Wait… Am I In A Cult? Ft. Amanda Montell

Not Another True Crime Podcast

Betches

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

3.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week, Sara and Danny host writer, language scholar, and podcast host Amanda Montell, for a fascinating conversation about about cults and what makes them so effective at garnering our attention. They cover cult-ish groups and organizations from Scientology to SoulCycle and everything in between. They also discuss some ways to approach people who might be engaging in cults to a worrying degree, and why telling them that they’re in a cult might be counter-productive. Be sure to check out Amanda’s book ‘Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism,’ and check out her podcast ‘Sounds Like A Cult’ wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.7	Betches Media presents.
0:32.6	Not another True Crime podcast.
0:35.5	It's all fun and games.
0:37.8	Until someone gets hurt.
0:45.6	Welcome back, guys, to another episode of Not Another True Crime Podcast.
0:50.3	I'm Sarah Levine.
0:52.0	And I'm Danny Murphy, and you know where your partners in Wine Crime and Time.
0:55.5	We are joined today by the author of Cult-Dish, the language of fanaticism.
1:01.5	Amanda Montel.
1:02.5	Hello.
1:03.5	Also super impressed by you getting the word fanaticism right on the first time.
1:08.4	That's it.
1:09.4	I'm reading it next to me with a death glare to the book.
1:12.6	Don't fuck this up.
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