We cover Jim Watkins’ deposition in front of the January 6th committee and the ongoing debates around the so-called Twitter Files. To help us with the latter we're joined by Charlie Warzel, a staff writer for the Atlantic who’s been studying these shambolic developments, including private exchanges Musk has been holding with a motley crew of rich weirdos.

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Charlie Warzel: https://twitter.com/cwarzel

Merch: http://merch.qanonanonymous.com

Music by Cosmic Cars. Editing by Corey Klotz.

Episode 215: Q Deposition, the Jan 6 Committee & Musk's Twitter feat Charlie Warzel

We start off with a little bit of giant discourse (different from last week's giant discourse); cover some news miscellanea; and then hear another entry from the all-time great New York Times column, The Conversation

Help us get our wonderful film optioned by supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 274: One Out Of Three

We take a look at the damage to Brasillia and talk about what led up to the moment, plus the coup that brought Bolsonaro to power in the first place.

TrueAnon live tickets: http://linktr.ee/trueanon

Episode 264: Lulag Archipelago

The birth of the printing press, the Lutheran movement and the secrets of the learned Rosicrucians. We explore conspiracy theories, secret societies and witch panics at a time when technological advancements were bending the human brain in unexpected ways. Our guests are Matt Christman and Chris Wade of Chapo Trap House and the new limited series Hell On Earth about the 30 year war.

Subscribe for $5 a month to get an extra episode of QAA every week + access to ongoing series like 'Manclan' and 'Trickle Down': http://www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous

Hell On Earth Episode 1 + Atlas: https://hellonearth.chapotraphouse.com
Further episodes of Hell On Earth: https://patreon.com/chapotraphouse
Matt Christman: https://twitter.com/cushbomb
Chris Wade: https://twitter.com/saywhatagain

Merch: http://merch.qanonanonymous.com

Music by Nick Sena. Editing by Corey Klotz.

Episode 216: 1600s QAnon, the Reformation & Rosicrucianism feat Matt Christman & Chris Wade

We get a taste of the old Trump magic through his beautiful eulogy for one of his most loyal supporters, the wonderful Diamond. Then, we check in with America’s police forces through a(nother) unhinged new Sheriffs movement, and a cop who claims to to be able to discern 911 callers’ guilt through the tone of their voices. Finally, it’s time for a little Game of Thrones theory.

Chapo Trap House

700 - Shine On You Crazy… (1/23/23)

We take a look at the killing of environmental activist Tortugita and the protests in Atlanta over the controversial development of the sprawling police training facility known as Cop City.

Atlanta Community Press Collective: https://atlantapresscollective.com/

Episode 267: Cop City

White Squall, The Matrix, Alice in Wonderland, The Godfather 3, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Hunt for Red October... We explore how QAnon's obsession with movies can be explained by philosopher Theodor Adorno's theory on the commodification of popular culture and right wing propaganda.

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Liv Agar: https://linktr.ee/livagar

QAA's Website: https://qanonanonymous.com

Written by Liv Agar. Music by NAP. Editing by Corey Klotz.

Episode 217: QAnon's Movie Obsession

We’re joined by Bomani Jones, host of Game Theory on HBO, to discuss pro-sports and labor, including NFL player health in the wake of Damar Hamlin’s recent hospitalization, and NBA player bargaining power. We also briefly touch on the rapid rise of sports gambling and of course, who we’ve got for this Sunday’s Big Game.

Then, the boys are all together in LA this week and catch up on the Chinese Balloon, Kamala Harris, the Grammys, our favorite unfinished TV commercial storylines, the Book of Job, and more.  

Follow Bomani at @Bomani_Jones and watch Game Theory with Bomani Jones Friday's at 11pm on HBO and HBO Max.

704 - Time for Some Game Theory feat. Bomani Jones (2/6/23)

We take a trip to Buccal di Fatto with SNL's Sarah Squirm as she and Liz teach Brace about the the Real Housewives, Ozempic, and a bizarre procedure involving sewing cheeks

UNLOCKED! Episode 266: The Yassification of Kyle Richards by the Coward Doctor Diamond

Usually, telling lies on the internet is Constitutionally protected. 

But what happens when it’s not? What happens when you post and meme so hard and so maliciously that you go far outside the realm of protected speech and wind up in a federal prison. That’s the story of a 33-year-old man named Douglass Mackey, who operated a few Twitter accounts under the name Rickey Vaughn. Using these accounts he spread Pizzagate lies, racist tropes, and also messages deliberately designed to mislead people into giving up their right to vote. On May 31st, Douglass Mackey was convicted of Election Interference in the 2016 presidential race after a one week trial.

To better understand this case we spoke to someone who has been covering it for years: Michael Edison Hayden from the Southern Poverty Law Center. We chat about Douglass Mackey’s background, the crime he was found guilty of committing, and what it means for the future of online disinformation campaigns. We also discuss the trial’s involvement of “Microchip,” a notorious troll who is currently working as a federal informant.
 
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Michael Edison Hayden: https://twitter.com/MichaelEHayden

QAA's Website: https://qanonanonymous.com

Editing by Corey Klotz.

Episode 227: The Posting to Prison Pipeline feat Michael Edison Hayden

"I Was A Teenage Conspiracy Theorist," The Atlantic magazine playfully titled a 2020 essay. "Choose your reality: Trust wanes, conspiracy theories rise," reported The Associated Press in 2022. "Do You Know Someone Who Believes in Conspiracy Theories? We Want to Hear About It," wrote The New York Times last year.

Fears of "conspiracy theories" are a common trope in the U.S. media, a worry that's grown more acute with the rise of QAnon, anti-vaxx sentiment, anti-semitism and a host of other dangerous theories that unduly rot brains throughout the country. To a great extent, this understandable: Many ideas that meet the definition of "conspiracy theories" are, indeed, baseless and dangerous and can direct people's political energy and resources into wasteful, racist, and downright stupid rabbit holes.

But that fact shouldn't delegitimize or foreclose all skepticism of those in power, but too often the term "conspiracy theory" is used to do just that. Repeatedly, media lump together so-called conspiracy theories, regardless of their accuracy, rationale, and ideology: at once, UFO chasers, QAnon, and the Black Panther Party being subject to FBI disruption are somehow placed in the same category of paranoid kooks. At the same time, unproven, and often debunked ideas advanced by media that also meet the definition of "conspiracy theories" — such as Saddam Hussein being behind 9/11 or so-called Havana syndrome — are treated as unassailable, meriting ongoing investigation, limitless resources, and of course, utmost solemnity.

On this episode, we detail the double standards applied to conspiracy theories inside and outside of the realm of U.S. corporate media. We’ll examine the development of the concept of conspiracy theories and the media's selective invocations of the term to discredit real grievances directed at American power and the U.S. government, and moreover, how power-friendly conspiracies — namely those focused on Enemy States like the Havana Syndrome narrative — are permitted to fester and grow without pushback because their red yarn dot connecting implicates the right lists of Acceptable Bad Guys.

Our guest is Jacobin writer Branko Marcetic.

Episode 180: Havana Syndrome and the Power of Mainstream, Acceptable Conspiracy Theories

Conspiracy theories, melted online communities and cursed media — we pry open the cracks in consensus reality and journey into the hidden worlds below. The QAA Podcast is a mix of reporting, comedy, and history hosted by Jake Rockatansky, Travis View, and Julian Feeld along with co-hosts Annie Kelly, Liv Agar and Brad Abrahams. Formerly known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.