Hey, occulties, it is your host, Amanda here with a little bit of setup for this week's episode.

This week was actually supposed to be an off week for the podcast, a little week-long break.

So I was originally planning to air something very special in lieu of a regular episode.

Some listeners who've been tuning in for a while may know that Sounds Like a Cult was kind of a spin-off of my book cultish,

which came out originally in 2021. And unfortunately, I wasn't able to record my own

audiobook due to the pandemic and some other publishing hullabaloo. But the book just came out

in paperback. And in celebration of that, my publisher gave me permission

to re-record the first fifth of the book, the entire part one, which is like 50 pages,

myself in my own voice. And I was planning to air that big, juicy section of the cultish

audiobook, Amanda's version, this week. But as you may be able to detect

in my voice, I have been contending with a sinus infection from hell for the past week. I'm on the

mend. I am on a battery of medications to get better, especially because as I am recording

this, my wedding is coming right up. By the time

this airs, it will have already happened, but I need to rest. You should have heard my voice

yesterday. Oh my God. Maybe I'll air a little clip of me sending a voice memo to Reese

yesterday so that you can hear it. Love you too. So yeah, that's what I sounded like

yesterday when I was supposed to record this audio book excerpt. Point is, I am going to record that

when my voice is better and when my wedding is not just a record court. The cult of weddings has

demanded that I lie down in bed

and manifest a less inflamed upper respiratory track. I'm just kidding. I am not using the powers

of manifestation. I swear to God, I'm using medical science. Okay. Point is, the cultish audiobook

Amanda's version is coming soon. And in lieu of that, I'm actually going to be re-airing my absolute favorite episode of

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