This should be required listening in high school, I swear.

Such great content but even when paid it’s just so weird and the only way you can listen is if you pay. It is what it is but man, 7min teasers for $60 something a year? Ugh.

Was really excited to listen to this but was pretty quickly disappointed when the hosts turned out to be hypocritical, mud slinging bullies. Our culture seems to be teeming with folks that think that the best response to misogyny, racism, homophobia, and all sorts of hate speech is a slightly less hateful version of the exact same thing. If you’re looking for an echo chamber to validate your distain for your fellow humans you’ve come to the right place. If you’re looking for a way to grow and change yourself into the kind of human we desperately need, then you might want to look elsewhere.

Just another faux intellectual podcast by individuals who enjoy listening to the sounds of their opinions with guests who always agree as they criticize other (albeit much more annoying and misogynistic) podcasters for being the same way. The authoritative tone steers swiftly into pompousness frequently while enjoying the notion that they are utterly unbiased.

this is truly an amazing podcast. smart and funny.

I am in my 35th year of teaching high school science and have devoted a great deal of time over the last few years trying to help my students avoid being sucked down the rabbit holes of conspiracy theories. This podcast has helped me keep my students informed!

Just lies and trash.

I loved this podcast at first. The podcasters deconstruction of cults, cult leaders, and the psychology of mass movements was very informative. However, the more I listen to it, especially recently, the less valuable I find it. The position the podcasters take is easy to guess, whatever group or form of wellness or complmentary medical practice they cover gets trashed. So, no need to listen. There is no pushback on the opinions of their guests.

My favorite podcast! What else is there to say.

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I enjoy the podcast. I have been in the wellness world for several decades and also really enjoy critical analysis (aka being a hater). They’ve covered a lot of topics, teachers, and influencers that I’ve had similar thoughts about. I particularly enjoy when they have a female guest on. It helps to even the tone out and it feel less mansplain-y which is my only complaint. They are intelligent and thoughtful but they still see through that male lens so adding some female voices to the mix helps.

I appreciate the intention of the show to highlight false information and movements around it, however, the deference to Modern Science™️ is misguided and quick to dismiss thousands of years of traditional and indigenous wisdom just because it hasn’t been funded and proven effective in “scientific” studies. There is more than one way of knowing. “Block all chiropractors” is not fair or helpful advice, I have experienced healing and attention in the care of chiropractors that has never, EVER been available to me in the Western medicine industrial complex. This show has simply swung in an extreme way to the demand for certainty, which is simply not available to us as earthlings.

Definitely not for free thinkers. Ran by mainstream media/ liberals.

Beginning my early days as a “social justice warrior” engaging in twitter fights with my peers, then working in both government and nonprofit agencies with my social work degree, to using my career to participate in anti-human trafficking initiatives and activities - my opinions on everything have DRASTICALLY shifted in directions I didn’t think possible when I’ve been presented with the ‘real’ information that’s mostly behind the scenes (or just not acknowledged). And to me, this podcast is so grounded in intellectual nuances around all of these subjects, it’s SO refreshing. Not to mention, highlighting the blatant hypocrisies occurring in the same sentence with great humor 😂 While there’s always opinions infused within the podcast, I feel it’s done with dignity and openness to look to other perspectives. You can agree with an idea, even from someone you hate. I want more GOOD discussions!

Their biases are so glaringly apparent I don’t know how anyone can listen to this and take it seriously. Their research doesn’t extend beyond Google.

Hot garbage divisive trash Anti American jibberish propaganda.

I loved this episode because I read her book the day it came about. I also loved Ologies by Ali Ward’s episode in evolutionary anthropology aka metabolism.

Boring, shallow, and disgustingly smug. You’ve heard this show done better before.

Im out here swimming about in the woo, attempting to find a viable path of spirituality. This is the only podcast that regularly has me reacting out loud to nobody bc it just feels so good to have your concerns, suspicions, and feelings validated. This is vital listening for anyone that is out there looking for answers, being forced to dig through the garbage to find the gems. It also helps that the hosts are funny. Appreciate you all and thank you so much for making this podcast. Keep going!

