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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26: Return of the Repressed, Or The Drugs Paula White is Not On (w/Brian Muraresku)

26: Return of the Repressed, Or The Drugs Paula White is Not On (w/Brian Muraresku)

Trump’s personal pastor Paula White seizes the podium to speak in tongues and prophesize that angels from Africa will certify her master’s electoral victory. Evangelical Kenneth Copeland laughs maniac...

20 Nov 20202h 13min

Bonus: Digital Soldiers, Purity Tests, & Word Magic

Bonus: Digital Soldiers, Purity Tests, & Word Magic

As more of the world has gained access to mobile internet, populism, and the perception (rightly or wrongly) of government, corruption has steadily increased. But what is “populism?” How do populist i...

16 Nov 202028min

25: Waking Up from Cancel Culture (w/Clementine Morrigan & Jay from F*cking Cancelled)

25: Waking Up from Cancel Culture (w/Clementine Morrigan & Jay from F*cking Cancelled)

On Election night, Mikki Willis, JP Sears, Del Bigtree, and the conspirituality glitterati gathered in Austin for a prayer meeting for Donald Trump. Willis pitched his new documentary and complained a...

13 Nov 20202h 37min

Bonus: Sh*tposting and The Embodiment Conference

Bonus: Sh*tposting and The Embodiment Conference

Mark Walsh, the proprietor of The Embodiment Conference, was recently challenged by cultural somaticist Tada Hozumi in an Open Letter, penned by Hozumi in lieu of accepting the invitation to speak at ...

9 Nov 202046min

24: Body Politic Recovery (w/Tada Hozumi)

24: Body Politic Recovery (w/Tada Hozumi)

This week could have been worse; what comes now must get better. If we’ve learned anything over these six months, it’s that QAnon is to conspirituality as Trump is to the political status quo. We can ...

6 Nov 20202h 2min

Bonus: COVID Fatigue & Empathy (w/Dr. Ali Haider)

Bonus: COVID Fatigue & Empathy (w/Dr. Ali Haider)

Derek talks with Dr. Ali Haider about being on the frontlines of COVID-19.Dr. Haider is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tufts University Medical School. He received his medical degree from Alber...

2 Nov 202032min

23: Election Resilience (w/Hala Khouri, Lissa Rankin, & Tara Stiles)

23: Election Resilience (w/Hala Khouri, Lissa Rankin, & Tara Stiles)

When we started this project six months ago, we could feel the cliff-edge of the election on the horizon. We could sense that our footholds of community, reasonable conversation, and consensus reality...

29 Okt 20202h 18min

Bonus: Hay House & New Age Jesus

Bonus: Hay House & New Age Jesus

Coming off of Conspirituality 22 with Rebekah Borucki, Matthew casts a wider net over Hay House’s cultural influence in two parts: a brief survey of some of their top authors, and then an examination ...

26 Okt 202043min

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