Sounds Like A Cult

29 Jul 2025

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"I GOT A TEXT!!!!" Get ready, culties, because a hot new bombshell has just entered the villa. Grab ...

22 Jul 2025

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Ahoy, Culties! This week we’re resurfacing one of our most popular episodes from last summer: The ...

15 Jul 2025

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Once hailed as a feminist rebellion on wheels, modern roller derby spins a complicated web of DIY em...

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 07:00:00 -0000

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This week, Chelsea, Amanda, and guest Sarah Hartshorne (@sarahbhartshorne) dig into the high-gloss, ...

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 07:00:00 -0000

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What happens when a billionaire tech mogul starts to look less like a CEO and more like a modern-day...

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0000

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The lights dim. The murmuring crowd nibbles subpar soft pretzels anxiously. The Sounds Like a Cult ...

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0000

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What happens when a seemingly innocent summer camp experience turns into a breeding ground for confo...

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 21:51:00 -0000

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RERUN! We took a cute little break to have a very culty wedding weekend but couldn’t leave the cul...

Mon, 09 Jun

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Check out the full episode of I'm Right You're Wrong Podcast on Apple Podcasts  or  Spotify  o r...

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0000

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Matching satin robes. Bedazzled cowboy hats. A mysterious urgency to fly to Nashville and scream “...

Tue, 27 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000

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Erewhon: the only place where the quest to enlightenment involves dropping $25 on a celebrity smooth...

Tue, 20 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000

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Buckle up, because this week we’re spiraling into one of the internet’s darkest (and most tragic...

Mon, 19 May

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Listen to I'M RIGHT YOU'RE WRONG Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify Podcasts, or wherever you get...

Tue, 13 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000

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Although the thumbs typing this are decidedly *not* green, this week’s exploration has been nurtur...

Tue, 06 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000

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What happens when a Harvard dropout builds a global empire on the idea of connection... and then bec...

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000

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hej!   don’t forget to grab a blue bag upon stepping off the escalator, you’ll need it for th...

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000

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 We are thrilled to be lovingly feeding you this episode as if it were a delightful sugar cube, and...

Mon, 21 Apr

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Listen to I'M RIGHT YOU'RE WRONG Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify Podcasts, or wherever you get...

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000

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Playboy sold the world a fantasy of luxury and sexual liberation, but behind the velvet curtains, th...

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000

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There’s a chance you’ve brushed paths with this week’s cult in a West Coast farmers market or ...

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000

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Wowowow, today’s episode, which originally aired in December of 2023, features Jill and Derick Dil...

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:00:00 -0000

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Strip clubs sell the dream of financial freedom, empowerment, and an intoxicating nightlife, but beh...

Mon, 24 Mar

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Listen to I'M RIGHT YOU'RE WRONG Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify Podcasts, or wherever you get yo...

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 07:00:00 -0000

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The bass pounds in your chest. Multicolored strobe lights flicker across your eyes so fast you can’...

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 07:00:00 -0000

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From ‘90s teen heartthrob to yacht-hopping, model-dating, climate-crusading enigma, Leonardo DiCap...

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:00:00 -0000

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Although we do famously love/write/worship books over here at team SLAC, our adventure into this wee...

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0000

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What is it about Jeeps that inspires such intense devotion? In this week’s episode, Amanda, Chelse...

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0000

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If you’ve ever met a kid who could knit a scarf before they could read, you might already be famil...

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0000

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You’re walking through the mall or driving down the street, and there it is again: a pastel-colore...

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0000

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Few pop culture phenomena have commanded such fierce devotion while hiding so many skeletons in thei...

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000

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Very rarely does a culty news topic compel us to the mic as urgently as this week’s subject, a ner...

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000

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 A missive has arrived in your mailbox, dear cultie!  What’s this? An invitation to an excl...

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000

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Calling all beauty ~insiders~ 💄👽 Prep your prayer, ahem, swatching hands and scrounge together...

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:09:00 -0000

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Listen and subscribe on Spotify Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts! Foll...

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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Buy tickets to The Big Magical Cult Show in Vancouver, Canada on February 21, 2025! Time for Part 2!...

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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Buy tickets to The Big Magical Cult Show in Vancouver, Canada on February 21, 2025! Father is back!...

