In light of the recent allegations, Matthew offers a backgrounder on what we’ve learned about Brand through conspirituality and cultic studies and from his opportunistic relationships to wellness, self-help, and Kundalini Yoga. Ending with a focus on how his yoga world LARPing became a launch pad for his success as a spirituality-coded conspiracy theorist in the age of COVID.
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Show Notes
Conspirituality 97: Brand Awareness
Russell Brand accused of rape, sexual assaults and abuse
Russell Brand - In Plain Sight (Dispatches) [couchtripper] - video Dailymotion
BBC and police begin inquiries as Russell Brand faces more claims
Russell Brand: BBC resists calls to release complaints filed against presenter
Russell Brand's Charismatic Bullshit - by Derek Beres
Russell Brand helps the homeless with his yoga teacher... and his new tantric tattoos | Daily Mail Online
Yogi Bhajan Turned an L.A. Yoga Studio into a Juggernaut, and Left Two Generations of Followers Reeling from Alleged Abuse
Conspirituality 36: Guru Jagat's Pandemic Brandwash
Conspirituality 37: Guru Jagat Cultjacks Kundalini Yoga
Conspirituality 64: Remembering Guru Jagat
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Deep Cut: The Dalai Lama Spectacle
173: Psychedelic Capitalism (w/Psymposia)
Bonus Sample: A Theory of Motivation
172: Why Always the Jews? (w/Mike Rothschild)
Bonus Sample: You Can’t Just Take Things Away from People
Brief: The Planet is Burning, Man (w/Tommy Diacono)
171: Cracking the Mirror World (w/Naomi Klein)
Bonus Sample: Swamp Creatures 2: Roger Stone
Brief: Review of Naomi Klein’s "Doppelganger"
170: The Age of Insurrection (w/David Neiwert)
Bonus Sample: The Perils of "Free Speech"
Brief: Slavery is Not a Form of Hustle
169: Neo Tantra & Sex Work (w/Esme Providence Brown)
Bonus Sample: What Is the Rabbit Hole?
Brief: Softening The Turtle Shell (w/Frank Han, M.D.)
168: Decoding the Gurus (w/Chris Kavanagh and Matt Browne)
Bonus Sample: Swamp Creatures
Deep Cut: What Will Yoga Do to Our Children?
167: Straight White American Jesus (w/Bradley Onishi)
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