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Conspirituality

87: The Aubrey Marcus Spectacle

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Social Sciences, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

4.0 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

When we left our Austin conspirituality heroes in the last episode, Charles Eisenstein, New Age Q, was locking in his position as the philosopher—or jester—in the court of Aubrey Marcus. But what of this court? Matthew’s scene by scene analysis of some prime Marcus marketing porn will give us some clues. The video in question is for Marcus’s life-coaching programme, which is called “Fit for Service.” The visuals centre around what looks like a haka ritual dance, through which customers release their inner warriors, nurture their affiliate links and jazz up their socials. On point for the influencer age, the ritual plays out in a narcissistic hall of mirrors, choreographed for performance by programme participants in order to promote the programme they are performing in. Naturally, Matthew will be using the analytical frameworks of spectacle and simulation from Guy Debord and Jean Baudrillard to make sense of it. He’ll also apply Renato Rosaldo’s concept of “imperialist nostalgia” to explore the ugly conflicts in Marcus’s indigenous cosplay.Show NotesFit for Service homepagefit.for.service:  A Dandelion In A Field Is Un-killableA poet’s plea to save our planet | IN-Q | TED Institute "Revolution": The FORGOTTEN Voices of The Pandemic Will Have You In TearsThe 5 Desires: Marcus on FFS promises Aubrey Marcus - Fit For Service Mastermind - Review – Max HugThe Wellness Pornographers. Gamifying intimacy, abusing public… | by Matthew Remski | Medium Heresy Labs on HeilungRenato Rosaldo: Imperialist Nostalgia -- -- --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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This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.

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Here's something that will blow you away.

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and now is the perfect time to upgrade,

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with a 7,500 pound government grind.

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And if you get yours from British guests,

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we guarantee you will heat your home to your perfect temperature,

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or your money back.

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And what's more, we won't be beating on price.

0:29.0

So it's British guests, heat pumps,

0:32.0

exclusions and conditions afloat, government grind,

0:34.0

subject to an eligibility.

0:36.0

This is meant to be an ad for the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5,

0:40.0

how it stands up perfectly on a desk for business calls

0:43.0

and has a larger cover screen for emails.

0:45.0

But we've got one in the studio,

0:47.0

so our sound engineer Brian is distracted.

0:49.0

He's not even listening, look.

0:51.0

Flannel, pomegranate, weasel.

0:54.0

The new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 for business,

0:57.0

unfold the wonder, available now at Samsung Business Shop.

1:03.0

Uh, yeah, very good.

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