Brief: The Outside Agitator Conspiracy Trope (w/Dr. Peniel Joseph)
Two weeks ago, several university administrators asked militarized police units to smash pro-Palestinian encampment protests on quads and in occupied buildings. It happened at places like Columbia and...
18 Touko 202437min
206: Surviving Modern Yoga (w/ Matthew Remski)
Matthew is in the guest seat today! Why? Because in 2019—just months before the pandemic and this podcast kicked off—he published a book titled Practice and All is Coming: Abuse, Cult Dynamics and Hea...
16 Touko 20241h 2min
Bonus Sample: The Force That Divides Us All
In 2020, former NY Times journalist Isabel Wilkerson published Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. The book tells a compelling story: that the root of our social divisions is the invented hierarchi...
13 Touko 20246min
Brief: An Honest Discussion About Food (w/Dr Sarah Ballantyne)
Dr Sarah Ballantyne forged a career in science communication and health education advocating for autoimmune solutions in food and the paleo diet. In 2014, she began questioning her approach. Shortly a...
11 Touko 202444min
205: Dismantling Movement Dogmas (w/Laurel Beversdorf & Sarah Court)
We have a real treat today for listeners who love all forms of movement, especially yoga and strength training. Derek and Julian talk to Movement Logic hosts, Laurel Beversdorf and Sarah Court, who na...
9 Touko 20241h 16min
Bonus Sample: Imaginary Children #1: Fetal Remains
In the first full episode of this ongoing series, Matthew looks at the anti-abortion arcs of two men: Rob Schenck and Frank Pavone. Both leaders invested the images and remains of the unborn with pass...
6 Touko 20245min
Brief: Religion is Not Belief? (w/Blair Hodges)
The late historian of religion James Carse (1932-2020) made a radical proposal in his 2012 book, The Religious Case Against Belief. He argued that beliefs, far from being central to or definitive of r...
4 Touko 202447min
204: What the Hell is RFK Jr Doing?
Robert F Kennedy, Jr isn’t backing down. You can’t get away from his voice or his endless content stream. He’s banked on tech world oligarch anti-vax mom, Nicole Shanahan, to nail down the VP slot. Hi...
2 Touko 20241h 10min
