Bonus Sample: Encanto
Matthew takes a break from the news to expand on the possible origins of conspirituality—as being related to intergenerational trauma.What is conspirituality, if not the mobilization of forced, fragil...
7 Mar 202210min
93: Roganomics (w/Daniel Latorre & Jessica Malaty Rivera)
A few weeks ago, you couldn’t turn to a social media platform without seeing that Joe Rogan was trending. The diversity of topics boggled the mind: COVID disinformation; misogyny, pseudoscience; trans...
3 Mar 20222h 38min
Bonus Sample: Left/Right Horseshoe
The Left-Right political spectrum doesn't really capture the breadth of political sentiment in America. Derek looks at a 2021 study by Pew Research on political typologies—as well as Jean-Pierre Faye'...
28 Feb 20229min
92: The Quiet Part, Loud (w/Sara Aniano and dappergander)
"Freedom Convoy" leader, Pat King, recently live-streamed his arrest on Facebook. His racist public incitements to violence belie claims that the convoy was non-partisan and peaceful. As with other co...
24 Feb 20221h 37min
Bonus Sample: Carpetbagger Pharaohs
They couldn’t be more different: the self-made, self-help guru to the stars, the antisemitic Black-separatist, the blue-blood anti-vax lawyer, and the founder of a science-fiction religion. But in the...
21 Feb 20226min
91: We Need to Talk About Stephanie
When Stephanie Sibbio, owner of Glowing Mama Fitness in Toronto, livestreamed herself harassing workers in her local health food store over COVID policy, the world was introduced to a now-familiar arc...
17 Feb 20221h 46min
Bonus Sample: Spiritual, Um—Sorry—Canadian Bypassing
"An essential pleasure of white liberal identity in Canada is the schadenfreude of looking down our noses when we consider what’s south of us. It’s an unearned pride that says: “We’re not like that.” ...
14 Feb 202210min
90: The Convoy is an Occupation (w/Elizabeth Simons)
We cover a lot of ground in this episode. But to introduce it in seed form, we want to draw your attention to a 15-second video we’ve posted to our Instagram. It shows a little boy, clearly stressed, ...
10 Feb 20221h 51min
