Stephen Miller is once again making headlines for saying the quiet part out loud. Derek and Julian look into this strange little man from Santa Monica.
Show Notes
<a href="https://dukechronicle.com/article/duke-university-stephen-miller-chronicle-opinion-column-miller-time-conservative-controversial-trump-administration-deputy-chief-of-staff-for-policy-trumps-brain-20250228">Stephen Miller: Understanding the man who became ‘Trump’s brain’ through his Chronicle opinion column</a>
<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6o72SS1d0Sxp1BNPbUOKgBi-Hx1PwljkX6Q4AZwPy61ThB_Jj_tNCMq62Z6A_aem_iuc5_9p0tzOyQZuFRcWOOQ">‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat</a>
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Portland Has (Not) Fallen (For It)

Dismantling New Age cults, wellness grifters, and conspiracy-mad yogis. At best, the conspirituality movement attacks public health efforts in times of crisis. At worst, it fronts and recruits for the fever-dream of QAnon. As the alt-right and New Age horseshoe toward each other in a blur of disinformation, clear discourse, and good intentions get smothered. Charismatic influencers exploit their followers by co-opting conspiracy theories on a spectrum of intensity ranging from vaccines to child trafficking. In the process, spiritual beliefs that have nurtured creativity and meaning are transforming into memes of a quickly-globalizing paranoia. Conspirituality Podcast attempts to bring understanding to this landscape. A journalist, a cult researcher, and a philosophical skeptic discuss the stories, cognitive dissonances, and cultic dynamics tearing through the yoga, wellness, and new spirituality worlds. Mainstream outlets have noticed the problem. We crowd-source, research, analyze, and dream answers to it.