137: Addiction & The Wounded Influencer (w/Chris Boutte)
Conspirituality19 Jan 2023

137: Addiction & The Wounded Influencer (w/Chris Boutte)

Perhaps you’ve seen the Rumi quote repeated on social media memes: “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” The wounded healer is a popular archetype in wellness spaces, and indeed, sometimes experience teaches wisdom, enabling the victim to overcome their trauma and help others. But in conspiritualist spaces, the wounded healer can also begin a monetization stream where everything becomes evidence of trauma, only to be healed through this book, or that course, or a brand-new brand of meditation that’s only the marketing scheme of an old form. Speaking of brands, we look at the wounded healer through the lens of Russell Brand, among others. This leads to Derek’s interview with YouTuber and podcaster, Chris Boutte, aka The Rewired Soul, who happens to be in recovery and watched firsthand as Russell went from helpful figure to shadowy archetype. Can an addiction to drugs be healed, only to lead to an addiction to clicks and likes? Stay tuned… -- -- -- Support us on Patreon Pre-order Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat: America | Canada Follow us on Instagram | Twitter: Derek | Matthew | Julian Original music by EarthRise SoundSystem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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144: The Magic Spells of Wellness (w/Colleen Derkatch)

144: The Magic Spells of Wellness (w/Colleen Derkatch)

"Cleansing is no longer an option, it's a necessity.” From wellness influencers obsessed about the meat-body, to Christofascists obsessed about the body politic, rhetoric bombards us from all sides. ...

9 Mar 20231h 30min

Bonus Sample: Marianne Williamson for Prez. New Age Jesus for VP.

Bonus Sample: Marianne Williamson for Prez. New Age Jesus for VP.

Can Marianne Williamson maintain street cred as a progressive while promoting New Age Jesus? Can she hammer out functional policy while preaching out of A Course in Miracles—the most anti-political ps...

6 Mar 202315min

Brief: Flood the Zone (w/Dr Dan Wilson)

Brief: Flood the Zone (w/Dr Dan Wilson)

Answering the current wave of confusing vaccine misinformation. Julian is joined by molecular biologist Dr. Dan Wilson. "Died Suddenly," correlation vs. causation, the vaccine court, and the recycled ...

28 Feb 202317min

Bonus Sample: Romancing the Stoned

Bonus Sample: Romancing the Stoned

So much suffering occurs because we romanticize a past that never actually existed in the belief that it's destined to become the future. In the middle we sit, here, now, with time marching forward. D...

27 Feb 20236min

Brief: Reggae Muzak

Brief: Reggae Muzak

Continuing a conversation from EP142, Derek looks at the cultural damage done when musicians co-opt musical styles to promote their own propaganda, which is often at odds with the social struggles of ...

25 Feb 202327min

142: Destination Rabbit Hole (w/Anna Merlan)

142: Destination Rabbit Hole (w/Anna Merlan)

Do visiting inter-dimensional spirits and stowaway UFO passengers use the LAX Airport to touch down among us? Well they do if they're in town for the Conscious Life Expo, conveniently located at the L...

23 Feb 20231h 33min

Bonus Sample: Maggie the Good Conspiritualist

Bonus Sample: Maggie the Good Conspiritualist

How does it feel to grow up in a back-to-the-land house that vibrates with the anxious passion of conspiracy theories? What would happen when the world began to disconfirm the conspiratorial lore? How...

20 Feb 20236min

141: Does Canada Want Suffering Citizens to Die? (w/Taslim Alani-Verjee)

141: Does Canada Want Suffering Citizens to Die? (w/Taslim Alani-Verjee)

Is Canada trying to euthanize the mentally ill? Self-professed "theocratic fascist" Matt Walsh says so. So does the OG anti-woke agitator, James Lindsay. Both cravenly distort Canada's proposed expan...

16 Feb 20231h 10min

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