Conspirituality

Conspirituality

Dismantling New Age cults, wellness grifters, and conspiracy-mad yogis. At best, the conspirituality movement attacks public health efforts in times of crisis. At worst, it fronts and recruits for the fever-dream of QAnon. As the alt-right and New Age horseshoe toward each other in a blur of disinformation, clear discourse, and good intentions get smothered. Charismatic influencers exploit their followers by co-opting conspiracy theories on a spectrum of intensity ranging from vaccines to child trafficking. In the process, spiritual beliefs that have nurtured creativity and meaning are transforming into memes of a quickly-globalizing paranoia. Conspirituality Podcast attempts to bring understanding to this landscape. A journalist, a cult researcher, and a philosophical skeptic discuss the stories, cognitive dissonances, and cultic dynamics tearing through the yoga, wellness, and new spirituality worlds. Mainstream outlets have noticed the problem. We crowd-source, research, analyze, and dream answers to it.

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175: Diagonalism (w/William Callison and Quinn Slobodian)

175: Diagonalism (w/William Callison and Quinn Slobodian)

Quinn Slobodian teaches Modern German History at Wellesley and William Callison teaches Political Theory and Human Geography at Uppsala. We first came across their work via Naomi Klein’s examination o...

12 Okt 20231h 32min

Bonus Sample: Swamp Creatures 3: The Pirate Palace

Bonus Sample: Swamp Creatures 3: The Pirate Palace

Our main character this week is the six-degrees of authoritarians—more like one or two degrees, in fact. He’s made millions playing footsie with most of the blood-thirsty kleptocrats of the last half-...

9 Okt 20237min

Special Report: Stealing Indigenous Voices in Australia (w/Tyson Yunkaporta)

Special Report: Stealing Indigenous Voices in Australia (w/Tyson Yunkaporta)

On October 14, Australians will vote in a referendum on a simple question: should Indigenous peoples be invited to form an advisory council—a Voice—to Parliament?  It seemed like a shoe-in “Yes”—befor...

8 Okt 202352min

174: Everything is Chemistry (w/Drs Andrea Love & Jessica Steier)

174: Everything is Chemistry (w/Drs Andrea Love & Jessica Steier)

Butcherbox Deal! Sign up today at butcherbox.com/conspirituality and use code CONSPIRITUALITY to receive ground beef for life plus $20 off your first order. We love our scicomm episodes, because they...

5 Okt 20231h 11min

Bonus Sample: Matt Christman & the Silence

Bonus Sample: Matt Christman & the Silence

On September 19, Matt Christman was hospitalized with, in the words of his colleagues on the podcast Chapo Trap House: “a sudden, severe medical emergency that will require a significant period of rec...

2 Okt 202314min

Deep Cut: The Dalai Lama Spectacle

Deep Cut: The Dalai Lama Spectacle

Deep Cut pulls from our bonus episode archive to unearth previous ideas that remain relevant today. What the hell happened between the Dalai Lama and that Indian boy? The internet served up a raft of ...

30 Sep 20231h 34min

173: Psychedelic Capitalism (w/Psymposia)

173: Psychedelic Capitalism (w/Psymposia)

The market for psychedelics is projected to grow from $2 billion in 2020 to $10.75 billion by 2027—a growth rate that could outpace the legal US cannabis market. Many high-profile investors and celebr...

28 Sep 20231h 20min

Bonus Sample: A Theory of Motivation

Bonus Sample: A Theory of Motivation

We’ve spent the last three-and-a-half years criticizing a range of wellness ideas, charismatic charlatans, abusive self-styled gurus, and conspiracy theories. We’ve also discussed our own beliefs and ...

25 Sep 20234min

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