Conspirituality
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.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 686
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
130: Can We Stop Abusing Fat People? (w/Aubrey Gordon)
Well jeez. What can we say? We're totally honored to host and learn from Aubrey Gordon, author and co-host of Maintenance Phase. She gives us the rundown on anti-fat bias, its links to racism, the s…
01:12:32 |
Thu 24 Nov 2022
Bonus Sample: The Courage to Heal Pt. 2
Matthew and Julian sit down for the second of a two-part examination of the 1988 bestseller at the heart of the recovered memory movement. This is episode 10 of the Swan Song Series.
Show NotesContr…
00:09:27 |
Mon 21 Nov 2022
UNLOCKED: Michelle Remembers: Literal Symbols
The homestretch of our study of Michelle Remembers zeroes in on the literal symbols—and symbols gone literal—of the Satanic Panic. (This is episode 6 of the Swan Song Series.)Archetypes, gore, anxie…
01:47:28 |
Sat 19 Nov 2022
129: White Christian Nationalism (w/Philip Gorski & Samuel Perry)
American-style white Christian Nationalism tells of a promised land given by God to the Puritan settlers. Their divine mandate for political dominance sanctifies a violent history that stretches from…
01:42:06 |
Thu 17 Nov 2022
Bonus Sample: Kanye, Candace & The Christian Billionaires
Antisemitism is in the news again, as Candace Owens defends Kanye West and Kyrie Irving, while her boss, Ben Shapiro shakes his head in dismay. In this Bonus special report, Julian looks into the Ass…
00:08:29 |
Mon 14 Nov 2022
128: The Trauma of Caste (w/Thenmozhi Soundararajan)
An ancient text at the root of the culture that gave birth to the yoga tradition says that if an outcaste person—a Dalit—dares to learn the holy language of Sanskrit, they must be tortured. Molten le…
01:22:02 |
Thu 10 Nov 2022
Bonus Sample: Swan Song Series 9 | Courage to Heal Pt. 1
Matthew and Julian sit down for the first of a two-part examination of the 1988 bestseller at the heart of the recovered memory movement—which played a central role in validating Satanic Panic testim…
00:10:57 |
Mon 07 Nov 2022
UNLOCKED: Swan Song Series 5 | Michelle Remembers: Themes & Framing
In the second of three episodes on Michelle Remembers, we recap its Catholic contexts, and Lawrence Pazder's quest to transcend the limitations of psychiatry through mystical nightmares. We then expl…
01:36:15 |
Sat 05 Nov 2022
127: Doing Good in Impossibly Bad Times (w/Rebecca Carter-Chand, Mark Roseman & Peter Staudenmaier)
Mark Roseman opens Lives Reclaimed, his compelling history of the “Bund”—a leftist communitarian group that resisted fascism and protected Jews during the Reich—with a quote from Michael Ondaatje’s n…
02:03:32 |
Thu 03 Nov 2022
Bonus Sample: Shurka Tank
Imagine a technology so powerful it's been directly downloaded from spirit during a Scorpio eclipse. This revolutionary tool can cure burn victims, remove cysts from dogs, and endow you with ultimate…
00:07:54 |
Mon 31 Oct 2022
126: Light Language TikTok (feat Mallory DeMille)
Listeners: today’s episode marks a turning point for us all here at Conspirituality HQ. Humbled by a recent quantum download, we realize that we have for too long been relying on our critical faculti…
01:24:44 |
Thu 27 Oct 2022
Bonus Sample: Luciano's Good Death
A departure today, as Matthew eulogizes his teacher and friend Luciano Iacobelli.From the opening:This story may be a little personal and indulgent, but I’ll take a risk on it because I think it hint…
00:05:11 |
Mon 24 Oct 2022
125: Deliver Us From “Evil” (w/Amy Berg)
What is the state of the documentary film in the age of manipulative online propaganda? In the hands and eyes of a documentarian like Amy Berg we find a journalistic commitment to the truth combined…
01:29:49 |
Thu 20 Oct 2022
Bonus Sample: Swan Song Series 8 | Girl, Interrupted (pt 2)
The second part of Julian and Matthew's long look at the 1999 film Teal Swan was reportedly obsessed with as a teen. Girl, Interrupted is a freewheeling adaptation of a 1993 memoir by Susanna Kaysen …
00:09:27 |
Mon 17 Oct 2022
124: No Bad Idea Ever Dies (w/Thomas Lecaque)
For the prophet and the revolutionary alike, the time is always now. Gird up your loins brave heroes, and show your true faith! The signs portend that The Last World Emperor is rising to do battle ag…
01:59:56 |
Thu 13 Oct 2022
Bonus Sample: Methylene Blues
Methylene blue will give you more energy! It’s neuroprotective! Your skin will never look better! Your bunghole will never be bluer!This week, Derek investigates one of biohacking’s hottest trends: a…
00:03:50 |
Mon 10 Oct 2022
UNLOCKED: Swan Song Series 4 | Michelle Remembers: Context & History
There's no Teal Swan without the Satanic Panic. And there's no Satanic Panic without the 1980 publication of Michelle Remembers, by Lawrence Pazder and Michelle Smith.In this first of three segments …
01:46:10 |
Sat 08 Oct 2022
123: The Red-Pilled "Academic" Who Named Our Podcast
Mystery topic today. Emergency episode. Breaking story. Amazing if true! Totally transformative plot twist. You gotta listen through for the big reveal, and then hit smash for more.Spoiler alert: QAn…
01:23:46 |
Thu 06 Oct 2022
Bonus Sample: Swan Song Series 7 | Girl, Interrupted (pt 1)
Julian and Matthew take a long look at the 1999 film Teal Swan was reportedly obsessed with as a teen. Girl, Interrupted is a bold adaptation of a 1993 memoir by the writer Susanna Kaysen about the 1…
00:09:24 |
Mon 03 Oct 2022
122: Timeline Retox: Biohacking and Fascism and Stuff
The book is filed. Our mental health is in check. And, as it turns out, Matthew found a new guru. We return to trio work by investigating his fellow Canadian's cure for, uh, anything, or maybe someth…
01:23:48 |
Thu 29 Sep 2022
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