11: Cults and Disaster Spirituality
Two of this podcast’s hosts have been involved in destructive cult dynamics. Matthew’s three years with Michael Roach and three years at Endeavor Academy are at the root of his cult research and journ...
6 Aug 20201h 52min
10: The Anti-Vax Agenda (w/Imran Ahmed)
A recent report by the UK’s Center for Countering Digital Hate found that anti-vaxx organizations reach 58 million people on social media. The total amount of money spent by anti-vax groups and advert...
30 Jul 20201h 57min
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
