The Cult of Catholic School

Sounds Like A Cult

Studio71

Comedy, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Grab your rosary and slap on your plaid skirt (although you WILL need to recite six “Our Fathers” if it rides even one millimeter above the knee!!!) because this week’s theatrical episode is here to validate and possibly trigger all our former Catholic School #religioustrauma girlies. Recovering Catholic Aiden Arata—writer, “queen of depression Instagram,” and Amanda's former college pal—joins the pod to unpack all the pageantry and horror of this objectively bizarre (and yet totally mainstream) marriage of religion and education. Bless the many listeners who submitted their voice memo confessions—you truly made this episode sparkle brighter than the Papal tiara.

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0:00.0	I am so excited to tell you about this iPhone game that I am newly absolutely obsessed with.
0:05.4	It's called June's Journey. If you're a true crime fan but you don't like anything too
0:09.6	violent, I feel like this game is totally going to be up your alley. June's journey is a hidden object mystery game that takes place in the 1920s,
0:17.0	so the aesthetic is very colorful and vintagey.
0:20.0	It centers on this protagonist named June, who has to travel back to her family's
0:24.5	luxurious island estate to solve the mystery
0:27.6	of who murdered her sister.
0:29.4	And you participate by finding hidden clues
0:32.0	to help uncover the murder mystery.
0:34.0	And I love that you also get to decorate the island estate as you go, which makes the game so fun and
0:40.8	aesthetic and relaxing. I feel like I'm generally pretty bad at
0:44.6	iPhone games but you truly cannot be bad at this one I like to play it when I
0:49.3	want to be in my phone but I don't want to be on social media. I just want to relax and find something
0:54.6	fun and distracting. It's great for that. Can you crack the case? Download June's journey for free today
1:00.3	on iOS and Android. Hey occulties, host Amanda here to tell you about my new book, The Age of Magical
1:06.7	Overthinking, Notes on Modern Irrationality.
1:09.8	It unpacks the zeitgeisty topics we can't stop overthinking about.
1:14.4	From Celebrity Worship to Instagram Manifestation Guru's to why we cling to astrology or nostalgia
1:20.9	during times of crisis, all through the lens of cognitive biases.
1:24.6	If you ever find yourself asking why human behavior seems to make so little sense these days
1:29.5	and enjoy books that feel like talking to a friend, I hope you'll consider preordering.
1:34.0	The Age of Magical Overthinking comes out in Hardback, ebook, and audiobook, April 9th, wherever you buy books.
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