641 Episodes

  1. 176: Russell Brand’s Man Stans

    Published: 10/19/2023

  2. Bonus Sample: Inside the Church of Bleach

    Published: 10/16/2023

  3. Special Report: RFK Jr.’s Independence Day

    Published: 10/14/2023

  4. 175: Diagonalism (w/William Callison and Quinn Slobodian)

    Published: 10/12/2023

  5. Bonus Sample: Swamp Creatures 3: The Pirate Palace

    Published: 10/9/2023

  6. Special Report: Stealing Indigenous Voices in Australia (w/Tyson Yunkaporta)

    Published: 10/8/2023

  7. 174: Everything is Chemistry (w/Drs Andrea Love & Jessica Steier)

    Published: 10/5/2023

  8. Bonus Sample: Matt Christman & the Silence

    Published: 10/2/2023

  9. Deep Cut: The Dalai Lama Spectacle

    Published: 9/30/2023

  10. 173: Psychedelic Capitalism (w/Psymposia)

    Published: 9/28/2023

  11. Bonus Sample: A Theory of Motivation

    Published: 9/25/2023

  12. Brief: Russell Brand

    Published: 9/23/2023

  13. 172: Why Always the Jews? (w/Mike Rothschild)

    Published: 9/21/2023

  14. Bonus Sample: You Can’t Just Take Things Away from People

    Published: 9/18/2023

  15. Brief: The Planet is Burning, Man (w/Tommy Diacono)

    Published: 9/16/2023

  16. 171: Cracking the Mirror World (w/Naomi Klein)

    Published: 9/14/2023

  17. Bonus Sample: Swamp Creatures 2: Roger Stone

    Published: 9/11/2023

  18. Brief: Review of Naomi Klein’s "Doppelganger"

    Published: 9/9/2023

  19. 170: The Age of Insurrection (w/David Neiwert)

    Published: 9/7/2023

  20. Bonus Sample: The Perils of "Free Speech"

    Published: 9/4/2023

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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.