102: Conspirituality, Cancer, & Compassion (w/Gavin Ryan)
After we published episode 98 on “Placebo Joe” Dispenza, an Australian artist named Gavin Ryan posted a comment to Facebook in response:“My wife was full of this stuff, when she stopped taking all the...
5 Maj 20221h 1min
Bonus Sample: Cash Grab
Manifestation workshops. MLM downlines. The supplement grift. Cash is king everywhere in the conspirituality sphere, even—especially—when disguised in the jargon of spiritual-ese. Derek and Julian ste...
2 Maj 20228min
101: Eugenic Pandemic (w/ Beatrice Adler-Bolton)
In this conversation, Beatrice Adler-Bolton—disability justice advocate and co-host of Death Panel Podcast—says something twice:"Under capitalism, you’re only entitled to the survival you can buy." He...
28 Apr 20221h 23min
Bonus Sample: Taking the Con Out of Spirituality
Derek and Julian discuss the literary influences and yogic practices that led them to yoga in the first place, while also discussing what spirituality in a post-pandemic world could look like. -- -- ...
25 Apr 20229min
100: State of Disinformation (w/Imran Ahmed)
In July 2020, just as we were finding our sea legs with this podcast, Imran Ahmed joined to discuss the state of disinformation occurring around the world. As the founder of the UK’s Center for Counte...
21 Apr 20221h 35min
Bonus Sample: Zach Bush and the Holy Sardines
The Sermon of the Sardines is etched into our very souls. Picture the scene, as dreamboat doctor Zach Bush recounts his shimmering story of swimming off the coast of Tulum with thousands of tiny heroi...
18 Apr 202210min
99: Conspirituality Goes to Therapy (w/Rachel Bernstein)
Listeners: there’s a revolution going on. Legions of Twitter counselors and Instagram therapists has risen up to offer unsolicited sermons on cults, cult leaders, and cult recovery. With COVID closing...
14 Apr 20221h 29min
Bonus Sample: Watch What They Say, Watch What They Sell
Since early on in this conspirituality experiment, Derek has been using the catchphrase that is the title of this week's bonus episode. Julian joins in to discuss exactly what the phrase means in the ...
11 Apr 20227min
