30: Are There Really Two Sides? (w/Charles Eisenstein)
Who gets to take up space in critical times? How do we orient ourselves toward expertise? In a culture dominated by “experts” on social media, do charismatics outperform fact-checkers?This episode mar...
17 Des 20202h 11min
29: Bro Science (w/Dr. Dan Wilson)
Here’s an episode that’s been micro-brewing for a while: Bro Science: where conspirituality meets the manosphere. We’ve even got a working definition! Here’s a taste.Bro Science is junk science spewed...
11 Des 20202h 24min
28: Resurrection of Jordan Peterson (w/Jeff Brown)
This week we inaugurate “The Conspirituality Ticker,” a weekly bullet-point rundown on the ongoing pandemic of influencers who spread medical misinformation to sell disaster spirituality. We’ll also c...
4 Des 20201h 55min
Bonus: Yoga Teachers Are Not Doctors, Doctors Are Not Priests
Do famous people become famous for staying in their lane? Do some find fame by carving out a lane that never existed before? What is the disruptive promise of charisma in this wellness space, which dr...
30 Nov 20201h 16min
27: Finding Meaning (and Laughs) in Crisis (w/Alex Auder)
Though we’re all staying put this holiday season, we continue to super-spread our conspirituality vibes. This week we’re fielding listener questions for our first-ever non-Patreon AMA. During this epi...
26 Nov 20202h 4min
Bonus: Diversity Has Always Mattered
Diversity has lost some of its strength as a term in our bifurcated world, and yet in nature diversity has always mattered. Our apprehension of using the word points to our further alienation of natur...
23 Nov 202045min
26: Return of the Repressed, Or The Drugs Paula White is Not On (w/Brian Muraresku)
Trump’s personal pastor Paula White seizes the podium to speak in tongues and prophesize that angels from Africa will certify her master’s electoral victory. Evangelical Kenneth Copeland laughs maniac...
20 Nov 20202h 13min
Bonus: Digital Soldiers, Purity Tests, & Word Magic
As more of the world has gained access to mobile internet, populism, and the perception (rightly or wrongly) of government, corruption has steadily increased. But what is “populism?” How do populist i...
16 Nov 202028min
