The Storm of QAnon is Upon Us with Mike Rothschild

The Lincoln Project

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Politics

4.7 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Host Reed Galen is joined by author, journalist, and QAnon expert Mike Rothschild to discuss how the QAnon conspiracy theory grew to be in the forefront of American political discourse, why it resonated so fervently with such a large percentage of the population, and how it continues to infect our nation’s culture today. Plus, is there a prescription to get the QAnon devout to “snap out of it” and denounce the conspiracy? For more on this, be sure to pick up Mike Rothschild’s latest book, The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything, now available in paperback.

If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to [email protected].

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey, everyone, it's Reid.
0:01.2	Before we get started, I just want to give you a new way to get in touch with us.
0:04.8	Podcast at LincolnProject.us.
0:07.9	Send us your questions, your comments, your thoughts on our shows,
0:11.5	any ideas you might have for guests, or anything else you want to share with us.
0:15.2	I hope you'll take advantage of it.
0:16.9	Let us know what you're thinking.
0:18.4	Podcast at LincolnProject.us.
0:21.2	And now on with the show.
0:30.7	Welcome back to the LincolnProject.
0:32.7	I'm your host, Reid Gaelin.
0:35.1	Today, I'm joined by Mike Rothschild,
0:37.3	a journalist, author, and the foremost expert in this ever-changing world that is the QAnon
0:42.7	conspiracy there. He is a contributing writer for the Daily Dot and has appeared as a fringe belief
0:48.0	expert for a variety of outlets including the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN,
0:53.6	NPR, and Vice. His latest book, The Storm is Upon Us,
0:57.9	How QAnon became a movement, cult, and conspiracy theory of everything,
1:01.7	is out in paperback this week and available wherever fine books are sold.
1:06.2	Today, he's coming to us from Pasadena, California.
1:09.1	Mike, welcome to the show.
1:11.1	Thank you for having me.
1:12.4	All right, so last year, Mike, I read a book about cyber warfare called
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Lincoln Project, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Lincoln Project and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.