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Sounds Like A Cult

The Cult of Cheerleading

Sounds Like A Cult

Studio71

Comedy, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

43.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

A pseudo-family dynamic, decades-long commitments, physical peril, members who "would literally die for" their leader (coach): Competitive cheerleading is not just an off-the-beaten-path sport, it's a *lifestyle*... and this week, co-hosts Amanda and Isa get the inside scoop on this modern-day “cult” from special guest Morgan Simianer, star of CHEER, Netflix’s the smash-hit documentary series about the top college cheer program in the USA.

 

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Transcript

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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.

0:09.8

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 Lester Square Theatre in London.

0:26.4

It's going to be fucking lit.

0:28.2

Which by the way, why is Lester Square Theatre spelled like that? That was like like Heistr.

0:32.8

We are so excited for the stamp show.

0:36.3

We're gonna have games. We're gonna have audience participation.

0:39.4

And of course, we're gonna have our juicy analysis while diving into a much requested and never before discussed top secret cult.

0:48.5

You cannot hear this cult subject matter on any episode because it's what we do for our live show, so you really have to be there.

0:55.5

And then meet us after the show by some merch.

0:58.9

We're there to chat with you, babes.

1:00.6

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.

1:10.5

At 6.30pm, we will see you there at Lester Square Theatre in London.

1:15.2

See you there, babes.

1:16.2

This is SoundsLikeAkult.

1:26.0

A show about the modern day cults, we all follow.

1:28.8

I'm Esa Medina and I'm a comedian.

1:30.9

I'm Amanda Montel, author of the book Cultivs the Language of Fanaticism.

1:34.8

Every week, on our show, we discuss a different fanatical fringe group from the cultural zeitgeist,

1:39.3

from Disney adults to Trader Joe's, to try and answer a big question.

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