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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UNLOCKED: Girl, Interrupted (pt 2)

UNLOCKED: Girl, Interrupted (pt 2)

The second part of Julian and Matthew's long look at the 1999 film Teal Swan was reportedly obsessed with as a teen. Girl, Interrupted is a freewheeling adaptation of a 1993 memoir by Susanna Kaysen a...

24 Joulu 20221h 34min

134: Elon Musk, Buddhabro? (w/Ann Gleig and Brenna Artinger)

134: Elon Musk, Buddhabro? (w/Ann Gleig and Brenna Artinger)

Elon, Elon, who are you? Where is your essential self? Where are you as you soar through your space fantasies, as you track and hedge and bet your billions, wondering if all those emeralds gave you an...

22 Joulu 20221h 33min

Bonus Sample: Growing Up in Scientology (w/Sarah)

Bonus Sample: Growing Up in Scientology (w/Sarah)

Sarah grew up in the Church of Scientology. But she also grew up in a small town. And, in a neurodiverse family. We come from so many places. Exploitative, hierarchical, hypocritical. Generous, tender...

19 Joulu 202227min

133: Grifts That Keep on Taking (w/Kevin Klatt)

133: Grifts That Keep on Taking (w/Kevin Klatt)

Remember way back to the beginning of this podcast, shortly after “Plandemic” dropped, when wellness influencers immediately began selling supposed “immune supporting” supplements? That trend has only...

15 Joulu 20221h 18min

Brief: The Right-Wing Machinery of Stochastic Terror

Brief: The Right-Wing Machinery of Stochastic Terror

In this special report, Julian examines how the machinery of right-wing propaganda engineers the necessary conditions for stochastic terror. The recent waves of dehumanizing anti-LGBTQ bigotry heighte...

13 Joulu 202248min

Bonus Sample: Leaving S-Factor pt. 2 (w/Jessica Hopper)

Bonus Sample: Leaving S-Factor pt. 2 (w/Jessica Hopper)

Those who fly high, fall hard. Pole dance company S-Factor crashed and burned in 2021 amidst a stack of complaints. Detractors said the company was conducting unlicensed group therapy, cosplaying enli...

12 Joulu 20229min

UNLOCKED: Girl, Interrupted (pt 1)

UNLOCKED: Girl, Interrupted (pt 1)

Julian and Matthew take a long look at the 1999 film Teal Swan was reportedly obsessed with as a teen. Girl, Interrupted is a bold adaptation of a 1993 memoir by the writer Susanna Kaysen about the 18...

10 Joulu 20221h 30min

132: Ye, Balenciaga, & Twilight Zone Propaganda (w/Francesca Tripodi)

132: Ye, Balenciaga, & Twilight Zone Propaganda (w/Francesca Tripodi)

We didn't have tracking BDSM Easter eggs in fashion shoots or Ye’s Jew-hating Christofascism on our bingo card. But here we are, covering a cluster of cursed images and hypomanic clips.We’ll stare rig...

8 Joulu 20221h 37min

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