Amanda Montell is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality, as well as Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism and Wordslut. Amanda is a linguistics major from NYU and all of her work centers around the way that words—and thoughts—shape our minds, and how our minds are permeable to other factors, whether it’s the halo effect, confirmation bias, or Cult-like sensibilities. Amanda is also the host of a podcast, “Sounds like a Cult.” Okay, let’s get to our conversation.
MORE FROM AMANDA MONTELL:
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
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