The Painting Passion of Jon McNaughton feat Joshua Citarella (Premium E285) Sample

QAA Podcast

Julian Feeld, Travis View & Jake Rockatansky

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4.5 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

An exploration of the most famous right wing crank painter in the game: artist Jon McNaughton. From tea-party-era images of Obama burning the constitution to MAGA-era images of Trump as Atlas, the progression of his career has mirrored a deeper shift in the Republican base and its obsessions. Our guest is artist, writer, and host of the Doomscroll podcast Joshua Citarella. Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: https://www.patreon.com/qaa Editing by Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (https://instagram.com/theyylivve / https://sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (https://pedrocorrea.com) https://qaapodcast.com QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.

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0:00.0	I'm
0:02.0	Oh,
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0:04.0	Oh,
0:05.0	Oh,
0:07.0	Oh,
0:08.0	Oh, If you're hearing this, well, if you're hearing this, well done.
0:34.4	You found a way to connect to the internet.
0:36.5	Welcome to the QAA podcast, Premium Episode 285,
0:40.7	the painting passion of John McNaughton.
0:43.4	As always, we are your host, Jake Rakitansky,
0:45.6	Julian Fields, and Travis View.
0:48.2	The purpose of art is to reflect the identity and beliefs of the audience back to them,
0:53.4	giving them a sense of comfort
0:54.9	and validation.
0:56.5	Art should make you nod and go, yeah, that's me all right.
1:00.5	Or yeah, I do hate or love that thing or person.
1:04.0	Or even, yeah, those are my political beliefs expressed in a clear and direct way by someone
1:09.2	who agrees with me.
1:10.7	Now obviously the best art is made by AI because it allows the audience to write a prompt
1:15.1	for exactly what they want to see, read, or hear, and the machine squirts out an art piece
1:20.0	made just for them.
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