC)

    March 2025: SXSW 2025 (Austin)

    October 2024: THIS Future of Media and Content (Denmark) 

  • Yes, over the past 12 months, Dr. Einstein has presented at Boston University, Seton Hall University, Michigan State University, University of Southern California (USC), NYU, American University, and Cornell.

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  • "Such an engaging program. It was a memorable evening."

    Deborah Hirsch, The New York Public Library, Programming Coordinator, Principal Librarian

  • "Excellent presentation. The group was very impressed and challenged by your message."

    Rabbi Deborah Prinz, Director Of Program and Member Services, Central Conference Of American Rabbis

  • "Dr. Einstein gave Participant executives a new understanding of the media landscape. I wish we'd had more time for questions!"

    Chad Boettcher, President of The Impact Guild, Former EVP of Impact For Participant Media