692 Episodes

  1. Bonus Sample: God Seemed Like A Dumb Reason to Break Up

    Published: 26/06/2023

  2. Brief: An Atheist's Guide to Spirituality

    Published: 24/06/2023

  3. 159: Cults & Cultures

    Published: 22/06/2023

  4. Bonus Sample: Devouring Dragons

    Published: 19/06/2023

  5. 158: Spirituality Without the Con

    Published: 15/06/2023

  6. Bonus Sample: The Anti-Woke Industrial Complex

    Published: 12/06/2023

  7. Brief: Updates on Countering Hate

    Published: 10/06/2023

  8. 157: Science & Sensibility

    Published: 8/06/2023

  9. Bonus Sample: Conspirituality Marches on the White House (pt 2)

    Published: 5/06/2023

  10. Special Report: Taking Alberta Backwards (w/Jeremy Appel)

    Published: 3/06/2023

  11. 156: Medical Medium (w/Dan Adler)

    Published: 1/06/2023

  12. Bonus Sample: Conspirituality Marches on the White House (pt 1)

    Published: 29/05/2023

  13. Brief: RFK Jr., The Anti-Vax Candidate

    Published: 27/05/2023

  14. 155: We Want Them Infected (w/Jonathan Howard, M.D.)

    Published: 25/05/2023

  15. Bonus Sample: The Dangers of Slogans

    Published: 22/05/2023

  16. 154: The Truth Wars (w/Renée DiResta)

    Published: 18/05/2023

  17. Bonus Sample: The Dalai Lama Spectacle

    Published: 15/05/2023

  18. Brief: Why Does Every Conspiracy Theory Lead Back to Antisemitism? (w/Ben Cohen)

    Published: 13/05/2023

  19. 153: The Anti-Sunscreen Movement (w/Sara Aniano & Michelle Wong)

    Published: 11/05/2023

  20. Bonus Sample: Chris Rufo’s Fascist Long-Game

    Published: 8/05/2023

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Dismantling New Age cults, wellness grifters, and conspiracy-mad yogis. At best, the conspirituality movement attacks public health efforts in times of crisis. At worst, it fronts and recruits for the fever-dream of QAnon. As the alt-right and New Age horseshoe toward each other in a blur of disinformation, clear discourse, and good intentions get smothered. Charismatic influencers exploit their followers by co-opting conspiracy theories on a spectrum of intensity ranging from vaccines to child trafficking. In the process, spiritual beliefs that have nurtured creativity and meaning are transforming into memes of a quickly-globalizing paranoia. Conspirituality Podcast attempts to bring understanding to this landscape. A journalist, a cult researcher, and a philosophical skeptic discuss the stories, cognitive dissonances, and cultic dynamics tearing through the yoga, wellness, and new spirituality worlds. Mainstream outlets have noticed the problem. We crowd-source, research, analyze, and dream answers to it.

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