Amanda Montell

Amanda Montell is a New York Times -bestselling author and iHeart Radio Award-winning podcaster. Her nonfiction books Wordslut , Cultish , and The Age of Magical Overthinking have been praised by the Atlantic , the Economist , NPR, and others. Along with hosting two top-charting podcasts, Sounds Like A Cult and Magical Overthinkers , Amanda's writing has been published in the New York Times , the Guardian , Esquire , Harper's Bazaar , and elsewhere. Amanda holds a degree in linguistics from...See more

Amanda Montell is a New York Times -bestselling author and iHeart Radio Award-winning podcaster. Her nonfiction books Wordslut , Cultish , and The Age of Magical Overthinking have been praised by the Atlantic , the Economist , NPR, and others. Along with hosting two top-charting podcasts, Sounds Like A Cult and Magical Overthinkers , Amanda's writing has been published in the New York Times , the Guardian , Esquire , Harper's Bazaar , and elsewhere. Amanda holds a degree in linguistics from NYU and lives in California. See less