Stans, conspiracy theories and tradwives with Amanda Montell from Sounds Like A Cult

This week we explore the celebrity couple everyone is talking about: Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan! Their public romance has been all over the MET Gala, Coachella, and recently Barry starred in her latest music video! However, the internet has stories of Barry's character and they...aren't so Mr. Nice Guy. 0:00 Intro of them 12:52 Their “official” timeline 19:35 Did he “abandon his wife and baby”?!?! 27:04 Rumors about Barry Keoghan  34:04 Everyone’s thoughts on the two of them Elevate your hair wellness routine this year with Vegamour. For a limited time get twenty percent off your first subscription order by going to vegamour.com/fluently and use code Fluently at check out. HelloFresh is America’s #1 meal kit for a reason! Go to HelloFresh.com/fluentlyapps for FREE appetizers for life! One appetizer item per box while subscription is active. Skip trips to the grocery store and count on HelloFresh to make home cooking easy, fun, AND affordable.

Join myself and Patty Pop Culture as we explore some of the more niche and outlandish celebrity conspiracy theories that exist out there. From celebrities as CIA intelligence plants, to celebrities faking their death and more, we explore it all. 0:00 Catching up and Kendrick & Drake 7:31 Which types of conspiracy theories are you into? 11:15 Our favorite pop culture conspiracy theory 14:56 Celebrities faking their death (David Bowie and Michael Jackson) 23:14 Celebrity fragrances…or piss?! 29:18 Celebrities who are intelligence/government assets 34:48 Anderson Cooper is a CIA plant? 37:35 Ellen is a CIA plant hahaha 42:00 Meghan Markle is a CIA plant? 47:26 Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus 49:25 Scientology celebrities who…kill? 52:20 M.I.A. and the CIA 56:30 Leonardo DiCaprio propping up Victoria’s Secret 58:50 Billie Eilish and Finneas are…how old? Take your hair, body & lifestyle routines to the next level with OUAI's award-winning products and signature scents. Give your hair a glow-up with OUAI. Go to theouai.com, and use promo code FLUENTLY for 15% off any product. With Pair Eyewear, you can change your look in a snap. And their latest collections give you even more ways to celebrate your creativity and individuality. Change things up this season with new frames from Pair Eyewear. Go to paireyewear.com and use code SHANNON for 15% off your first pair.

My new obsession is Survivor and this week Torry joins me again to discuss it as our resident superfan! Check out her podcasts Ready to be Romanced and Ready to be Petty. Together we dive into: 2:57 What makes someone good at Survivor? 8:16 101 on Survivor 16:35 What do they get on the island? 22:05 What the winners get 28:15 Aquadumping 35:25 Discussing Season 46 1:03:50 Discussing Season 47  1:09:30 Legal issues on Survivor  1:06:09 All about Jeff Probst  1:22:55 Obscure Survivor facts and rumors Take your hair, body & lifestyle routines to the next level with OUAI's award-winning products and signature scents. Give your hair a glow-up with OUAI. Go to theouai.com, and use promo code FLUENTLY for 15% off any product.

With the new Elle series on the horizon, we take this week to peek into Reese Witherspoon - her rise to fame, her impressive resume, her dating history, and more! 0:00 The new Elle show on Amazon 4:21 Intro to Reese Witherspoon 12:09 Reese’s dating history 20:08 Reese’s blind items Take your hair, body & lifestyle routines to the next level with OUAI's award-winning products and signature scents. Give your hair a glow-up with OUAI. Go to theouai.com, and use promo code FLUENTLY for 15% off any product.

Curious about what's been doing on with the Drake and Kendrick Lamar diss tracks? I'll walk you through a 101 of their 'beef' history, the allegations in their songs, which ones hold up, and more! 1:18 Thoughts on celebrity internet beef 6:48 Drake and Kendrick’s beef history 32:18 Diving into the Ozempic allegations 34:36 Millie Bobby Brown allegations 51:08 Blind items Elevate your hair wellness routine this year with Vegamour. For a limited time get twenty percent off your first subscription order by going to vegamour.com/fluently and use code Fluently at check out. With Pair Eyewear, you can change your look in a snap. And their latest collections give you even more ways to celebrate your creativity and individuality. Change things up this season with new frames from Pair Eyewear. Go to paireyewear.com and use code SHANNON for 15% off your first pair.

