A Little Bit Extra: Post-Thanksgiving Word Salad and Listener Voicemails

A Little Bit Culty

Sarah Edmondson & Anthony “Nippy” Ames

True Crime, Society & Culture, Education

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

We’re back for A Little Bit Extra Thursday filled with Thanksgiving word salads and gallows humor. We chat about the last few truly bonkers weeks, share a long-awaited update on the book (spoiler: it’s actually finished and with our copy editor!), and talk about why we can’t publicly comment on certain NXIVM-adjacent podcasts just yet.

We listen to your voicemails about the podcast featuring Allison Mack, Nippy’s growth arc, Westerners hijacking Eastern spirituality, and a culty resort in Costa Rica that’s been pinging your radar. There’s also wild OneTaste/Morehouse prison-cult speculation. We invite you to send in future word-salad prompts and red-flag groups we should investigate. This one’s messy, weirdly cozy, but honest—just the way y’all like it.

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The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business, individual, anyone or anything. Nobody’s mad at you, just don’t be a culty fuckwad.

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Executive Producers: Sarah Edmondson & Anthony Ames

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Writer: Sandra Nomoto

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Join me and follow the podcast conspiracy theories, where we explore what's really going on behind the official narrative.
0:09.1	Like, what if the Loch Ness monster isn't a monster at all, but an elephant?
0:13.7	What do the richest 1% know that we don't?
0:16.7	Why are they building all those bunkers?
0:18.9	And really, what the heck is going on with the Denver airport?
0:22.7	Join me every week to see just how high up this goes on the Spotify podcast, conspiracy theories.
0:29.8	Listen on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:34.2	This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered legal, medical, or mental health advice.
0:40.2	The views and opinions express do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast
0:45.1	and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business, individual, anyone, or anything.
1:01.4	No. individual, anyone, or anything. I'm Sarah Edmondson.
1:02.8	And I'm Anthony Nippy Ames, and this is a little bit culty.
1:05.8	We woke up from a cult, and that journey was captured in The Vow on HBO and in my memoir, Scard.
1:11.1	Now, in this podcast, we break down the shame and secrets that make these experiences so destructive
1:15.7	with honest conversations on how seemingly benign groups can cross into the cultiverse
1:19.9	and how to spot and recover from trouble if it happens to you.
1:23.4	Each week, we bring an expert, survivors, and whistleblowers to explore red flags, resilience,
1:27.4	and even share a few laughs because sometimes you've got to laugh.
1:30.7	Subscribe to our Patreon for early and ad-free listening, some live Q&A and exclusive content at patreon.com slash A Little Bit Culty.
1:37.7	Welcome to Season 8 of A Little Bit Culty.
1:40.9	Seeking down to the Oh,ty
2:00.0	Hello everybody, this is our Thursday, a little bit culty bonus, and I have my happy voice on. Yeah, and I don't know if people are buying that. I don't know. I mean, I'm trying real hard. And I mean, we're going to be honest. This has been a shit show of a few weeks. You know what? Remember my Thanksgiving word salad? Maybe that will make me feel better. That might be one of my better word salads. It definitely is one of your better word salads. I think that for our newer audience,
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