The Cult of Chiropractors

Sounds Like A Cult

Studio71

Comedy, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Sorry in advance for all the crack vs. quack wordplay coming in this week's episode, which we already know will push some buttons! Obviously #notallchiropractors, but it’s definitely scary how this industry of psuedo-doctors is entrenched in a cultural history of New Age scammers and conspiracy theorists with Jesus complexes, including dudes who believed they could talk to the dead and heal all that ails you with their bare hands. Joining us is professional chiropractor/mole/part-time critic of his controversial profession, Trevor Zierke, here to help us figure out what level of “cult” the wild world of chiros really is.

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0:00.0	The views expressed on this episode, as with all episodes of sounds like a cult, are solely host opinions and quoted allegations.
0:06.5	The content here should not be taken as indisputable fact.
0:09.5	This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. Whenever I see a doctor influencer who's like scarily good at social media,
0:18.0	it's always a fucking chiropractor.
0:20.0	I made a comment about this once because it was think of like mid-2020 when that first
0:28.1	wave of COVID people were like you know what is this thing do we really need the
0:31.2	vaccine once a week there'd be this new doctor,
0:34.8	think Facebook headline.
0:35.8	Doctor comes out and says COVID is fake.
0:38.4	It got to the point that in my head I'd see it
0:40.4	and I would know within five seconds like that's a car.
0:42.4	God damn it. It's not a five seconds like that's a car. God damn it!
0:43.4	It's not a doctor.
0:44.0	That's a chiropractor.
0:45.1	And it was every time.
0:48.6	This is Sounds Like a cult, a show about the modern day cults we all follow. I'm your host
0:54.3	Amanda Montel, author of the book's cultish, the language of fanaticism, and the forthcoming
0:58.8	the age of magical overthinking. Every week on this show you're going to hear
1:02.2	about a different fanatical fringe group from the cultural zeitgeist, from Disney adults to Instagram therapists to try and answer the big question. This group sounds like a cult, but is it really?
1:14.0	And if so, is it a live your life, a watcher back, or a get the fuck out level cult.
1:24.8	After all, the word cult is up to interpretation.
1:28.8	But you know what's not at all up for debate?
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