Conspirituality

Conspirituality

Dismantling New Age cults, wellness grifters, and conspiracy-mad yogis. At best, the conspirituality movement attacks public health efforts in times of crisis. At worst, it fronts and recruits for the fever-dream of QAnon. As the alt-right and New Age horseshoe toward each other in a blur of disinformation, clear discourse, and good intentions get smothered. Charismatic influencers exploit their followers by co-opting conspiracy theories on a spectrum of intensity ranging from vaccines to child trafficking. In the process, spiritual beliefs that have nurtured creativity and meaning are transforming into memes of a quickly-globalizing paranoia. Conspirituality Podcast attempts to bring understanding to this landscape. A journalist, a cult researcher, and a philosophical skeptic discuss the stories, cognitive dissonances, and cultic dynamics tearing through the yoga, wellness, and new spirituality worlds. Mainstream outlets have noticed the problem. We crowd-source, research, analyze, and dream answers to it.

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268: Rogan’s Christian President

268: Rogan’s Christian President

We catch up on three figures this week. First is Bari Weiss, who's trying to sell her upstart media org, The Free Press, to Skydance for a reported $250 million, just days after the network's merger...

31 Heinä 20251h 14min

Bonus Sample: "Natural" Snake Oil?

Bonus Sample: "Natural" Snake Oil?

MAHA hates petroleum-based food dyes. Yet, as Derek unpacks, many of the main influencers in this movement monetize products synthesized by the same exact chemical process. Learn more about your ad ch...

28 Heinä 20255min

Brief: Mehdi Hasan vs Jordan Peterson

Brief: Mehdi Hasan vs Jordan Peterson

Mehdi Hasan's recent Jubilee appearance has blown up—and so has criticism of the entire media operation. Derek and Julian discuss the value and pitfalls of this format, contrasting the far-right parti...

26 Heinä 202539min

267: Epstein Never Died

267: Epstein Never Died

Jeffrey Epstein’s name is being screamed into the headlines again. The late and former self-described best-friend of Donald Trump's highly suspicious 2019 death following his arrest for child sex traf...

24 Heinä 202558min

Bonus Sample: Galloway and the Mooch: The Lost Boys of Capitalism (Pt 2)

Bonus Sample: Galloway and the Mooch: The Lost Boys of Capitalism (Pt 2)

On the horizon: a new liberal-center manosphere, yearning to reach out to the young men poached by Trumpism, but offering what, exactly?  Professor Scott Galloway and Anthony Scaramucci are earnest a...

21 Heinä 20255min

Brief: Galloway and the Mooch: The Lost Boys of Capitalism (Pt 1)

Brief: Galloway and the Mooch: The Lost Boys of Capitalism (Pt 1)

On the horizon: a new liberal-center manosphere, yearning to reach out to the young men poached by Trumpism, but offering what, exactly?  Professor Scott Galloway and Anthony Scaramucci are earnest a...

19 Heinä 202546min

266: Jubilee’s Body Image Debates

266: Jubilee’s Body Image Debates

Body image is a phenomenon that has long simmered below the surface of the wellness industry. We’ve spent years covering the hard and soft eugenics that inform so many physical and spiritual practices...

17 Heinä 20251h 15min

Bonus Sample: Globalize The Intifada?

Bonus Sample: Globalize The Intifada?

Protest slogans are designed to pack a punch. They communicate potent emotions and persuasive ideas to the public while galvanizing activist allies. At 5 '11, wearing an elegant hijab over jet-black h...

14 Heinä 20256min

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