"Mother God" (w/ Matt & Bowen)

All hail the Pope of Trash/Filth Elder/Sultan of Sleaze, the one and only John Waters is here fresh off his 80th birthday. The boys talk to him about bonus holes, shooting machine guns, and somehow stepping into respectability in spite of those topics. Girl, it is SURREAL to see ...  Show more

The second half of the nominees for the Las Culturistas Culture Awards are revealed. Watch on Bravo and Peacock at 9 pm EST on Wednesday, June 17th.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

A heavily controlled, totally isolated group of women who worship one "charismatic” male figure and aren’t allowed to read magazines, watch TV, or speak to their families… is this a cult or the most popular reality dating show in history? This week, we’re re-airing one of our fav ...  Show more

Summer 2022, it seemed like everyone and their cult leader was *devouring* the TV show The Bear: an inside look at the hierarchical, co-dependent, misfit-ridden, sometimes downright abusive—but also totally transcendent—“cult” of restaurant kitchen culture. This week, Amanda and ...  Show 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 overdue episode, featuring the iconic Griff Stark-Ennis from the ...  Show more

This is Sounds Like A Cult, a podcast about the zeitgeisty cults that have inducted us all—from SoulCycle and Peloton to spiritual influencers to fraternities and sororities to flat earth conspiracy theorists, and beyond. Each episode, your co-hosts Isa and Amanda discuss a diffe ...  Show more