655 Episodes

  1. 133: Grifts That Keep on Taking (w/Kevin Klatt)

    Published: 12/15/2022

  2. Brief: The Right-Wing Machinery of Stochastic Terror

    Published: 12/13/2022

  3. Bonus Sample: Leaving S-Factor pt. 2 (w/Jessica Hopper)

    Published: 12/12/2022

  4. UNLOCKED: Girl, Interrupted (pt 1)

    Published: 12/10/2022

  5. 132: Ye, Balenciaga, & Twilight Zone Propaganda (w/Francesca Tripodi)

    Published: 12/8/2022

  6. Bonus Sample: Leaving S-Factor pt. 1 (w/Jessica Hopper)

    Published: 12/5/2022

  7. Brief: Digging up the Hampstead Hoax (w/Alexi Mostrous)

    Published: 12/3/2022

  8. 131: Parasite Cleanses are Full of Sh*t (feat Mallory DeMille)

    Published: 12/1/2022

  9. Bonus Sample: The Super Best Most Pure Immune-Boosting Supplement Ever (Until Next Week)

    Published: 11/28/2022

  10. 130: Can We Stop Abusing Fat People? (w/Aubrey Gordon)

    Published: 11/24/2022

  11. Bonus Sample: The Courage to Heal Pt. 2

    Published: 11/21/2022

  12. UNLOCKED: Michelle Remembers: Literal Symbols

    Published: 11/19/2022

  13. 129: White Christian Nationalism (w/Philip Gorski & Samuel Perry)

    Published: 11/17/2022

  14. Bonus Sample: Kanye, Candace & The Christian Billionaires

    Published: 11/14/2022

  15. 128: The Trauma of Caste (w/Thenmozhi Soundararajan)

    Published: 11/10/2022

  16. Bonus Sample: Swan Song Series 9 | Courage to Heal Pt. 1

    Published: 11/7/2022

  17. UNLOCKED: Swan Song Series 5 | Michelle Remembers: Themes & Framing

    Published: 11/5/2022

  18. 127: Doing Good in Impossibly Bad Times (w/Rebecca Carter-Chand, Mark Roseman & Peter Staudenmaier)

    Published: 11/3/2022

  19. Bonus Sample: Shurka Tank

    Published: 10/31/2022

  20. 126: Light Language TikTok (feat Mallory DeMille)

    Published: 10/27/2022

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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.