Conspirituality

A podcast by Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Categories:

Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture

622 Episodes

  1. Bonus Sample: The Apocalyptic Portal

    Published: 10/21/2024

  2. Brief: Trump Temple Playlist

    Published: 10/19/2024

  3. 228: Hurricane Trump

    Published: 10/17/2024

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

    Published: 10/14/2024

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

    Published: 10/12/2024

  6. 227: Rescue Remedy for The Republic

    Published: 10/10/2024

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

    Published: 10/7/2024

  8. Brief: RFK Jr Screws His Followers

    Published: 10/5/2024

  9. 226: MAHA Storms the Capitol

    Published: 10/3/2024

  10. Relief Project #2: Natalie Wynn/Contrapoints

    Published: 10/1/2024

  11. Bonus Sample: Faith: Unearned and Earned

    Published: 9/30/2024

  12. Brief: The Actual Biggest Losers

    Published: 9/28/2024

  13. 225: Trauma Healing for Trump

    Published: 9/26/2024

  14. Bonus Sample: The Child Messiah Fantasy

    Published: 9/23/2024

  15. Brief: RFK Jr Says the Devil Measures Carbon

    Published: 9/21/2024

  16. 224: RFK Jr’s Pet Guru Blesses Trump

    Published: 9/19/2024

  17. Bonus Sample: Waking Up With the Biohackers

    Published: 9/16/2024

  18. Brief: Tucker Carlson’s Friendly Fascism

    Published: 9/14/2024

  19. 223: Tucker Carlson’s Toxic Cleanse

    Published: 9/12/2024

  20. Relief Project #1: Jivana Heyman

    Published: 9/10/2024

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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.