Cult Favorite
Merinda Simmons and Mike AltmanA podcast about all of those cult documentaries you love to binge watch. We are two religious studies professors that are curious about our current cult documentary streaming era. What stories do these shows tell and what do they tell us about ourselves? Hosted by Merinda Simmons and Mike Altman
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 43 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | TV & Film | |||
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What drives someone to risk everything for a calling? In this episode, we dive into The Mission (2023), a gripping documentary that follows the story of John Chau—a young missionary whose journey to reach one of the world’s most isolated communities ... more
This week, we hop into a car Louis Theroux is driving, but we have questions about his vehicular management...or at least about his playlist choices. Luckily, we’ve saved a seat for the insider/outsider problem, and it’s a great navigator! Yep, we’ve... more
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Special thanks to the REL Digital Lab in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama for production assistance.
The views expressed in this episode are our own as experts and resea... more
It's our 2nd annual Halloween special episode!!! And that's doubly funny because Mike hates Halloween. For this year's special we take on TWO documentaries (and kind of a third one too) about Ed and Lorraine Warren, 20th century demon and ghost hunte... more
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- Superior to Sounds Like a Cult
Rather than just talk of what makes a group or idea more cultish than others and what kind of cult that thing is, these two think of why is anything called a cult at all and why that label keeps making media that we keep watching.
Apple Podcasts5TLinn2019
United Statesa year ago - Amazing podcast
This podcast is such a good mix of critical theory and niche interests with a fun dynamic between the hosts!
Apple Podcasts5theothergingerUnited Statesa year ago - Excellent listen
Really great listen, even listening to episodes out of order its easy to follow the themes. Good sound editing too! If you too are fascinated by cult documentary, these episodes offer an interesting twist, when thinking about what is a cult, that puts the genre back into the real world.
Apple Podcasts52020kbdUnited Statesa year ago - Thought provoking analysis
Provocative analysis of the ways documentaries describe and present these movements to make them strange or familiar, to rehabilitate or demonize, and what insights that provides about society and ourselves.
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