Matthew continues the Antifascist Woodshed series with a two-part analysis of an extraordinary cultural event: rebellions within rebellions—or how a ragtag band of writers and worldbuilders Trojan-horsed an antifascist masterpiece into the Empire of streaming content.
Seven chapters: 
(This past Saturday, main feed:)
<ol>
 <li>
Space Wizards or Antifascism?
</li>
 <li>
Star Wars Culture Wars
</li>
 <li>
A Post-Fragmentary Left
</li>
</ol>
(Today:)
<ol>
 <li>
Hope and Love  
</li>
 <li>
Tony Gilroy’s Antifascist Field Manual
</li>
 <li>
The Used Future
</li>
 <li>
Antifascist Parents Are Better than Jedi Parents
</li>
</ol>
NB: There will be spoilers for Andor!
 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Matthew continues the Antifascist Woodshed series with a two-part analysis of an extraordinary cultural event: rebellions within rebellions—or how a ragtag band of writers and worldbuilders Trojan-horsed an antifascist masterpiece into the Empire of streaming content. Seven chapters: (This past Saturday, main feed:) Space Wizards or Antifascism? Star Wars Culture Wars A Post-Fragmentary Left (Today:) Hope and Love Tony Gilroy’s Antifascist Field Manual The Used Future Antifascist Parents Are Better than Jedi Parents NB: There will be spoilers for Andor! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew continues the Antifascist Woodshed series with a two-part analysis of an extraordinary cultural event: rebellions within rebellions—or how a ragtag band of writers and worldbuilders Trojan-horsed an antifascist masterpiece into the Empire of streaming content.
Seven chapters:&nbsp;
(This past Saturday, main feed:)
<ol>
 <li>
Space Wizards or Antifascism?
</li>
 <li>
Star Wars Culture Wars
</li>
 <li>
A Post-Fragmentary Left
</li>
</ol>
(Today:)
<ol>
 <li>
Hope and Love&nbsp;&nbsp;
</li>
 <li>
Tony Gilroy’s Antifascist Field Manual
</li>
 <li>
The Used Future
</li>
 <li>
Antifascist Parents Are Better than Jedi Parents
</li>
</ol>
NB: There will be spoilers for Andor!
 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Bonus Sample: Watching Andor with the Kids (Pt 2)

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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