Apocalypse Then and Now: Millenarian Cults to QAnon

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USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

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🗓️ 25 March 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

CPF Co-Director Mike Murphy is joined by historians Sylvain Piron and Jay Rubenstein, former Congressman Denver Riggleman, and Marley Clements, co-creator of "QAnon: The Search For Q" on Vice, to examine the similarities between the Apocalyptic and Millenarian cults in the Middle ages to modern conspiracies around Y2K and QAnon.

Featuring:

Mike Murphy - Co-Director, USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future
Marley Clements - Documentary filmmaker, political strategist, and co-founder of Bunker Crew Media
Sylvain Piron - Director of Studies and Chair of Intellectual History of Medieval Societies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, France
Denver Riggleman - Former U.S. Congressman (R-VA); CEO of Riggleman Information and Intelligence Group (RIIG); Author, "Bigfoot... It's Complicated"
Jay Rubenstein - Director, USC Center for the Pre-Modern World and Professor of History at the University of Southern California

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0:00.0	Welcome to the bully pulpit from the University of Southern California Center for the Political Future.
0:11.7	Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot button issues where we respect
0:22.0	each other and respected truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:29.3	Hello, I'm Mike Murphy and welcome. Welcome, welcome to a panel. I've been very excited about
0:35.3	apocalypse then and now, Millennium Cults to Q&on.
0:40.3	So here we are, but of course, if you're part of the conspiracy, you knew all this.
0:44.3	And you knew that I was replaced three days ago by an android, so this is all under the control of the deep state.
0:49.3	But if you don't believe that, you're fact-based, you're going to really enjoy this panel.
0:53.3	I want to introduce our tremendous team here to talk believe that. You're fact-based. You're going to really enjoy this panel. I want to introduce
0:54.6	our tremendous team here to talk about that upbeat topic, The Apocalypse. I'm just glad we have
1:01.1	at least an hour until it happens, so we ought to be able to squeeze the panel in. Joining us is
1:05.4	Marley Clements, who's a documentary filmmaker, political strategist, and co-founder of Bunker Crew Media.
1:11.9	She spent more than a decade in Washington where she's worked in various capacities for campaigns,
1:16.6	think tanks, and advocacy groups.
1:18.6	And her most recent film, right on topic, QAnon, the search for Q, which she co-created and hosted,
1:24.9	was released by Vice TV in 2021 and immediately became one of Vice's highest rated shows.
1:32.0	Sylvain Perron is a medievalist and the director of studies and chair of intellectual history of medieval societies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, France.
1:42.6	His research focuses on medieval intellectual history
1:45.9	from the 12th to 14th century. He's offered numerous book, including genealogy of economic
1:51.9	morals, the occupation of the world. And that's Google's best attempt in a translation from
1:56.9	the native French tongue in which it was written. Denver Riggleman is a former U.S. congressman and a former Air Force intelligence officer.
2:06.2	I may get into Area 51 with him just a little bit.
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