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 ...
Does it feel like QAnon-style derangement is in the bloodstream of the highest levels of American political culture?
President Trump’s picks for his cabinet and department heads are going through the Senate confirmation process. And when Trump decided on his nominations he selected some of the deranged freaks who have been previously profiled on this podcast.
Trump is massively expanding the number of inmates in Guantanamo Bay detention camp, promising a “declas” of government documents that will reshape our understanding of history, and purging federal law enforcement of anyone who investigated him and his allies.
Jake, Travis, and Liv unpack some of the ways that Trump’s policies are aligning with the fantasies and hopes of the conspiracist fever swamps.
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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.
SOURCES
Trump’s outsider Cabinet picks are rapidly gaining support for confirmation
https://apnews.com/article/trump-cabinet-confirmation-hearings-e12dcbc5d26d675414331d9a35cab6a6
Trump admin plans to use notorious Guantánamo detention facility and nearby tents to hold immigrants
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-admin-plans-use-notorious-guantanamo-detention-facility-nearby-t-rcna190707
Trump moves to revoke clearances of ex-intel officials who signed letter on Hunter Biden laptop
https://apnews.com/article/trump-intelligence-hunter-biden-laptop-9d49578c70e3de03e628d0d0cf6592f0
Justice Department orders FBI purge, review of staff who touched Jan. 6 cases
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/31/fbi-considering-mass-purge-agents-involved-trump-investigations/
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
https://archive.vn/HCCA4#selection-559.0-562.0
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1:10:59
The Q Influencers: Where Are They Now? (Premium E276) Sample
Since Trump has been reelected, we follow up with QAnon personalities both large and small. How did the Q Shaman celebrate his pardon? What is Roseanne, the first celebrity to endorse QAnon, doing nowadays? Why does Michael Flynn compare himself to a “striker” on the soccer field? Since the storm wasn’t upon us during the first Trump administration, will the storm, now, be upon us? We explore those questions and more in what is be our most bleeped episode to date.
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Editing by Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe, Jake Rockatansky, and Corey Klotz. 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.
Sources
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/former-doctor-who-went-to-jan-6-rally-killed-in-shooting-at-home/
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10:09
Crypto Crime Season Has Begun feat Molly White (E309)
$TRUMP and $MELANIA meme coins compete with $FART, $ASS and $TITS for attention in a crypto industry defined by scams, grifts and financial malfeasance. We cover the intersection of politics with crypto and dive into some of the less savory tokens on pump dot fun, a website where “degens” go to mint, pump and inevitably dump thousands of meme coins every single day. Our guest is Molly White, a journalist, researcher and critic of the crypto and tech industries.
Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes:
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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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1:05:11
The Men who Stare at Lasers (Premium E275) Sample
What if the Matrix really is a documentary? In this episode, Jake and Brad force Liv Agar to stare at a laser beam to find out what’s, like, really real. This is the story of how a former IDF soldier turned parkour enthusiast and American Ninja Warrior has claimed to have discovered “irrefutable proof” that we’re all living in a simulation. All you need is a little DMT, a laser, and an open mind to see the true code of our reality (which suspiciously looks exactly like the code from “The Matrix”.)
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Brad Abrahams:
https://x.com/LoveAndSaucers // https://www.instagram.com/bradwtf/
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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9:41
Mal Fuego feat. Mike Rothschild (E308)
LA is going through one of the most destructive natural disasters in its history. So naturally there is a lot of nonsense online about the secret purpose of the blazes. To discuss, we talk to journalist and climate refugee Mike Rothschild. The author of Jewish Space Lasers is one of many people who lost their homes to the Eaton fire. We chat about what it’s like to evacuate in order to escape a fast-spreading fire, climate change, and some of the more popular ways that online conspiracists are speculating about the causes of the conflagration.
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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
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Mike Rothschild
https://themikerothschild.com/
Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschild and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733925/jewish-space-lasers-by-mike-rothschild/
The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became A Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy of Everything
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676746/the-storm-is-upon-us-by-mike-rothschild/
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Sources
How Did the Los Angeles Wildfires Get So Out of Control
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-did-the-los-angeles-fires-get-so-out-of-control
Southern California’s ‘rainy’ season is lacking one major thing
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/extremely-dry-rain-season-reaching-record-levels-in-southern-california/
Hydroclimate volatility on a warming Earth
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00624-z
What We Know About What Led to the L.A. Wildfires
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/01/what-we-know-about-what-led-to-the-l-a-wildfires/
This Is Where the Palisades Fire Started
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/us/palisades-fire-cause-ignition-point-site.html
Trump makes misguided accusations about California water management amid wildfires
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-makes-misguided-accusations-california-water-management-wildfire-rcna187219
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.
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