Conspirituality

A podcast by Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Categories:

Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture

554 Episodes

  1. Brief: Post-Election Online Survivor Group Dynamics

    Published: 11/16/2024

  2. 232: Gaslighting The Election

    Published: 11/14/2024

  3. Bonus Sample: “What will happen?” (asks a 12 year-old)

    Published: 11/11/2024

  4. Brief: Tucker Carlson's Daddy Issues

    Published: 11/9/2024

  5. 231: New Age Bible, Postmodern Novel (w/ Sheila Heti)

    Published: 11/7/2024

  6. Bonus Sample: Elections on 3 Continents

    Published: 11/4/2024

  7. Brief: No Really, They’re Coming For Your Pets

    Published: 11/2/2024

  8. 230: How Did We Get Here?

    Published: 10/31/2024

  9. Relief Project #3: Michelle Cassandra Johnson

    Published: 10/29/2024

  10. Bonus Sample: Tucker Carlson's Daddy Issues

    Published: 10/28/2024

  11. Brief: Leonard Leo’s Plan to “Crush” Democracy

    Published: 10/26/2024

  12. 229: Stanford Has Fallen

    Published: 10/24/2024

  13. Bonus Sample: The Apocalyptic Portal

    Published: 10/21/2024

  14. Brief: Trump Temple Playlist

    Published: 10/19/2024

  15. 228: Hurricane Trump

    Published: 10/17/2024

  16. Bonus Sample: Surviving Modern Yoga Panel (w/Ann Gleig & Michelle C. Johnson)

    Published: 10/14/2024

  17. Deep Cut: The OG New Age Grifter: Madame Blavatsky

    Published: 10/12/2024

  18. 227: Rescue Remedy for The Republic

    Published: 10/10/2024

  19. Bonus Sample: What Are We Doing About Health?

    Published: 10/7/2024

  20. Brief: RFK Jr Screws His Followers

    Published: 10/5/2024

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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.