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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It's officially Countdown to Cultmas! Make yourself a falalatte and keep your expectations for plot ...

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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~A cosmic new episode of Sounds Like a Cult lies in your near future, Virgo~ No? Capricorn? Pisces, ...

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0000

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Brew yourself a giant pot of Luke's coffee because we’re diving deep into the fast-talking world o...

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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Munch on some ice chips and PUSHHHHH (sorry) play on this week's episode, in which we dare to apply ...

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0000

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BOO! ‘tis the spookiest time of the year, dear culties, and this year we’ve whipped out our caul...

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 07:30:00 -0000

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Grab your trusty #2 and find the desk with your name tag on it, because class is in session this wee...

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 07:30:00 -0000

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NOT going to lie, this episode was a wee bit nerve racking to record!!! Despite the, ahem, LARGE num...

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0000

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Who’s your #mommy culties: Taylor or Whitney? That’s right, fresh(ish?) off the release of Hulu’...

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 07:00:00 -0000

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Settle in with a Kirkland brand sparkling water and a rotisserie chicken because this week, Amanda a...

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 08:52:00 -0000

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We’re baaaAAAAAaaaaack!!! Join us for a 🪐transcendent🪐 new season of Sounds Like A Cult, who...

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 08:00:00 -0000

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This is Sounds Like A Cult, a show with two sparkling new cult leaders, ahem, co-hosts!!!!!!  We’...

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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New Age love & wellness influencers turned baby NXIVM: That's kinda the best way we can succinctly d...

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 10:05:00 -0000

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Pack your hammer and your lack of cultural awareness, because this week on Sounds Like A Cult, we're...

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 10:00:00 -0000

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Get Tickets to Isa Medina's Live Comedy Show in NYC August 24th! Click Here!  Follow Isa on Insta...

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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Oops a politically flavored episode of Sounds Like A Cult!!!!! Would you believe it if we told you w...

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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Learn more about host Amanda's Italian writing "cult" ;) It's a Live Your Life!!!  https://trovatri...

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 09:35:00 -0000

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From TV executives abusing kids on sets to Scientology's "Celebrity Center," the cult of the enterta...

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 09:30:00 -0000

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Listen to Isa's new podcast: I'm Right You're Wrong! Isa is the co-creator and former host of Sounds...

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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You culties preyed and preyed for us to analyze the cult of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, and at ...

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 08:00:00 -0000

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Class is in session and boy oh boy is it perturbing. Teaching is not just a profession, it's a calli...

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 09:35:00 -0000

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Catch Amanda back on tour this summer! July 29: The Age of Magical Overthinking book talk at Ellio...

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 09:30:00 -0000

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Listen to Isa Medina NEW PODCAST – I'm Right You're Wrong on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or whereve...

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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Catch Amanda back on tour this summer! July 29: The Age of Magical Overthinking book talk at Ellio...

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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Catch Amanda back on tour this summer! July 29: The Age of Magical Overthinking book talk at Ellio...

Tue, 28 May 2024 10:15:00 -0000

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Catch Amanda on tour! First of all, we are downright GIDDY to share two iconic voices on this week’...

Tue, 28 May 2024 10:00:00 -0000

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Hi Culties

Tue, 21 May 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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Catch Amanda on tour! Lace yourselves up for this haunting and twinkle-toed episode covering one of ...

Tue, 14 May 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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Introducing the Magical Overthinkers podcast, a show for thought spiralers, exploring the subjects w...

Tue, 07 May 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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For our ~true followers~, behold a wee bonus episode to tide you over during our mid-season break, w...

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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You culties have been THIRSTING after this episode, and it’s finally here! With the help of the pi...

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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Host Amanda's new book The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality is out TODAY!...

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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Order a copy of Amanda's new book The Age of Magical Overthinking! Catch Amanda on tour!!! Stereotyp...

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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Order Amanda's new book! https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Age-of-Magical-Overthinking/Aman...

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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Come party with Amanda on tour!!! Ahoy, and welcome to our first ever "Interview a Listener" episode...

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0000

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It's a cult of one dynamic almost too frightful for this show. When your very own caregiver poisons,...

