The Gray Area with Sean Illing

Everything's a cult now


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The internet has fractured our world into a million little subcultures catering to the specific identities and habits of everyone online. Writer Derek Thompson believes this has led to a widespread cult-like mentality that has crept into all facets of modern life — pop culture, media, politics, and religion itself. He joins Sean to explain this theory, and why it’s maybe not such a bad thing.


Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area

Guest: Derek Thompson (@dkthomp). His podcast is Plain English, and he writes for The Atlantic.

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