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
UNLOCKED: The Courage to Heal Pt. 1
Matthew and Julian sit down for the first of a two-part examination of the 1988 bestseller at the heart of the recovered memory movement—which played a central role in validating Satanic Panic testimo...
29 Dec 20221h 26min
Bonus Sample: Growing Up in Scientology pt 2 (w/Sarah)
Part 2 of Matthew's conversation with Sarah. Sarah grew up in the Church of Scientology. But she also grew up in a small town. And, in a neurodiverse family. We come from so many places. Exploitative,...
26 Dec 20228min
UNLOCKED: Girl, Interrupted (pt 2)
The second part of Julian and Matthew's long look at the 1999 film Teal Swan was reportedly obsessed with as a teen. Girl, Interrupted is a freewheeling adaptation of a 1993 memoir by Susanna Kaysen a...
24 Dec 20221h 34min
134: Elon Musk, Buddhabro? (w/Ann Gleig and Brenna Artinger)
Elon, Elon, who are you? Where is your essential self? Where are you as you soar through your space fantasies, as you track and hedge and bet your billions, wondering if all those emeralds gave you an...
22 Dec 20221h 33min
Bonus Sample: Growing Up in Scientology (w/Sarah)
Sarah grew up in the Church of Scientology. But she also grew up in a small town. And, in a neurodiverse family. We come from so many places. Exploitative, hierarchical, hypocritical. Generous, tender...
19 Dec 202227min
133: Grifts That Keep on Taking (w/Kevin Klatt)
Remember way back to the beginning of this podcast, shortly after “Plandemic” dropped, when wellness influencers immediately began selling supposed “immune supporting” supplements? That trend has only...
15 Dec 20221h 18min
Brief: The Right-Wing Machinery of Stochastic Terror
In this special report, Julian examines how the machinery of right-wing propaganda engineers the necessary conditions for stochastic terror. The recent waves of dehumanizing anti-LGBTQ bigotry heighte...
13 Dec 202248min
