The Jordan Harbinger Show

871: Julian Walker | How Conspiracy Theories Make Society Sick

Aug 1, 2023

01:32:37

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

How to Give to a Village in Kenya Out of Extreme Poverty

5min

The Contrarian Influence of Technology

2min

Mickey Willis Explains the Black Death

2min

The Pervasiveness of Outlandish Stories

3min

The Importance of Spirituality in a Young Person's Life

3min

The Demons Behind the Pandemic

5min

The Evolution of Social Media

3min

The Importance of Belief

3min

10.

Jordan's Influence on the Show

2min

11.

The History of Free Speech

2min

12.

The Uncharted Territory of Free Speech

3min

13.

How to Hire the Cram De La Cram

2min

14.

The Benefits of Existential Anxiety

2min

15.

The Importance of Spiritual Bypass

2min

16.

The Secret to Success

4min

17.

The Paranoid Mind Killer

3min

18.

How to Be a Successful Charismatic Influencer

3min

19.

The Disaster Spirituality of Terrorism

3min

20.

The Life and Times of Teal Swan

5min

21.

The Satanic Panic of Pizza Gate

2min

22.

How Grammarly Go Can Help You Craft a Perfect Wedding Speech

4min

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Julian Walker on the Pizza Gate

5min

24.

The Pernicious Idea of Blood Libel

3min

25.

The Dangers of Yoga Classes

4min

26.

The Psychological Dynamic of Loss of Faith in the Health Care System

3min

27.

The Fetishization of Native Americans

2min

28.

Celery Juice: A Health Cure

2min

29.

Refusing to Endorse a Conspiracy Theory Is a Manipulative Technique

2min

30.

The Dark Side of the Wellness Industry

3min

31.

The Cost of Science and Medicine

4min

Conspirituality co-author Julian Walker joins us to discuss how influencers have curdled New Age spirituality and wellness with the politics of paranoia.

What We Discuss with Julian Walker:

Why have so many wellness influencers gone off the conspiracy deep end since COVID began?
What do these conspiracies have in common, and who benefits from their proliferation?
How do otherwise reasonable people get sucked down conspiracy rabbit holes?
How "The female-dominated New Age (with its positive focus on self) and the male-dominated realm of conspiracy theory (with its negative focus on global politics)" has synthesized into a hybrid system of belief dubbed "Conspirituality" by sociologists Charlotte Ward and David Voas.
Why a privately owned platform's refusal to host and perpetuate the views of disinformation peddlers isn't censorship or a violation of free speech.
And much more...

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