743 Episodes

  1. Bonus Sample: Talking to Children About Conspirituality

    Published: 10/11/2021

  2. 72: John of Fraud (w/Lisa Braun Dubbels and Mirna Wabi-Sabi)

    Published: 10/8/2021

  3. Bonus Sample: Flow States & Humility

    Published: 10/4/2021

  4. 71: So Do We Believe in Anything at All?

    Published: 9/30/2021

  5. Bonus Sample: Reality Bites: The Tragedy of Magical Thinking

    Published: 9/27/2021

  6. 70: Conspiracy Theories Conceal a Burning World (w/Daniel Sherrell)

    Published: 9/23/2021

  7. Bonus Sample: Spirit Island No Garbage

    Published: 9/20/2021

  8. 69: Fascism Down Under!!! (w/Dr. Izzy Smith)

    Published: 9/16/2021

  9. Bonus Sample: Mikki Willis Rewrites History

    Published: 9/13/2021

  10. 68: The Jordan Peterson of Fitness Bros (w/Antonio Valladares)

    Published: 9/10/2021

  11. Bonus Sample: Hollow Men: The QAnon Roadshow Flop

    Published: 9/6/2021

  12. 67: The Promise & Peril of Psychedelics

    Published: 9/3/2021

  13. Bonus Sample: I Don’t Know Who My Friends Are

    Published: 8/30/2021

  14. 66: Spirituality & Status (w/Will Storr)

    Published: 8/26/2021

  15. Bonus Sample: The Question of Consciousness

    Published: 8/23/2021

  16. 65: Long-Haul QAnon (w/Rachel Bernstein & Jitarth Jadeja)

    Published: 8/20/2021

  17. Bonus Sample: Strongman Heroes, Barefoot Science, & Fake Victims

    Published: 8/16/2021

  18. 64: Remembering Guru Jagat: a Panel

    Published: 8/12/2021

  19. Bonus Sample: Wellness Pornography as Abuse

    Published: 8/9/2021

  20. 63: Yoga and the Jab (w/Colin Hall & Sarah Garden)

    Published: 8/6/2021

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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.