The Cult of Homesteaders

Sounds Like A Cult

Studio71

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Education

3.9 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Have the events of recent years made you want to walk off into a grassy meadow, never to return? Does the idea of being in touch with nature, totally separate from the digital rat race of modern life appeal to you? Have you ever wanted to learn how to install a DIY sewer system for greywater? Then you’re a perfect candidate for today’s ever-growing cult. This week, Chelsea and Reese are getting their hands dirty and getting into the nitty gritty of Homesteading. Tradwives and rock climbers alike romanticize the nomadic lifestyle, touting freedom, survival skills, and an inner peace unachievable from civilization. But is the self-sustaining choice all it's cracked up to be, or does shoveling manure eventually become a little too culty for comfort? Come along with us as we learn from ex-homesteader Kirsten Lie-Nielsen (@kirstenlienielsen) just what homesteading is actually all about. Subscribe to Sounds Like A Cult on Youtube!Follow us on IG @soundslikeacultpod, @amanda_montell, @reesaronii, @chelseaxcharles, @imanharirikia. Thank you to our sponsors! Shop plans at https://MINTMOBILE.com/cult Tear. Pour. Live More. Go to https://LIQUIDIV.COM and get 20% off your first purchase with code CULT at checkout. Head to https://acorns.com/cult or download the Acorns app to get started. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:25.6	The views expressed on this episode, as with all episodes
1:28.5	of Sounds Like a Cult, are solely host opinions and quoted allegations. The content here should not
1:33.3	be taken as indisputable fact. This podcast is for entertainment purposes only.
1:43.8	This is Sounds Like a Cult, a show about the modern day cults we all follow.
1:48.9	I am Reese Oliver, your resident rhetoric scholar.
1:52.1	And I'm Chelsea Charles, an unscripted TV producer and a lifelong student of pop culture sociology.
1:58.3	Every week on this show, we discuss a different zeitgeisty group that puts
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