Magical Overthinking

Unladylike

Unladylike Media

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.8 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

What do vision boards and Princess Diana conspiracy theories have in common? They both rely on a kind of magical thinking called proportionality bias. It's one of many cognitive biases that returning guest Amanda Montell connects to all the woo-woo and delulu going around these days. From the sunk cost fallacy of toxic relationships to the halo effect of female celebs to the declinism of everyday doomsday speak, Amanda makes even the most mindboggling and brainrotting realities of today's (mis)information overload more bearable. Highlights include: Beyonce's vegan surprise, Charli XCX stans, Earth Mamas, therapy influencers, TikTok astrologers and "learning to stomach a sense of irresolution." Amanda's new book is The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality. Follow Unladylike on Instagram and TikTok Join the Unladies' Room Patreon Shop merch Contact Multitude Productions for ad rates, etc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Our attention spans are shortening, objectively. We have limited time, we have limited
0:05.8	bandwidth, we have limited resources. We just want someone to tell us something for
0:10.6	sure. And like learning to stomach a sense of
0:14.8	irresolution is what will help us survive this time. A lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like a lady like
0:37.0	a lady like a lady like a lady like.
0:40.0	I've had a love.
0:42.0	This is on Lady Like, I'm Kristen. And I can tell you something for sure on ladies.
0:51.0	Today's returning guest Amanda Montel is, well, a charismatic genius.
0:57.8	She can truly make even the most brain-roading, doomed-scrolling realities of the world we are living in right now, a little bit
1:08.4	more approachable.
1:10.3	My name is Amanda Montel.
1:12.0	Who am I? I'm a bitch. I'm a lover. I'm just kidding. I am an author and a podcaster and I most recently published this book called The Age of Magical Overthinking
1:26.0	Notes on Modern Irrationality and my background is writing about language and
1:31.7	culture I have two other books called
1:34.0	cultish and word slut and a podcast called Sounds Like a Cult. So I like to
1:40.2	comment on the relationship between language, culture, power, our minds.
1:46.7	This episode, Amanda's going to help us make some actual sense out of the upside down post factual worst instincts soup that is just drowning our brains at all times these days.
2:02.0	Yeah, brain soup. I said it. As an ethical
2:06.2	podcaster, no I cannot guarantee individualized results, but I will say that for
2:11.5	me today's conversation left me feeling,
2:14.8	dare I say, a little more sane and mentally empowered.
2:20.4	And honestly, that's a relief.
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