Putting the “cult” in culture…
Do you think SoulCycle is a cult? What about the Royal Family? What about Disney Adults? Or spiritual influencers? Is Instagram itself a cult? We’re Sounds Like A Cult, a podcast that analyzes a different fanatical group every week to try and answer the big question: This sounds like a cult, but is it really?
Sounds Like A Cult premiered in June of 2021 and was named a best podcast of 2022 by Vulture, Esquire, Wired, Marie Claire, and others. The pod won the 2023 iHeart Radio “Best Emerging Podcast” Award and has been praised by The New York Times and other publications.
Amanda Montell
Amanda is a writer and linguist from Baltimore. She is the author of three critically acclaimed books, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism (HarperCollins, 2021), The Age of Magical Overthinking (coming April ‘24 from Simon & Schuster), and Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language (HarperCollins, 2019), which have earned praise from the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and more. Cultish was named a best book of 2022 by NPR, was a finalist for several prizes including the Goodreads Choice Awards and getAbstract International Book Award, and is currently in development for television with Loveless/Topic Studios. Amanda's other writing has been featured in The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Refinery29, and elsewhere. She holds a degree in linguistics from NYU and lives in Los Angeles. Find her on Instagram @amanda_montell
Credits:
Theme Music: Casey Kolb
Editor: Jordan Moore of The Pod Cabin
Production Coordinator: Katie Epperson