The Cult of Rae Dunn

Sounds Like A Cult

Studio71

Comedy, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Catch Sounds Like A Cult host Amanda and this week's guest host Griff on tour together in NYC! Tickets here, discount code: CULT MAGIC

Get ready to live, laugh, love, and possibly get into an “aisle fight” over this longgggg overdue episode, featuring the iconic Griff Stark-Ennis from the Petty Crimes podcast! In what may just be our *pettiest* episode ever, Griff joins Amanda to discuss the cultish fanaticism surrounding the pottery brand, Rae Dunn. You know those farmhouse-style mugs and platters found at TJ Maxx and Home Goods, featuring cutesy “handwritten” sayings, like “Squeeze the day” and “Bah humbug?” To a certain breed of consumer, Rae Dunn has animorphed into not just a quaint kitchenware brand but a full-blown lifestyle worth making major sacrifices for. In other words, a cult!!! Unsure how the hell that’s possible? Tune in to find out… and don’t miss your chance to see Amanda, Griff, and his fellow host Ceara live on tour together this April! Tickets to events in Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Boston, Philly, and Boston are below :)

April 9: Los Angeles, CA — feat. Pauline Chalamet (tickets here)

April 12: Brooklyn, NY — EXCLUSIVE VARIETY SHOW feat. Ceara & Griff from Petty Crimes (tickets here) Use code CULTMAGIC for a 10% discount!!

April 13: Boston, MA — EXCLUSIVE VARIETY SHOW feat. Meredith Goldstein & Sasha Sagan (tickets here)

April 16: Philadelphia, PA — EXCLUSIVE VARIETY SHOW feat. Kelsey McKinney from Normal Gossip (tickets here)

May 1: Atlanta, GA — Wild Heaven – West End with A Cappella Books (tickets here)

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0:53.7	The content here should not be taken as indisputable fact.
0:56.5	This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. This is, sounds like a cult, a show about the modern day cults we all follow. I'm your host Amanda Montel, author of the books
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