Conspirituality
Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker
Show overview
Conspirituality has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 791 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 620 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 9 min and 1h 13m — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 3 days ago, with 57 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2024, with 164 episodes published. Published by Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker.
From the publisher
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.
Latest Episodes
View all 791 episodesBonus Sample: What's Left?
Brief: Antifascist Dad (Audiobook Excerpt)
307: Conspiracy Reflex Syndrome
Bonus Sample: Hasan, Contrapoints, Ezra Klein, & The Dem Civil War
Brief: Women 3, Manosphere 0
306: Antifascist Wellness
Bonus Sample: Leo and Restless Hearts in Algeria
Brief: Well Enough (Book Excerpt)
305: AI’s Cultish Leader
Bonus Sample: How the Self is Made...and Unmade
Brief: Pope Leo vs AI Slop Jesus Trump
304: Twisted Tantric Yogi
Bonus Sample: The Philosopher, The King, & The Holy Man
Brief: Is There a "Deep Self"
303: When Men Gather
Bonus Sample: A Course in Miracles Reconsidered (w/Joseph Baker)
Brief: Mikki Willis and Russell Brand Rewrite History
Mikki Willis recently joined Russell Brand to discuss a whole host of issues, including rather suspect rewritings of the histories of AIDS and Covid-19. Derek and Julian discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
302: The Disinformation Dozen: Wuhan Drift
Early in this podcast we covered the Disinformation Dozen, 12 wellness influencers and contrarian health figures responsible for spreading the lion’s share of vaccine misinformation on major social media platforms. On a recent MAHA Action weekly call, Tony Lyons got the group back together for a victory lap after a court settlement seemed to justify their actions. Or did it? We break down the court case, then hear from the influencers who continue to inflate their own sense of self-importance while rewriting a history that only exists in their minds. Show Notes The Real Election Threat: Tech Oligarchs & Algorithms | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart POLITICO: Do the Disinformation Dozen Still Matter State Dept. Imposes Sanctions on Disinfo Advocacy Groups Original Disinformation Dozen Report CDC “Whistleblower’s Debunked Autism Claims Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bonus Sample: Peptides: Wellness’s Experimental Jab
Listen to the full episode The wellness industry has been repeating marketing strategies used by the fashion and diet book industries for decades. Influencers are just exploiting novelty-seeking cognitive behaviors deeply embedded in human psychology. Derek reviews today’s product du jour, peptides, by first looking into those dopamine-seeking behaviors, then exploring the history and present of these amino acid chains everywhere in wellness downlines. Show Notes Everyone’s Doing Peptides. Is It All a Big Scam? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brief: Eulogy for Joseph Baker, Faithful Listener
Matthew eulogizes longtime Conspirituality listener Joseph Baker, who died on February 4 at the age of 51. They became online friends when Joseph reached out to say that maybe Matthew was being too harsh with people who found inspiration in A Course in Miracles. Expecting an irritating exchange, Matthew came to know an incisive political thinker who managed to radiate hope and forgiveness, and learned more about how a radical flank can develop in any spiritual community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices