Conspirituality
A podcast by Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker
693 Episodes
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Bonus Sample: Privilege in Wellness Spaces
Published: 15/11/2021 -
77: A Homeopathy Episode So Potent You Can’t Hear It (w/Jonathan Jarry)
Published: 12/11/2021 -
Bonus Sample: Rational Emotions & Poetic Science
Published: 8/11/2021 -
76: A Field Guide to White Supremacy (w/Kathleen Belew)
Published: 4/11/2021 -
Bonus Sample: My Religious Attitude Toward Science
Published: 1/11/2021 -
75: How to Talk to a Science Denier (w/Lee McIntyre)
Published: 28/10/2021 -
Bonus Sample: Charisma & Extroversion
Published: 25/10/2021 -
74: Elena Brower Could Stop Selling doTERRA
Published: 21/10/2021 -
Bonus Sample: Radical Denial
Published: 18/10/2021 -
73: Eating Disorders in Yogaland (w/Jason Nagata & Chelsea Roff)
Published: 14/10/2021 -
Bonus Sample: Talking to Children About Conspirituality
Published: 11/10/2021 -
72: John of Fraud (w/Lisa Braun Dubbels and Mirna Wabi-Sabi)
Published: 8/10/2021 -
Bonus Sample: Flow States & Humility
Published: 4/10/2021 -
71: So Do We Believe in Anything at All?
Published: 30/09/2021 -
Bonus Sample: Reality Bites: The Tragedy of Magical Thinking
Published: 27/09/2021 -
70: Conspiracy Theories Conceal a Burning World (w/Daniel Sherrell)
Published: 23/09/2021 -
Bonus Sample: Spirit Island No Garbage
Published: 20/09/2021 -
69: Fascism Down Under!!! (w/Dr. Izzy Smith)
Published: 16/09/2021 -
Bonus Sample: Mikki Willis Rewrites History
Published: 13/09/2021 -
68: The Jordan Peterson of Fitness Bros (w/Antonio Valladares)
Published: 10/09/2021
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.
