9: Ableism in Conspiracy Theories (w/Jivana Heyman)
Percolating alongside racism and classism, one of the most pernicious subtexts of conspirituality propaganda is ableism. Proponents spout accusatory mantras like: “You have an immune system!,” “You’d ...
23 Jul 20201h 55min
8: Taking Dr. Christiane Northrup Seriously (w/ Professor Jacqueline Antonovich)
As Christiane Northrup’s social media feed descends even further into the delusional zone — this week she retweeted explicitly identified QAnon content — we ask Professor Jacqueline Antonovich of Nurs...
16 Jul 20202h 1min
7: Doctoring COVID: Christiane Northrup’s Great Truther Awakening (w/Britt Hermes)
OB/GYN Dr. Christiane Northrup has been a giant in women’s healthcare advocacy for decades. She has persuasively argued for lower-intervention childbirth, an end to circumcision, and policies that pla...
9 Jul 20201h 31min
6: Grappling with the Cult of Trump (w/Steven Hassan)
It can be as hard to talk with your well-meaning yoga-world friend about their COVID-conspiracy beliefs as it is to talk with a family member about their devotion to Donald Trump. This isn’t an accide...
2 Jul 20201h 58min
5: Disease as a Metaphor (w/Maggie Levantovskaya)
Conspiritualists are compelling for numerous reasons: they’re charismatic; they claim to transcend polarized politics; they claim to speak the unspeakable in a quest for hidden truths. It makes sense ...
25 Jun 20201h 42min
4: Racism in Wellness Culture (w/Dr Natalia Petrzela & Dax-Devlon Ross)
On one hand, we have the CEO of Crossfit tweeting that “Floyd-19” is the real problem. (He got canceled.) On the other, COVID-truther psychiatrist Kelly Brogan is using Hopi mythology to support the f...
18 Jun 20201h 24min
3: Why Are Spiritual People Vulnerable to Conspiracy Theories?
Right-wing conspiracy theories are being marketed in wellness communities as a form of spiritual freedom. While pattern recognition is an essential survival instinct, it’s being exploited during a tim...
11 Jun 20201h 15min
2: Conspirituality in Zach Bush and J.P. Sears
To the layperson, Dr. Zach Bush’s vision of a resurrected microbiome as being the answer to modern illnesses sounds appealing. His basic argument: we’ve been weeding ourselves to death, externally and...
4 Jun 20201h 12min
