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Culty Fan Favorites | Ft. Amanda Montell, Evan Rachel Wood, and Eckhart Tolle

Published: Aug. 28, 2023, 8 a.m.

Today\u2019s episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.\xa0

Hey everybody, hope your summer was frickin\u2019 great.\xa0 We\u2019re working on all-new episodes of A Little Bit Culty, coming in hot ANY DAY now, but for this sultry, late summery time\xa0 we wanted to revisit our cool, culty archives and put together some mashups of our greatest hits for you.

We\u2019ll be back soon with all new cult-busting content, and we\u2019re dropping fresh new episodes every week on Patreon in the meantime. Until we meet in the feed again - here\u2019s our first Summer Remix featuring some of our PERSONAL\xa0 favorite\xa0 interviews of all time.

So let\u2019s do this shall we?\xa0

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If you\u2019re a cult member, you hate them\u2026 but if you\u2019re a fan of A Little Bit Culty, you can\u2019t
help but love the three cult-busting guests we are featuring on today\u2019s episode.

First up is the Amanda Montell, a writer, language scholar, and the author of two critically acclaimed books: Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism and Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language (HarperWave).

Her books have earned praise from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and others, and Amanda is currently developing Wordslut for television with FX Studios. Amanda's writing has been featured in Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Teen Vogue, Refinery29, and Who What Wear, where she formerly served as the Features & Beauty Editor. She is also the creator and co-host of the comedy-cult podcast, Sounds Like A Cult.

Next is actor, activist, and epic badass Evan Rachel Wood whose impressive AF resume also includes: \u201cMost likely to be hideously trolled by the Marilyn Manson stans of the world.\u201d If you\u2019ve seen the HBO Max mini-series Phoenix Rising which chronicles her fight to break away from the rocker formerly known as Brian Warner, you\u2019ve already seen the culty wafting offa that dude like a bad cologne. We caught up with Evan to talk about her journey to hell and back, how she\u2019s doing now, and why she won\u2019t ever stop blowing the whistle on complete fuckery.

As a note to our listeners, and our lawyers, Mr. Manson has repeatedly denied multiple sexual assault allegations from multiple women and is currently suing Evan for defamation over the accusations, claiming it\u2019s all part of an elaborate organized attack. Please note that conversations like the one you\u2019re about to hear can be traumatizing for abuse survivors. Listen to this episode with caution, and if you or anyone you know needs support, see our site for free resources. Also please note that we love Evan Rachel Wood and believe her without reservation. Sorry, not fucking sorry Manson Stans.

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Finally -\xa0and perhaps most controversially \u2013\xa0is Ekhart Tolle \u2013 who is widely recognized as one of the most inspiring spiritual leaders in the world. His international bestsellers have been translated into 52 languages. And we can\u2019t verify this, but he might be one of the MOST quoted and/or misquoted contemporary spiritual gurus ever. Also, for the record, our listeners had a LOVE/HATE reaction to this guest. Can\u2019t please everybody!\xa0

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Let us know what you think.

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Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that\u2026

The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody\u2019s mad at you, just don\u2019t be a culty fuckwad.

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