In this conversation, AMANDA MONTELL draws from her instant New York Times bestseller, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality, to make sense of today’s senselessness. By combining razor-sharp, deeply funny stories with scientific research, critically acclaimed author, linguist, and podcast host Montell provides audiences with a window into our minds – delving into the cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains. Join Montell as she explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking.

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Acclaimed author AMANDA MONTELL is an expert in language and contemporary culture and shares incisive and eye-opening strategies for creating inclusion through linguistic choices. Moving effortlessly between history, science, and popular culture, Montell’s irresistible humor shines through – making linguistics approachable, hilarious, and profound for any audience.

Through juicy storytelling and cutting original research, AMANDA MONTELL exposes the verbal elements that make a wide spectrum of communities “cultish,” and how cult language secretly shows up in unexpected places, especially social media, the workplace, and, of course, loyalty programs. Business leaders in any industry can benefit from Montell’s perspective on how words wield power and influence human behavior.