Conspirituality
A podcast by Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker
647 Episodio
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Brief: Unmasking Liana Shanti (w/Jennings Brown)
Pubblicato: 22/04/2023 -
150: Spiritual Influencer Theory
Pubblicato: 20/04/2023 -
Bonus Sample: From Rabbit Hole to Research (w/Jaigris Hodson)
Pubblicato: 17/04/2023 -
Brief: The Promises & (Mostly) Perils of Ketamine Therapy
Pubblicato: 15/04/2023 -
149: Spiritual Heartbreak
Pubblicato: 13/04/2023 -
Bonus Sample: JP Sears’s Woke CBD Grift
Pubblicato: 10/04/2023 -
Brief: The Spirituality of Vaccine & Mask Panics
Pubblicato: 08/04/2023 -
148: Marianne Williamson and Asshole Jesus
Pubblicato: 06/04/2023 -
Bonus Sample: The Final Battle
Pubblicato: 03/04/2023 -
147: The Censorship Megaphone
Pubblicato: 30/03/2023 -
Bonus Sample: Losing My Charisma
Pubblicato: 27/03/2023 -
146: The Reality of Online Child Abuse (w/Håkon Høydal)
Pubblicato: 23/03/2023 -
Special Report: Nostalgia for the Superego (w/Sam Binkley)
Pubblicato: 21/03/2023 -
Bonus Sample: The Privilege of Wellness
Pubblicato: 20/03/2023 -
145: Fever Dream Goes Mainstream in Florida
Pubblicato: 16/03/2023 -
Brief: Roku-Q, The Sequel (w/Alex Kaplan)
Pubblicato: 14/03/2023 -
Bonus Sample: Hydroxychloroquine Emergency
Pubblicato: 13/03/2023 -
144: The Magic Spells of Wellness (w/Colleen Derkatch)
Pubblicato: 09/03/2023 -
Bonus Sample: Marianne Williamson for Prez. New Age Jesus for VP.
Pubblicato: 06/03/2023 -
143: Trans Reality, Trans Possibility (w/Beau Brink)
Pubblicato: 02/03/2023
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.