Linguist Amanda Montell describes her third book, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality, as “the book I’ve always dreamt of writing.” In the book, out April 9, Montell ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Montell is (and has been for some time) desperate to understand why the Information Age is also, as she’s ...

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Topic Studios has secured the rights to Amanda Montell’s book Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism for adaptation as a television docuseries. Published by Harper ...

A therapist in a large beaded necklace once told me over video chat that in order to yank your attention into the present, you’re supposed to do things with your hands. “Watercolors, card tricks, any ...

Amanda Montell’s “The Age of Magical Overthinking” is not a self-help book. Nowhere in it will you find instructions for outsmarting the thought patterns that lead to pits of despair, say, or erratic ...

This event is sold out. No additional tickets will be released. In her new book “The Age of Magical Overthinking” Amanda Montell, author of “Wordslut” and “Cultish” and host of the podcast “Sounds ...

In this edition of Endnotes, we take a look at Amanda Montell's The Age of Magical Overthinking (One Signal, Apr.), which examines the human mind, cognitive biases, and magical thinking in our current ...

Amanda Montell has come on Marketplace a few times about the cult of work. We talked about why culty workplaces, like Neiman Marcus in the ‘80s, are so effective. We’ve also talked about the downsides ...

The popular “Sounds Like a Cult” podcast has been beset by allegations of abusive behavior, artistic differences, and business disputes, culminating in the creator suing her former co-host for half a ...