Archive - Both/And with Jay Michaelson

The Real Opus Dei: Human Trafficking, Cult-Like Abuse... and the Supreme Court

Gareth Gore, author of the shocking new book "Opus" talks about an actual conspiracy far more shocking than the imaginary ones.

Oct 2 •

35:44

September 2024

Have You No Sense of Decency?

What's dangerous today isn't woke ideology, trans people, or immigration. It's the tolerance for violence, vulgarity, and sheer meanness of spirit.

Sep 26 •

Eden Pearlstein: Why Nothing Really Matters

But in the mystical, not nihilistic, sense of the word

Sep 17 •

32:29

The Pet-Eating Is The Point

What MAGA really thinks about immigrants, and why they have to lie about it so much

Sep 11 •

Mysticism for Normies

On the utility (and limitations) of cultivating momentary peak experience flashbacks while at your kid's gym class. Plus some exciting career news.

Sep 5 •

August 2024

Lessons for the Psychedelic Movement from the LGBTQ Equality Movement

On the unavoidable spirituality of social change

Aug 30 •

Don't Take Your Thoughts So Seriously!

Also inside: the great secret of meditation

Aug 21 •

Weird: A Sympathetic Reappraisal

These people are weird because they think they're normal and that everyone should be like them, despite being totally weird. *That* is weird.

Aug 13 •

You Are Wiser Than You Were

The last few years have been a lot. Here's a short dharma talk on how you may have grown wiser as a result.

Aug 6 •

Yes, JD Vance Really Believes This Stuff

On Trad-Cath, Tech-Fash, and the Vice of Weird Arrogance

Aug 1 •

July 2024

Nationalist Fictions, in Europe and America

When people are feeling devalued or adrift, their instincts can be exploited by the powerful.

Jul 25 •

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The Battleground

Comparative Incitement

Welcome, Republicans newly concerned about stochastic terrorism. Kindly look in the mirror.

Jul 18 •

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