32: Both Sides Pt 2: Healing & Sense-making in the New Year (w/Charles Eisenstein)

A rough tally of our labor from the inception of this podcast in May puts us at over 1,100 hours of treading water in the content sea of JP Sears, Mikki Willis, Christiane Northrup, and the rest of the gang. Are we getting our bearings yet? Will we see land soon?

This episode is centered on Part 2 of Matthew’s discussion with Charles Eisenstein — a bellwether for the possibility that wellness and spirituality culture can communicate clearly about conspirituality. In the discussion and analysis that follows the interview, we look at who gets to say what and from which platform, what it means to be brave versus what it means to be evidence-based, and whether South Park really did predict the Trump-Biden choice.

In the Ticker, we’ll peek into the bizarro world of Guru Jagat, run down what anti-vaxxers believe about ingredients, ogle at Michael Flynn’s QAnon merch shop, and dive into Lori Ladd’s recent video where she rallies the troops after a revelatory nap. In The Jab, Julian unravels the facts around the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Finally, in a New Year’s Eve closer, Matthew wonders, from the quietude of a recent home hospice experience, about how we might be able to slow down.

Show Notes

Guru Jagat camp grace talk

Weaving Dharma Art: Guru Jagat x Mandev

Mandev’s Yogi Bhajan propaganda film put out to counter abuse testimony

Harper’s profile on Jagat (pre abuse scandal)

Deslippe rocks the Kundalini backstory

An Olive Branch’s independent investigation into KY and 3HO historical abuse (an initial effort)

Harijiwan’s hagiography of Bhajan via Mandev’s video skillz (one example)

Harijiwan, “toner bandit”

@ramawrong’s excellent IG feed

Phil Good Life discloses three mental health related hospitalizations

Here’s How the Anti-Vaxxers’ Strongest Argument Falls Apart

Why the Government Pays Billions to People Who Claim Injury by Vaccines

Vaccine Court: The Law and Politics of Injury

Majority of anti-vaccine ads on Facebook were funded by two groups

Anti-vaccine leaders targeting minority becomes growing concern at NYC forum