113: A Course in Conspiracies (w/Sam Kestenbaum)
Conspirituality21 Heinä 2022

113: A Course in Conspiracies (w/Sam Kestenbaum)

We spend so much time on this podcast discussing the wellness industry’s paranoia around anything from the medical “establishment” or the Luciferean nature of “Big Pharma,” but there’s another devil that’s lurking around every corner: the Mainstream Media. Derek has long argued that there’s no such thing. Media organizations are competing businesses, and while there can be sloppiness when trying to break a story or laziness when rewriting press releases for clicks, the notion of a media “Deep State” is usually part of the conspiritualist’s sales technique, not the reality of modern media. Derek began his career as a religion journalist, and this week he interviews Sam Kestenbaum, who’s made a career in this field. Sam has written for the NY Times and the Washington Post, where he recently published an expose on Christiane Northrup. Derek asks him about this story in particular, as well as his process of reporting on religion, the differences between spirituality and religion, and the coming post-pandemic spirituality surge—and how conspiritualists are already monetizing it.Show NotesChristiane Northrup, once a New Age health guru, now spreads covid disinformationLife After Proclaiming a Trump Re-election As Divinely OrdainedGodspeak Calvary Church Defies Quarantine, Attendance Soars -- -- --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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20: The Second Wave: Pastel Q Goes Undercover (w/Ben Lee)

20: The Second Wave: Pastel Q Goes Undercover (w/Ben Lee)

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8 Loka 20202h 21min

Bonus: Bullying Gates, Bullying Biden: The Conspiracy of Male Violence

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5 Loka 202025min

19: Hurtling Into the Q-Hole (w/Mike Rains)

19: Hurtling Into the Q-Hole (w/Mike Rains)

Thirty-two days out from the election and every hour reveals another layer of intensity. The more widely conspirituality and QAnon spreads, the more normalized mundane political violence becomes. In ...

1 Loka 20201h 44min

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28 Syys 202054min

18: From Psych Meds to Red Pills (w/Jules Evans)

18: From Psych Meds to Red Pills (w/Jules Evans)

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24 Syys 20202h 8min

17: The Politics of QAnon Spirituality (w/Seane Corn & Jared Yates Sexton)

17: The Politics of QAnon Spirituality (w/Seane Corn & Jared Yates Sexton)

At this point, we can say for sure that American spiritual and wellness communities are not only vulnerable to conspiracy brainworms but they’re actively hosting and spreading them. Seane Corn joins u...

17 Syys 20202h 26min

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16: So You Want to Save the Earth? (w/John Roulac)

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