ICYMI: Why QANON Matters And Why It Won't Go Away

Angry Planet

Matthew Gault

War, Politics, Conflict, Government, History, News

4.3 • 882 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2019

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Conspiracy theories are as old as the republic. Actually, they're a lot older than OUR republic. In every country, in every culture, people believe powerful forces are colluding in ways they know nothing about.

Why is that?

In this week's bonus episode we talk with Jesse Walker, books editor of Reason magazine and author of "The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory."

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Qanon is a conspiracy theory that supposes President Donald Trump is at war with an ancient pedophile cult. When Qanon believers began to show up at Trump rallies, the mainstream media took notice. In early August, BuzzFeed published an article: www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanha…-is-probably-a that theorized the whole thing was an elaborate prank by leftists activists. Their evidence was a 1999 book about religious rebellions during the 16th century. It’s title? Q: www.amazon.com/Q-Luther-Blissett…e=&qid=1538017365.

Wu Ming 1, one of the authors of that book joins us today to talk about Q, Qanon, and the importance of conspiracy theories in modern life.

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0:13.0	Hello War College, listeners your humble host Matthew Galt.
0:16.0	We're taking a bit of a break ahead of Memorial Day.
0:19.0	So today's episode is technically a rerun, well two episodes that have been re-edited and
0:24.8	remastered for your enjoyment. These are bonus episodes we did in the past but I'm
0:29.6	stringing them together here because they share a common theme.
0:33.4	They're all about America's most popular, new conspiracy.
0:37.3	White isn't really anything new and how these kinds of stories have the power to create real political change for good and for ill.
0:52.0	There's a long series of conspiracy theories that basically amount to the country being
0:57.4	governed by secret putifile rings. You're listening to War College, a weekly podcast that brings you the stories from behind the front
1:16.4	lines.
1:17.4	Here are your hosts, Matthew Galt and Jason Fields. Hello, welcome to War College. I'm Matthew Gault.
1:31.0	And I'm Jason Field.
1:33.0	Conspiracy theories are as old as the republic, but the latest one seems
1:37.0	stranger and more elaborate than most.
1:40.0	Kewa non is the internet-driven conspiracy theory that supposes Donald Trump is waging a shadow war against satanic pedophiles from inside the White House.
1:48.0	And that's the simple version.
1:51.0	It seems ridiculous on its face, but QAnon has a loyal following and they've actually been spotted a Trump
1:56.7	rallies holding up Q signs. Recently, QAnon proponent Michael Lionel LeBron visited the White
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