Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, and Julian Walker are hosts of the Conspirituality podcast.

Derek Beres is a multi-faceted author, media expert, and fitness instructor based in Los Angeles. A former reporter and magazine editor, he has written for dozens of publications, including MTV, Rolling Stone, Women’s Health, Yoga Journal, and National Geographic online. He is currently a columnist for Big Think and a marketing writer for StackSocial. His new book, ‘Hero’s Dose: The Case for Psychedelics in Ritual and Therapy,’ will be published in Summer 2020.

Matthew Remski is a cult survivor and researcher. His 2019 book, ‘Practice and All is Coming: Abuse, Cult Dynamics and Healing in Yoga and Beyond,’ is the first systematic analysis of pervasive cultism in the modern yoga world. His current research is pivoting to look at cultic dynamics in conspirituality and eco-justice movements.

Julian Walker grew up in Zimbabwe and South Africa and has lived in LA since 1990. He is fascinated with the intersections of yoga/meditation, psychology, science, and culture. He has written extensively on cults and gurus, spiritual bypass and quantum woo in New Age circles, trauma and the body, and neuroscience and somatic psychology informing the practice and teaching of yoga.

Source: www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/conspirituality