If you’re interested (even remotely) in cycling, you’ll adore The Cycling Podcast. The hosts have a great rapport and Montell has written a number of books, including Cultish, which specifically looks at the language used by cults to do all kinds of things, like create exclusivity and ensure followers stick around. This is a great podcast because it's chatty and, at times, quite informal and yet you learn something juicy, fascinating and important on every listen. They interview experts, analyse language use, identify power structures and speak to people with first-hand knowledge about their experiences, taking things that might sound a bit like a cult to ultimately ask: but are they a cult? Author and linguist Amanda Montell and comedian and filmmaker Isa Medina put all kinds of popular figures, communities, fitness classes and sports under the spotlight. But it turns out that many of these communities might be "a bit culty" and that's the premise of Sounds Like a Cult. When you hear the word 'cult' you probably don't think of CrossFit, cheerleading, Instagram therapy, MLMs and wellness gurus. (Image credit: sounds like a cult/apple podcasts)
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