The lesser form of human intelligence is polarization and then choosing a side while vilifying the other. The higher form of human intelligence is understanding that two opposing truths can and do exist simultaneously. Unfortunately they are far from the this level of introspection because they are too caught up in their intellectual masturbatory facade. The political sphere is two sides of the same snake. Every one of us is also a reflection of this snake. And of divinity. The caduceus. True intelligence has nothing to do with how many big words one can reverberate.

Loved the fascia episode, I used to be a hard core CrossFit person. I saw the beginning of the human garage and was so excited. Then HG started talking about how they run and it was just red flags everywhere. Where are the doctors? Where is the science? Thank you for your work! I am so glad I followed my instincts with HG as a construction engineer and not in the H&W area it’s eazy to fall for this stuff. I quit CrossFit also too many right wing nut jobs….

In my humble opinion the content this podcast puts out is some of the most informative, interesting and dare I say paradigm shifting available today. Too often to count I find myself feeling a huge sense of relief when one of the hosts or a guest puts into words an idea I was struggling with, a social situation I feel angry or confused by and need clarity on. Saying thank you is not sufficient so I share your podcast with anyone who will listen. Thank you for doing the hard work and deep investigations to present these shows. It’s a breath of fresh air in a sea of quagmire.

Should have stuck to wellness industry critiques and not Chris Rufo. He’s way outside of their intellectual capacity. Prayer is bad but mutilating children is ok, but trying to stop the racism of CRT isn’t. I am so sorry I ever voted liberal. I broke free from the liberal hivemind last year and I need to be just as loud denouncing it as I was when attacking conservatives. They were right all along. I can’t wait for Chris Rufo to take back the institutions. Shame on these people!

But it’s worth it! This was one of my favorite podcasts for a while, but I can’t stand how much the hosts run down the left! At this point, it feels like gaslighting. The way the hosts fawn over the Heritage Foundation and other long-game fascist alpha dogs makes me wonder if I can count on men AT ALL to help us fight tyranny. Probably, but not these guys!

When I listen to podcasts, I need them to 1) give me interesting and reliable information in 2) an entertaining way, and 3) I need to really like the hosts. Conspirituality is absolutely unique; I don’t find it entertaining, I don’t like the hosts, and YET I CANNOT STOP LISTENING. That may sound strange, but I mean it as the highest possible compliment. Their content is so important, compelling, rigorously researched, and unique that it transcends both my occasional irritation at their personalities and the legitimate disagreements I have with their stated positions. This is the information and analysis I wish I could get in more traditional news publications. Sometimes I worry that I am in a bubble, having important conversations only with people who share my experience and beliefs. But every episode I listen to gives me a new example of people who are not like me (hosts and guests) taking on difficult topics in 100% good faith, with thoughtful self-critique and genuine care for their audience. Thank you for this project.

I listened to the first Teal Swan episode and was pretty put off by how smug these guys sound and also the way they talked about Teal’s appearance. I am no Teal Swan defender but it’s creepy to speak about women that way. I also noticed they referred to people as “illegal” and not undocumented which comes across as uneducated at best. I get the vibe that these guys just like to hear themselves talk, and they seem to try too hard to get as many big words in as possible. If they really want to reach people and raise awareness about cults they should make the podcast more accessible and research based.

The fact that these two categorize Bari Weis as “the new Right” should tell you everything you need to know. The tone of superiority over anything remotely conservative does nothing to bridge the political and cultural gap. They conflate “conservative” with “anti-vax” and make other gross miscalculations. As someone who got sucked into the vague “spiritual” world in LA (and traveled in similar circles as some of these men), I appreciate their aim. However, they totally miss the mark. They rally against the notion of a “good/evil” binary, failing to realize they believe they are on the “good” side. I did finally get through en episode with Brad Onishi (who claims to have coined the term “secular person of faith” yet when I Googled that phrase, no mention of Brad came up) and he had some interesting things to say. I have to say, however, that much of what he condemns about his experience of Christianity is resolved in Orthodoxy. He has some of the same beefs with his Evangelical faith that I encountered when I first returned to Christ and entered one of these non-denominational Protestant churches in SoCal (Malibu). My life changed when I returned to the Orthodox tradition. It is complete and holistic. Not sure what the impulse is to revile Christianity and this country, but this podcast does nothing to assuage our nation’s wounds.

