Is Silicon Valley a cult? Is AGI, Cryonics, or Transhumanism? Or are these just weird?
Welcome to Season 6 of CoJW, where Chris & Kayla explore our relationship with that thing that connects us all: the inevitability of death. ...And that brings them to some weird (or culty?) places at the epicenter of the modern world's economic & cultural engine.
Recent Episodes
S6E23 - The Mindset
S6E22 - The Germ Makers
S6E21 - The Germ Makers
S6E20 - The Final Boss(es) (Effective Altruism & Longtermism)
S6E19 - The Final Boss(es) (Effective Altruism & Longtermism)
S6E18 - The Resurrection (Cosmism)
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About the Hosts
Kayla
Kayla is a TV writer whose love of all things niche and weird has been with her since day one.
Her lifelong tendency to deep dive, headfirst, into every new obsession, paired with an unhealthy relationship to the internet not too dissimilar to life support, provided fertile ground for Cult or Just Weird. The show's idea took shape and was refined over a series of in depth conversations with her cohost Chris. When she isn’t down an internet rabbit hole (she’s always down an internet rabbit hole), other passions in Kayla’s life include social justice, cats, travel, and hanging out with her niece.
Chris
Chris has been working in the video game industry over a decade, variously as a producer, data analyst, and product designer & manager. In other words, he has no idea how he wound up hosting a podcast about cults. But it probably has something to do with his insatiable curiosity, spiritual love for science, and a personal dedication to rational skepticism, all of which significantly pre-date his dayjob career choices. He is also a fan of podcasts, and wishes he could hang out with Dan Carlin and/or steal Roman Mars' voice.