Bonus Sample: Faith: Unearned and Earned
Conspirituality30 Syys 2024

Bonus Sample: Faith: Unearned and Earned

An essay from Matthew exploring the problem of authenticity which plagues every investigation we do on the spiritual influencer beat. There are queasy questions we’re always contending with when we’re listening to the preaching of Charles Eisenstein, Kelly Brogan, Zach Bush, or RFK Jr: Has this person really committed to the spirituality they are presenting? Or is spirituality instrumental to them? Do they have experience to share, or programs to sell? It’s hard if not impossible to find the line between these things, especially in the society of the spectacle, especially when we’re talking about influencers we don’t personally know. But it's an important consideration because assumptions made in one direction or another taint the entire discourse. Maybe, we’re talking about the difference between unearned faith and earned faith. Show Notes Zero at the Bone: Wiman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Bonus Sample: Loaded Language & Productive Discussion

Bonus Sample: Loaded Language & Productive Discussion

Julian and Matthew discuss words, world views, and how productive disagreement can lead to mutual understanding. In today’s overheated discourse, social media posturing can make the culture wars feel ...

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52: The Clerical Class of the Right (w/Alex Ebert)

52: The Clerical Class of the Right (w/Alex Ebert)

This week we learned that Melinda Gates was disturbed by Bill’s men’s-club relationship with Jeffrey Epstein all the way back in 2011. And for fuck sake: when Bill visited Epstein’s Manhattan lair, re...

20 Touko 20211h 35min

Bonus Sample: No Moral Outrage Porn, No Punching Down

Bonus Sample: No Moral Outrage Porn, No Punching Down

Matthew had a plan for this week — a 4K word essay on what could be learned from studying the content of an outrageously offensive conspiritualist… but then he shelved it. Why?A last-minute, off-the-c...

17 Touko 20219min

51: You Can’t Force It (w/Devendra Banhart)

51: You Can’t Force It (w/Devendra Banhart)

As our access to vaccines eases the pandemic in the Global North, U.S.-based conspiritualists keep riding the wave of covid-denial influence—all the way to the bank. This week, Julian reports that Gen...

13 Touko 20212h 19min

Bonus Sample: On the Anxiety of Death

Bonus Sample: On the Anxiety of Death

Derek discusses a forthcoming interview with Alex Ebert, which will be featured on Conspirituality 52. They discuss the dearth of death rituals in America. In this bonus episode, Derek meditates and, ...

10 Touko 20215min

50. Sellouts & Zealots (w/Sheena Sood)

50. Sellouts & Zealots (w/Sheena Sood)

When the drones hum over the improvised cremation grounds of Delhi, what will the conspiritualist see in the livestream—if they even look? Will their Orientalist spell, fixated on fire ceremonies and ...

6 Touko 20212h 23min

Bonus Sample: The God-Man & His Enabler: How Ken Wilber Got Adi Da All Wrong

Bonus Sample: The God-Man & His Enabler: How Ken Wilber Got Adi Da All Wrong

By the 1990s, the sadistic cult leader who claimed to be God on Earth had already fled the United States to avoid a stack of lawsuits and potential criminal charges. Even still, highly influential spi...

3 Touko 202110min

49: Tik Tok Fulfillment Center (w/Abbie Richards)

49: Tik Tok Fulfillment Center (w/Abbie Richards)

On the road to the screen, a rich story can flatten into propaganda. On the road to the influencer economy, a complex teaching can degrade into a conspirituality meme. As the Oscar glitter fades, we l...

29 Huhti 20212h 16min

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