Podcast Episodes
Back to Search81: Praying for Fire (w/Sean Prophet)
When Mike Flynn posted a video on July 4, 2020 in which his family recited QAnon slogans, it cemented the disgraced former National Security Advisor …
4 years, 3 months ago
Bonus Sample: Spiritual Consumerism
Derek shares a story from his time as a Lululemon brand ambassador to highlight the toxic merging of spiritual practices and consumerism. Not only do…
4 years, 3 months ago
80: Lights, Camera, Yoga (w/Jill Miller)
We've talked a lot on this podcast about the selfie sermon: the kind of iPhone video native to Instagram influencers. Easily weaponized by conspiritu…
4 years, 3 months ago
Bonus Sample: Did We Choose to Be the Good Ones?
Kyle Rittenhouse walks away from the courthouse while Ahmaud Arbery's killers were found guilty and "QAnon Shaman," Jacob Chansley, was received sign…
4 years, 3 months ago
79: Anti-Hate Work in Canada (w/Dan Collen, Elizabeth Simons, & Morgan Yew)
COVID has been a recruiting windfall for hate groups in Canada, with new alliances and networks forged between white supremacists, xenophobes, and et…
4 years, 3 months ago
Bonus Sample: Sam Harris: High-Brow Secular Conspiritualist
Bonus episode, piloted by Matthew.
There is a subtle form of conspirituality that rides on the familiar dialectic of political cynicism and spiritual …
4 years, 3 months ago
78: Society of the Conspiracy
Conspiracy theories flourish during uncertain times. They're always with us, passed down through generations like alternate histories, yet they’re co…
4 years, 3 months ago
Bonus Sample: Privilege in Wellness Spaces
Privilege is often blind and rampant across societies. But is the term also overused?
Derek looks at two examples of privilege in wellness spaces, the…
4 years, 4 months ago
77: A Homeopathy Episode So Potent You Can’t Hear It (w/Jonathan Jarry)
To prepare this curative episode, we listened carefully to alternative health consumers for many hours, taking an exhaustive history of life challeng…
4 years, 4 months ago
Bonus Sample: Rational Emotions & Poetic Science
Are emotions really separate from rationality? Is trusting science similar to religious faith? Do poetry and mythic archetypes disclose a reality bey…
4 years, 4 months ago