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27: Finding Meaning (and Laughs) in Crisis (w/Alex Auder)

27: Finding Meaning (and Laughs) in Crisis (w/Alex Auder)

FromConspirituality


27: Finding Meaning (and Laughs) in Crisis (w/Alex Auder)

FromConspirituality

ratings:
Length:
128 minutes
Released:
Nov 25, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Though we’re all staying put this holiday season, we continue to super-spread our conspirituality vibes. This week we’re fielding listener questions for our first-ever non-Patreon AMA. During this episode, we’ll be talking about our own spiritual beliefs, finding meaning in crisis, Matthew being canceled, and more.For a holiday treat, Matthew interviews friend of the pod, the fabulous Alex Auder, about what it means to satirize free-birth influencer @bauhauswife, who’s putting the fash back into fashion.02:50 Up For Belief22:25 Hey House44:55 Eulogy for an Elegy57:02 Interview with Alex AuderAll music by EarthRise SoundSystem (Duke Schommer + Derek Beres)Support Conspirituality on PatreonShow NotesFour Quartets — TS EliotIs Stephen Mitchell a translator? He “translates” so many languages!Then there’s Jan Van Buitenen, the unknownMatthew’s elegy for Michael Stone
Released:
Nov 25, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

A weekly study of converging right-wing conspiracy theories and faux-progressive wellness utopianism. 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.