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
May 6
Salem Witch Trials: The Dark Forces That Divided a Town
The injustice and hysteria that defined the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 is so shocking, historians have spent centuries looking for an explanation. In reality, it was a perfect storm of tensions that led to the deaths of at least 24 innocent people. But in all of that confusion, w ... Show More
50m 12s
Apr 29
The Superman Curse and the Death of George Reeves
In the 1950s, Adventures of Superman dominated TV screens thanks to its star George Reeves. However, while the world loved him as Superman, George reportedly felt trapped in the role. According to the Hollywood rumor mill, the resulting depression drove him to die by suicide. But ... Show More
45m 39s
Apr 22
The Colorado Cannibal: Alfred Packer
A man stumbles out of the Colorado wilderness in 1873. After his traveling party ran out of food in the dead of winter, he’s the only survivor. Except he looks surprisingly well-fed. Alfred Packer’s story of what became of his companions changes not once, but twice. In the end, w ... Show More
39m 30s
Mar 2025
She Started a Cult - The Amy Carlson / Love Has Won story
<p>The Amy Carlson case centers around the leader of the spiritual cult "Love Has Won," who was found unalived in April 2021 in a Colorado home, her mummified body adorned with glitter and wrapped in Christmas lights. Known to her followers as "Mother God," Ca ... Show More
8m 49s
Jun 2025
Standing in my own truth, by Moj Mahdara
<p>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 ... Show More
26m 40s
May 2025
The Hidden Truth Of Reincarnation According To Edgar Cayce
<p>What happens after we die?</p><p> </p><p>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?</p><p> </p><p>The idea of reincarnation has lingered in the ... Show More
43m 3s
Aug 2024
Tarot, Tech, and Our Age of Magical Thinking
<p>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 i ... Show More
46m 43s
Nov 2023
#62 Sarah Breskman Cosme - Remembering Past Lives: Atlantis & Lemuria, Dolores Cannon, Quantum Healing Hypnosis
<p>Sarah Breskman Cosme is a Master Hypnotist, a Level 3 practitioner of Dolores Cannon’s QHHT hypnosis, and a student of Dr. Brian Weiss. She is the best-selling author of A Hypnotist’s Journey to Atlantis and the author of A Hypnotist’s Journey to the Secrets of the Sphinx. QHH ... Show More
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