641 Episodes

  1. Brief: Slavery is Not a Form of Hustle

    Published: 9/2/2023

  2. 169: Neo Tantra & Sex Work (w/Esme Providence Brown)

    Published: 8/31/2023

  3. Bonus Sample: What Is the Rabbit Hole?

    Published: 8/28/2023

  4. Brief: Softening The Turtle Shell (w/Frank Han, M.D.)

    Published: 8/26/2023

  5. 168: Decoding the Gurus (w/Chris Kavanagh and Matt Browne)

    Published: 8/24/2023

  6. Bonus Sample: Swamp Creatures

    Published: 8/21/2023

  7. Deep Cut: What Will Yoga Do to Our Children?

    Published: 8/19/2023

  8. 167: Straight White American Jesus (w/Bradley Onishi)

    Published: 8/17/2023

  9. Bonus Sample: The Anxiety of Wellness

    Published: 8/14/2023

  10. Brief: Documenting Michelle Remembers (w/Sean Horlor & Steve Adams)

    Published: 8/12/2023

  11. 166: QAnonAnonymous Goes to Hollywood (w/Travis View and Jake Rockatansky)

    Published: 8/10/2023

  12. Bonus Sample: Disgust Management

    Published: 8/7/2023

  13. Special Report: Marianne Williamson’s Ex- Staffers Speak Out

    Published: 8/6/2023

  14. Brief: Kombucha Krash

    Published: 8/5/2023

  15. 165: Outrage Machine (w/Tobias Rose-Stockwell)

    Published: 8/3/2023

  16. Bonus Sample: Psychedelic Fundamentalism

    Published: 7/31/2023

  17. Deep Cut: Post-Cult Shame

    Published: 7/29/2023

  18. 164: The Two Faces of Robert Francis Kennedy Jr.

    Published: 7/27/2023

  19. Bonus Sample: EMF and 5G and chemtrails oh my!

    Published: 7/24/2023

  20. Brief: The New Age Origin Story of RFK Jr’s Campaign

    Published: 7/22/2023

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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.