Matthew discusses the origins of A Course in Miracles with novelist Sheila Heti.

During “Pet Vaccines and Holistic Vet Care" “holistic veterinarian” Marcie Fallek spreads the same sort of vaccine misinformation and fear-mongering that RFK Jr's nonprofit, Children’s Health Defense, has become infamous for. All of which made Derek realize that yes, they're actually coming for our pets.

With days left before the most consequential US election in our lifetime, we reflect on the last 4.5 years of this podcast while expressing our hopes–and our own reporting goals—for the future.

Author and activist Michelle Cassandra Johnson joins Matthew to offer self-care and sanity tips for a frenetic time.

Billionaire legal activist Leonard Leo has had a role in placing all six conservative justices on the SCOTUS, and so therefore is in large part responsible for the overturning of Roe V Wade. But his right-wing activism isn’t even close to over, as he recently stated during a rare interview with The Daily Wire. Derek and Julian discuss Leo’s dark vision for the future.

“Pandemic Policy: Planning the Future, Assessing the Past” was recently held at Stanford. The anti-vax, anti-lockdown symposium was not all it claimed to be.

What October 14 showed us is that in these moments, Trump’s go-to resource is canned music, and, without his own iPad at the ready, a DJ handler who can spin the tracks and support his reverie of relief and control. 

A look at the distortions and disruptions, the fallacies and fables—and not all of them from the right—that keep people locked in climate paralysis.

In the latest episode from a series on the pseudoscience New Age roots of today’s conspirituality phenomenon, Julian pins Madame Blavatsky on the cork-board map.

On September 29, a predicted one million people were going to show up for the Rescue the Republic event in Washington DC. 1,500 showed up.

Finally: a dedicated, concise report on RFK Jr’s sordid history with women, with all the sources.

On Sept 23, Jordan Peterson, RFK Jr., rising alt-health stars Casey and Calley Means, and many other nutrition non-experts gathered for a live streamed event they called the American Health and Nutrition Roundtable, hosted by Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin. We discuss.

Matthew here with the second installment of Five Big Questions Posed to an Extremely Thoughtful Person. Does Natalie Wynn need an introduction? Or do we simply know that every frame of every Contrapoints essay is a gorgeous still life, a love letter to the unknown viewer thirsty for smarts and queerness and justice?

Derek investigates the recent congressional circus, "American Health and Nutrition: A Second Opinion."

Tens of people will be flocking to Washington DC this Sunday as Rumble comes to life during Rescue the Republic, a one-day event featuring RFK Jr, Russell Brand, Jordan Peterson, Bret Weinstein, Tulsi Gabbard—it’s quite an impressive roster of anti-vax luminaries and right-wing contrarians gathering under the pretense of what is effectively a glorified Donald Trump rally.

Matthew tracks the sources and implications of RFK Jr’s broken climate discourse—rooted in St. Francis of Assisi, appealing to gentleman farmers and homeschoolers, allergic to the scientific abstractions that give us a truly global picture, and always committed to the free market. 

There’s been a question gnawing at fans of Charles Eisenstein: what does he really feel about RFK Jr’s pivot to Trump? His essay answers that question—kind of?

In the wake of recent controversy about WWII revisionism on Carlson’s show, Julian breaks down the accelerationist contours of Tucker’s far-right influence and agenda. Being fired from FOX News and going “independent” has only made it worse.

While Tucker Carlson isn’t leading wellness retreats (yet), he’s certainly being shared by an increasing number of wellness influencers, and we want to know why.

Here’s the first installment of a regular timeline cleanser featuring interviews with folks reflecting on hope, faith, resilience and building community in hard times. Featuring guest Jivana Heyman.