Brief: Reggae Muzak
Continuing a conversation from EP142, Derek looks at the cultural damage done when musicians co-opt musical styles to promote their own propaganda, which is often at odds with the social struggles of ...
25 Feb 202327min
142: Destination Rabbit Hole (w/Anna Merlan)
Do visiting inter-dimensional spirits and stowaway UFO passengers use the LAX Airport to touch down among us? Well they do if they're in town for the Conscious Life Expo, conveniently located at the L...
23 Feb 20231h 33min
Bonus Sample: Maggie the Good Conspiritualist
How does it feel to grow up in a back-to-the-land house that vibrates with the anxious passion of conspiracy theories? What would happen when the world began to disconfirm the conspiratorial lore? How...
20 Feb 20236min
141: Does Canada Want Suffering Citizens to Die? (w/Taslim Alani-Verjee)
Is Canada trying to euthanize the mentally ill? Self-professed "theocratic fascist" Matt Walsh says so. So does the OG anti-woke agitator, James Lindsay. Both cravenly distort Canada's proposed expan...
16 Feb 20231h 10min
Brief: Bikram Convoy Stopped by His Survivors
Hot yoga tycoon and sex offender Bikram Choudhury was set to teach his sweaty pseudoscience in Vancouver starting on February 20th. But a team of yoga allies, led by a woman who has sued Choudhury for...
14 Feb 202343min
Bonus Sample: Bad News Berenson on Brand
The Twitter Files are the grift that keeps on giving. This week, Derek and Julian look at Alex Berenson's recent appearance on Russell Brand's Rumble channel to talk about the conspiracies that only e...
13 Feb 202310min
140: Surviving Larry (w/Daniel Levin & Zach Heinzerling)
Today, Hulu releases a 3-episode doc series called “Stolen Youth,” directed by Zach Heinzerling. The pole star for this low-dopamine, low-cortisol, non-true-crime, survivor-centred documentary is Dan...
9 Feb 20231h 23min
Bonus Sample: What Are We Doing Here?
Sure, a big question: one Derek explores in the context of this nearly three-year-old Conspirituality project. Criticism and awareness are essential tools in a critical thinking kit, but to what end? ...
6 Feb 202310min