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This week Susanna Vogel and I take a trip down memory lane with the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. We discuss the books, movies, and the gossip and drama between the cast members! 0:00 Intro of the book and characters 7:26 Facts on the book 18:16 Casting of the movie 29:30 Fun facts 31:05 Gossip about the cast 43:17 Amber Tamblyn  1:01:47 Alexis Bledel 1:05:49 America Ferrera 1:08:26 Blake Lively Take your hair, body & lifestyle routines to the next level with OUAI's award-winning products and signature scents. Give your hair a glow-up with OUAI. Go to theouai.com, and use promo code FLUENTLY for 15% off any product. Dipsea is an app full of hundreds of short, sexy audio stories designed by women for women. They bring scenarios to life with immersive soundscapes and realistic characters. For listeners of the show, Dipsea is offering an extended 30 day free trial when you go to dipseastories.com/fluently.

Today we explore the lesser talked about side of cosmetic work in Hollywood: what male celebrities are getting done. From the jaw, to the scrotum and more! We cover what male celebs are on record talking about, and what the internet alleges has been done, and more. 3:51 George Clooney  7:50 Alec Baldwin 10:53 Joel McHale, Bobby Burke, Andrew Garfield 13:00 Tom Cruise 15:13 Joe Jonas 19:04 Rob Gronkowski  21:24 Brad Pitt, Daniel Craig, Tom Cruise 24:25 Ryan Gosling, Simon Cowell,  30:24 Christian Bale 31:35 John Stamos 32:33 Kanye West 37:20 Josh Hutcherson and Howard Stern 41:50 Gene Simmons 42:50 Male plastic surgery blinds  47:09 Online male plastic surgery allegations 51:28 Steroid and HGH use Elevate your hair wellness routine this year with Vegamour. For a limited time get twenty percent off your first subscription order by going to vegamour.com/fluently and use code Fluently at check out. With Pair Eyewear, you can change your look in a snap. And their latest collections give you even more ways to celebrate your creativity and individuality. Change things up this season with new frames from Pair Eyewear. Go to paireyewear.com and use code SHANNON for 15% off your first pair.

The hilarious Bryanlicious joins me this week to talk about all things TTPD that gave us TTPTSD and more. We go over Taylor Swift's newest album track by track and analyze, speculate, joke and more! Elevate your hair wellness routine this year with Vegamour. For a limited time get twenty percent off your first subscription order by going to vegamour.com/fluently and use code Fluently at check out. With Pair Eyewear, you can change your look in a snap. And their latest collections give you even more ways to celebrate your creativity and individuality. Change things up this season with new frames from Pair Eyewear. Go to paireyewear.com and use code SHANNON for 15% off your first pair. 1:09 How Bryan started his Taylor Swift content 9:50 Original thoughts on TTPD 12:46 Fortnight 20:22 The Tortured Poets Department 26:16 My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys 28:35 Down Bad 33:50 So Long London 39:38 But Daddy I Love Him 43:50 Fresh Out The Slammer 46:58 Florida!!! 48:43 Guilty as sin 51:30 Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me 55:00 I Can Fix Him (no really I can) 56:06 loml 57:09 I can do it with a broken heart 58:22 The smallest man who ever lived 59:58 The alchemy 1:00:50 Clara Bow 1:01:57 The Black Dog 1:03:00 imgonnagetyouback 1:04:40 The Albatross 1:05:15 Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus 1:07:14 How did it end? 1:10:26 So high school 1:12:54 I hate it here 1:14:40 thanK you aimer 1:18:00 I look in people’s windows 1:20:23 The prophecy 1:22:13 Cassandra 1:23:20 Peter 1:23:50 The Bolter 1:26:11 Robin 1:27:16 The Manuscript 1:29:40 Questions to wrap up

Today we dive into food theories! From the food pyramid and the interests that changed what the pyramid was, to theories about nightshade vegetables (and celebrities that don't eat them) to junk food in the US compared to junk food in the UK, and more! Check out https://www.fluentlyforward.com/ for ebooks and merch! 2:52 The food pyramid is a lie! 19:30 Food industry executives find their way into the USDA 22:59 How stress and your mindset changes the affect food has on your body 29:26 Celebrities who don’t eat nightshades 39:27 Junk food in the US vs. UK 48:48 High fructose corn syrup and its different names 53:06 Ending on a positive note Take your hair, body & lifestyle routines to the next level with OUAI's award-winning products and signature scents. Give your hair a glow-up with OUAI. Go to theouai.com, and use promo code FLUENTLY for 15% off any product. With Pair Eyewear, you can change your look in a snap. And their latest collections give you even more ways to celebrate your creativity and individuality. Change things up this season with new frames from Pair Eyewear. Go to paireyewear.com and use code SHANNON for 15% off your first pair.