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Ken Cook @ewgprez.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Today’s podcast episode: I chat with author and cultural journalist, Jane Borden, about how cult-like thinking—from Pilgrims to MAGA—shapes America. We explore healthy skepticism vs. dangerous groupthink and how history repeats itself. @janeborden.bsky.social

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Jane Borden ✨ @janeborden.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Very honored to be long listed for the Carnegie Medal. Thank you, American Library Association. www.ala.org/news/2025/10...

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Brad Listi @bradlisti.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

▶️ NOW PLAYING: @janeborden.bsky.social is a writer for @vanityfair.com and her new book is called CULTS LIKE US: WHY DOOMSDAY THINKING DRIVES AMERICA, available from @atriabooks.bsky.social. 🎧 Available wherever you get your podcasts.

In Episode 983 of the Otherppl with Brad Listi podcast, a conversation with Jane Borden, a writer for Vanity Fair magazine and the author of CULTS LIKE US: WHY DOOMSDAY THINKING DRIVES AMERICA (Atria Books). Available wherever you get your podcasts.

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SiriusXM Progress @siriusxmprog.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Last night on TME, @janeborden.bsky.social joined @johnfugelsang.bsky.social to discuss her new book “Cults Like Us: Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America.” 🔊https://sxm.app.link/JohnFugelsang

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litzz11 @litzz11.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Just started reading "Cults Like Us" by @janeborden.bsky.social and it's PHENOMENAL. I highly recommend this! If you want to know how we got here ... ALSO, would love to see Borden booked on some interview shows to share this information. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Cults-...

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An “engrossing, unputdownable” (Amanda Montell, New York Times bestselling author) pop history that explains why the eccentric doomsday beliefs of ...

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Jane Borden ✨ @janeborden.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

It finally arrived! My intro to the comic side of @kibblesmith.com's brain. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

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Ross @cxrfreeman.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Looking forward to checking out Cults Like Us for summer break reading after hearing @janeborden.bsky.social on @bullseye.maximumfun.org pod this morning podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

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Author Jane Borden on 'Cults Like Us'

Podcast Episode · Bullseye with Jesse Thorn · 05/23/2025 · 48m

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Steven Hassan PhD @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com · 19/05/2025

Did American culture start as a doomsday cult? @janeborden.bsky.social tells us how tracing modern political division led her back to the Puritans and their apocalyptic, black & white worldview that still echoes today. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/lbuaCVb06mg

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Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Sitting in for @zerlinamaxwell.bsky.social on @siriusxmprog.bsky.social this May Day morning! Chatting with Mariel Padilla from @19thnews.org, @janeborden.bsky.social about her book on cults, and rounding out the show with @davidpakman.bsky.social. Channel 127! www.siriusxm.com/channels/sir...

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Progressive talk with Michelangelo Signorile, Dean Obeidallah, Stephanie Miller, Zerlina Maxwell, and more.

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Jane Borden ✨ @janeborden.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

👀 CULTS LIKE US✨ Avail for pre-order! Puritan doomsday belief never went away; it became American culture. From our fascination with superheroes to our allegiance to self-help, susceptibility to advertising, and devotion to self-made men, Americans comprise the largest cult of all. a.co/d/g3AQhOW

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