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.
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261: Where Are They Now?
01:05:226/12/2025
Bonus Sample: Watching Andor with the Kids (Pt 2)
00:06:156/9/2025
Brief: Watching Andor with the Kids (Pt 1)
00:39:076/7/2025
260: Aubrey Marcus's Polyamory God Bomb
01:14:136/5/2025
Bonus Sample: Has Nonviolence Been Debunked?
00:05:366/2/2025
Brief: The FDA Amateur Hour Podcast
00:34:235/31/2025
259: MAHA is Project 2025’s Trojan Horse
01:07:005/29/2025
Bonus Sample: A Master Class in Wellness Propaganda