Bonus Sample: A Course in Miracles Reconsidered (w/Joseph Baker)
06/04/2026 | 4 min
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If you heard Matthew’s Brief from March 28, you’ll know longtime Conspirituality listener Joseph Baker died on Feb 4 at the age of 51.
Matthew recorded this conversation with Joseph on January 9, 2024. They explore Matthew’s allergy to A Course in Miracles and Joseph’s devotion to it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brief: Mikki Willis and Russell Brand Rewrite History
04/04/2026 | 23 min
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
02/04/2026 | 1 h 6 min
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
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
28/03/2026 | 31 min
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
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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