The Eliza Bleu Saga feat. Trevor Aaronson

Fever Dreams

The Daily Beast

News & Politics, Government

4.4 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

What if there was an atomic bomb about to detonate and kill millions of people—and the only way to defuse it was to have an Artificial Intelligence chatbot say a racial slur? Also on the podcast Weill and Sommer interview Trevor Aaronson, the host of the investigative podcast the Alphabet Boys, which tells the story of FBI informant Mickey Windecker, who almost single-handedly derailed the Black Lives Matter movement in Denver. Plus! Weill and Sommer recap a bombshell investigation into Eliza Blue, an overnight internet sensation who rose to prominence by becoming an ombudsman for victims of human trafficking.

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0:00.0	Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination.
0:11.1	Not a care in the world as you simply lean back, and before you know it, you're there.
0:16.7	London to Manchester from just 32 pounds each way.
0:20.5	Avanti West Coast.
0:22.2	Feel good travel.
0:23.8	Exclusions and limitations apply.
0:25.6	Full terms and conditions can be found at avantiwestcoast.combe.
0:28.8	U.K. forward slash plan.
0:32.5	Hi, I'm Will Summer and welcome to The Daily Beast's fever dreams.
0:35.9	I'm a politics reporter at The Daily Beast.
0:42.5	My book on Q&ONM, Trust the Plan, The Rise of Q&N and the Conspiracy that Unhinged America will be available in February and is available for a pre-order now. And I'm Kelly Weil. I am also a
0:47.9	reporter at The Daily Beast and I'm the author of the book Off the Edge, Flat Earthers,
0:52.5	conspiracy culture, and why People Will Believe Anything.
0:55.5	On this podcast, we're going to take you on plunges into the sometimes hilarious, sometimes scary fanatics, infecting the way that millions of Americans view the world and how they vote.
1:03.8	Even in the aftermath of the Trump administration, the energy of these conspiracy theorists, grifters, and influencers, is still pushing our mainstream political
1:12.0	landscape closer and closer to a breaking point.
1:15.4	Welcome back to Fever Dreams. I'm Will Summer joined by Kelly Weil. Kelly, how you doing?
1:20.1	I'm good, but Will, you are two weeks out from the launch of your book. How are you doing?
1:24.7	That's all right. Trust the plan available for pre-order.
1:32.6	My story of journeying into the United States, Q&On Underground and what emerges.
1:33.6	Yeah, I'm excited.
1:37.6	I'm hearing from a lot of folks, fever dreams listeners, who have preordered the book,
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