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27th May 2024

Supplementary Materials 7: Guru Oneupmanship, Hard Ad Pivots, MOOOINK, and Left Wing Populism

We curse the dark omens emerging from the Gurusphere as we consider:

The Illusion of Disciplinary Boundaries
Flint Dibble Feedback and Rays of Hope
Russell Brand and Bret Weinstein: Guru One-upmanship
Bret Weinstein loves MOINNNNK
Hard Ad Pivots and Peasants Popping out of Wells
Ken Klippenstein and Populist Rhetoric
Questioning mainstream narratives and their so-called 'experts'
QAnon Anonymous missing Left Wing Populism?
Alex O'Connor, Jordan Peterson and the costs of indulgent podcasting
Chris reaching across boundaries to Jonathan Pageau
Our only comment on the Drake and Kendrick Feud
The beautiful ballet of reaching across the aisle
Terence Howard on Rogan

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About the Podcast

Decoding the Gurus

A psychologist and an anthropologist try to make sense of the world's greatest self-declared Gurus.

An exiled Northern Irish anthropologist and a hitchhiking Australian psychologist take a close look at the contemporary crop of 'secular gurus', iconoclasts, and other exiles from the mainstream, offering their own brands of unique takes and special insights.

Leveraging two of the most diverse accents in modern podcasting, Chris and Matt dig deep into the claims, peek behind the psychological curtains, and try to figure out once and for all... What's it all About?

Join us, as we try to puzzle our way through and talk some smart-sounding smack about the intellectual giants of our age, from Jordan Peterson to Robin DiAngelo. Are they revolutionary thinkers or just grifters with delusions of grandeur?

Join us and let's find out!

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Christopher Kavanagh

A Northern Irish cognitive anthropologist who occasionally moonlights as a social psychologist. Chris has long standing interests in the psychology of conspiracy theorists and pseudoscience. His academic research focuses on the Cognitive Science of Religion and ritual psychology. He lives happily in Japan with his family.

Matthew Browne

An Australian psychologist and numbers-guy. He does research on all kinds of stuff, but particularly enjoys looking into why people believe the things they do: religion, conspiracy theories, alternative medicine and stuff. He's into social media in the same way people slow down for car accidents.