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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Bonus Sample: Imaginary Children # 3: Mole Children vs. Gazan Children

Bonus Sample: Imaginary Children # 3: Mole Children vs. Gazan Children

What does it mean to spill ink on dispelling conspiracy theories about non-existent children being murdered, while actual children are being murdered? At what point does the labour of debunking right ...

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Brief: Ultra-processed Pseudoscience

Brief: Ultra-processed Pseudoscience

Calley Means is the cofounder of TrueMed, a company that helps businesses qualify products and services like supplements and ice baths for HSA and FSA money. Casey Means is the founder of Levels, a co...

7 Syys 202421min

222: RFK Jr: As the Worm Turns

222: RFK Jr: As the Worm Turns

RFK Jr has dropped out of the presidential race and thrown his weight behind Trump. In our 10th episode on the man in the last year-and-a-half, we look at the potential dangers of this unholy alliance...

5 Syys 20241h 9min

Bonus Sample: The OG New Age Grifter: Madame Blavatsky

Bonus Sample: The OG New Age Grifter: Madame Blavatsky

Born in 1831, Helena “Madame” Blavatsky pioneered the New Age grift. The Russian aristocrat plagiarized her books while claiming to be channeling the “Masters of Ancient Wisdom” to tell a dodgy heroic...

2 Syys 20245min

Brief: Trump’s Impending Ego Implosion (w/ Daniel Shaw)

Brief: Trump’s Impending Ego Implosion (w/ Daniel Shaw)

Dems are laughing about Donny Dentures or #TrumpisDone, but the reality inside his head, and Mar a Lago, will be very grim, and there will be a lot of collateral damage. Mental health titans like Robe...

31 Elo 202433min

221: The Dangers of Dr Google (w/Dr Jonathan Stea)

221: The Dangers of Dr Google (w/Dr Jonathan Stea)

In one survey, 82% of young people aged 18-25 searched the internet for mental health advice. Another survey of university students found that 44% report using the internet to learn about sadness, anx...

29 Elo 20241h 1min

Bonus Sample: The Next Plandemic Grift

Bonus Sample: The Next Plandemic Grift

Peter McCullough recently shared a ton of misinformation about mpox while speaking to Drew Pinsky; both men work for The Wellness Company, a supplements company that weaponizes anti-vax misinformation...

26 Elo 20246min

Brief: Dictatorship for Dummies

Brief: Dictatorship for Dummies

ProPublica recently got a hold of 25 Project 2025 training videos—over 14 hours worth of content revealing the policies the Heritage Foundation would like to see implemented if Donald Trump regains th...

24 Elo 202438min

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