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Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker
  • 4,8 (6)
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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.

  1. 1 DAG SIDEN

    Bonus Sample: MAHA’s Silence is Deafening

    MAHA isn’t a health movement. It’s a marketing engine driving activist propaganda. Derek looks at Tony Lyons, one of MAHA’s key architects, and his recent strategic memo sent to Republican leadership about how to use MAHA talking points to retain power in the midterm elections.  Show Notes Tony Lyons’s strategic memo to GOP leadership Examining Who Benefits From Kennedy’s Anti-Science MAHA Push MAHA Supporters Form New Organization to Boost RFK’s Goals in D.C. MAHA’s money man has built a political machine. Will it matter for midterms? The co-founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. super PAC is a Steve Bannon and MAGA media ally As MAHA turns 1, a fired-up movement is still figuring out how to fulfill its promises Skyhorse Publishing: About Us MAHA Action American Values 2024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    6 min.
  2. MAHA’s Silence is Deafening

    1 DAG SIDEN • KUN FOR ABONNENTER

    MAHA’s Silence is Deafening

    MAHA isn’t a health movement. It’s a marketing engine driving activist propaganda. Derek looks at Tony Lyons, one of MAHA’s key architects, and his recent strategic memo sent to Republican leadership about how to use MAHA talking points to retain power in the midterm elections.

    24 min.

  3. 3 DAGE SIDEN

    Brief: Toxic Masculinity & The Epstein Files

    In the wake of the DOJ’s dump of 3 million documents from the FBI’s Epstein investigation, journalists, content creators, and everyday people are forming narratives and schema for what it all means. Social media is flooded with survivor stories, overwhelming disgust, rage and grief, and reports of anxiety, sleep disturbance, and difficulty functioning in the world (mostly from women). Pizzagate and QAnon conspiracy memes are being resurrected. Satanic Ritual Abuse materials are again circulating, which imbue sex trafficking and child abuse with sensationalized supernatural overtones. The Epstein class must be held accountable. Alongside that, Julian explores how toxic masculinity teaches men to dehumanize women and girls, as evidenced by email exchanges that play along with misogynistic attitudes and objectification. Making sense of the cultural and historical context for the global human trafficking trade, which extends far beyond movie villain elites, billionaires, and royal family members, requires that men speak up against casual everyday dehumanization of women and girls, while actively fostering relational intelligence within male culture. Show Notes 50 Million People Suffer Today Under Global Slavery Many Countries Still Allow Child Marriage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    37 min.

  4. 5 DAGE SIDEN

    296: The Chopra Files

    Deepak Chopra is all over the Epstein files. Are we surprised? Nope. But we are interested in the various layers of his entanglement and what they say about the ethics and politics at play in the shadow of Big Wellness. Show Notes Self-Help Guru Sorry He Got Busted for Vile Epstein Emails Deepak Chopra: New Age Guru, UCSD Prof – and Epstein Confidant God Is A Construct, Cute Girls Are Real': Bestselling Spiritual Author Deepak Chopra's Emails To Epstein Revealed Deepak Chopra told Epstein to 'bring your girls.' Here's their entire email exchange Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1 t.

  5. 16. FEB.

    Bonus Sample: Mark Carney’s Secular Catholicism

    Mark Carney is a devout Catholic, and his economic vision came from a challenge posed by Pope Francis. Matthew walks through the contradictions of Carney’s economic spirituality.  Show Notes Values by Mark Carney | Penguin Random House Canada  Pope Francis says he wasn't offended by 'communist crucifix' gift  The Catholic Case for Communism - America Magazine  Pope Francis: “If I See the Gospel in a Sociological Way Only, Yes, I Am a Communist, and So Too Is Jesus” - The American TFP  Exclusive: Pope Francis disusses Ukraine, U.S. bishops and more - America Magazine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    5 min.
  6. Mark Carney’s Secular Catholicism

    16. FEB. • KUN FOR ABONNENTER

    Mark Carney’s Secular Catholicism

    Mark Carney is a devout Catholic, and his economic vision came from a challenge posed by Pope Francis. Matthew walks through the contradictions of Carney’s economic spirituality.

    17 min.

  7. 14. FEB.

    Brief: Mark Carney’s Nice But Canada Sells Arms to ICE

    Matthew pokes at the contradictions behind Prime Minister Mark Carney’s polished Davos attempt to distance Canada from U.S. chaos, while Canadian companies continue profiting from the U.S. domestic terror regime.  Drawing on reporting by Rachel Gilmore, Matthew looks at how Canada’s “middle power” liberalism masks deep complicity with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement through arms, surveillance tech, and security contracts.  Carney’s benevolent affect continues the tradition of obscuring a longer history of exclusionary border politics. He’s there to manage outrage without challenging the capitalist structures that escalate into authoritarian violence. Show Notes The Great White North: Canada’s New Border Bill Appeases the Trump Administration | TechPolicy.Press  A list of Canadian companies profiting off of ICE and Trump's violent mass deportation regime  If TikTok News Is the Future, Rachel Gilmore Is Living It | The Tyee  Liberals Fear Closing Arms Export Loophole Would Anger U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    20 min.

  8. 12. FEB.

    295: The Attia Files

    Over 1,000 children and women were potentially victims of Jeffrey Epstein's trafficking and sexual abuse. It is not clear how deeply Peter Attia was enmeshed in Epstein's core activities, but we do know he belonged to an important tier of his operation: the influencer-celebrity-intelligentsia set that legitimized him as a sophisticate across a wide range of disciplines.  We revisit Attia in light of his 1,700+ appearances in the Epstein Files. Show Notes 285: Can Peter Attia Live Forever? Longevity guru Peter Attia keeps CBS News role despite showing up in Epstein files Peter Attia, the Epstein Files and the Lie Propping Up Big Wellness Bari Weiss Attempts to Get Past Her Rocky Start At CBS News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    58 min.
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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.

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  • Skaber
    Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker
  • Aktive år
    2020 - 2026
  • Episoder
    931
  • Vurdering
    Anstødeligt
  • Copyright
    © 2023 Conspirituality
  • Websted for serie
    Conspirituality
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