FAQAnon with Brandy Zadrozny and Ben Collins

Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast

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4.6 • 9.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Here by popular demand – all your QAnon questions answered with two of the best reporters on the beat. Is QAnon a cult, a religion, a conspiracy theory, a state of mind? Who or what is Q? How did it gain such prominence and capture the minds of so many? Is it harmless – or is it dangerous? NBC reporters Brandy Zadrozny and Ben Collins help us pull on the thread of a movement that exploded off the message boards and into the mainstream, with a fervent supporter likely headed to Congress. Follow Ben Collins Follow Brandy Zadrozny

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0:00.0	For 99% of the people that are engaging with QAnon content,
0:05.0	the most danger it can have is alienating you from your entire family and friend network,
0:09.6	which it absolutely does.
0:11.3	But that's about it. That's the worst that we're going to see.
0:14.1	For 1% of those people, it drives them mad.
0:18.0	Over and over and over again, we see people who are seriously in trouble or hurting in some way.
0:25.2	And for this, the QAnon stuff, it just feeds right into their brain and it's super dangerous.
0:35.1	Hello and welcome to Wise. It's happening with me, your host, Chris Hayes.
0:43.7	Does my voice sound more resonant?
0:46.1	Does it sound roomier where I am?
0:48.6	Well, I'm no longer in a closet. I decided to metaphorically come out of my closet.
0:54.4	No, I'm sorry, not metaphorically.
0:56.2	No, literally come out of my closet because it was sweaty in there and uncomfortable.
1:01.2	My wife, I wasn't good. So I'm now just doing it here.
1:04.2	And hopefully the vocal quality is okay.
1:06.7	But I'm doing okay. Thank you for asking.
1:10.8	Things are not great in America right now.
1:13.5	And today I figured let's dive deep into the darkness.
1:17.3	You have probably been hearing more and more about QAnon.
1:21.3	I know a lot of people I know have started finding people in their lives who are posting about
1:28.5	QAnon or posting about QAnon adjacent stuff. It's super unnerving. It's real like a cult and bizarre.
1:36.5	It's almost hard to define it. There's been this sort of fight over what is it?
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