292: Women of Jan 6 (w/ Noelle Cook)

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.0 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Noelle Cook’s The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging is the first ethnography of conspirituality, and it comes via someone who was able to really embed themselves in a volatile culture and find its emotional logic. She’s our guest today. Cook focuses on the travails of two middle-aged women following the January 6 Capitol riot. By spending years befriending and talking with Tammy Butry and Yvonne St. Cyr, Cook is able to document the impacts of childhood trauma and systemic neglect—as well as diverse personality quirks—that can drive folks toward QAnon. They are starseeds. They are mama bears. They are on a divine mission to destroy the matrix and usher in the Great Awakening. For them, the algorithms were oracles, reinforcing isolation and radicalization by providing a sense of purpose to the purposeless, and visibility to the invisible. Cook has not written a book for answers, but a book filled with the next questions worth grappling with as we realize how deeply wounded some recruits to fascism are. Show Notes The Hottest Spot for Sunday Church Is a MAGA Dive Bar The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:54.6	Episode 292, Women of January 6th with Noel Cook.
2:03.3	Noel Cook's The Conspiracists, Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging,
2:08.6	a new book just out, is the first ethnography of conspirituality.
2:13.6	And it comes via someone who is able to really embed themselves in a volatile culture and find
2:18.9	its emotional logic. And she's our guest today. Cook focuses on the travails of two middle-aged
2:25.9	women following the January 6th, Capitol Riot. By spending years befriending and talking with
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