Conspirituality
A podcast by Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker
743 Episodes
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Bonus Sample: Vaccines Are Not the Holocaust
Published: 8/2/2021 -
62: Manifesting Something Awful (w/Dale Beran)
Published: 7/30/2021 -
Bonus Sample: Digital Delusions: How conspiracy-fueled political religions like QAnon hijack our brains
Published: 7/26/2021 -
61: From Anti-Feminism to Anti-Vax (w/Dr. Annie Kelly)
Published: 7/23/2021 -
Bonus Sample: Dear Raw Meat Guy
Published: 7/19/2021 -
60: Crypto Dreamin’ (w/David Morris)
Published: 7/15/2021 -
Bonus Sample: The Future of Psychedelics
Published: 7/12/2021 -
59: Is Rudolf Steiner Dead Yet? (w/Jennifer Sapio)
Published: 7/8/2021 -
Bonus Sample: True Colors
Published: 7/5/2021 -
58: NXIVM: Recover & Educate (w/India Oxenberg)
Published: 7/1/2021 -
Bonus Sample: A Conspiracy Theory of Everything
Published: 6/28/2021 -
57: The Storm is Mutating (w/Mike Rothschild)
Published: 6/24/2021 -
Bonus Sample: Playing Shaman
Published: 6/21/2021 -
56: Critical Race Theory in Real Life (w/Dax-Devlon Ross)
Published: 6/17/2021 -
Bonus Sample: Doomsday Prophecy & Spirituality Porn
Published: 6/14/2021 -
55: Games Against Humanity (w/C. Thi Nguyen)
Published: 6/11/2021 -
Bonus Sample: What Will Yoga Do to Our Children?
Published: 6/7/2021 -
54: Māori MAGA (w/Joe Trinder and Anke Richter)
Published: 6/3/2021 -
Bonus Sample: How Many Monuments Must Fall?
Published: 5/31/2021 -
53: Learning Cultish (w/Amanda Montell)
Published: 5/27/2021
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.
