Brief: Teal Swan’s Satanic Panic to Anti-Woke Pipeline
How do the screams of the Satanic Panic echo in anti-woke politics? This past week, New Age Satanic Panic influencer Teal Swan released a new video to 1.5M YouTube subscribers about the dangers of "Wo...
14 Jan 202329min
136: Virtual Strongmen (w/Ruth Ben-Ghiat)
Where have all the strongmen gone, long time scrolling? Where have all the strongmen gone, long time ago? Where have all the strongmen gone? Gone to posting, everyone. Oh when will they ever turn off ...
12 Jan 20231h 20min
Brief: Is Jordan Peterson Really a Licensed Psychologist? (w/Dr. Taslim Alani-Verjee)
In November, the College of Psychologists of Ontario (CPO)—through which Jordan Peterson must be licensed in order to treat private clients—opened an investigation into complaints over his Twitter beh...
10 Jan 202331min
Bonus Sample: A Little Birdie Told Me
While the Twitter Files revealed...not much at all...the right continues to push Elon Musk's "revelations" as hard as Hunter Biden's magical laptop, which seems to absorb every ill in society like Pan...
9 Jan 20235min
UNLOCKED: The Courage to Heal Pt. 2
Matthew and Julian sit down for the second of a two-part examination of the 1988 bestseller at the heart of the recovered memory movement. This is episode 10 of the Swan Song Series.Show Notes Controv...
7 Jan 20231h 47min
135: The Persuaders (w/Anand Giridharadas)
Happy New Year, Conspirituality listeners! As with the much anticipated midterm elections, the holiday season is now officially behind us. Which means that in addition to any of the colds, flu, and C...
5 Jan 20231h 41min
Bonus Sample: Punching Down & Male Fragility
The Hodgetwins’ brand of comedy relies on punching down, not nuance or storytelling—or being based in reality in any meaningful way. They’ll take a subject, make fun of it, then sometimes moralize abo...
2 Jan 20235min
Brief: Libs Of TikTok Cries Cult
Chaya Raichik of Libs of TikTok calls the LGBTQ+ community a cult. Does this mean the term has lost all meaning? Searching for the roots of Raichik's abuse of cult discourse leads Matthew back throug...
30 Dec 202237min
