655 Episodes

  1. Brief: Long Live Guru Jagat (w/Emily Guerin)

    Published: 1/31/2023

  2. Bonus Sample: Psychotherapy in the Age of TikTok Conspirituality (w/Alessia Caputo)

    Published: 1/30/2023

  3. 138: The Magical Quantum Healy Machine (feat/Mallory DeMille)

    Published: 1/26/2023

  4. Brief: Tate Crime

    Published: 1/24/2023

  5. Bonus Sample: RUSSELL BRAND: RUSSIAN PSY-OP OR MISINFORMED RESEARCHER?

    Published: 1/23/2023

  6. 137: Addiction & The Wounded Influencer (w/Chris Boutte)

    Published: 1/19/2023

  7. Bonus Sample: Matt Taibbi's Brand Building

    Published: 1/16/2023

  8. Brief: Teal Swan’s Satanic Panic to Anti-Woke Pipeline

    Published: 1/14/2023

  9. 136: Virtual Strongmen (w/Ruth Ben-Ghiat)

    Published: 1/12/2023

  10. Brief: Is Jordan Peterson Really a Licensed Psychologist? (w/Dr. Taslim Alani-Verjee)

    Published: 1/10/2023

  11. Bonus Sample: A Little Birdie Told Me

    Published: 1/9/2023

  12. UNLOCKED: The Courage to Heal Pt. 2

    Published: 1/7/2023

  13. 135: The Persuaders (w/Anand Giridharadas)

    Published: 1/5/2023

  14. Bonus Sample: Punching Down & Male Fragility

    Published: 1/2/2023

  15. Brief: Libs Of TikTok Cries Cult

    Published: 12/30/2022

  16. UNLOCKED: The Courage to Heal Pt. 1

    Published: 12/29/2022

  17. Bonus Sample: Growing Up in Scientology pt 2 (w/Sarah)

    Published: 12/26/2022

  18. UNLOCKED: Girl, Interrupted (pt 2)

    Published: 12/24/2022

  19. 134: Elon Musk, Buddhabro? (w/Ann Gleig and Brenna Artinger)

    Published: 12/22/2022

  20. Bonus Sample: Growing Up in Scientology (w/Sarah)

    Published: 12/19/2022

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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.