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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Title Date published
Bonus Sample: The Dangers of Slogans 2023-05-22
154: The Truth Wars (w/Renée DiResta) 2023-05-18
Bonus Sample: The Dalai Lama Spectacle 2023-05-15
Brief: Why Does Every Conspiracy Theory Lead Back to Antisemitism? (w/Ben Cohen) 2023-05-13
153: The Anti-Sunscreen Movement (w/Sara Aniano & Michelle Wong) 2023-05-11
Bonus Sample: Chris Rufo’s Fascist Long-Game 2023-05-08
Brief: Marianne Williamson’s Spiritual Therapy Schtick 2023-05-06
152: Tulsi Gabbard’s Krishna Consciousness (w/Nitai Joseph) 2023-05-04
Bonus Sample: Reimagining the Apocalypse 2023-05-01
151: Satan Wants You Watch Party (Spoilers) 2023-04-27
Bonus Sample: Framing George Soros 2023-04-24
Brief: Unmasking Liana Shanti (w/Jennings Brown) 2023-04-22
150: Spiritual Influencer Theory 2023-04-20
Bonus Sample: From Rabbit Hole to Research (w/Jaigris Hodson) 2023-04-17
Brief: The Promises & (Mostly) Perils of Ketamine Therapy 2023-04-15
149: Spiritual Heartbreak 2023-04-13
Bonus Sample: JP Sears’s Woke CBD Grift 2023-04-10
Brief: The Spirituality of Vaccine & Mask Panics 2023-04-08
148: Marianne Williamson and Asshole Jesus 2023-04-06
Bonus Sample: The Final Battle 2023-04-03
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