121: The Gospel of Wellness (w/Rina Raphael)
Conspirituality22 Sep 2022

121: The Gospel of Wellness (w/Rina Raphael)

Are you ready to biohack your brain with buttered coffee? How about going “within” at the Drybar of acupuncture? What if we told you that cannabis will catapult your chakras into higher consciousness—all it costs is a $5,000 retreat entry fee, not including airfare and hotel? In the $4.4 trillion wellness industry, is any cost really too expensive to achieve true self-care—even if it never really seems like you arrive anywhere at all?Rina Raphael was getting burnt out as a millennial digital news producer at NBC News. And so she did what anyone would do: she moved to Los Angeles in search of that self-care. Yet she could never shake her journalistic chops, and so she ended up writing about the wellness industry for the NY Times, the LA Times, Fast Company, and other publications. Her skeptical eye and earnest curiosity lead her to write her brand new book, The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-Care. And she’s here this week to talk to us this week about her adventures in modern spirituality—its teachings as well as its traps. Show NotesThe Gospel of WellnessWell To Do — Rina Raphael -- -- --Support us on PatreonPre-order Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat: America | Canada Follow us on Instagram | Twitter: Derek | Matthew | JulianOriginal music by EarthRise SoundSystem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Bonus Sample: Anti-Masker at the Skating Trail

Bonus Sample: Anti-Masker at the Skating Trail

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39: How to Talk about Conspiracy Theories (w/Anna Merlan)

39: How to Talk about Conspiracy Theories (w/Anna Merlan)

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Bonus Sample: How to Debate on Social Media

Bonus Sample: How to Debate on Social Media

The medium of social media is both relatively new and socially challenging. But this doesn’t mean we can’t have healthy debates. In this sample from our Monday Patreon bonus episode, Derek investigate...

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38: Natural Hopes, Natural Fallacies (w/Drs Juniper Martin & Adriana Berusch)

38: Natural Hopes, Natural Fallacies (w/Drs Juniper Martin & Adriana Berusch)

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Bonus Sample: The Devil & The Arrow of Time

Bonus Sample: The Devil & The Arrow of Time

In this sample of our weekly Patreon bonus episode, Julian travels back in time to the 80s. He finds that when it comes to the fear of diabolical evil, the appeal of conspiracy patterns, and the missi...

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37: Guru Jagat Cultjacks Kundalini Yoga (w/Philip Deslippe & Stacie Stukin)

37: Guru Jagat Cultjacks Kundalini Yoga (w/Philip Deslippe & Stacie Stukin)

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4 Feb 20212h 25min

Bonus Sample: Michael Roach Meditates COVID Away

Bonus Sample: Michael Roach Meditates COVID Away

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1 Feb 202112min

36: Guru Jagat’s Pandemic Brandwash (w/Philip Deslippe & Stacie Stukin)

36: Guru Jagat’s Pandemic Brandwash (w/Philip Deslippe & Stacie Stukin)

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