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

You culties have been THIRSTING after this episode, and it’s finally here! With the help of the piss-your-pants funny duo... more

Host Amanda's new book The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality is out TODAY!!! Get your copy wherever you... more

Order a copy of Amanda's new book The Age of Magical Overthinking! Get the audiobook. Order from the big online book retailer... more

Order Amanda's new book! https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Age-of-Magical-Overthinking/Amanda-Montell/9781668007976  Get ready to live, laugh, love, and possibly get into an “aisle fight” over this longgggg... more

Come party with Amanda on tour!!! April 9: Los Angeles, CA — feat. Pauline Chalamet (tickets here) April 12: Brooklyn, NY — EXCLUSIVE VARIETY... more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A clandestine society aimed at indoctrinating a fleet of nationalist spies with an extensive entrance process, aliases, secretive language, isolation... more

Welcome baaaAAAAaaaAAaack, culties!! Time to *ascend* to the 2024 era of Sounds Like A Cult 👽 Kicking off with a... more

Florals for spring may not be groundbreaking, but you know what is? Today’s brain-tingling interview with possibly the single best... more

Wowowow, today’s episode featuring Jill and Derick Dillard (whom you might recognize from TLC’s 19 Kids & Counting!!) has been... more

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

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

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

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

At long last, the man/myth/legend, Amanda's dad, Craig Montell, whose riveting stories of his childhood spent in the Synanon cult... more

If you've been paying attention at all, you know that this weeks cult is growing at a mighty pace. The... more

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

Anyone who grew up evangelical Christian and/or plugged into teen celebrity news circa 2008 will be familiar with today's cult:... more

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

To his fanatics, he's an inspiring businessman, marketing guru, tough-love motivational speaker, and blue-collar-masculine embodiment of the American Dream; but,... more

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

Strap on your steampunk lewks and get ready to blast off to the dusty, glittery, and undeniably culty alternate universe... more

Before we return with regularly structured episodes next week (stay tuned for the "cult" of Burning Man!), here's another ad-free... more

A heavily controlled, totally isolated group of women who worship one "charismatic” male figure and aren’t allowed to read magazines,... more

Time to spill some never-before-heard culty tales: This week, Amanda and Isa are reacting to shocking cult stories submitted by... more

For an episode spicier than an inflight bloody Mary, Isa and Amanda are joined by comedian and frequent flyer Fumi... more

~Join us~ as Isa and Amanda unpack the "cult" of the Peace Corps—its peculiar rituals of initiation, close-knit camaraderie that... more

Get ready for some no holds barred sh*t-talking, culties, because this week, Amanda and Isa are joined by the hosts... more

You're sure to *devour* this week's episode analyzing four generations of wealthy men who, in our little opinion, represent a... more

It sounds like an episode of Black Mirror: 18-year-old kids are sacrificing their futures and signing their incomes away for... more

Volunteering to subject yourself to isolation, starvation, and desperation on a remote island under high-pressure circumstances, all in pursuit of... more

The Hippocratic Oath says do no harm. Explain elitism, secret societies, and debilitating physical and mental exhaustion to the point... more

America's favorite buxom, rhinestone-clad Southern songstress, Dolly Parton, has a "cult following" like no other celebrity. Thanks to her unmistakable... more

This *highly* requested topic has all the makings of a modern-day cult: mystery, unquestioned loyalty, and the future of children's... more

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

One of our fav episodes to date tbh. The promises include acceptance, stability, and fertility, but the reality = rigidity,... more

It's time to dynamically synergize mission-critical alignments. Let's go ahead and fungibly communicate client-centric potentialities. If you can even half-way... more

Fame, wealth, fraud, backstabbing, plastic surgery, hidden power hierarchies... are we talking about one of reality television's most successful franchises... more

Pinkies up and wallets out for this week's quaffable "cult": the elitist, jargon-packed, ritual-soaked world of fine wine. Amanda and... more

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

Kayaking, friendship bracelet making, and oh yeah, threats of eternal damnation! What better way for a kid to spend the... more

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

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

Selena Gomez, Drew Barrymore, and Daniel Radcliffe are all survivors of today's "cult," and so is our guest, Mara Wilson,... more

In 2005, this week's guest Sarah Edmondson joined what she thought was a personal development program devoted to helping her... more

Allegations of right-wing dogma, unquestioned power dynamics, charismatic leaders, freaky rituals, and physical abuse... are we talking about a serious... more

Motherhood is hard, lonely, and exhausting... except, apparently, if you're a momfluencer. Since the mid-2000s, a crop of seemingly perfect,... more

The end of the world... but make it cute and consumerist! "Preppers" are the latest iteration of doomsday survivalists, who... more

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

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

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

A cabal of black-robed elites who preside, unquestioned, over all our rights and freedoms… hmmm… sounds like a dang cult... more

Happy Cultyweeeeeeen! Our favorite holiday at Sounds Like A Cult is here, and to celebrate the spooky season, we’re asking:... more

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

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

Cults tend to thrive during times of broader cultural questioning and turmoil, when institutional support seems to be failing so... more

We've all joked about Gwyneth Paltrow's *candle.* But does this boho Hollywood elitist girlboss ever go too far? (As in,... more

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

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

Weddings: Filled to the brim with ritualistic ceremonies, patriarchal traditions, power abuse, bank-breaking costs, conformist uniforms, and false promises galore...sound... more

Welcome to our life-changing, missional, intentional ministry for young people from all walks of life to strengthen their faith in... more

The Kardashians: a harmlessly entertaining reality TV family or a dynastic conformist controlling cabal of K-named cult leaders? In this... more

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