Interviewing the Alleged Secret Master of the Qanon Conspiracy
Angry Planet27 Sep 2018

Interviewing the Alleged Secret Master of the Qanon Conspiracy

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 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.


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.


Take our listener survey!


https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/C5LsSO

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Avsnitt(493)

The Weird Way Americans Talk About Ukraine As War Looms

The Weird Way Americans Talk About Ukraine As War Looms

Ukraine. Things are changing rapidly, but at this moment the Kremlin has the country surrounded. It’s conducting military drills in the Black Sea, marshaling troops in neighboring Belarus, and recalli...

14 Feb 202238min

It's Later Than You think. The Doomsday Clock at 75

It's Later Than You think. The Doomsday Clock at 75

The Doomsday Clock is always ticking down. Between climate change, technological advances, new diseases, and the ever present threat of nuclear war … it often feels like we’re close to the end of civi...

4 Feb 202229min

Putin, Ukraine, and Russia's Daddy Issues

Putin, Ukraine, and Russia's Daddy Issues

Everyone has an opinion about Ukraine, but something I’ve noticed in Western media is that no one really seems to be asking Russians what they think of the situation. The reasons for that are extremel...

28 Jan 202247min

Why People Online Defend the Uighur Genocide

Why People Online Defend the Uighur Genocide

Genocide and disinformation. That’s the topic of today’s heady program. I hope none of you have had the pleasure of debating the Uighur genocide with friends or with, god forbid, with anonymous people...

21 Jan 202237min

Inside Africa's ISIS Franchises

Inside Africa's ISIS Franchises

The Islamic State has fallen out of the headlines, but it’s still a major force around the world. Affiliates flourish across the Middle East and, especially, in Africa. The spread of the group there h...

14 Jan 202235min

A War for the Former Soviet Union

A War for the Former Soviet Union

The former Soviet Union is looking a bit restive nowadays - putting it mildly. Russia has more than one hundred thousand troops on Ukraine’s borders - and has invaded Ukraine before - and has been fig...

8 Jan 202229min

ICYMI: Taliban Memories

ICYMI: Taliban Memories

The Taliban - we all know them, few of us love them, and it looks like they’re going to rule Afghanistan - again.So, what was it like the first time the Islamic militants took over, in 1996?Today, we ...

31 Dec 20211h

ICYMI: Fake Journalists Are the Latest Disinformation Twist

ICYMI: Fake Journalists Are the Latest Disinformation Twist

Last week The Daily Beast broke some bizarre news. Several news outlets, including The Washington Examiner, RealClear Markets, and The National Interest, had been running op-eds of journalists that di...

24 Dec 202157min

Populärt inom Politik & nyheter

aftonbladet-krim
motiv
blenda-2
p3-krim
rss-krimstad
fordomspodden
flashback-forever
rss-viva-fotboll
svenska-fall
svd-dokumentara-berattelser-2
aftonbladet-daily
spar
rss-sanning-konsekvens
rss-vad-fan-hande
olyckan-inifran
svd-ledarredaktionen
grans
kungligt
rss-krimreportrarna
dagens-eko