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Sounds Like A Cult

The Cult of The NFL

Sounds Like A Cult

Studio71

Comedy, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

43.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

On theme for Thanksgiving, we've got a bonus episode for you on the "cult" of America's most zealously worshipped, physically hazardous sport: NFL football. One might imagine the typical all-American family spending their Sunday mornings at church...

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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.

0:32.8

We are so excited for the stamp show.

0:36.3

We're gonna have games. 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.

1:16.4

What I think is so special about football and certainly what I love is just this weird ass thing that happens where all of these people

1:23.6

who have absolutely nothing in common except for the same zip code all come together and for a few hours have an irrational sense of faith and confidence

1:33.9

and everything else that goes into being a fan.

1:36.2

I mean, it does sound like a cult.

1:38.1

This is SoundsLikeAkult, a show about the modern day cults. We all follow.

1:43.5

I'm Issa Medina and I'm a comedian and I'm Amanda Montel, author of the book Cultish, The Language of Fanaticism.

1:50.0

This week we've got a special Thanksgiving bonus episode for you on the cults of the NFL,

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