146: The Reality of Online Child Abuse (w/Håkon Høydal)
Conspiritualists are not wrong that Jeffery Epstein’s downline has so far evaded justice. Or that the highest levels of the Catholic Church aided and abetted child sexual abuse for generations. They a...
23 Mar 202359min
Special Report: Nostalgia for the Superego (w/Sam Binkley)
Matthew sits down with Sam Binkley, Professor of Sociology at Emerson College in Boston to discuss his 2007 book Getting Loose: Lifestyle Consumption in the 1970s. We cited this very helpful work as w...
21 Mar 20231h 6min
Bonus Sample: The Privilege of Wellness
There are a number of philosophies presented in yoga spaces as "universal truths" that turn out to be little more than directives in an echo chamber. And there are protocols presented as therapeutic i...
20 Mar 20239min
145: Fever Dream Goes Mainstream in Florida
When Disneyworld becomes DeSantisland, Eric Weinstein will be in charge of the Epcot Planetarium, JP Sears will headline the Family Values comedy stage, Jordan Peterson and Jonathan Pageau will build ...
16 Mar 20231h 7min
Brief: Roku-Q, The Sequel (w/Alex Kaplan)
QAnon ain't over—it's on your television. It's been mainstreamed, networked, and remixed. Senior online extremism and disinformation researcher, Alex Kaplan of Media Matters joins Julian to share his ...
14 Mar 202331min
Bonus Sample: Hydroxychloroquine Emergency
In this listener story, Julian talks to disabled rights activist and journalist Abby Mahler about how the fake COVID-cure grift endangers people who really need hydroxychloroquine to survive. -- -- --...
13 Mar 20238min
144: The Magic Spells of Wellness (w/Colleen Derkatch)
"Cleansing is no longer an option, it's a necessity.” From wellness influencers obsessed about the meat-body, to Christofascists obsessed about the body politic, rhetoric bombards us from all sides. ...
9 Mar 20231h 30min
Bonus Sample: Marianne Williamson for Prez. New Age Jesus for VP.
Can Marianne Williamson maintain street cred as a progressive while promoting New Age Jesus? Can she hammer out functional policy while preaching out of A Course in Miracles—the most anti-political ps...
6 Mar 202315min
