Conspirituality
A podcast by Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker
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554 Episodes
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200: Rogan-Rufo Reality Check
Published: 4/04/2024 -
Bonus Sample: The GOP Thinks Food Stamps Are the Real Problem
Published: 1/04/2024 -
Brief: Woman, Life, Freedom (w/Negin Shiraghaei)
Published: 30/03/2024 -
Brief: Yes, Huberman’s Behavior Matters
Published: 30/03/2024 -
199: Inside Anti-Abortion Christian Nationalism (w/Rob Schenck)
Published: 28/03/2024 -
Bonus Sample: Conspirituality and the Imaginary Children (Series Intro)
Published: 25/03/2024 -
Brief: Unmasking Jay Shetty (w/John McDermott)
Published: 23/03/2024 -
198: Holy Food (w/Christina Ward)
Published: 21/03/2024 -
Bonus Sample: Ketamine Soul Mates
Published: 18/03/2024 -
Brief: RFK Jr Hijacks the “Crisis in Masculinity” (w/Natalia Petrzela)
Published: 16/03/2024 -
197: Psychic Surgery (feat Brad Abrahams)
Published: 14/03/2024 -
Bonus Sample: How to Stamp Out Racists (and more)
Published: 11/03/2024 -
Brief: The God Pivot: Rogan, Brand, & Huberman
Published: 9/03/2024 -
196: Julian Goes to the New Age Expo!
Published: 7/03/2024 -
Bonus Sample: “There Are Worse Things Than Dying”
Published: 4/03/2024 -
Brief: The CPAC Pope and the Icicle Babies (w/ Brad Onishi)
Published: 2/03/2024 -
195: Long COVID (w/Tara Haelle)
Published: 29/02/2024 -
Bonus Sample: Through the Looking-Glass
Published: 26/02/2024 -
Brief: The “Super Reasonable” Dr. Vinay Prasad
Published: 24/02/2024 -
194: The Power Worshippers (w/Katherine Stewart)
Published: 22/02/2024
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.
