Modern Wisdom

#451 - Derek Beres - Conspiracy Theories In New Age Cults

Mar 24, 2022

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The Purity Spiral

03:28

How Do You Know if You're Going to Be Indoctrinated?

04:02

What's the Difference Between Terrain Theory and Germ Theory?

02:10

Introduction

5min

How to Better Help Dot Com Slash Modern Wisdom

3min

I Agree With You on the Term "Conspiracy Theory"

2min

How Do You Know if You're Going to Be Indoctrinated?

4min

How Did Kuenon Infiltrate the Yoga Community?

3min

The Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric

2min

The in Group, Out Group Dynamism

2min

How to Predict a Person's Behaviour

2min

I've Never Been in a Situation of Discussion on Twitter

2min

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The Purity Spiral

3min

11.

Is America the Most Conspiratorial in the World?

2min

12.

I'm a Vaccin Expert, and This Week's Episode Is Constituality Go Gos to War

5min

13.

Is There a Higher Standard That You Expect Corporate Press to Be Held To?

4min

14.

Forgiveness Is Such a Powerful Human Connection

3min

15.

The Conspiracy Theory and the Purification Spirale

2min

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What's the Difference Between Terrain Theory and Germ Theory?

2min

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Yoga and Buddhism

2min

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Is There a Pathway to Indoctrination?

3min

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What Types of People Become Constituality Leaders?

2min

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The Con Spirituality Gooroo

2min

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Is There Any Kind of Conspiritual Influence on the Internet?

3min

22.

We Love You. We Think This Is Wrong

2min

23.

Are You Trying to Get a Debate Out of Your Audience?

4min

24.

How Effective Is D Platforming in Curtailing the Growth of Certain Creators?

2min

25.

Is There a Cross Pollination Between Different Platforms?

2min

26.

Is a Leaderless Colt Possible?

2min

27.

Are You Trying to Take It Out of the Room?

2min

28.

Far Right Nonsense Becomes Hr Poli

3min

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What Are Some of the Far Left Colts That Have Been Going On?

3min

Derek Beres is an author & media expert, the Senior Editor at Eco & co-host of the Conspirituality podcast.

Far left yoga mums and far right trolls aren't the most obvious pairing that you would put together, however these unlikely ideological allies have more in common than you might think. Much of the thinking within these groups has converged in recent years and Derek is here to explain how this happens.

Expect to learn how the term conspiracy has been diluted down to mean all manner of things now, the typical characteristics of a cult leader, why conspiracy theories are so seductive to the people tempted by them, how spirituality adds a different flavour to conspiratorial tropes, whether I need to stop saying hello cult members and much more...

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