What the hell happened between the Dalai Lama and that Indian boy? The internet served up a raft of painfully inflammatory takes, so I took a month to talk with Tibetologists and review the literature on sexual abuse in Tibetan Buddhist contexts. This is a deep, tangled dive. Content warnings apply. Chapters:<ol>
<li>Why cover this, and why now?</li>
<li>Summary</li>
<li>The Clip</li>
<li>Virality</li>
<li>Two Orientalisms</li>
<li>Outrages and Pilled Mindset</li>
<li>What do Tibetans and their allies say?</li>
<li>Kazi Adi Shakti, Thi Nguyen, Becca Williams</li>
</ol> Full Show Notes on Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

What the hell happened between the Dalai Lama and that Indian boy? The internet served up a raft of painfully inflammatory takes, so I took a month to talk with Tibetologists and review the literature on sexual abuse in Tibetan Buddhist contexts. This is a deep, tangled dive. Content warnings apply. Chapters: Why cover this, and why now? Summary The Clip Virality Two Orientalisms Outrages and Pilled Mindset What do Tibetans and their allies say? Kazi Adi Shakti, Thi Nguyen, Becca Williams Full Show Notes on Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What the hell happened between the Dalai Lama and that Indian boy? The internet served up a raft of painfully inflammatory takes, so I took a month to talk with Tibetologists and review the literature on sexual abuse in Tibetan Buddhist contexts.&nbsp;This is a deep, tangled dive. Content warnings apply.&nbsp;Chapters:<ol>
<li>Why cover this, and why now?</li>
<li>Summary</li>
<li>The Clip</li>
<li>Virality</li>
<li>Two Orientalisms</li>
<li>Outrages and Pilled Mindset</li>
<li>What do Tibetans and their allies say?</li>
<li>Kazi Adi Shakti, Thi Nguyen, Becca Williams</li>
</ol> Full Show Notes on Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Bonus Sample: The Dalai Lama Spectacle

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.

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