Hope you're ready to laugh about true crime! My guest today is an author, illustrator, (best known for her cartoons in The New Yorker) and comedian. She just launched hilarious yet poignant book on true crime and she isn't shying away from the light side of all this darkness. Please listen so you understand what I mean because you know respect and sensitivity are always really important to me!

Interested in buying an old Victorian home in the historic district of Louisville, David soon learns it was the home where two men stood accused of a vicious murder. And the victim? He was found in the basement buried beneath the dirt floor.

Get comfy and get ready for a twisty tale about Southern Victorian architecture, drugs and drag queens, a brutal murder and … real estate.

I had so much fun talking with Amanda Montell, a linguist, who uses that background as the lens through which to explore cults. Between that and her Dad coming of age in the cult, Synanon, she has a lot to say about cults, and the language we all have grown used to which is ... cultish. This is a fascinating and funny conversation and will make you think twice next time you go to Soul Cycle, recovery meeting, or Boss Babe seminar.

We learned A LOT about NXIVM last year. But we barely scratched the surface. My guest today, reporter and author, Sarah Berman, has covered NXIVM extensively for years — first at VICE, and most recently, in her new book, DON'T CALL IT A CULT. This book is THE place to get the whole story of how NXIVM came to be and ALL the players within. Sarah and I get into all the details including the branding, the coercion and trafficking, as well as getting comfortable with the inconceivable.I promise you will learn something ( if not many things) you didn't know about NXIVM before and I think you will appreciate Sarah's thoughtful coverage as much as I do.

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