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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170: The Age of Insurrection (w/David Neiwert) 2023-09-07
Bonus Sample: The Perils of "Free Speech" 2023-09-04
Brief: Slavery is Not a Form of Hustle 2023-09-02
169: Neo Tantra & Sex Work (w/Esme Providence Brown) 2023-08-31
Bonus Sample: What Is the Rabbit Hole? 2023-08-28
Brief: Softening The Turtle Shell (w/Frank Han, M.D.) 2023-08-26
168: Decoding the Gurus (w/Chris Kavanagh and Matt Browne) 2023-08-24
Bonus Sample: Swamp Creatures 2023-08-21
Deep Cut: What Will Yoga Do to Our Children? 2023-08-19
167: Straight White American Jesus (w/Bradley Onishi) 2023-08-17
Bonus Sample: The Anxiety of Wellness 2023-08-14
Brief: Documenting Michelle Remembers (w/Sean Horlor & Steve Adams) 2023-08-12
166: QAnonAnonymous Goes to Hollywood (w/Travis View and Jake Rockatansky) 2023-08-10
Bonus Sample: Disgust Management 2023-08-07
Special Report: Marianne Williamson’s Ex- Staffers Speak Out 2023-08-06
Brief: Kombucha Krash 2023-08-05
165: Outrage Machine (w/Tobias Rose-Stockwell) 2023-08-03
Bonus Sample: Psychedelic Fundamentalism 2023-07-31
Deep Cut: Post-Cult Shame 2023-07-29
164: The Two Faces of Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. 2023-07-27
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