302: The Disinformation Dozen: Wuhan Drift
Early in this podcast we covered the Disinformation Dozen, 12 wellness influencers and contrarian health figures responsible for spreading the lion’s share of vaccine misinformation on major social me...
2 Apr 1h 6min
Bonus Sample: Peptides: Wellness’s Experimental Jab
Listen to the full episode The wellness industry has been repeating marketing strategies used by the fashion and diet book industries for decades. Influencers are just exploiting novelty-seeking cogn...
30 Mar 7min
Brief: Eulogy for Joseph Baker, Faithful Listener
Matthew eulogizes longtime Conspirituality listener Joseph Baker, who died on February 4 at the age of 51. They became online friends when Joseph reached out to say that maybe Matthew was being too ha...
28 Mar 31min
301: Gen X Meets the Manosphere
Did we all need a streaming manosphere documentary? Many did. Did we need one made in the GenX stop-and-mug slacker analysis-avoiding style of Louis Theroux? Debatable. Today we review Theroux’s Insid...
26 Mar 1h 12min
Bonus Sample: The New Age Muslim Apocalyptic Prophet
From a repurposed orphanage in the North of England, Abdullah Hashem tells his audience in five languages, across two satellite TV companies, and multiple social media channels that he is the successo...
23 Mar 8min
Brief: The Book Men Actually Need
There's been talk about the "male loneliness epidemic" for years. Yet what about women? Derek reviews economist Corinne Low's recent book, Having It All, in light of this question, contrasting it with...
21 Mar 29min
300: Farming Ballerinas
When Hannah and Daniel Neeleman recently went on camera to explain their position on raw milk, they assured their 22 million-plus following that they were going to follow regulations—with a bit of a g...
19 Mar 56min
Bonus Sample: Anxiety is The Pitt(s)
The Pitt recently exposed fans to the complexities and reality of panic attacks. Derek uses that moment in the exceptional show to discuss his own longstanding struggle with anxiety, exploring the lat...
16 Mar 6min
