American New Age culture isn’t all crystals and Tarot cards. A New World Order? The Aryan race? Alien-human hybrids? Throughout history, New Age belief systems have so often been blended with wild, and sometimes dangerous, conspiracy theories that academics have coined the term “conspirituality.”
This week, we journey into murky waters of Love Has Won, a ... Show More
Oct 8
Candy Jones, the Brainwashed Fashion Model
Candy Jones had an impressive résumé: Miss Atlantic City, Model of the Year, highest-paid cover model of the 1940s, entrepreneur, radio personality, author…and an unwitting undercover CIA agent, brainwashed by the government. Or, so she claimed. To find out more, we’re digging in ... Show More
48m 3s
Jun 2025
Standing in my own truth, by Moj Mahdara
No boys. No dresses. As a teen, Moj Mahdara, founder of the fashion media company Beautycon, knows she’s different. And growing up in a traditional Iranian household, she struggles to reveal her own true identity. When two long-term houseguests descend — her grandmothers — Moj is ... Show More
26m 40s
May 2025
The Hidden Truth Of Reincarnation According To Edgar Cayce
What happens after we die? Is this life a one-time event, a fleeting spark in a sea of darkness? Or are we part of a greater journey—one that stretches across centuries, across continents, across stars? The idea of reincarnation has lingered in the human imagination for thousands ... Show More
43m 3s
Aug 2024
Tarot, Tech, and Our Age of Magical Thinking
Until recently, tarot, astrology, and spiritualism—practices often shorthanded simply as woo-woo—were the stuff of dusty psychic parlors and seventies nostalgia. But today, mysticism has permeated mainstream culture. In the third and final installment of the Critics at Large inte ... Show More
46m 43s
Dec 2024
32.24 - MU Podcast - Soul Snapping
Throughout history, new technologies have always sparked apprehension and suspicion. However, arguably none have done so more than the camera, at least from a superstitious perspective. Traditional cultures even believed these modern marvels could steal a piece of your soul. Folk ... Show More
1h 6m
Jul 23
Astro-Medical Wisdom & the Birth of the Zodiac with Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid
What can the world’s first written civilization teach us about astrology, medicine, and our connection to the cosmos? In this fascinating episode, I sit down with Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid, honorary fellow at the University of Oxford’s Wolfson College and leading expert on the languag ... Show More
56m 39s
Jul 2024
Manifest Your Desires Using Numerology ft. Courtney Taylor | Ep. 327
Hello, Badass Manifesters! Today, we’re kicking off a month of episodes diving deep into the mystical world of manifestation with psychic knowings, Numerology, Feng Shui, and Human Design! It’s going to be a magical month, and we can’t wait to take this journey with you!
Today’s ... Show More
1h 22m