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Script of a Conspirituality Podcast bonus episode
Here’s the script of a bonus episode released on 5.17.2021.
This bonus episode is a little more informal than usual. No music, no fancy production values. I won’t start and stop if I flub on words. I did have something written out and almost-produced: an examination of the content of a particularly volatile conspirituality influencer.
Dozens of listeners have referred us to this person’s Instagram account and their antics. They have a dedicated but smallish following. The content is typical harmful Q-adjacent COVID denialism and vaccine disinformation. The only thing that’s original about it is the level of aggression the person performs as they deliver it — aggression, masquerading as feminist righteousness, directed at the world and their followers. It’s so over the top it’s hard to believe, until you realize that the brand is outrageousness itself. A combination of Alex Jones, Alice Cooper, and some sort of Marina Abramovic for MAGA yoga moms.
As with so many of the influencers we study, it was easy to be sucked into their feed with a combination of fascination and nausea. I spent some time there, and carefully sifted through the scorched earth to…
