Conspirituality
A podcast by Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker
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554 Episodes
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220: Swifties for Trump (and Other AI Lies)
Published: 22/08/2024 -
Bonus Sample: Introducing the Conspirituality Relief Project
Published: 19/08/2024 -
Brief: Big Dad Energy
Published: 17/08/2024 -
219: Dems Learn to Sh*tpost
Published: 15/08/2024 -
Bonus Sample: JD Vance’s Dictator Fetish
Published: 12/08/2024 -
Brief: Stealing Democracy for Jesus
Published: 10/08/2024 -
218: Meet the Sexvangelicals (w/Julia Postema & Jeremiah Gibson)
Published: 8/08/2024 -
Bonus Sample: The "Crisis" of Meaning
Published: 5/08/2024 -
Brief: JD Vance Taps into Parental Rage
Published: 3/08/2024 -
217: Childless Cat Lady
Published: 1/08/2024 -
Bonus Sample: Imaginary Children: “God’s Word on Spanking”
Published: 29/07/2024 -
Brief: Bret Weinstein: “The Biden Psy-Op”
Published: 27/07/2024 -
216: J.D. Vance, Conspiracy Hobbit
Published: 25/07/2024 -
Bonus Sample: Project 2025 on Worker's "Rights"
Published: 22/07/2024 -
Brief: Cult of the Lamb Anti-Cult School? (w/Riley MacLeod)
Published: 20/07/2024 -
215: Divinely Protected
Published: 18/07/2024 -
Bonus Sample: Project 2025's Plan: Let It Burn
Published: 15/07/2024 -
Brief: Project 2025’s “Bloodless” Coup
Published: 13/07/2024 -
214: Aubrey Marcus is Totally Not a Cult Leader
Published: 11/07/2024 -
Bonus Sample: You Can’t Do Religion on the Internet
Published: 8/07/2024
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.
