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Derek Beres is a multi-faceted author, speaker, and media expert based in Portland, Oregon. He has served in senior editorial positions at a number of tech companies and has years of experience in health, science, and music writing. He regularly speaks on science and media literacy. Derek is the co-host of the Conspirituality podcast.

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	Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat by Derek Beres (Goodreads Author), Matthew Remski (Goodreads Author), Julian Walker 3.97 avg rating — 1,684 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whole Motion: Training Your Brain and Body for Optimal Health 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hero's Dose: The Case for Psychedelics in Ritual and Therapy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Warrior's Path: Living Yoga's Ten Codes 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Well Enough: Finding Health Despite the Wellness Industry 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Global Beat Fusion: The History of the Future of Music liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mysterious Distance 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Staircase of Words, Volume One: Essays by Derek Beres (Goodreads Author), Dax-Devlon Ross liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sound Against Flame: The Process of Yoga and Atheism in America really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“She joked that her rational mind would never allow her to interpret a sight like that as a sign like Louis was listening. Skepticism has a price”
― Derek Beres, Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat

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“It’s a short trip between Steiner touting his pseudohistory book and Hitler coining the term Lügenpresse (“lying press,” or in today’s parlance, “fake news”) to deride any legitimate journalism that would push back against the Third Reich.”
― Derek Beres, Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat

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“And contrary to what health conspiracists might imagine, critics and former NCCIH heads describe a reluctance at the agency to ever say that treatment had been shown not to work—even when that’s what the evidence showed.”
― Derek Beres, Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat

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