Jane Borden on Why Social Media Algorithms Are the Ultimate Cult Leaders @otherppl
Jane Borden on Why Social Media Algorithms Are the Ultimate Cult Leaders  @otherppl
Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
⁠Jane Borden⁠ was my guest in Episode 983. She is the author of ⁠'Cults Like Us: Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America⁠,' available from Atria.

Jane's work as a culture journalist has been featured in Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, and other publications. She lives in Los Angeles.

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Jane Borden on Why Social Media Algorithms Are the Ultimate Cult Leaders

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