628: Amanda Montell | Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

628: Amanda Montell | Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

Amanda Montell (@amandamontell) is a language scholar and author of critically acclaimed Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language. Her latest book is Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism, which explores how cults co-opt the words we use in order to control us and affect our behavior.

What We Discuss with Amanda Montell:
  • How the uncertainty of current times drives people toward the solace of community — and the sights of aspiring cult leaders and con artists.
  • What personal experience drew Amanda, a language scholar, to explore how language is one of the most powerful tools of manipulation cults use to exploit their victims?
  • What thought-terminating cliches are and why they're so effective at shaping behavior.
  • How MLMs operate like cults and who they predominately target with empty promises of wealth and prestige.
  • How to tell if your language is being taken over by cultish manipulators.
  • And much more...

Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/628

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