The Cult of Minimalism

Sounds Like A Cult

Studio71

Comedy, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The life-changing magic of tidying up gave a shiny new rebrand to age-old ideas that owning less stuff can be connected to enlightenment... but are there people taking the "cult" of *minimalism* too far? Can stripping down your material possessions actually cure the sorrow and ennui of contemporary existence? Isa and Amanda chat with Joshua & Ryan, "cult leaders" of The Minimalists website, podcast, and documentary, and more to find out...

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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.
1:26.1	This is SoundsLikeAkult, a show about the modern day cults. We all follow.
1:32.2	I'm Esamadina and I'm a comedian.
1:34.1	And I'm Amanda Montel, author of the book Cultish the Language of Fanaticism.
1:38.0	Every week here on our show, we discuss a different fanatical fringe group from the cultural zeitgeist
1:42.8	that puts the cult in culture from hype beasts to mom influencers to try and answer the big question.
1:49.6	This group sounds like a cult, but is it really?
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