Mainstream outlets have noticed the problem. 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. Conspirituality Podcast attempts to bring understanding to this landscape. In the process, spiritual beliefs that have nurtured creativity and meaning are transforming into memes of a quickly-globalizing paranoia. ![]() Charismatic influencers exploit their followers by co-opting conspiracy theories on a spectrum of intensity ranging from vaccines to child trafficking. As the alt-right and New Age horseshoe toward each other in a blur of disinformation, clear discourse and good intentions get smothered. At worst, it fronts and recruits for the fever-dream of QAnon. At best, the conspirituality movement attacks public health efforts in times of crisis. ![]() A weekly study of converging right-wing conspiracy theories and faux-progressive wellness utopianism.
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