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Episode: Jane Borden: Cults and The American Monomyth
Description: What if the United States wasn’t just influenced by cult-like thinking, but shaped by it from the very beginning?
This week on Simplify, Caitlin Schiller speaks with journalist and author Jane Borden, whose book Cults Like Us: Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America explores how cult dynamics show up across U.S. history, politics, consumer culture, and self-help. From Puritan theology to superhero movies, Borden argues that cults aren’t fringe phenomena—they’re extreme versions of patterns baked so deep into American culture that they came over in the metaphorical sourdough starter brought over on the Mayflower.
Together, Caitlin and Jane...