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Bonus Sample: Talking to Children About Conspirituality

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

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

4.22K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

An audio essay loosely based on conversations Matthew has while parenting. Content is possibly appropriate for ages 7 to 11 — although who really knows. The main point is to deflate the media persona and cut back on the cynicism and hot-takery to discuss these things in a way that leaves the door open for growth and hope. Rules: use simple sentences, many examples, frame bad news within good news, and never call anyone stupid. Don’t give a kid a story that has no way out. Don’t people their world with hopeless cases.Questions include: What is a conspiracy? What’s the difference between a good and bad conspiracy? So what are conspiracy theories? Are all conspiracy theories bad? How can people can believe COVID isn’t real when they can see how many people are getting sick and dying? Why do conspiracy theorists make things worse than they actually are? Why would the government cover up aliens? What is spirituality? What do conspiracy theories have to do with spirituality? So if you grew up believing in Jesus, did you used to believe in conspirituality? -- -- --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

Transcript

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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

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0:17.7

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0:25.1

Thanks for listening and your support, which keeps us ad-free and editorially independent.

0:32.1

So what are Conspiracy theories?

0:37.2

Okay, so we know that conspiracies are real.

0:42.4

Real people plan them and they really carry them out.

0:46.7

And if they are bad conspiracies, they can hurt a lot of people.

0:52.0

So remember that the tobacco bosses kept their businesses going for decades after they

0:57.6

learned that many smokers died of lung cancer.

1:02.1

And people aren't stupid.

1:04.4

They are understandably suspicious when they start learning about stories like this.

1:10.0

They know that conspiracies happen and they don't like it.

1:17.1

Remember too that real conspiracies are usually only discovered long after they've ended.

1:23.4

And that's really, really frustrating.

1:28.0

One thing that can make some people feel better about that frustration is beginning to imagine

1:36.1

what conspiracies might be going on right now.

1:41.0

Because if they are right about what they imagine, they might have the chance to be a hero,

1:48.4

to save the world from some terrible thing.

1:52.8

They might feel less helpless about bad things happening.

1:57.3

Because if you can discover what the bad thing is before it's really fully happened, you

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