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🗓️ 4 October 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Cults tend to thrive during times of broader cultural questioning and turmoil, when institutional support seems to be failing so alternative groups swoop in to offer solutions to the world’s most urgent problems. War, famine, healthcare crisis. Hmmm… sounds not unlike the nonprofit industry, no? This week, Amanda and Isa look into the language, background, and structure of the nonprofit industry to try and figure out how cultishly sus it might be 👀
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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, |
0:54.0 | so you really have to be there 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 at 6.30pm, we will see you there at Lester Square Theatre in London. |
1:15.2 | See you there, babes. |
1:16.4 | The views expressed in this episode as with all episodes of SoundsLikeAkult are solely host opinions and quoted allegations. |
1:23.6 | The content here should not be taken as indisputable. |
1:26.3 | This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. |
1:28.9 | Hi guys, Amanda from Williamsburg, Virginia. |
1:31.2 | I think the cultiest thing about nonprofits is that it's kind of like deconstructing a toxic relationship once you leave. |
1:39.3 | You don't realize how manipulated you've been, how poorly you've been treated until you're on the outside. |
1:45.1 | My name is Beth. I'm calling from the US. |
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