Bonus Sample: RFK Jr Reboots Reaganomics
Listen to the full episode RFK Jr has been one of the loudest champions of the Trump's work requirements for Medicaid and SNAP recipients. While he frames it in the language of health, he's really ju...
22 Jun 6min
Brief: Conspirituality Viewed Through Neofeudalism and Vectoralism
Matthew applies three interlocking frameworks to the conspirituality phenomenon—and to the podcast itself. Drawing on Jodi Dean's theory of neofeudalism, Yanis Varoufakis's technofeudalism, and McKenz...
20 Jun 34min
313: The Resurrection of JP Sears
A decade ago, JP Sears built a large following poking fun at yogis and wellness types with his “ultra spiritual life” videos. Then Covid came and Sears took a hard right turn. In fact, he credits the ...
18 Jun 1h 21min
Bonus Sample: Candace Owens and MAGA’s Russia Kink
Listen to the full episode Influential right-wing pundit turned celebrity conspiracy-peddler, Candace Owens, just visited Russia for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. While at “Russia’...
15 Jun 6min
Book Club: Food Intelligence
In the first edition of the Conspirituality Book Club, Derek dives into Food Intelligence: The Science of How Food Both Nourishes and Harms Us by Julia Belluz and Kevin Hall, PhD. First, he looks at...
13 Jun 29min
312: The Next Plague
A plague is coming. We don’t know when or which one, but we do know that since humans started gathering in groups numbering in the thousands, plagues became a consistent feature of existence. So a pla...
11 Jun 1h 6min
Bonus Sample: Liberation Theology or Magical Thinking?
Matthew investigates whether Pope Leo XIV's appeals to Liberation Theology represent genuine solidarity with the poor or a sophisticated form of spiritual bypassing. Drawing on Ole Jakob Løland's an...
8 Jun 5min
Brief: Collapse at the FDA
The FDA is bleeding out Covid contrarians. Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad, Tracy Beth Høeg—all gone. Jonathan Howard returns to discuss why so many RFK Jr's friends have reached the end of their bureaucra...
6 Jun 31min
