Podcast Episodes

Brief: Bikram Convoy Stopped by His Survivors

Hot yoga tycoon and sex offender Bikram Choudhury was set to teach his sweaty pseudoscience in Vancouver starting on February 20th. But a team of yog…

3 years, 1 month ago

Bonus Sample: Bad News Berenson on Brand

The Twitter Files are the grift that keeps on giving. This week, Derek and Julian look at Alex Berenson's recent appearance on Russell Brand's Rumble…

3 years, 1 month ago

140: Surviving Larry (w/Daniel Levin & Zach Heinzerling)

Today, Hulu releases a 3-episode doc series called “Stolen Youth,” directed by Zach Heinzerling.

The pole star for this low-dopamine, low-cortisol, no…

3 years, 1 month ago

Bonus Sample: What Are We Doing Here?

Sure, a big question: one Derek explores in the context of this nearly three-year-old Conspirituality project. Criticism and awareness are essential …

3 years, 1 month ago

UNLOCKED: Leaving S-Factor (w/Jessica Hopper)

Those who fly high, fall hard. Pole dance company S-Factor crashed and burned in 2021 amidst a stack of complaints. Detractors said the company was c…

3 years, 1 month ago

139: Comedy in the MAGAverse (w/Jordan Klepper)

Can you believe that Nancy Pelosi paid people to attack the Capitol on Jan 6 in order to make Republicans look bad? Actually, I mean, Jan 6 was the m…

3 years, 1 month ago

Brief: Long Live Guru Jagat (w/Emily Guerin)

Katie Griggs. Katie Day. Kundalini Katie. Guru Jagat. We hardly knew you.

The late "Queen of Conspiracy Theories" is now memorialized on NPR through E…

3 years, 1 month ago

Bonus Sample: Psychotherapy in the Age of TikTok Conspirituality (w/Alessia Caputo)

What do you do  when your psychotherapy clients suffer from conspiracy theory anxiety?

What do you do when the conspirituality-based therapy advice t…

3 years, 1 month ago

138: The Magical Quantum Healy Machine (feat/Mallory DeMille)

Using a combination of Alexa, Siri, and your extensive search history, we've been able to scan your bio energetic field, and are sending personalized…

3 years, 1 month ago

Brief: Tate Crime

Did the Matrix kidnap Top G? Or is Andrew Tate the Matrix himself, now unplugged and shorting out in a Romanian jail?

While his self-confessed crimes …

3 years, 1 month ago