I really like the pod but this episode was way too heavy on commentary and not enough of the actual interview with Stephanie. Any chance you can release the entire interview separately?

Y’all are wonderful! I appreciate all the work you do. My one note is Derrick sounds like a sociopath speaking thru a clenched jaw during his ad copy read. But the actual content in y’alls’ episodes is top notch research and analysis.

I had to turn my phone off to find my way off the page that tried to funnel me towards your subscription! Isn’t that totally against everything this podcast is trying to promote? I thought marketing techniques like that were not allowed. The only other times I’ve had to turn off my phone to navigate the web have been when threatened by rogue scams….

I feel like the guys who produce this show have a great many of excellent insights into conspiracism (assuming that’s actually a word), and into conspiracy theories. I also share their fascination with how the new-aged spirituality movement, and it’s counter-culture predecessors, both movements that saw themselves as very much creatures of the left, slid into a form of very right wing conspiracy focussed paranoia. What ruins my enjoyment is the sense that the hosts, themselves, are unable to shake the underlying belief that ultimately politics is a confrontation of good versus evil, and that ultimately, there are some sort of forces of evil that drive the “other” side. I appreciate the efforts they make to contextualize their beliefs, and have even heard them say that they worry about demonizing the people who they criticize. What they sometimes, not always, but sometimes seem to do, is instead presume that a fake conspiracy theory, aimed at a fictitious set of puppeteers has distracted its adherents from the “real” conspiracy orchestrated by some other form of evil entity. I do not think that any of the problems leading to modern polarization, radicalization, and conspiracy theorizing can really be addressed so long as we cling to the idea that some group of puppeteers lies behind the curtain pulling the strings. The hosts of this show, somewhere deep down, continue to cling.

Had to unfollow once they started perpetuating antisemitic conspiracy theories about “Israel.” Criticism of the Israeli government is fair and needed, but rewriting history and questioning its right to exist as a nation? That’s antisemitism at work. As a life long leftist and former fan of the podcast, I’m equal parts disappointed and appalled.

I love this podcast and the guests but I especially appreciate the systemic analysis that this series does to connect all the contextual pieces of how we’ve come to this point in peak neoliberalism and watch as the harmful tenets of disaster capitalism are consistently incentivized. I’ve really benefitted from some of the deep dives into the conspiratorial nature of anti-Semitism and white supremacy which has made my commitment to radical anti fascism and anti racism that much more informed. Thanks for all you do guys!

I love the analysis, the hosts are so smart, I appreciate the in-depth perspectives.

More Beau Brink!

Love the pod, but some ads are way out of alignment with the pod!

Some good points scattered around, but mostly the hosts just seem to be on their high horses about almost everything. I’m sure they could turn drinking water, and breathing into a conspiracy.

This podcast says some good things, however illustrates the problems with polarized thinking. Truth is there is a lot of stupidity in the world, but saying it is all the fault of the people to the right of center is not accurate. Truth is, there are a lot of misguided people in the world; misguided people on place along the political spectrum. In my opinion, the worst ideas are from those on BOTH extremes of the political spectrum. I find it interesting that they assert “new age wellness guru’s” to be right wingers. My experience indicates these people are more often on the left wing than anywhere else. The hosts seem to have an “I am educated” arrogance common to many in the Ivory Tower that THINK they have the world figured out but don’t.

