Ep. 190 Getting Cultish with Amanda Montell
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2021
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
On this episode we are joined by author, linguist, and podcast host Amanda Montell. Amanda is the author of Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism and Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language. We use her books as a lens to discuss the relationship of language to power and community, the ways women continue to be at the forefront of language innovation, and to look at cultural normativity.
The Stacks Book Club selection for November is Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, we will discuss the book on November 24th with Dawnie Walton.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, the live in the stack store is on its last leg literally. We only have one show left |
| 0:08.5 | Join me in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 18th with three of my favorite ever podcast guests and friends of this show |
| 0:16.2 | We are gonna be joined by Rachel Lindsey. Yes, that Rachel Lindsey the first black bachelor at also |
| 0:22.2 | She is an author a podcaster a TV host and a wonderful human being |
| 0:26.4 | We're gonna be joined by Sam Sanders podcast host journalist and I think arguably the cultural critic of our time and |
| 0:33.7 | The wonderful hilarious and super duper smart Chelsea Devantes who is an any nominated TV writer, comedian director and of course the host of |
| 0:42.6 | Glamrs trash formerly known as the celebrity book club podcast |
| 0:46.6 | We are going to have a blast bringing this tour to a close and not to mention that our friends from reparations book club |
| 0:52.6 | One of my favorite bookstores here in L.A. is curating a pop-up bookshop of our dreams |
| 0:57.8 | It's not too late to get your tickets head to the stacks podcast dot com slash tour before they sell out |
| 1:14.5 | Welcome to the stacks a podcast about books and the people who read them |
| 1:17.6 | I'm your host Tracy Thomas, and you all know I love a good cult story |
| 1:21.8 | So I am thrilled to have author and linguist Amanda Montel to join me today |
| 1:26.9 | Amanda is the author of word slot a feminist guide to taking back the English language and in her latest book |
| 1:32.9 | Cultish the language of fanaticism she discusses the patterns and language that lead to cults and cult-like behavior |
| 1:40.1 | The stacks book club pick for November is song of Solomon by Tony Morrison |
| 1:43.8 | We will be discussing this book on the show on Wednesday November 24th with Donnie Walton |
| 1:48.7 | If you love this show and want to be a part of our exclusive community the stacks pack join us on patreon |
| 1:54.4 | You get a whole bunch of perks like our virtual book club and bonus episodes and anyone who joins from now until the end of November |
| 2:01.3 | We'll get the stacks |
| 2:03.3 | 2022 reading tracker so head to patreon dot com slash the stacks to join and support your favorite |
| 2:10.4 | Bookish podcast. I'd now like to take a quick moment to shut out some of our newest members of the stacks pack |
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