The Cult of Teal Swan

Sounds Like A Cult

Studio71

Comedy, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Known to her loyalists as the “spiritual catalyst” but to her critics as the “suicide catalyst,” New Age influencer Teal Swan is a controversial 30-something self-help guru who some say has saved lives and others say has ended them. Having launched a social media career in the mid-2000s (and still going strong), Swan doesn’t post about beauty products and travel inspo but rather spiritual-meets-“scientific” teachings on a wide range of topics from addiction to chakras to vaccines to suicide. Some of her most committed adherents follow her down to Costa Rica to experience her shady self-actualization techniques IRL. Swan is the subject of the new Hulu docuseries The Deep End, based on the fascinating 2018 podcast The Gateway, which was created and hosted by this week’s guest, Jennings Brown, who’s here to talk with Amanda and Isa about the fanatical “cult” Swan has built online.

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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!
0:09.7	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.
0:28.1	Which by the way, why is Lester Square Theatre spelled like that?
0:31.3	That was like like heistor.
0:32.8	We are so excited for the stamp show.
0:36.2	We're gonna have games. We're gonna have audience participation.
0:39.3	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.
0:58.8	We're there to chat with you babes.
1:00.5	Tickets are on sale now at soundslikeacold.com and at the link in our IG bio.
1:06.3	Again, that's Friday, May 26th, 2023, aka this year.
1:10.4	At 6.30pm, we will see you there at Lester Square Theatre in London.
1:15.2	See you there babes.
1:16.3	Hey everyone, before we get started, we wanted to let you know that this episode does contain stories related to suicide,
1:21.7	which may be triggering to some listeners, so do take care.
1:24.4	The views expressed in this episode, as with all episodes of Sounds Like A Cult,
1:28.4	are solely host opinions and quoted allegations.
1:31.5	The content here should not be taken as indisputable.
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