Bonus Sample: Sanctimonious Spirituality
What is the distance between spiritual practice and social action? Derek has weighed this question for decades. This unscripted meditation on the topic uses Aubrey Marcus's new "documentary," Anti-Cul...
24 Jun 20246min
Deep Cut: Leonard Leo, Judicial Kingmaker
A Deep Cut from January's Patreon. Control the Court. Overturn Roe. Funnel anonymous donations and shady gifts. Deregulate for Jesus. Roll back the cultural clock. Celebrate. Rinse and Repeat. Leonard...
22 Jun 202447min
211: Terrence Howard Solves Science
Acclaimed actor Terrence Howard has a new role playing a heroic Galileo-like character on the YouTube and podcast stage, where he fearlessly points out the flaws in mainstream math and science. Howard...
20 Jun 20241h 9min
Bonus Sample: 6 Chapters on Prospirituality
Six chapters on approaches to prospirituality, now that we know (or think we know) what the hell conspirtuality is. This is a long episode, but there are evenly-placed breaks for you all to pause on! ...
17 Jun 20246min
Brief: Math Class with Terrence Howard & Eric Weinstein
Terrence Howard recently made waves (again) when appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast to discuss “Terryology,” a language of logic which he claims proves one times one equals two. Since he announced his t...
15 Jun 202434min
210: Bioquacking Bro Science (feat Mallory DeMille)
Are you ready to “live beyond 180? That’s the tagline of the 10th Annual Biohacking Conference, which went down in Dallas two weeks ago. The brainchild of Dave Asprey, the conference focused on numero...
13 Jun 20241h 6min
Bonus Sample: Speak Through Me
QAnon’s “Great Awakening,” influencers claiming to channel spirits or aliens, prophecies of a glorious Christian apocalypse—all aspects of the modern phenomenon that we call “conspirituality.” A sign ...
10 Jun 20245min
Brief: The Theatre of Trump (w/Hank Willenbrink)
It’s all just a show, and sometimes that makes it all the more real. Playwright and theater scholar Hank Willenbrink joins Matthew to look at the spectacle of Trump through the lens of performance stu...
8 Jun 202443min