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 10:00:00 -0000

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First of all, what the hell is going on with culty leggings companies that have too many Ls in their...

Wed, 28 Feb

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You're invited to The Big Magical Cult Show!!! Catch host Amanda on tour this April to celebrate her...

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 10:00:00 -0000

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Would you sacrifice your phone, passport, dignity, and freedom to move into an isolated pod for 10 d...

Tue, 13 Feb 2024 10:00:00 -0000

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Grab your rosary and slap on your plaid skirt (although you WILL need to recite six “Our Fathers”...

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 10:00:00 -0000

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We have NEVER had such a hard time finding a guest brave enough to appear on the show than we did fo...

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 10:00:00 -0000

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Sorry in advance for all the crack vs. quack wordplay coming in this week's episode, which we alread...

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 10:00:00 -0000

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A clandestine society aimed at indoctrinating a fleet of nationalist spies with an extensive entranc...

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 10:00:00 -0000

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Welcome baaaAAAAaaaAAaack, culties!! Time to *ascend* to the 2024 era of Sounds Like A Cult 👽 Kic...

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 10:00:00 -0000

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Florals for spring may not be groundbreaking, but you know what is? Today’s brain-tingling intervi...

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:00:00 -0000

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Wowowow, today’s episode featuring Jill and Derick Dillard (whom you might recognize from TLC’s ...

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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Sounds Like A Cult has covered doomsday cults, political cults, religious cults ... and this week is...

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 10:00:00 -0000

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ChatGPT could never!!! Over the past year or so, A.I. buzz has obviously risen to cult status, but i...

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 12:00:00 -0000

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iF yOuRe rEaDiNg thiS yOuRe iN tHe CuLt o.0 This week we are covering the most meta cult yet and one...

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:00:00 -0000

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It’s me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me, here with an update to one of our most-streamed episodes of...

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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At long last, the man/myth/legend, Amanda's dad, Craig Montell, whose riveting stories of his childh...

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:00:00 -0000

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If you've been paying attention at all, you know that this weeks cult is growing at a mighty pace. T...

Tue, 17 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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Behold, a re-air of our most popular episode of 2023—The Cult of Momfluencers—which takes on new...

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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Anyone who grew up evangelical Christian and/or plugged into teen celebrity news circa 2008 will be ...

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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The Cult of Bachelorette Parties is one we have all been a part of, whether from an observational di...

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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To his fanatics, he's an inspiring businessman, marketing guru, tough-love motivational speaker, and...

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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Why does it seem like certain "life coaches" are exactly the kinda folks who shouldn't be giving lif...

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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Strap on your steampunk lewks and get ready to blast off to the dusty, glittery, and undeniably cult...

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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Before we return with regularly structured episodes next week (stay tuned for the "cult" of Burning ...

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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A heavily controlled, totally isolated group of women who worship one "charismatic” male figure an...

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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Time to spill some never-before-heard culty tales: This week, Amanda and Isa are reacting to shockin...

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0000

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For an episode spicier than an inflight bloody Mary, Isa and Amanda are joined by comedian and frequ...

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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~Join us~ as Isa and Amanda unpack the "cult" of the Peace Corps—its peculiar rituals of initiatio...

Tue, 18 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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Get ready for some no holds barred sh*t-talking, culties, because this week, Amanda and Isa are join...

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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You're sure to *devour* this week's episode analyzing four generations of wealthy men who, in our li...

Tue, 04 Jul 2023 14:05:00 -0000

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It sounds like an episode of Black Mirror: 18-year-old kids are sacrificing their futures and signin...

Tue, 23 May 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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Volunteering to subject yourself to isolation, starvation, and desperation on a remote island under ...

Tue, 16 May 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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The Hippocratic Oath says do no harm. Explain elitism, secret societies, and debilitating physical a...

Tue, 09 May 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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America's favorite buxom, rhinestone-clad Southern songstress, Dolly Parton, has a "cult following" ...

Tue, 02 May 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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This *highly* requested topic has all the makings of a modern-day cult: mystery, unquestioned loyalt...

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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What began as a Woodstock-esque alt music fest in the '90s for fans of indie electronica to get frea...

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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One of our fav episodes to date tbh. The promises include acceptance, stability, and fertility, but ...