In general I am not a big podcast consumer. I’m even less of a podcast reviewer, because this is the first one I’ve bothered to review. But I stumbled on Conspirituality a couple years back when I was hunting for insight on a phenomenon that seemed to be overtaking some of my friends and family. What I was seeing and hearing from those folks troubled me, and alienated me. The hosts here (particularly Remski and Walker) have helped keep me sane and oriented. I appreciate that all three have been steeped in the “wellness space” for decades. Criticism from within holds more water than criticism from without. And on that note, I think they do a good job practicing “generous orthodoxy”. To quote Malcolm Gladwell: Generous Orthodoxy, comes from a theologian named Hans Frei. It's an oxymoron, of course. To be orthodox is to be committed to tradition. To be generous, as Frei defines it, is to be open to change. But Frei thought the best way to live our lives was to find the middle ground because orthodoxy without generosity leads to blindness and generosity without orthodoxy is shallow and empty. One of the hardest things in the world is to find that balance. Not just for those pursuing a life of faith but for anyone interested in making their world better. I’ve stuck with this podcast longer than any other because the hosts consistently produce thoughtful and thought-provoking, well-researched, well-produced and well-edited, quality content. I emphasize well-produced and well-edited because I think this demonstrates respect for your listeners’ time and attention. I don’t agree with every angle, every opinion, every editorial choice they make. (For one example, I think their relationship & attitudes toward firearms betrays a certain shelteredness, a kind of liberal blind spot. For another, I sometimes wish they’d refrain from using creepy music when describing some people or events. I think the facts should stand on their own, and I resent this type of emotional manipulation) But I think if I did agree with everything, that would be a red flag in itself. Five stars implies perfection, and I don’t think any podcast (or person) can be perfect. But I’m giving Conspirituality five stars because I’m grading on a curve. It’s head and shoulders above most of what’s out there. And I’m grateful for all their deep thinking and hard work.

An interesting listen but analysis leans liberal capitalist with very little questioning of mainstream narratives perpetuated by the capitalist class.

Love this podcast, currently binging. the hosts are deft at examining a topic from many angles. Will piss off ideologues.

I listen to a lot of podcasts and Conspirituality is fantastic. I always go back. The guests are great. I love Matthew’s journalistic style.

Once it was a good critique of the cult behaviors among mystics who provide false alternatives to the daily life of (us) market slaves. Apparently the enlightened hosts have decided to sell out to market pressure and charge us (now as consumers) for their services. Ads have a way of polluting consciousness. Lucidity vanishes in a fog of exchange value. When it was free, it was ours. When you believe that advertising & marketing is necessary for your art’s survival, it all dilutes into an ocean of banality.

Extremely well researched podcast! Thank you!

I’m a paid subscriber to Conspirituality and look forward to every episode and have recommended it to many people. However, I really, REALLY wish you would figure out how to filter your ad content. The latest episode had some especially egregious ads—one in particular for a ridiculous “anti-leftist, anti-woke agenda” cellphone service provider. Which is kind of ironic—if I wanted more of those, I would just listen to one of the bro science podcasts you examine.

Listening to ads for meat is gross. Sad to unfollow but didn’t want to hear about ribs. (To be clear, I avoid meat ads everywhere)

With all the EVIDENCE that clearly shows mainstream media is full of disinformation and that 90% of modern science failed us in the last few years. This podcast literally just parrots a narrative designed to keep simple individuals who don’t think outside the box, tucked comfortably into a bed of whatever big Pharma, modern science and political correctness tells you. It’s a great show if you enjoy echo chambers and being told what to think and not how to think. Society is crumbling and these guys are still trying to cling to all its failures and false promises. It’s not a theory if it actually happened. If my dog got 4 rabies vaccines and still got rabies at the end of the year, I would have questions. But hey if you guys enjoy coincidence theories this is the show for you!

Take them with a grain of salt. Sometimes they have amazing guests, and open important conversations, but these are some white men, and you will occasionally hear some statements that belie dehumanizing attitudes toward people who are not white men. Still worth a listen on a regular basis.

When presenting facts on the many ways cults and spiritual groups use tactics that mislead and blind people, the podcasts can be pretty good. But when you veer into politics and health, it seems like you've drunk the kool-aid you strive so hard to convince others to avoid. The cognitive dissonance is real and agitating, and appears peppered with arrogance in order to reinforce your arguments. It doesn't work and makes your biases awkwardly over-emphasized.

Inciteful and enjoyable to listen to