Introducing the Magical Overthinkers podcast, a show for thought spiralers, exploring the subjects we can't stop overthinking about. Host Amanda... more

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