Ep 360: Cult Culture with Jane Borden

Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone

Lipstick Nancy, Inc. & Glassbox Media

Comedy

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 99 minutes

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0:00.0	Hey, it's just me, Paula Poundstone. Do you listen to the Daily Beans podcast?
0:04.4	One of my favorite things about the Daily Beans is that it's daily. That's why it's called the Daily Beans.
0:10.2	Although, honestly, I don't know what they mean by beans. I never have. I listen anyway.
0:15.2	Alison Gill from Muller, she wrote, and comedian Dana Goldberg go over the news with you every weekday.
0:20.8	They break down the headlines in just a few minutes without the false equivalence. and comedian Dana Goldberg go over the news with you every weekday.
0:25.4	They break down the headlines in just a few minutes without the false equivalency.
0:28.1	They're smart and funny and they swear.
0:29.5	Sometimes you have to.
0:33.9	I mean, you watch network news and you can tell they're dying to swear.
0:39.3	They're joined by experts, journalists, lawmakers, and change makers nearly every day.
0:44.4	I was on with them once. That's why they say nearly every day. I like starting my day with the Daily Bean so I know where we stand and I know what to work on. So if you want to stay
0:49.0	informed without getting overwhelmed, give the Daily Beans a listen. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, wherever you get your
0:55.3	podcasts, and start your day with the news and a smile. The spread of misinformation has fueled
1:02.3	our cultural divide and increased our collective anxiety about the future. Tackling misinformation
1:07.5	isn't a simple task, but it's important. And that's why I'm so excited to tell you about conspiratuality, a podcast that's dismantling
1:16.4	new age cults, wellness grifters, and conspiracy mad yogis.
1:20.9	On the show, a journalist, a cult researcher, and a philosophical skeptic walk into a bar.
1:26.2	And the bartender says, no, no, no, it's not that old joke.
1:28.5	They dive deep into current events such as RFK Jr's involvement in mainstreaming dangerous anti-vax rhetoric.
1:35.0	They crowdsource, research, analyze, and dream up answers to the problem with, get this, proven science as their ultimate guiding light.
1:44.0	I highly recommend you check out Conspiratity's fascinating episodes on creating comedy in the Magaverse with Jordan Klepper or RFK Jr.
1:53.5	Flirting with Body Fascism.
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