Conspirituality
A podcast by Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker
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554 Episodes
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Bonus Sample: Russell Brand Is Christian Now?
Published: 20/05/2024 -
Brief: The Outside Agitator Conspiracy Trope (w/Dr. Peniel Joseph)
Published: 18/05/2024 -
206: Surviving Modern Yoga (w/ Matthew Remski)
Published: 16/05/2024 -
Bonus Sample: The Force That Divides Us All
Published: 13/05/2024 -
Brief: An Honest Discussion About Food (w/Dr Sarah Ballantyne)
Published: 11/05/2024 -
205: Dismantling Movement Dogmas (w/Laurel Beversdorf & Sarah Court)
Published: 9/05/2024 -
Bonus Sample: Imaginary Children #1: Fetal Remains
Published: 6/05/2024 -
Brief: Religion is Not Belief? (w/Blair Hodges)
Published: 4/05/2024 -
204: What the Hell is RFK Jr Doing?
Published: 2/05/2024 -
Bonus Sample: Let's Talk About Gary Brecka
Published: 29/04/2024 -
Deep Cut: On Belief
Published: 27/04/2024 -
203: Is This a Joke? (w/Neal Brennan)
Published: 25/04/2024 -
Bonus Sample: The Dark Sun, The Red Cow, and The End of Days
Published: 22/04/2024 -
Brief: Yoga Teacher’s Survival Guide (w/Theo Wildcroft & Harriet McAtee)
Published: 20/04/2024 -
202: Steve Hassan and the Trans Cult Conspiracy Theory
Published: 18/04/2024 -
Bonus Sample: Long Haul Stories: Matthew Stillman
Published: 15/04/2024 -
Brief: A History of the Gay Right (w/Neil Young)
Published: 13/04/2024 -
201: Librarians Are Not Groomers (w/Heath Umbreit)
Published: 11/04/2024 -
Bonus Sample: Project 2025's Disdain for Public Education
Published: 8/04/2024 -
Brief: The High Cost of Wellness
Published: 6/04/2024
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.
