Bonus Sample: The Perils of "Free Speech"
Claiming your First Amendment rights are being violated is a sure way to have the spotlight shone on you. It's also an effective way to shut down criticism of whatever you're selling. From the 1940s-6...
4 Sep 20236min
Brief: Slavery is Not a Form of Hustle
One piece of connective tissue between the right and wellness influencers we cover is their liberal use of the language of Civl Rights to describe their completely incomparable grievances. Derek cover...
2 Sep 202321min
169: Neo Tantra & Sex Work (w/Esme Providence Brown)
Several months ago, we received an email from Esme Providence Brown (a pseudonym, and we’ll discuss why she’s using it off the top of the interview). Esme asked if we would like to discuss the strange...
31 Aug 20231h 43min
Bonus Sample: What Is the Rabbit Hole?
They fell into a rabbit hole. Matthew examines the blindspots thrown up by this common and unexamined phrase: — The assumption that we all know what the rabbit hole is. — The assumption that right up...
28 Aug 20238min
Brief: Softening The Turtle Shell (w/Frank Han, M.D.)
The anti-vaxxers have a new Bible: an anonymously published (and RFK Jr.-connected) 500+ page tome, Turtles All the Way Down. Julian talks with pediatrician and pediatric cardiologist, Dr. Frank Han o...
26 Aug 202325min
168: Decoding the Gurus (w/Chris Kavanagh and Matt Browne)
Charismatic influence thrives in online spaces, regardless of spiritual overtones. Matt Browne and Chris Kavanagh of Decoding the Gurus have traced a path parallel to our own; examining the popular fi...
24 Aug 20231h 45min
Bonus Sample: Swamp Creatures
Trump promised to “drain the swamp.” But his campaign attracted a carnival of corrupt influence peddlers and conspiracy mongerers. He pretended to be in a holy war against the “deep state” but his adm...
21 Aug 20237min
Deep Cut: What Will Yoga Do to Our Children?
Deep Cut pulls from our bonus episode archive to unearth previous ideas that remain relevant today. News from Alabama: after a 23-year ban on yoga in schools, generated by a Republican moral panic, Go...
19 Aug 20231h 14min
