Podcast Episodes
Back to Search51: You Can’t Force It (w/Devendra Banhart)
As our access to vaccines eases the pandemic in the Global North, U.S.-based conspiritualists keep riding the wave of covid-denial influence—all the …
4 years, 10 months ago
Bonus Sample: On the Anxiety of Death
Derek discusses a forthcoming interview with Alex Ebert, which will be featured on Conspirituality 52. They discuss the dearth of death rituals in Am…
4 years, 10 months ago
50. Sellouts & Zealots (w/Sheena Sood)
When the drones hum over the improvised cremation grounds of Delhi, what will the conspiritualist see in the livestream—if they even look? Will their…
4 years, 10 months ago
Bonus Sample: The God-Man & His Enabler: How Ken Wilber Got Adi Da All Wrong
By the 1990s, the sadistic cult leader who claimed to be God on Earth had already fled the United States to avoid a stack of lawsuits and potential c…
4 years, 10 months ago
49: Tik Tok Fulfillment Center (w/Abbie Richards)
On the road to the screen, a rich story can flatten into propaganda. On the road to the influencer economy, a complex teaching can degrade into a con…
4 years, 10 months ago
Bonus Sample: Post-Cult Shame
Survivor shame over what has been lost, and how one has been complicit.
Apologist shame: turned inside out and externalized as aggression.
Popular sham…
4 years, 10 months ago
48: Traumatic Influence (w/Kyra Haglund & Hala Khouri)
Teal Swan’s suicide-teasing trauma pseudo-therapy has cast a spell over millions. Kaia Ra is an up-and-coming contender, selling divine jewelry and a…
4 years, 10 months ago
Bonus Sample: Vanillaroma
We don’t get “well” until everyone has an opportunity to tap into the resources needed to live. This week, Derek reads a 2006 essay from one of his c…
4 years, 10 months ago
47: Is An Ethical Cult Possible? (w/Jamie Wheal)
How do we tease apart the gold from the dross? What can be salvaged from a subculture marred by charismatic con-artistry, power abuses, and the toxic…
4 years, 11 months ago
Bonus Sample: Gaia & The Map to Nowhere
With over a half-million paying subscribers, Gaia is the world’s largest spiritual media streaming service. Have they have played a role in redpillin…
4 years, 11 months ago