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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Deep Cut: The Final Battle

Deep Cut: The Final Battle

Why did Trump kick-off his 2024 presidential campaign in Waco, Texas? Who were the Branch Davidians, anyway? Julian unpacks the incendiary streams of far-right anti-government militia history and reli...

9 Joulu 202338min

183: Woke Pope Cancels America's Bishop (w/Mike Lewis)

183: Woke Pope Cancels America's Bishop (w/Mike Lewis)

Conspiracy Theory Catholicism is back, bringing together Satanic Panickers, anti-vaxxers, tradwives who think (or at least say) birth control is an abomination, and survivalist prayer bros who string ...

7 Joulu 20231h 26min

Bonus Sample: Goliath & Narcissus: A Brett Weinstein Breakdown

Bonus Sample: Goliath & Narcissus: A Brett Weinstein Breakdown

What if every important world event, regardless of how tragic or distant, is really part of a secret plan that only a handful of contrarian podcast pals can decipher? Julian breaks down bizarre clips ...

4 Joulu 20238min

Brief: The Twin Flames Story (w/Alice Hines)

Brief: The Twin Flames Story (w/Alice Hines)

Soulmates gone wrong. High-pressure sexual orientation and gender conversion in an MLM coaching cult. Journalist and producer Alice Hines discusses the “master Christ” young couple at the center of Tw...

2 Joulu 202327min

182: Recovering from Conspiracy Theories (w/Stephanie Kemmerer)

182: Recovering from Conspiracy Theories (w/Stephanie Kemmerer)

What is it like to get red-pilled, find a fragile community of peers, and then come out on the other side?  What are the personal, social, and political wounds that make conspiracy theories feel like ...

30 Marras 20231h 13min

Bonus Sample: Anti-vax Lifestyle Brands Are Here

Bonus Sample: Anti-vax Lifestyle Brands Are Here

In 2021, the anti-vax dating site, Unjected, appeared on the scene. Between Unjected's conservative marketing campaigns, which leans conspiratorial and bigoted, and its partnership with supplements co...

27 Marras 20237min

Deep Cut: The Eyes Always Watching Us

Deep Cut: The Eyes Always Watching Us

Derek interviewed journalist and researcher, Arthur Holland Michel, after the publication of Michel's 2019 book, Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All. When rea...

25 Marras 202347min

181: YouTuber Redpills Preteen Boys

181: YouTuber Redpills Preteen Boys

Sign up today at butcherbox.com/conspirituality and use code conspirituality to choose your free steak for a year and get $20 off. If you’ve never donated through GiveWell before, you can have your do...

23 Marras 20231h 24min

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