110: Temple of the Gun
Rosaries made of shell casings. A breakaway Unification Church sect that holds rituals with gilded ARs. JP Sears on the gun range. The unholy American trinity of conservative politics, religious extre...
1 Jul 20221h 26min
Bonus Sample: The Chapels in Our Brains
Matthew introduces Julian to the solipsism of an old Catholic catechism. Julian remembers meditating on non-duality. What spaces in our brains do these exercises create? Did we need those spaces for s...
27 Jun 20229min
109. Who’s Afraid of Teal Swan? (w/Jon Kasbe)
If the world has become too much to bear—and the bots know it from your search history— you will likely find Teal Swan. She will appear, an angel of the algorithms, part icon and part anime avenger. A...
23 Jun 20222h 4min
Bonus Sample: Giving Up the Gun
After becoming global leaders in gun manufacturing in the 16th century, Japan banished all guns from their country for two centuries. How did this happen? And what were the results? Well, even today, ...
20 Jun 20227min
108: Downeast with Christiane Northrup (w/ Mooncat, Andy O’Brien, & Alyce Ornella)
Half-a-million Facebook followers. Hundreds of videos in a series called “The Great Awakening.” Christiane Northrup, the matriarch of New Age women’s wellness, warns her followers about fake viruses, ...
16 Jun 20221h 40min
Bonus Sample: Julian Goes to Church
Julian recently attended his first Catholic funeral and found himself equal parts supportive friend and atheist anthropologist. This week, Matthew draws on his Catholic upbringing and experience as ch...
13 Jun 202210min
107: An Open Letter to Aubrey Marcus
Aubrey Marcus really wants to not be a cult leader. He really wants Fit For Service to not be labeled a cult. He’s come out and said so, in a bold but vague response to criticism of his content from o...
9 Jun 20221h 20min
Bonus Sample: Jordan Peterson, Derrick Jensen, and the Anti-Trans Laugh Emoji
An audio essay from Matthew about how anti-trans ideology can so curdle the soul that an otherwise progressive eco-activist—Derrick Jensen of Deep Green Resistance—can blow up his entire career over i...
6 Jun 202210min
