Bonus Sample: Sam Harris: High-Brow Secular Conspiritualist

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Spirituality, Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Bonus episode, piloted by Matthew.There is a subtle form of conspirituality that rides on the familiar dialectic of political cynicism and spiritual promise—but it's dressed for a button-down salon dinner in Harvard Square. No crystals in sight, no essential oils wafting through the room. Sam Harris isn’t sounding the alarm about the Cabal or the Illuminati: his bugaboos are Islam, or “wokeism,” or “cancel culture.” And he isn’t saying that starseeds will save the day, or that a Great Awakening is upon us. He’s not so low-brow. His salvation product is meditation, which he says can validate his political insights. And hey, there's an app for that!Show NotesCelebrity Crusaders For EmpireTowards a geopolitics of atheismWhy the arguments of the 'New Atheists' are often just as violent as religionHarris daydreaming about a nuclear strikeMeet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark WebWill the "University of Austin" ever actually exist?Sam Harris & Charles Murray Harris. “A Few Points of Confusion.”Decoding the Gurus: Sam Harris & Meditation is all you needGurometer— Kavanaugh and BrowneBuddhist Studies Has a Whiteness Problem -- -- --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	Hello, Matthew here from the Conspirituality Podcast Team.
0:06.6	The following is a sample of the bonus episode we produce every week for our Patreon subscribers.
0:12.9	You can support our work and have full access to bonus episodes and other premium content
0:17.7	by subscribing for as little as $5 a month at patreon.com slash Conspirituality.
0:25.1	Thanks for listening and your support, which keeps us ad-free and editorially independent.
0:32.8	Sam Harris, Highbrow Secular Conspiritualist.
0:39.2	Hey everybody, welcome to this bonus episode.
0:42.1	This is a little bit less scripted, more bullet pointy for me.
0:48.4	I didn't have a lot of time to put this together, but I have a lot to say, and I'll just
0:53.8	get into it, but no high production here, no music breaks, I'm just going to go for it.
1:00.9	So I've mentioned before on the podcast in several different places that there's a power
1:06.2	dynamic behind what we do here that I think we always have to be aware of and take care
1:11.7	with.
1:13.3	We are three middle-aged white guys pumping out long-form podcasts in a skeptical vein,
1:21.4	and we spend a lot of time debunking the bad science and philosophy of Conspirituality.
1:28.3	And because the wellness demographic is mostly women, this can put us in the position of perceived
1:34.3	arrogance of the mansplaining variety, and to the extent that we criticize the public health
1:42.1	implications of alt health practices associated with non-white cultures, like traditional
1:49.5	Chinese medicine and acupuncture or ayurveda, our whiteness in the eyes of listeners can
1:55.7	listen a little more brightly.
1:59.0	Now these are all reasonable concerns as we live and grow, and I believe we try to be
2:08.1	careful with them, but I also believe that we can be as careful with these dynamics as
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