On the Road With the Conspiracist Right feat Mike Wendling (Premium E244)
Mike Wendling is the National Digital Reporter for the BBC. He is the co-founder of the BBC's disinformation unit and was editor and presenter of BBC Trending. While topics related to disinformation and extremism became popular starting in 2016, he’s been covering this subject matter for decades. He is the author of the book Alt Right: From 4chan To White House as well as the brand new book Day of Reckoning: How the Far Right Declared War on Democracy.
Jake and Travis chat with Mike about covering conspiracy theories, adventures in the field, the legacy of the election conspiracy film 2000 Mules, and Mike’s experiences attempting to use a medbed.
Day of Reckoning: How the Far Right Declared War on Democracy by Mike Wendling
https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745349718/day-of-reckoning/
Mike Wendling on Twitter
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)
QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.
Comments (47)
Can't wait to check on his book. Wondering if you have a full list of all the authors you've had on. Great banger at the end btw.
I don't know if you read these but I just love the new intro... It's cool as hell.
Auto q has ended me ☠️☠️☠️
Everything in my life also stumbles back to Ghostbuster. I get it!
Might be already outdated, but I think "Globularists" are what flatearthers formally call non-flatearthers, from like 5 years ago
I simply am not concerned about q anon
I usually don't listen to the Autocue, bc when I did, they were just too brainwormy/disturbing.
Jesus christ you gotta warn the people before you put the donald trump ai country song on the end
That auto Q was my 13th reason
Found you guys recently. I'm a big fan. Have you guys ever covered the mark of the beast conspiracy? Couldn't find anything on your podcast
banger auto-Q
The auto-Q is the most banging AI Trump song - hopefully it doesn’t make it to general circulation, could be a problem
Is it AI or a really bad impersonator
I feel hopeless after listening to that auto-Q.
It’s stuck in my head😩
\o/
This is a long shot, but does anybody recall an episode of QAA where they play a clip of Mancow talking about being terrorized by one of his listeners in his dreams?
Ugh. That song at the end …I want to laugh, but Hoo boy 😆 (hey singer dude - Nancy married a successful business man. Isn’t wealth why you worship the Mango God-King?)
She also does pretty blatant insider trading like everyone else in the senate/congress
wow that ghostbusters reference was a deeeeep cut. so happy jake uses such insightful metaphors and similes
That was by far the worst auto-Q in the show's history. Thank you
Consider yourselves responsible for providing me with brain bleach after subjecting me to that song at the end
Mike is a good follow on these topics…
Really interesting conversation… as always. ….Mike Wendlings accent is odd to the ear, until he mentioned that he was originally in the States then in London for so long. It’s almost like he switches accents within a sentence. It’s fascinating 😎 will definitely read his book
Reverse Nathan j Robinson disease
what's the song at the end?
Found it: https://youtu.be/r0PwTfwZj9U?si=0nYlDHehj6ixzfsH
Need more of them bangers at the end
I’m so thrilled QAA is back 🤩 I loved all the mini series but it’s also nice to have the gang back together.
That song at the end was sick, haha.
Unpacking ‘2k Mules’ is brilliantly done here, fam. As always, appreciate your discerning journalism over the years, and thanks for introducing us to Wendling’s work with this conversation!
Hot damn that new theme song is good.
Feels ridiculous to know this but you weren't at the second save the children rally, Julian. :)
Please learn about and spread better awareness of the covid 19 pandemic. At the very least, in the brief references to the pandemic don't be (inadvertantly) downplaying it. Yes people were afraid of getting Covid in 2020 for good reason, but in the wavse of daily disinformation and misinformation about the pandemic from our beloved governments and media, it should be emphasised that this pandemic is in fact still active, the virus is still evolving with billions of hosts, and the vaccines only reduce risk of hospitalisation *for the respiritory phase*. Millions have got and continue to get Long Covid. About 1 in 10 have Long Covid currently in your country, and vaccines only slightly reduce the risk of developing it. There are lots of studies out there now about long term risk to cardiovascular health and damage to blood vessels. Please don't add to the shrugging that off, as scary and destabalising feeling as it is, with the ruling class having decided that profit is more important than public health.
Look at the covidlonghaulers sub for an idea of how much folk, previously healthy in many cases, are struggling. We shouldn't be freaking out about this virus, we should be scared enough to do something about limiting spreading the virus around though. No. 1 wearing a fit tested respirator when in public indoor places, public transport, public toilets, libraries, shops, supermarkets, school, work etc.
It's Q gematria.
For sure. I think also though people have been sold a lie that Covid is o̶v̶e̶r̶, ̶m̶i̶l̶d̶, normal now. There was some amazing spontaneous solidarity at the start, mutual aid groups and networks mushrooming allover, as people tried to safely meet community needs, for free. All that good stuff swept aside for profit. https://youtu.be/9Rz_TgIBzpM
That song kinda slapped ngl.
Not ashamed to say I was vibing to it
If we're really unlucky some real firepower will fall into the hands of Qheads, religious nuts, or whoever within the military. I'm not talking about rifles etc. I'm thinking cruise missiles, nuclear armed aircraft, or even an ICBM or two. Perhaps it's a DR Strangelove scenario where a general decides Paris must die because it's full of French pedophiles or something. All that general would need is one like-thinking pilot, and a handful of ground personnel, to send a tactical fighter loaded with a nuke on whatever mission he wants.
Anyone else also sing and hum the banger new intro song outloud, every time? Sometimes I'll rewind it a few times even. Wish there was a longer version.
Yeah it’d be fine by me if it was even a few seconds longer. And a full song length version would be amazing.
Jesus that song at the end is a banger! It cracks me up when they call democrats “radical left”.
Cuz Bustin' makes Jake feel good, that's why. 👻💦
Drink every time someone says yanknow
Taking a yaknowmcensus
Great episode. Solid reporting/analysis. Good insights and color commentary.