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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.
684 episodes

Episodes

Brief: Conspiracies Down Under

00:35:399/6/2025

273: Trump Will Die

01:03:509/4/2025

Bonus Sample: Antifascist Christianity: Bonhoeffer (Pt 2)

00:05:349/1/2025

Brief: Antifascist Christianity: Bonhoeffer (Pt 1)

00:37:398/30/2025

272: Jillian Michaels is the Biggest Loser

00:58:368/28/2025

Bonus Sample: The Beatles’ Billionaire Yogi

00:06:098/25/2025

Brief: Ground Zero Grifting

00:37:448/23/2025

271: The Miseducation of PragerU

01:01:508/21/2025

Bonus Sample: The Naturopaths Are At It Again

00:05:538/18/2025

Brief: Olympics for Dopers

00:34:598/16/2025