Amanda Montell - The Language of Cults and Fanaticism

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 30 December 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Episode 13: Meagan and Lola interview Amanda Montell, linguist and author of Wordslut and now Cultish, her new book about the language of fanaticism. They discuss loaded language, thought-terminating cliches, cultish jargon that can be found in wellness communities and beyond, and the surprising characteristic those who join cultish groups have in common. Plus, how the key may just be to join a whole bunch of cults. If you have your own story about cults, high-control groups, manipulation, or abuse of power, shoot us an email at [email protected]. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: @trustmepodcast @oohlalola @vibehigherbitch OR TWITTER: @trustmecultpod @ohlalola

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0:00.0	Trust me.
0:02.0	Dude, you trust me.
0:03.0	Trust me. I'm like a smart person.
0:06.0	Yeah, I've never lied to you.
0:08.0	I never have lied to you.
0:09.0	Do you think that one person has all the answers?
0:12.0	Don't! Welcome to... That one person has all the answers.
0:12.6	Don't!
0:14.1	Welcome to Trust Me, the podcast
0:16.2	about cults, extreme belief, and the abuse of power
0:18.6	from two folks, from two folks who've actually experienced it. I am Lola Blanche and I'm Megan Elizabeth.
0:27.8	Today our guest is Amanda Montel, linguist and author of upcoming book Cultish, the language of fanaticism,
0:34.4	which is about the social science and language of cult influence.
0:38.0	She's going to tell us what loaded languages,
0:40.1	give us everyday examples of thought terminating cliches and cultish phrases and what to look out for,
0:45.8	and tells us a surprising characteristic people who join cults tend to have in common.
0:50.1	She's so cool, she's so smart.
0:52.4	I'm obsessed with this episode and I'm obsessed with
0:55.3	Amanda. Sorry Amanda. Obsessed with you. Hope that's cool. We will talk to her shortly,
1:02.1	but before we do and get all of her word wisdom
1:06.2	Megan. Yes. So what's the coldies thing that happened to you this week?
1:11.0	Oh my god Lola I mean my birthday! It's my birthday today and you know
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