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From hit films like Midsommar and Wild Wild Country, to bestselling books like The Girls, it seems like pop culture and cults have gone hand-in-hand for the past few years. And there might be a reason for our society’s fascinated frenzy over such communities. Now more than ever, we all seem pretty prone to fall into borderline cults–whether it’s spiritual influencers preaching discount codes or targeted ads infiltrating our feeds. Each episode, Sounds Like a Cult hosts Isa Medina and Amanda Montell use a healthy dose of humor and skepticism to debunk potentially covert cults of today’s zeitgeist–from SoulCycle to true crime.–Emma Carey

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