The Floor Is LAVA

Fever Dreams

The Daily Beast

News & Politics, Government

4.4 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Move over, MAGA — it’s LAVA time. With efforts to overturn the election stalling, a former inventor and treasure hunter proposes that Trump supporters embrace a new acronym: LAVA, or “Let America Vote Again.” Fever Dreams host Will Sommer buries the hatchet with his one-time podcasting partner and Rolling Stone reporter Asawin Suebsaeng to break it down. Also on this week’s episode: Trumpworld looks for a patsy to take the fall as the Jan. 6 committee closes in. Will explains the meaning of “NESARA,” the mythical law some conspiracy theorists means they don’t have to pay their credit card bills. Finally, the boys say goodbye to the Georgia Guidestones, a Fever Dreams favorite recently blown up by a mysterious bomber.

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0:32.4	Hi, I'm Will Summer.
0:33.9	Welcome to The Daily Beast's fever dreams.
0:35.9	I'm a politics reporter at The Daily Beast,
0:41.2	and I'm currently working on a book about Q&ON called Trust the Plan for Harper Collins coming out later this year. And I'm Kelly Weil. I am also a reporter at The Daily Beast, and I'm the author
0:46.2	of the book Off the Edge, Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything.
0:51.9	On this podcast, we're going to take you on plunges into the sometimes hilarious,
0:55.3	sometimes scary fanatics, infecting the way that millions of Americans view the world and how they vote.
1:00.1	Even in the aftermath of the Trump administration,
1:02.7	the energy of these conspiracy theorists, grifters, and influencers,
1:06.5	is still pushing our mainstream political landscape closer and closer to a breaking point.
1:11.4	Okay, this week on Fever Dreams, we're joined by,
1:15.4	Dun, Dun, Dun, Surprise Guest.
1:17.9	Asa Wins Sub-Sang, aka Swin, he's back.
1:20.8	You may know him as the former host of this podcast.
1:23.9	He left us in our time of most dire need.
1:26.6	Now he's back.
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