Welcome everyone to American Girls the podcast this is the podcast where we're reliving the American Girls series book by book.

I'm Mary. I'm still Allison-ish.

Wow, I see what you did there I feel it I respect it today we gather to talk about

cultish the language of fanaticism by Amanda Montel, Ish. But first, you know, like what's up? What's going down?

So I won't add ish to every single proper noun that we talk about today but maybe just a few more.

That feels right.

Ish?

Yes.

So what have you been listening to?

What have you been watching that you love?

So at the new season of You Must Remember this is out.

I don't know if you've caught that, but they're doing a season on Sammy Davis

Jr. and Dean Martin, which is actually really interesting so far and it

reminds me of that book by Jennifer Gugliamo that we both really like about

Italian American immigrants and kind of comparing like how Dean Martin believed he was raised as other as a younger man but ends his adult career as like very clearly a white respected entertainer whereas

obviously Sammy Davis Jr doesn't get that opportunity but it goes you know in a

lot of different directions and themes and if you like her show I think you would like this new season but I'm

enjoying it so far right now there's an episode I think where I left off on Jerry Lewis

Oh boy and I'm not a huge fan of his like full disclosure but you know it's been interesting so I've been doing that. I started watching Colombo on peacock because you know why not at this stage and murder she wrote I'm done with that so I'm moving on to other mysteries that won't make me sad before bed and I'm also still watching psych so it's like 2005 in my house or 1978 depending on your view.

But how about you? What are you up to?

Yeah, I love those medium-state crime dramas.

So I really loved, I know that it feels like a betrayal

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