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.
Title | Date published | ||
Brief: Vaccination, a Delusion? | 2025-07-12 | ||
265: Guru Rehab | 2025-07-10 | ||
Bonus Sample: Purity Tests & Coalition Building | 2025-07-07 | ||
Brief: The Liver King Crash-Out | 2025-07-05 | ||
264: The Mamdani Effect | 2025-07-03 | ||
Bonus Sample: Greta Thunberg’s “Super Power” Vs. Fascists and Liberals (Pt 2) | 2025-06-30 | ||
Brief: Greta Thunberg’s “Super Power” vs. Fascists and Liberals (Pt 1) | 2025-06-28 | ||
263: The Apostle Assassin | 2025-06-26 | ||
Listen Now: Liberty Lost | 2025-06-23 | ||
Bonus Sample: The Two-For-One Guru of MSIA | 2025-06-23 | ||
Brief: MAHA Mass Casualty Horizon | 2025-06-21 | ||
262: Dems Ask “What is a Man?” | 2025-06-19 | ||
Bonus Sample: The Bethesda Declaration | 2025-06-16 | ||
Brief: The Ghost Lab | 2025-06-14 | ||
261: Where Are They Now? | 2025-06-12 | ||
Bonus Sample: Watching Andor with the Kids (Pt 2) | 2025-06-09 | ||
Brief: Watching Andor with the Kids (Pt 1) | 2025-06-07 | ||
260: Aubrey Marcus's Polyamory God Bomb | 2025-06-05 | ||
Bonus Sample: Has Nonviolence Been Debunked? | 2025-06-02 | ||
Brief: The FDA Amateur Hour Podcast | 2025-05-31 |