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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It's time to dynamically synergize mission-critical alignments. Let's go ahead and fungibly communic...

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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Fame, wealth, fraud, backstabbing, plastic surgery, hidden power hierarchies... are we talking about...

Tue, 28 Mar 2023 08:00:00 -0000

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Pinkies up and wallets out for this week's quaffable "cult": the elitist, jargon-packed, ritual-soak...

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:00:00 -0000

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Stocks? The economy?? Don't get us started! Look, any industry that allowed the biggest Ponzi scheme...

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 10:00:00 -0000

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Kayaking, friendship bracelet making, and oh yeah, threats of eternal damnation! What better way for...

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 11:00:00 -0000

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As Keenan Thompson said in a recent SNL parody of the Miss Universe pageant, "Welcome back to Miss U...

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 11:00:00 -0000

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Did the first episode of HBO Max's Sex And The City reboot turn you off of Peloton? That makes one o...

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:00:00 -0000

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Selena Gomez, Drew Barrymore, and Daniel Radcliffe are all survivors of today's "cult," and so is ou...

Tue, 14 Feb 2023 11:00:00 -0000

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In 2005, this week's guest Sarah Edmondson joined what she thought was a personal development progra...

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 11:00:00 -0000

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Allegations of right-wing dogma, unquestioned power dynamics, charismatic leaders, freaky rituals, a...

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 11:00:00 -0000

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Motherhood is hard, lonely, and exhausting... except, apparently, if you're a momfluencer. Since the...

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:00:00 -0000

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The end of the world... but make it cute and consumerist! "Preppers" are the latest iteration of doo...

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 11:00:00 -0000

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The stigma around the green text bubble alone could ruin a man's life. How has Apple's secretiveness...

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 11:00:00 -0000

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We’re baaaaaaack! We can barely record an episode of this podcast without a snack, so how are mill...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:00:00 -0000

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Remember the Juniper Latte? Wasn't it just about the strangest thing you ever tasted? Yet, you still...

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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A cabal of black-robed elites who preside, unquestioned, over all our rights and freedoms… hmmm…...

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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Happy Cultyweeeeeeen! Our favorite holiday at Sounds Like A Cult is here, and to celebrate the spook...

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 08:00:00 -0000

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I was never good at telling jokes but the punchline goes: If Taylor told her Swifties to kill a man,...

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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Summer 2022, it seemed like everyone and their cult leader was *devouring* the TV show The Bear: an ...

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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Cults tend to thrive during times of broader cultural questioning and turmoil, when institutional su...

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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We've all joked about Gwyneth Paltrow's *candle.* But does this boho Hollywood elitist girlboss ever...

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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If you don’t worship at the altar of this week’s “cult,” then simply sashay away! One of the...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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Did you know Dr. Phil is not actually a medical doctor?? When “physicians” like Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz...

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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Weddings: Filled to the brim with ritualistic ceremonies, patriarchal traditions, power abuse, bank-...

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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Welcome to our life-changing, missional, intentional ministry for young people from all walks of lif...

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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The Kardashians: a harmlessly entertaining reality TV family or a dynastic conformist controlling ca...

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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We’re in for a shocking one this week: The Troubled Teen Industry has for decades promised parents...

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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For the last week of Cult Girl Summer, another juicy bonus episode: This time, Isa and Amanda are li...

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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A much-requested Part 2 to continue Cult Girl Summer. Our 12-Step Program episode sparked much debat...

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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How much would you risk in pursuit of perfection? It’s another installment of “Cult Girl Summer”...

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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A flirty little topic for another installment of Cult Girl Summer: five weeks of bonus episodes wher...

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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Welcome to Cult Girl Summer, five weeks of bonus episodes where Isa and Amanda are sharing unfiltere...

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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Known to her loyalists as the “spiritual catalyst” but to her critics as the “suicide catalyst...

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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From his Jesus-like hair, erratic on-set antics, and fanatical 30 Seconds to Mars music fandom to hi...

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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From The Yale Whiffenpoofs to Pitch Perfect’s Barden Bellas, a cappella groups are not just your a...

Tue, 31 May 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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Anonymity, prayers, sitting in a circle and sharing your deepest secrets and traumas, an intimate me...

