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MAGICAL OVERTHINKERS

About the Substack

A newsletter about modern-day delusion: thought spirals, wild ambitions, cults, language, and more...

Free Subscription Benefits

  • writing tips & prompts, authorly Q&As, updates, giveaways, weekly "cult faves"

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  • serialized CULTISH audio commentary
  • essays and interviews, video readings, writing prompts & tips, Q&As, giveaways, "cult fave" recs
  • book BTS, free eps of Magical Overthinkers pod, commenting access, and more!

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About Amanda Montell

Amanda Montell is the author of CULTISH, WORDSLUT, and THE AGE OF MAGICAL OVERTHINKING. She is a creator and host of the podcast, Sounds Like A Cult. Her hobbies include impractical languages, pets with human names, and mentally spiraling.

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