Mike Altman

Charles Manson was mundane. Listen to our new episode to find out why.

We released a new episode of @CultFavoritePod this morning! We're talking about "The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker" on Netflix. How do we respond when someone doesn’t follow our social scripts about wealth and power? Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6ekoRR… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

WWE buying AAA is not good for professional wrestling.

🚨 New Cult Favorite episode! 🚨 We dive into Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action, the wild Netflix doc exploring the chaos, controversy, and cultural impact of the king of trash TV. 🎤💥 🎧 Listen now: buff.ly/434EMIy

NEW CULT FAVORITE EPISODE! This week we talk about Netflix documentary OneTaste: Orgasm, Inc. —the story of boss babe Nicole Daedone, who made big business out of personal pleasure. Hers is a love story between capitalism and heteropatriarchy. open.spotify.com/episode/4sViS1…

NEW CULT FAVORITE EPISODE! This week we talk about Netflix documentary OneTaste: Orgasm, Inc. —the story of boss babe Nicole Daedone, who made big business out of personal pleasure. Hers is a love story between capitalism and heteropatriarchy. open.spotify.com/episode/4sViS1…

We are BACK!

if you pin your opponent on the Fortnite logo you win bonus v-bucks

@craigbrucesmith Triple H’s typewriter killed kayfabe. But the marks now aren’t the fans, it’s the media execs.

@MichaelJAltman Rock speech ruined kayfabe!

I want to write an entire essay about that RAW on Netflix intro.

I turned on the new wrestling show on Netflix and it took 32 minutes for any wrestling to happen.

Less censorship for WWE on Netflix. They keep saying “professional wrestling.”

Netflix killed kayfabe.

On this fourth anniversary of the attack on the Capitol, our Uncivil Religion project is still a great resource thinking about the symbols, rituals, and rhetoric that day and afterward. uncivilreligion.org

I want to know the lessons @davemeltzerWON learned from Wicked.

Nothing makes for better conversation in the car than a discussion of what makes a good cult documentary!

This is a great episode! Don't miss it!

if you can't cite yourself, how the hell you going to cite someone else?

this weekend will be my first AAR/NAASR (my first conference really) since 2019

Coming attractions. #RELdl