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: Reading Tony Robbins

Bonus Sample: Reading Tony Robbins

The world's top life coach has a new book, Life Force. Seemingly bulletproof to criticism due to connections in high places (and a litigious legal team), Tony Robbins's new book is a perfect example o...

21 Maalis 20228min

95: Aleksandr Dugin: Kali Yuga Chess

95: Aleksandr Dugin: Kali Yuga Chess

The mystical politics of Aleksandr Dugin, the mercurial philosopher and geopolitical strategist hovering behind Vladimir Putin, is front and center this week.  Last week, we covered the phenomenon of ...

17 Maalis 20221h 12min

Bonus Sample: Conspirituality Timeline Stories (pt 1)

Bonus Sample: Conspirituality Timeline Stories (pt 1)

Matthew brushes off and polishes stories and analyses we’ve only had the time to glance at in various episodes. A second or even 3rd instalment may be forthcoming.Presented in chronological order, dat...

14 Maalis 202210min

94: Conspirituality Goes to War

94: Conspirituality Goes to War

After two years of being lied to about COVID, are you really going to believe the mainstream media about what’s happening in Ukraine? Didn’t you know that Ukraine is a child-trafficking hub? That it’s...

11 Maalis 20221h 27min

Bonus Sample: Encanto

Bonus Sample: Encanto

Matthew takes a break from the news to expand on the possible origins of conspirituality—as being related to intergenerational trauma.What is conspirituality, if not the mobilization of forced, fragil...

7 Maalis 202210min

93: Roganomics (w/Daniel Latorre & Jessica Malaty Rivera)

93: Roganomics (w/Daniel Latorre & Jessica Malaty Rivera)

A few weeks ago, you couldn’t turn to a social media platform without seeing that Joe Rogan was trending. The diversity of topics boggled the mind: COVID disinformation; misogyny, pseudoscience; trans...

3 Maalis 20222h 38min

Bonus Sample: Left/Right Horseshoe

Bonus Sample: Left/Right Horseshoe

The Left-Right political spectrum doesn't really capture the breadth of political sentiment in America. Derek looks at a 2021 study by Pew Research on political typologies—as well as Jean-Pierre Faye'...

28 Helmi 20229min

92: The Quiet Part, Loud (w/Sara Aniano and dappergander)

92: The Quiet Part, Loud (w/Sara Aniano and dappergander)

"Freedom Convoy" leader, Pat King, recently live-streamed his arrest on Facebook. His racist public incitements to violence belie claims that the convoy was non-partisan and peaceful. As with other co...

24 Helmi 20221h 37min

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