The Cult of Plant Parents

Sounds Like A Cult

Studio71

Comedy, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Although the thumbs typing this are decidedly *not* green, this week’s exploration has been nurtured into fruition with love just for our botanically inclined culties. Whether you spent quarantine scrolling through other people’s nurseries on #planstagram until your eyes glazed over green, or nobly undertook the task of cultivating an amateur jungle of your own leafy companions, in recent years it seems harder than ever to resist the allure of one of mankind’s oldest cohabitants: houseplants! But is the plant mommy life really the uber-zen, ultra-grounded, self-care-queen hobby we’ve been looking for, or just another tool of the algorithm to thwart the ~growth~ of our time, money, and IRL HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS?!? Melodramatic? At SLAC? Never! Here to help Reese and Amanda plant the seeds of healthy skepticism into this seemingly wholesome pastime is arbiter of plant wisdom in both audio and print format Maria Failla of Growing Joy with Plants (@growingjoywithmaria)! Subscribe to Sounds Like A Cult on Youtube!Follow us on IG @soundslikeacultpod, @amanda_montell, @reesaronii, @chelseaxcharles. Thank you to our sponsors! This year, skip breaking a sweat AND breaking the bank. Get your summer savings and shop premium wireless plans at https://MINTMOBILE.com/cult Find exactly what you’re booking for on ⁠https://Booking.com⁠, Booking.YEAH! Stop putting off those doctors appointments and go to https://Zocdoc.com/CULT to find and instantly book a top-rated doctor today. Head to ⁠https://www.squarespace.com/CULT⁠ to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code CULT Please consider donating to those affected by the Los Angeles Fires. Some organizations that Team SLAC are donating to are: https://mutualaidla.org/ https://give.pasadenahumane.org/give/654134/#!/donation/checkout https://shorturl.at/SGW9w Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Guess what? The cult of Sounds Like a Cult is coming to the real world with a very exciting live show on Monday, June 9th in Los Angeles at the El Ray Theater.
0:15.2	This show is so much fun. It's called The Big Magical Cult Show, and it is like a live podcast on hallucinogens.
0:22.8	Join us to catch some of the voices that you hear week after week, but matched to their
0:28.1	IRL bodies. It's Wild, as we discuss a very spicy and very timely topic. With the help of
0:35.6	some live show elements that you just simply could not convey
0:39.0	in podcast form, including drag and burlesque performances, custom drinks and merch, a parisocial
0:46.1	PowerPoint, audience participation. There's also going to be a meet and greet and a book signing
0:51.3	for my second book cultish, which is finally coming out in paperback.
0:54.8	It is truly so much fun.
0:57.1	So come get your cult on at the big magical cult show on June 9th at the Elray Theater in
1:01.8	Los Angeles.
1:02.7	You can find the ticket link at sounds like a cult.com or in the link in bio on our Instagram.
1:07.5	Snag your tickets before they sell out, and we so hope you join our cult for a night.
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