Bonus: The White Yogi, The Brown Activist, and the Evil Billionaire
Conspirituality12 Loka 2020

Bonus: The White Yogi, The Brown Activist, and the Evil Billionaire

Who’s right, who’s confused, who’s noble, who’s the bad guy?Nothing exists in a cultural vacuum. The emergence of yoga as a hugely popular and lucrative phenomenon in the West is no exception.In this bonus episode, Julian discusses a recent article that was posted, and enthusiastically liked, shared, and commented upon in sincere solidarity by yoga folks contributing to the conspirituality zeitgeist.This despite the article being written by a respected brown scholar and activist and posted by an earnest white yogi—and being about a billionaire with some questionable history. -- -- --Support us on PatreonPre-order Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat: America | Canada Follow us on Instagram | Twitter: Derek | Matthew | JulianOriginal music by EarthRise SoundSystem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Bonus Sample: Yoga & the Body in Time (Pt 1)

Bonus Sample: Yoga & the Body in Time (Pt 1)

As the crew is in the final stages of submitting their forthcoming book, Julian and Derek reflect on how yoga has evolved in their personal lives. In Part 1, they discuss the origins of their yoga pra...

9 Touko 20228min

102: Conspirituality, Cancer, & Compassion (w/Gavin Ryan)

102: Conspirituality, Cancer, & Compassion (w/Gavin Ryan)

After we published episode 98 on “Placebo Joe” Dispenza, an Australian artist named Gavin Ryan posted a comment to Facebook in response:“My wife was full of this stuff, when she stopped taking all the...

5 Touko 20221h 1min

Bonus Sample: Cash Grab

Bonus Sample: Cash Grab

Manifestation workshops. MLM downlines. The supplement grift. Cash is king everywhere in the conspirituality sphere, even—especially—when disguised in the jargon of spiritual-ese. Derek and Julian ste...

2 Touko 20228min

101: Eugenic Pandemic (w/ Beatrice Adler-Bolton)

101: Eugenic Pandemic (w/ Beatrice Adler-Bolton)

In this conversation, Beatrice Adler-Bolton—disability justice advocate and co-host of Death Panel Podcast—says something twice:"Under capitalism, you’re only entitled to the survival you can buy." He...

28 Huhti 20221h 23min

Bonus Sample: Taking the Con Out of Spirituality

Bonus Sample: Taking the Con Out of Spirituality

Derek and Julian discuss the literary influences and yogic practices that led them to yoga in the first place, while also discussing what spirituality in a post-pandemic world could look like.  -- -- ...

25 Huhti 20229min

100: State of Disinformation (w/Imran Ahmed)

100: State of Disinformation (w/Imran Ahmed)

In July 2020, just as we were finding our sea legs with this podcast, Imran Ahmed joined to discuss the state of disinformation occurring around the world. As the founder of the UK’s Center for Counte...

21 Huhti 20221h 35min

Bonus Sample: Zach Bush and the Holy Sardines

Bonus Sample: Zach Bush and the Holy Sardines

The Sermon of the Sardines is etched into our very souls. Picture the scene, as dreamboat doctor Zach Bush recounts his shimmering story of swimming off the coast of Tulum with thousands of tiny heroi...

18 Huhti 202210min

99: Conspirituality Goes to Therapy (w/Rachel Bernstein)

99: Conspirituality Goes to Therapy (w/Rachel Bernstein)

Listeners: there’s a revolution going on. Legions of Twitter counselors and Instagram therapists has risen up to offer unsolicited sermons on cults, cult leaders, and cult recovery. With COVID closing...

14 Huhti 20221h 29min

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