Bonus Sample: Sam Harris: High-Brow Secular Conspiritualist

Bonus episode, piloted by Matthew.

There is a subtle form of conspirituality that rides on the familiar dialectic of political cynicism and spiritual promise—but it's dressed for a button-down salon dinner in Harvard Square. No crystals in sight, no essential oils wafting through the room. 

Sam Harris isn’t sounding the alarm about the Cabal or the Illuminati: his bugaboos are Islam, or “wokeism,” or “cancel culture.” 

And he isn’t saying that starseeds will save the day, or that a Great Awakening is upon us. He’s not so low-brow. 

His salvation product is meditation, which he says can validate his political insights. And hey, there's an app for that!

Celebrity Crusaders For Empire
Towards a geopolitics of atheism
Why the arguments of the 'New Atheists' are often just as violent as religion
Harris daydreaming about a nuclear strike
Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web
Will the "University of Austin" ever actually exist?
Sam Harris & Charles Murray
Harris. “A Few Points of Confusion.”
Decoding the Gurus: Sam Harris & Meditation is all you need
Gurometer— Kavanaugh and Browne
Buddhist Studies Has a Whiteness Problem
Buddhism, Race, and American Belonging
#BuddhistCultureWars:  | Gleig
Joy Brennan on Buddhism & identity politics
Decoding the Gurus. Interview with Sam Harris
‎I Don't Speak German: 97: Debating Sam Harris
Remski: “I Got Mine-Ism”
"Woking Up" by Eiynah (which Matthew didn't cite NEARLY enough, as he filed before listening to it.)