Episode 68: Amanda Montell & Cultish

Life After MLM

Roberta Blevins

Society & Culture, Education

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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This weeks sponsor is BetterHelp. Listeners of the show receive 10% off their first month of online therapy by visiting betterhelp.com/mlm. This month we are teaming up with igotout.org, a consortium of cult survivors supporting the #igotout movement of activism, and education, to help shine light on the commercial cults more commonly known as Multi Level Marketing. Throughout the month of November, follow along with us on social media as we share MLM statistics, cult education, survivor stories and ways you can join in on the movement. Visit igotout.org to share your MLM experience and share your #igotout selfie using the hashtags #igotout and #igotoutofanmlm on social media. Freedom of thought is a universal human right. After devouring Cultish on the flight to and from New York, I couldn't wait to talk to the author, Amanda Montell, self proclaimed word nerd and language scholar. I mean, her book had an entire chapter titled "Do You Wanna Be a #BossBabe?". Amanda helps me kick off MLM Cult Month by sharing personal cult connections, breaking down culty screenshots and teaching you about the red flags you can not only see, but can also hear. Plus, she educates us on all the language and terms we will be learning about all month. Show Notes Cultish by Amanda Montell - https://amzn.to/3wkPVCr Thought Terminating Cliches - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A9 Synanon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synanon Sounds Like A Cult Pod - https://www.soundslikeacult.com/ My episode on Sounds Like a Cult - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cult-of-lularoe/id1566917047?i=1000539054927 Dr. Steven Hassan's BITE Model - https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/ Ponzinomics by Robert L. FitzPatrick - https://amzn.to/3q16oJb How can you help? Report false income and health claims here: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/ Or go to: https://www.truthinadvertising.org You can also report to your state Attorney General's office! https://www.naag.org/find-my-ag/ Not in the U.S.? Go here: https://www.ftc.gov/policy/international/competition-consumer-protection-authorities-worldwide Support the Podcast! Buy me a Taco and leave me a note! 🌮💖 - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/robertablevins Follow me on TikTok for Anti MLM content, education, and humor! - https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa & https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa2.0 Follow us on Instagram for visual show notes, FAQ, and updates! - https://www.instagram.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast/ Like us on Facebook and join our show fan page to jump in on the conversation! - https://www.facebook.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast Find me on CLUBHOUSE at @therealrobertablevins *Some links may be affiliate links. When you purchase things from these links, I get a small commission that I use to buy us tacos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.3	A podcast where we work to end the stigma of failure in an industry designed for you to fail.
0:47.0	This month we are teaming up with I got out.org, a consortium of cult survivors supporting the I got out movement of activism and education.
1:00.0	To help shine light on the commercial cults more commonly known as multi-level marketing.
1:05.0	Throughout the month of November, follow along with us on social media as we share
1:09.5	MLM statistics, cult education, survivor stories, and ways that you can join in on the movement. Visit I-G-Out.org to share your EmileM experience and share your I-Got-Out selfie using the hashtags I-Got-Out and I- out selfie using the hashtags I got out and I got out of an
1:25.2	MLM on social media. Freedom of thought is a universal human right.
1:30.3	Hey, a little bit of housekeeping before we start the show. Like you just heard, November is
1:36.0	MLM Awareness Month. We have teamed up with my friends at I got out.org to help spread awareness this month about commercial cults or multiple marketing.
1:46.0	We are teaming up with all kinds of amazing educators and survivors this month to bring you stories
1:51.8	about the insidious culty nature of multi-level marketing.
1:56.4	I'm so excited. I've been talking to so many survivors and so many of you have reached out to me
2:01.6	on the calls to action I put on
2:03.2	Tik-Tok and Instagram about looking for people who had really cool
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