Episode 220: Baby Q Rising feat Will Sommer

QAA Podcast

Julian Feeld, Travis View & Jake Rockatansky

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4.5 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

We sit with longtime QAnon reporter Will Sommer of the Daily Beast to discuss Baby Q's weird cult, the rise of QAnon over the last few years, the hunt for Q's identity, and the Q-man Centipede. We also touch on the latest internal Fox News messages that reveal their eagerness to platform lies about the election even when they didn’t believe those lies themselves. Will Sommer's book is 'Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America'. Subscribe for $5 a month to get an extra episode of QAA every week + access to ongoing series like 'Manclan' and 'Trickle Down': http://www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous Will Sommer: https://twitter.com/willsommer Will's Book 'Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America': https://www.harpercollins.com/products/trust-the-plan-will-sommer QAA's Website: https://qanonanonymous.com Music by Max Weber. Editing by Corey Klotz.

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0:00.0	Welcome listener to chapter 220 of the QAnon Anonymous podcast, The Rise of QAnon
0:22.2	and Fox News Election Lies episode.
0:25.2	As always we are your host Jake Rockatansky, Julian Fields and Travis Vue.
0:30.0	Once upon a time in 2018, three men in their mid 30s, with stalled careers started a
0:35.6	podcast about internet weirdos they were obsessed with.
0:39.0	But before then, one of the few places you could read about QAnon was through Will Somers
0:43.2	coverage of the phenomenon in the Daily Beast.
0:46.2	Five years later he published a book about what he learned in that time.
0:49.8	Trust the plan, The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy that Unhinged America.
0:54.1	Today we're going to be talking to him about his experiences traveling the country,
0:57.6	talking to QAnon influencers, attending the events and listening to victims of the conspiracy
1:02.4	theory.
1:03.4	We'll also take a detour to the world of cable news where things are not okay.
1:07.6	They're in each other's DMs being shitty.
1:10.0	Yes, a lawsuit has revealed that Fox News hosts were eager to platform lies about the election,
1:15.1	even when they didn't really believe those lies themselves.
1:18.4	So Will, thanks again for coming out of the show to talk about your book.
1:21.7	Hey thanks for having me guys.
1:23.1	Hello Will.
1:24.1	Hey it's good to be back with you know, with you know, some fellow OGs of QAnon coverage.
1:29.0	Yeah, we're doing fine, man.
1:30.1	We're feeling a little silly.
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