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Conspirituality

118: Detoxing From Wellness (w/Kerri Kelly)

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Philosophy

4.02.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Do you ever stop to think about whether or not you can afford organic food—and then consider that many people don’t have such an option? Is Goop’s $295 incense holder a sign of feminine empowerment or merely another Gwneth Paltrow grift? Will that $32 spin class that features an endless litany of positive affirmations make you more likely to slip $5 to the homeless person camped outside of the studio—or does it increase your happiness or contentment levels at all, once the endorphins wear off?These are just some of the questions posed by CTZNWELL founder, Kerri Kelly, in her new book, American Detox: The Myth of Wellness and How We Can Truly Heal. Beginning with her own transformational moment after 9/11, Kerri has long asked difficult questions of both herself and the industry she’s spent decades immersed in. In fact, while Derek and Julian were co-founding the Conspirituality pre-cursor, YogaBrains, over a decade ago, Kerri was an integral member of yoga-activist organization, Off the Mat, Into the World. She joins us this week as co-host to discuss her own origin myth and to tell us exactly how she’s detoxing from America these days.Show NotesAmerican Detox: The Myth of Wellness and How We Can Truly Heal -- -- --Support us on PatreonPre-order Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat: America | Canada Follow us on Instagram | Twitter: Derek | Matthew | JulianOriginal music by EarthRise SoundSystem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.

0:03.1

Hello everyone, it's Matthew here from Conspirituality Podcast.

0:10.3

If there's one core message I'm taking away from my deep dive into Naomi Klein's new book

0:15.8

doppelganger, it's that the erosion of solidarity and positive dialogue on the left can leave

0:22.0

a vacuum of knowledge and practice and community.

0:26.5

And that means that people who work as progressive influencers, I'm looking at you, Naomi Woolf

0:32.7

and RFK Junior, they have an opening and they're going to fill it.

0:37.1

And that's one of the reasons that I'm a regular listener of Best of the Left Podcast.

0:42.2

Because for me, and tens of thousands of others, it keeps that vibrant space of progressive,

0:48.5

intersectional, and generative discussion alive.

0:51.6

Producer Jay Thomlinson has been curating this great show since 2006.

0:57.3

And twice a week, he platforms thoughtful and nuanced interviews and reports, featuring

1:02.7

a variety of experts and researchers in socioeconomic justice, anti-racism, the impacts of religious

1:10.1

bigotry, combating neo-fascism in education policy and on the streets, indigenous rights

1:17.1

and slavery reparations.

1:19.2

And the whole archive of over 1,500 episodes is evergreen, perpetually relevant and inspiring.

1:26.4

So I highly recommend it.

1:28.0

You can look for Best of the Left on your podcast app.

1:46.1

Hey everyone, welcome to Conspirituality, I'm Derek Barris.

1:48.8

I'm Julian Walker.

1:50.8

Oh, and I'm Carrie Kelly.

1:52.8

That's far.

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