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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Episodes
Brief: Beyond Violence and Nonviolence (Part 1)
00:47:485/17/2025
257: AI Gurus
01:14:315/15/2025
Bonus Sample: The UFO Race-War Apocalypse is Coming!
00:05:425/12/2025
Brief: What Will Universal Healthcare Actually Require?
00:33:105/10/2025
256: Quacks, Cancer, and Kangen Water (feat Mallory DeMille)
01:03:205/8/2025
Bonus Sample: How Did Gen X Go MAGA?
00:06:555/5/2025
Brief: The New Media Order
00:27:545/3/2025
255: A MAHA Wellness Scam at Ontario Place
01:05:165/1/2025
Bonus Sample: How To Talk To Your Son About Fascism (Pt 2)
00:07:474/28/2025
Brief: How To Talk To Your Son About Fascism (Pt 1)