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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Bonus Sample: RFK Jr Reboots Reaganomics

Bonus Sample: RFK Jr Reboots Reaganomics

Listen to the full episode RFK Jr has been one of the loudest champions of the Trump's work requirements for Medicaid and SNAP recipients. While he frames it in the language of health, he's really ju...

22 Juni 6min

Brief: Conspirituality Viewed Through Neofeudalism and Vectoralism

Brief: Conspirituality Viewed Through Neofeudalism and Vectoralism

Matthew applies three interlocking frameworks to the conspirituality phenomenon—and to the podcast itself. Drawing on Jodi Dean's theory of neofeudalism, Yanis Varoufakis's technofeudalism, and McKenz...

20 Juni 34min

313: The Resurrection of JP Sears

313: The Resurrection of JP Sears

A decade ago, JP Sears built a large following poking fun at yogis and wellness types with his “ultra spiritual life” videos. Then Covid came and Sears took a hard right turn. In fact, he credits the ...

18 Juni 1h 21min

Bonus Sample: Candace Owens and MAGA’s Russia Kink

Bonus Sample: Candace Owens and MAGA’s Russia Kink

Listen to the full episode Influential right-wing pundit turned celebrity conspiracy-peddler, Candace Owens, just visited Russia for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. While at “Russia’...

15 Juni 6min

Book Club: Food Intelligence

Book Club: Food Intelligence

In the first edition of the Conspirituality Book Club, Derek dives into Food Intelligence: The Science of How Food Both Nourishes and Harms Us by Julia Belluz and Kevin Hall, PhD. First, he looks at...

13 Juni 29min

312: The Next Plague

312: The Next Plague

A plague is coming. We don’t know when or which one, but we do know that since humans started gathering in groups numbering in the thousands, plagues became a consistent feature of existence. So a pla...

11 Juni 1h 6min

Bonus Sample: Liberation Theology or Magical Thinking?

Bonus Sample: Liberation Theology or Magical Thinking?

Matthew investigates whether Pope Leo XIV's appeals to Liberation Theology represent genuine solidarity with the poor or a sophisticated form of spiritual bypassing.  Drawing on Ole Jakob Løland's an...

8 Juni 5min

Brief: Collapse at the FDA

Brief: Collapse at the FDA

The FDA is bleeding out Covid contrarians. Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad, Tracy Beth Høeg—all gone. Jonathan Howard returns to discuss why so many RFK Jr's friends have reached the end of their bureaucra...

6 Juni 31min

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