Sure, I'll Join Your Cult with Maria Bamford

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Joining Sharon today is comedian and author Maria Bamford, who shares the hometown of Duluth, Minnesota. Together, they discuss how Maria began her career as a comedian, and dive into her book: Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere. In this delightful conversation, they playfully banter about the irony of fundraising benefits, what makes one susceptible to cult-like mentality, and explore the cultural shift that has allowed society to speak more openly about mental health. Maria’s quirky and personal comedy style gives room to breathe, and to not be offended if something is not your style.

Special thanks to our guest, Maria Bamford, for joining us today.

Host/Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon

Guest: Maria Bamford

Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome, delighted to have you with me.
0:07.8	My guest today is comedian Maria Bamford.
0:10.8	You have probably seen her on the internet, or maybe you've seen her live.
0:15.2	She is actually from my hometown.
0:18.2	And it was just so fun to be able to chat with her about her new book.
0:23.4	Sure, I'll join your cult.
0:27.5	So let's dive in.
0:30.4	I'm Sharon McMahon.
0:32.0	And here's where it gets interesting.
0:36.5	Well, I'm very excited to be chatting with comedian and author Maria Bamford.
0:41.0	Thank you for being here.
0:42.2	Thank you for having me.
0:43.7	We share a hometown.
0:45.6	Let's just get that out of the way.
0:47.2	We share a hometown.
0:49.0	I moved away.
0:50.5	I moved to California.
0:51.5	I moved to Washington, D.C.
0:53.0	And I moved back to our shared hometown.
0:55.8	You don't live there anymore.
0:57.0	But the our shared hometown of Duluth actually is mentioned a bunch of times in your book,
1:03.0	which is why I bring it up.
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