31: Bro Science: Anti-Vaxxers (w/Jonathan Berman)
As two coronavirus vaccines roll out we’re being flooded with more disinformation than ever. Wellness gurus are cashing in on home-made “natural” remedies by spreading unjustified fears about this vac...
24 Dec 20202h 41min
Bonus: Solstice Light in the Man Cave
This episode dropped for our Patreon supporters on the darkest day of the year. We’re unlocking it as a holiday gift to all of our listeners.In this meditation, Matthew reflects on the roots and impli...
22 Dec 20201h 6min
30: Are There Really Two Sides? (w/Charles Eisenstein)
Who gets to take up space in critical times? How do we orient ourselves toward expertise? In a culture dominated by “experts” on social media, do charismatics outperform fact-checkers?This episode mar...
17 Dec 20202h 11min
29: Bro Science (w/Dr. Dan Wilson)
Here’s an episode that’s been micro-brewing for a while: Bro Science: where conspirituality meets the manosphere. We’ve even got a working definition! Here’s a taste.Bro Science is junk science spewed...
11 Dec 20202h 24min
28: Resurrection of Jordan Peterson (w/Jeff Brown)
This week we inaugurate “The Conspirituality Ticker,” a weekly bullet-point rundown on the ongoing pandemic of influencers who spread medical misinformation to sell disaster spirituality. We’ll also c...
4 Dec 20201h 55min
Bonus: Yoga Teachers Are Not Doctors, Doctors Are Not Priests
Do famous people become famous for staying in their lane? Do some find fame by carving out a lane that never existed before? What is the disruptive promise of charisma in this wellness space, which dr...
30 Nov 20201h 16min
27: Finding Meaning (and Laughs) in Crisis (w/Alex Auder)
Though we’re all staying put this holiday season, we continue to super-spread our conspirituality vibes. This week we’re fielding listener questions for our first-ever non-Patreon AMA. During this epi...
26 Nov 20202h 4min
Bonus: Diversity Has Always Mattered
Diversity has lost some of its strength as a term in our bifurcated world, and yet in nature diversity has always mattered. Our apprehension of using the word points to our further alienation of natur...
23 Nov 202045min