Tue, 24 May 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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From voraciously consuming gruesome podcasts by the dozen to amateur sleuthing gone wrong to fetishi...

Tue, 17 May 2022 07:00:00 -0000

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Fast Fashion (think: brands like Forever21, Zara, and Shein) could be described as an industry that ...

Tue, 10 May 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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Co-host Isa joined the “cult” of stand-up comedy four years ago in LA but didn’t realize until...

Tue, 03 May 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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The New York Times described him as “at once a capitalist hero, a glossy magazine celebrity and a ...

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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POV: You work at Denny's. It's 12 AM. You want to go home. And from outside you hear it... your wors...

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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Lavender can cure headaches and tea tree oil can clear your acne (and heal Covid/your whole life)? T...

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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The life-changing magic of tidying up gave a shiny new rebrand to age-old ideas that owning less stu...

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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Did you know PhD actually stands for “Probably Heavily in Debt” and “Pretty Heavily Depressed”...

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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Blackout dates, Genie lines, Magic Keys, Storyliving, DCP, D23... If any of these terms got you feel...

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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Serums, lasers, influencer skincare routines, oh my! There seems to be no end to how many expensive ...

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 09:00:00 -0000

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Veganism isn’t just a diet, it‘s not just a lifestyle, it’s a whole identity, aesthetic, commu...

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 11:00:00 -0000

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Defrauded Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has become the subject of countless books, podcasts, documen...

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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This week, with the help of special guest Dan Savage (relationships advice columnist and host of the...

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0000

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A 2015 Harvard Divinity School study reported that among many young people, CrossFit has become a bo...

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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A pseudo-family dynamic, decades-long commitments, physical peril, members who "would literally die ...

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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If you have an Instagram account, you’ve probably seen those beautifully curated infographics expl...

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 10:00:00 -0000

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Trader Joe's, the most beloved "neighborhood grocery store" in America, has a super-loyal "cult foll...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:00:00 -0000

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We're back and more culty than ever! Sounds Like A Cult, your favorite comedy-cult podcast about the...

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 13:00:26 -0000

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Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:00:00 -0000

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On theme for Thanksgiving, we've got a bonus episode for you on the "cult" of America's most zealous...

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 12:00:25 -0000

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In the wake of the zealously consumed LuLaRich docuseries on Amazon Prime, we’re releasing a bonus...

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:00:21 -0000

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Season 2 of Sounds Like A Cult is coming December 7th! We are so grateful for all you loyal Culties ...

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 12:00:49 -0000

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Super-wealthy motivational speaker Tony Robbins physically towers over his thousands of adoring acol...

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:00:12 -0000

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Omg, is mercury in retrograde?? Or is this week’s episode analyzing the “cult” of astrology ju...

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 12:00:00 -0000

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One of our favorite topics to date: In this can’t-miss episode, we’re unpacking the wave of tren...

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 12:00:00 -0000

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Welcome to the world of fitness trackers, high-performance athletic gear, nutrition goo, obsessively...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 12:00:14 -0000

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A slightly NSFW episode of your favorite cult podcast comes courtesy of this week’s two special gu...

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 12:00:04 -0000

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Ask and you shall receive! This week, we’re covering our single most listener-requested topic: The...

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 12:00:00 -0000

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“Why does it feel like everything that has to do with tradition is actually a cult?” Such is one...

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 12:00:00 -0000

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Intense secrecy and exclusivity, unquestioned protocols and rituals, deception, isolation, hierarchi...

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 09:30:00 -0000

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These days, the lines between celebrity, religious figure, political leader, lifestyle guru, and bes...

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 12:00:00 -0000

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We always thought of “flat earthers” as nothing but a bunch of spoofable Devil advocates with to...

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 12:00:00 -0000

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A heavily controlled, totally isolated group of polygamists who worship one charismatic figure and a...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:00:00 -0000

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SoulCycle is without question a “cult-followed” brand, but is this exclusive boutique workout st...

Tue, 25 May 2021 15:00:00 -0000

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This is Sounds Like A Cult, a podcast about the zeitgeisty cults that have inducted us all—from So...

Thu, 13 May 2021 14:35:32 -0000

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Do you think SoulCycle is a cult? What about Elon Musk stans? Or the Royal Family? What about spirit...