Magical Overthinkers

Amanda Montell

Booking Overview

An interview podcast focused on overthinking, modern irrationality, psychology, and anxiety-provoking social trends, typically featuring expert authors, clinicians, academics, and accomplished professionals. Credible candidates include psychologists, psychiatrists, social scientists, physicians, authors, coaches, and entrepreneurs with distinctive expertise or firsthand experience related to topics such as failure, aging, identity, relationships, or online behavior; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 62

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

Instagram: 17.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Amanda Montell - New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Magical Overthinking and host of the Sounds Like A Cult podcast.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Published authors, clinicians, physicians, academics, coaches, entrepreneurs, and other recognized professionals with relevant subject-matter expertise or compelling firsthand experience.

Required Achievements:

Published books, Established professional expertise, Entrepreneurial or leadership experience, Specialized clinical, legal, or academic credentials

Recent Guest Discussions

Cate Hall - Starting Over, Quitting, The Sunk Cost Fallacy, Career Changes, Divorce, And Pursuing A More Authentic Life.

Ezekiel J. Emanuel - Aging, Longevity Culture, Purpose, Identity, Curiosity, Retirement, And Attitudes Toward Getting Older.

Jane Marie Chen - Failure, Perfectionism, Rejection, Burnout, Imposter Syndrome, Resilience, And Risk-taking.

Recent Topics

Psychology, Overthinking, Mental Health, Social Media, Wellness

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Magical Overthinkers

Overthinking About Dream Jobs

September 02, 2026

What if you actually get your dream job... and then realize you're not living the dream you thought you would? This week, Amanda is joined by Cherie Brooke (@cherie.brooke) and Jean (@_jeanluo), hosts of the Tiger Sisters podcast (@tigersisterspodcast), who both left impressive corporate careers after discovering that the jobs their younger selves would have killed for no longer fit the lives they wanted. Together, they overthink golden handcuffs, the privilege built into pursuing p...

Overthinking About Human Connection

August 19, 2026

We say we want more human connection, so why can texting “want to hang?” feel weirdly like begging? This week, Amanda is joined by ICU nurse, New York Times bestselling author, and Stories from a Stranger host Hunter Prosper (@hunter_prosper), whose work interviewing strangers has taught him that connection often starts with something deceptively simple: actually listening. Together, they overthink why we assume we’re burdening our friends, the case for the humble 20-minute “m...

Overthinking About Ambition

August 05, 2026

Are you ambitious... or just exhausted? This week, Amanda is joined by award winning journalist and author of The Ambition Penalty, Stefanie O'Connell (@stefanieoconnell), to unpack one of the most misunderstood words in our vocabulary, ambition. They explore why ambition isn't a fixed personality trait, how corporate culture rewards some people while penalizing others for the exact same behavior, and why women are so often expected to walk an impossible tightrope between being "too much" and...

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