Doomsday Cults & Other Delights

Doomsday Cults & Other Delights

From The Dana Gould Hour by Dana Gould

May 2, 2025 · 2h 37m · Season 14 · Episode 3

About this episode

Dana Gould discusses doomsday cults and features interviews with authors Jane Borden and Mike Reiss.

Aaaaaaand we're back so let's get to it. Jane Borden is here. Jane is the author of the book, Cults Like Us: Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America . It is everything I love in a book. It's informative, it's funny, it's about weird shit that's true and I can't recommend it highly enough. Jane Borden, coming right up. Mike Reiss is here! Mike is an old pal of mine. Incredible, smart, kind and funny gentlemen. One of the original Simpsons writers, he goes back to season… one. If that's good enough for you. He is also, a world traveller, although he doesn't really want to be, and he talks about it at length in his new Substack, which you can get, called Now I've Seen Everything . Mike Reiss ladies and germs. You're gonna love it. True Tales From Weirdsville takes us into the second part of our story of David Lynch through the lens of his magnum opus Twin Peaks . This segment cover the fascinating period from the height of his and the show's fame to their mutual, absolute, rock-bottom. It's the story of Hollywood, of America itself, I tell you! From the top of the heap to the bottom of the barrel. From the belle of the ball to the bum on the bench, from the homecoming queen… to a dead…

People in this episode

Host: Dana Gould

Guests: Jane Borden, Mike Reiss

Topics covered

  • doomsday cults
  • comedy
  • Hollywood
  • Twin Peaks
  • writing
  • weird stories

Keywords

  • Doomsday Cults
  • Jane Borden
  • Mike Reiss
  • Twin Peaks
  • David Lynch
  • comedy podcast
  • The Simpsons

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Simpsons

Books & works: Cults Like Us: Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America, Now I've Seen Everything, Twin Peaks

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