Brief: The Free Press Tastes Its Own (Polio) Medicine
Conspirituality28 Joulu 2024

Brief: The Free Press Tastes Its Own (Polio) Medicine

We've been highly critical of The Free Press in the past, but a recent memoir-article about grappling with a familial history of polio by Jana Kozlowski stood out. Derek and Julian take no issue with the piece, which was an emotional plea to understand the ravages of polio and the efficacy of vaccines. The comment section is another thing. Show Notes Polio Ravaged My Family. Forget Its Horror at Your Peril. The First Five Errors in the Moth in the Iron Lung Book The First Five Errors in Dissolving Illusions by Suzanne Humphries Amazon Won’t Take a Stand in War Over Anti-Vaxxer Book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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91: We Need to Talk About Stephanie

91: We Need to Talk About Stephanie

When Stephanie Sibbio, owner of Glowing Mama Fitness in Toronto, livestreamed herself harassing workers in her local health food store over COVID policy, the world was introduced to a now-familiar arc...

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Bonus Sample: Spiritual, Um—Sorry—Canadian Bypassing

Bonus Sample: Spiritual, Um—Sorry—Canadian Bypassing

"An essential pleasure of white liberal identity in Canada is the schadenfreude of looking down our noses when we consider what’s south of us. It’s an unearned pride that says: “We’re not like that.” ...

14 Helmi 202210min

90: The Convoy is an Occupation (w/Elizabeth Simons)

90: The Convoy is an Occupation (w/Elizabeth Simons)

We cover a lot of ground in this episode. But to introduce it in seed form, we want to draw your attention to a 15-second video we’ve posted to our Instagram. It shows a little boy, clearly stressed, ...

10 Helmi 20221h 51min

Bonus Sample: The Ritual of Healing

Bonus Sample: The Ritual of Healing

Despite the binary conversations around vaccinations, healing has never been an either/or dependent on one factor. What works for one person isn't necessarily the correct course of action for someone ...

7 Helmi 20226min

89: Till Death Do Us Part (w/Mary)

89: Till Death Do Us Part (w/Mary)

Mary joins Matthew for an extended interview about the last year of her husband’s life. Louis died of pancreatic cancer almost exactly a year ago, at the age of 45. Mary—who has asked that her last na...

4 Helmi 20221h 45min

Bonus Sample: Misinformation Millionaires

Bonus Sample: Misinformation Millionaires

Last week’s Defeat The Mandate March in Washington D.C. saw a who’s-who of conspiracists address thousands from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Live-streaming and mic’d up— some fresh from massive ...

31 Tammi 20229min

88: New Age Crack

88: New Age Crack

Snap. Crackle. Pop. That’s the release you’ve been waiting for—the ecstasy of small gas bubbles being “cracked” along your spine. While it’s debatable how much good chiropractic adjustments are doing ...

28 Tammi 20221h 17min

Bonus Sample: The Irrational Makes Sense

Bonus Sample: The Irrational Makes Sense

Inspired by a recent discussion on psychoanalysis and politics with Pat Blanchfield on Know Your Enemy, this brief meditation focuses on two aspects of the conspirituality landscape that have lurked i...

24 Tammi 202210min

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