Ep. 24: “Lacking Agency and Lured Into Unreality”

How does QAnon evolve after President Biden's inauguration? What does the GOP's embrace of QAnon supporters mean for the future of the party? How did YouTube's algorithm change in 2014 create a community of pseudo-experts that altered objective reality? Jamie and Josh explore how a lack of agency is central to conspiracy theories, the commodification of extremism and nostalgia, and the fictions that bookend the last half-decade of electoral politics in the United States.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Attack on the Capitol: Part Two (1/17/21) ft/ Nicholas Grossman - Jared Holt

The Storm is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything - Mike Rothschild

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Produced byJosh Chapdelaine
Hosted by Josh Chapdelaine and Dr. Jamie Cohen
Audio edited and mixed by Josh Chapdelaine
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