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Sounds Like A Cult

The Cult of Preppers

Sounds Like A Cult

Studio71

Comedy, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

43.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The end of the world... but make it cute and consumerist! "Preppers" are the latest iteration of doomsday survivalists, who band together on social media to talk canning, stockpiling, and first aid, but also multi-million-dollar bunkers in rural New Zealand?? Um, yeah, there are also billionaire preppers, and if the apocalypse weren't coming already, these guys are definitely speeding up the process. This week, Isa and Amanda are unpacking the so-called "doom boom" to judge how cultishly bananas (freeze-dried, obvi) modern-day "prepping" has gotten.

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Transcript

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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.

0:32.9

We are so excited for the stamp show. We're gonna have games.

0:37.5

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.

1:16.3

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1:22.9

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1:24.6

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1:28.5

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1:30.7

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1:36.0

The views expressed on this episode, as with all episodes of SoundsLikeAkult,

1:39.5

are solely host opinions and quoted allegations.

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