Bonus Sample: What Are We Doing Here?
Sure, a big question: one Derek explores in the context of this nearly three-year-old Conspirituality project. Criticism and awareness are essential tools in a critical thinking kit, but to what end? ...
6 Feb 202310min
UNLOCKED: Leaving S-Factor (w/Jessica Hopper)
Those who fly high, fall hard. Pole dance company S-Factor crashed and burned in 2021 amidst a stack of complaints. Detractors said the company was conducting unlicensed group therapy, cosplaying enli...
4 Feb 20232h 55min
139: Comedy in the MAGAverse (w/Jordan Klepper)
Can you believe that Nancy Pelosi paid people to attack the Capitol on Jan 6 in order to make Republicans look bad? Actually, I mean, Jan 6 was the most peaceful gathering of a million patriots in his...
2 Feb 202352min
Brief: Long Live Guru Jagat (w/Emily Guerin)
Katie Griggs. Katie Day. Kundalini Katie. Guru Jagat. We hardly knew you. The late "Queen of Conspiracy Theories" is now memorialized on NPR through Emily Guerin's LAist podcast "Imperfect Paradise." ...
31 Jan 202338min
Bonus Sample: Psychotherapy in the Age of TikTok Conspirituality (w/Alessia Caputo)
What do you do when your psychotherapy clients suffer from conspiracy theory anxiety? What do you do when the conspirituality-based therapy advice they get from TikTok is compelling, but also mislead...
30 Jan 20235min
138: The Magical Quantum Healy Machine (feat/Mallory DeMille)
Using a combination of Alexa, Siri, and your extensive search history, we've been able to scan your bio energetic field, and are sending personalized quantum rebalancing and immune-boosting frequencie...
26 Jan 20231h 5min
Brief: Tate Crime
Did the Matrix kidnap Top G? Or is Andrew Tate the Matrix himself, now unplugged and shorting out in a Romanian jail? While his self-confessed crimes against women come home to roost, the online spect...
24 Jan 202328min
Bonus Sample: RUSSELL BRAND: RUSSIAN PSY-OP OR MISINFORMED RESEARCHER?
Ok, the title is a bit outlandish, but for a reason: many of Russell Brand's Rumble videos feature titles like "HERE WE GO" and "THE FALL OF FAUCI." When everything is at volume 11, nothing seems to m...
23 Jan 20235min
