The Cult of 12-Step Programs

Sounds Like A Cult

Studio71

Comedy, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Anonymity, prayers, sitting in a circle and sharing your deepest secrets and traumas, an intimate mentor program… is it a cult or a 12-step program? This week, Isa and Amanda are joined by comedian JF Harris to discuss groups like AA, NA, and OA whose ritualistic approach to addiction recovery is definitely culty… but is it a LYL, a WYB, or a GTFO?

In honor of Sounds Like A Cult's one-year anniversary, we're hosting our very first ever live show! It's virtual, meaning anyone from anywhere in the world can attend. On June 15th at 9 pm ET, join Isa and Amanda to ask questions, play games, hear us talk about never-before-discussed cults, and dive into alllllll other things culty. Details and ticket info can be found at momenthouse.com/soundslikeacult

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0:00.0	We talk about a lot of really fun subjects on this podcast, but I do think something we always do is kind of slip into a British accent when we feel uncomfortable.
0:07.3	That's so true, babes!
0:09.7	And that's what we're gonna do all week when we're in London town.
0:15.0	Dude, I am so fucking excited. We're doing our first ever London show on Friday, May 26th at 6.30pm, at the Leicester Square Theatre in London.
0:26.4	It's going to be fucking lit.
0:28.1	Which by the way, why is Leicester Square Theatre spelled like that?
0:31.3	That was like Leicester.
0:32.8	We are so excited for the stamp show.
0:36.2	We're gonna have games.
0:37.4	We're gonna have audience participation.
0:39.3	And of course, we're gonna have our juicy analysis while diving into a much requested and never before discussed top secret cult.
0:48.4	You cannot hear this cult subject matter on any episode because it's what we do for our live show,
0:54.0	so you really have to be there and then meet us after the show by some merch.
0:58.8	We're there to chat with you babes.
1:00.5	Tickets are on sale now at SoundsLikeAkult.com and at the link in our IG bio.
1:06.3	Again, that's Friday, May 26th, 2023, aka this year.
1:10.4	At 6.30pm, we will see you there at Leicester Square Theatre in London.
1:15.2	See you there babes.
1:16.2	If you're listening to this episode in May or June of 2022,
1:19.6	you can still get tickets to our first ever virtual live show celebrating SoundsLikeAkult's one year anniversary.
1:27.7	It's gonna be a ton of fun and attendees will have access to byproducts from our very first merch collection.
1:36.3	Very cute stuff in there.
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