Conspirituality

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Episodes 803
Avg. Duration 46m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.0 (2,061)
Since May 2020
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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About This Podcast

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.

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Bonus Sample: Liberation Theology or Magical Thinking?

Jun 08, 2026 5m

Matthew investigates whether Pope Leo XIV's appeals to Liberation Theology represent genuine solidarity with the poor or a sophisticated form of spiritual bypassing.  Drawing on Ole Jakob Løland's…

Brief: Collapse at the FDA

Jun 06, 2026 31m

The FDA is bleeding out Covid contrarians. Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad, Tracy Beth Høeg—all gone. Jonathan Howard returns to discuss why so many RFK Jr's friends have reached the end of their…

311: AI, Pope Leo, & The Antichrist

Jun 04, 2026 1h 21m

Leo the XIV wrote a big letter about a hyperobject. Many thoughts and debates are triggered. Today we’ll look at what the hell an encyclical is, the Vatican's decade-long conversation with Silicon…

Bonus Sample: Journalism In An Age of Fascism

Jun 01, 2026 7m

Derek reports on the role of journalism after attending the News and Documentary Emmy Awards in New York City last week. Show Notes 2026 News & Documentary Emmy Awards | NEWS NIGHT (LIVE) You…

Brief: My Neighbourhood Data Center Conspiracy

May 30, 2026 38m

Matthew investigates the under-construction STACK data centre at 3650 Danforth Avenue in Scarborough, two miles from his home, tracing what he finds through concentric circles of capital, neglect,…

310: The Bait & Switch Complex

May 28, 2026 1h 6m

In the early 20th century, some retailers would advertise a product at an attractively low price to lure customers into the store, claim the item was out of stock or of poor quality then pressure…

Bonus Sample: Poetry As Resistance & Embodied Spirituality

May 25, 2026 5m

Across continents and centuries outsider poets have made a bold stand for the life of the body, contemplative ecstasy, sexual liberation, and the sacredness of nature, often in the face of religious…

Brief: Living with Prediabetes

May 23, 2026 24m

In February, Derek and his wife, Callan, were surprised to discover she was diagnosed with prediabetes. They didn't know that Asian American adults are at a higher risk of Type 2 diabetes than others…

309: Crybully Christians in the White House

May 21, 2026 56m

The Trump DOJ's 565-page report from the Task Force for Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias is one of the strangest federal documents in American history. It’s a crybully tome, arguing that the most…

Bonus Sample: Liberals Punching Left

May 18, 2026 5m

Listen to the full episode In this contribution to an ongoing co-host conversation, Matthew argues that the liberal centre's habit of punching left is a historically conditioned class strategy. From…

Brief: Spirituality After Atheism?

May 16, 2026 43m

It’s normal to feel lost after leaving a cult, transitioning out of fundamentalist religion, or abandoning conspiracy theories. Whether you’ve left behind, you may be asking, "What now?"  Britt…

308: The AI Slop Machine is Worse Than You Think [feat Mallory DeMille]

May 14, 2026 58m

Two months ago, we recorded Episode 291: My Chinese Buddhist Israeli AI Guru, surveying the growing field of AI slopfluencers churning out wellness supplements via Amazon affiliate links. At the…

Bonus Sample: What's Left?

May 11, 2026 7m

Listen to the full episode Derek considers the online debates over leftism and liberalism in the context of coalition building. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brief: Antifascist Dad (Audiobook Excerpt)

May 09, 2026 42m

Matthew reads the Introduction from Antifascist Dad: Urgent Conversations with Young People in Chaotic Times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

307: Conspiracy Reflex Syndrome

May 07, 2026 57m

As Cole Allen sprinted into the news cycle, social media accelerated to cover the story—and the conspiracy-beast in the basement flexed his fast-twitch muscle fibers. The now third assassination…

Bonus Sample: Hasan, Contrapoints, Ezra Klein, & The Dem Civil War

May 04, 2026 6m

Listen to the full episode The Democratic Party is in free fall. Still suffering the aftershocks of the 2024 election, a civil war is brewing internally between those who want to build coalitions…

Brief: Women 3, Manosphere 0

May 02, 2026 27m

On the Whatever Podcast livestreams, alpha debate bros browbeat insecure betas and deride token guest female sex workers while possibly ignorant they're helping promote their OnlyFans accounts. But…

306: Antifascist Wellness

Apr 30, 2026 1h 10m

Two-thirds of the Conspirituality staff have new books out: Matthew's AntiFascist Dad: Urgent Conversations with Young People in Chaotic Times and Derek's Well Enough:  Finding Health Despite the…

Bonus Sample: Leo and Restless Hearts in Algeria

Apr 27, 2026 5m

In April 2026, Pope Leo XIV, deep in a public feud with President Trump over the Iran war, made his first trip to Africa. He chose Algeria: the birthplace of Augustine, the spiritual founder of his…

Brief: Well Enough (Book Excerpt)

Apr 25, 2026 22m

Derek reads two chapters from his recently published memoir, Well Enough: Finding Health Despite the Wellness Industry. In Chapters 3 & 4, he discusses his work as a patient monitor looking after…

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