Amanda Montell
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11 recordings
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 15 Sep
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But ultimately, like a lot of these people are looking for a folk hero or a leader of some kind, but naturally because it is.
is such kind of an ununified group.
There is gonna be some disagreement about who is worthy of worship, who isn't.
So
Yes.
Okay, so we're already talking about like some of the crossover between incel culture and evangelicalism and things like that, and how like Trump really emboldened incel culture to flourish.
Could you continue to talk about the crossover between the cult of incels and other extremist ideologies like QAnon or white nationalism?
What do you think is like
the culty crossover between those varying sects.
Yes, actually that now that you're saying that, I'm realizing that like QAnon vocabulary, I always like to zoom in on the language, QAnon vocabulary and incel vocabulary are different, but in these varying dialects, they're communicating some of the same meanings.
Like to a QA, you're just sheep.
But to uh an incel you're a normie or like you haven't yet been read
Pilled.
I I don't speak this language.
Yes, so these forums then are kind of like this exclusive church space, this like digital sanctuary where those new rules don't apply.
And that also reminds me of did you see the comedian Alex Edelman's Just For Us comedy special?
No, I haven't.
I love him though.
He's
so it's so good, but I guess mild spoiler alert, but that name of his special Just For Us is quoting something that someone said in this circle of white nationalists that was like hidden in an apartment in New York City.
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