Put your brain in Warrior 2 and join us for a conversation about the new documentary series Twisted Yoga on Apple TV+ (in which Gregorian Bivolaru assaults women in the name of divine transmogrification at yoga retreats). We talk about classification and the power of language—acquiring it, adapting it, and applying it. Our pronunciation skills could use some work, and Merinda mentions Unsolved Mysteries when she means America’s Most Wanted, but we stand by the larger points in full-on Mountain Pose.

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Special thanks to the REL Digital Lab in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama for production assistance.

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