Body Doubles (E327)
Donald Trump “re-truths” a ludicrous claim about the former President, while being attacked by former bestie Elon Musk. Travis explores historical body doubles that got away with it… kind of. Jake wonders if movies are to blame.
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Comments (109)
The comment about how “Ronald Reagan didn’t play the president of the United States before,” reminded me of that passage in Gore Vidal’s “Ronnie and Nancy: A Life in Pictures”, where he said that a casting agent suggested Reagan to play Bill Russell (the former secretary of state and lead candidate for a party nomination) in The Best Man, and Vidal laughed just off it at the time, stating that “he would hardly be convincing”.
The Man in the Iron Mask comes to mind
Wow they went back and bleeped Julian's real name lol
May as well have bleeped his whole segment lmao he was on one.
Julian: I am down with whatever plan you got to deal with Łèóñ¡
So need a picture or t-shirt of Julian with dreads.
“Pfffft-ing”
Multiplicity starring Michael Keaton (1996)
You forgot about the former president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari! A conspiracy theory that he was dead and replaced by an impostor was all over Nigerian media at the time. He denied it, but of course an impostor would say that.
This is random and unrelated to the episode but have you guys ever heard of r/TheMallWorld? It’s some of the bleakest shit I’ve seen, people turning each other schizophrenic over weird dreams.
Jake being a Weezer superfan really does make me very happy.
Travis was that you with the Mexican flag in LA?
dude I can't do it anymore. Julian and Jake are just too cringe. I wish Travis would just make his own podcast. I can hear Travis' exasperation.
jake thought julian said they sent a blue album detective to investigate
My fav body double story is the False Bardiya from early ancient Persia, imagine Eric murks Don Jr and says it's ok because Jr was secretly replaced by a wizard
My favourite type of person is the reverse transvestigaters who claim trans celebrities are secretly cis. The woman who went to war defending Elliot Page from Jordan Peterson was incredible
This ep is especially hilarious and unhinged, I laughed my way through this one. Thanks y’all.
I like how Travis holding his head in his hands is such a strong, recurring visual motif for QAA as a whole despite the podcast being exclusively audio based
“Piffing” is actually when you burn the body of False Dmitry and fire the ashes from a canon in the direction of Poland
The plot of Kagemusha Shadow Warrior is perfect for this, finding a body double who is a drunk criminal guy to replace and pose as the emperor during a chaotic time where they need to keep up appearances. Really good movie
So Julian makes a Pinkerton joke and Jake plays a song not on Pinkerton. Hate that I’m agreeing with Julian, here, that brain must be studied.
Also, David Lynch did the doppleganger thing quite a few times.
Jake, you forgot "Like Father Like Son" starring Dudley Moore and Kirk Cameron and "Vice Versa" with Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage.
another great body double film is Asako 1&2, I should really watch it again
This is not nearly as dramatic as the Russian story, but IIRC the Mughal Emperor Humayun died after falling down the stairs while carrying a bunch of books, and the court had an imam who resembled him impersonate him for public appearances until his son Akbar was back in town and able to succeed him. Temporary body double things like that probably happened a lot in hereditary monarchies.
The deep voice laughing was absolutely villainous sounding
travis, how do you survive?
The Sta Pift Marshmallow Man
Jake’s guitar bit was amazing
also ‘grats to Julian on finally getting the green!
Jeanne Calment is an interesting person where people claim she was a body double but probably actually wasn’t. Widely claimed to be the world’s oldest person but others have tried to claim her age is false and that she actually died in her 30s and her identity was assumed by her daughter.
D S gz
Babylon 5?!
“I don’t.” - Travis View
"I can eat a peach for hours"
🎵Somebody's Heiney is drowning in my icebox🎵
Useless trivia- Boris Godenov is the origin of the rocky and bullwinkle villain Boris Badenov’s name
Also, Julian needs a green card marriage and I am available.
I think another interesting thing about body doubles in movies with conspiracy theories etc is how much Q people rely on the idea that things are “hidden in plain sight” via movies and media. They already think Hollywood has been infiltrated and is sending us all these coded messages about various nefarious deeds, so why wouldn’t they take concepts from film and media and overlay it onto real life with no thought whatsoever? The matrix and its influence on the modern right alone is astonishing, im sure so much of film and tv from the last 30+ years is irreparably baked into the psyche of millions to the point they can barely distinguish media from real life. I think you could definitely argue that since the rise of social media our identities just ARE irreparably linked to media in a way that is unprecedented generally, in harmful ways that we have yet to even come close to discovering. Great stuff loved the episode.
Telling the QAA guys apart isn't so bad after a few episodes. If you want an identical voiced podcaster challenge, try The Worst Of All Possible Worlds. Great show but you will never figure out AJ from Brian. And it'll take months before you even separate out Josh
sometimes i think i have it figured out and then Brian(?) will chime in and i'm like "who is this man," great podcast tho
Hey so, the demon that is being quoted in that voice…is that Jake?! Lmao your trump impression makes me laugh sm but like, that voice was on another level and so so impressive. 🙂↔️
The verb "piff" primarily means to throw something vigorously, especially in Australian, South Australian, and Victorian contexts. It's also used as a synonym for the verb "piffle," which means to talk nonsense or trifle with. Here's a more detailed look: Throwing: "Piff" can be used to describe a forceful throwing action, similar to "shove" or "thrust". Talking Nonsense: "Piffle" (which shares the same root) is used to describe talking nonsense or trifling with something. Australian Origin: The verb "piff" is most commonly used in Australia, particularly in South Australia and Victoria. Imitative Formation: The word "piff" is thought to be an imitative or expressive formation, meaning it likely sounds like the action it describes.
That deep voice makes me crack up every time.
“I wanna pour gasoline all over your body!”
I'm glad we have the grownups at QAA to discuss this together. Pee poo, doody doo. Shut up Travis.💩
Yeah, you know, piffing. I know all about piffing.
Me too, let's conjugate "to piff". I piff, you piff, he/she/they/it piffs, we piff, y'all (EN-TX: all y'all) piff, they piff. I piffed, you pift, thou paff'st. I shall piff; I have piffen; I willen have going to have puff.
The Imposter 2013 doco about a french guy who was so desperate he took the place of a missing boy in the US. one of the saddest stories i’ve ever seen.
the Epstein thing is pointless. As far as the patriarchy/oligarchy is concerned young girls are the spoils of wealth. They happily wrote off the “grab em by the pussy” tape as locker talk. biggest Musk bomb was calling for a 3rd party. once again paedo talk distracts everyone. especially social media.
Jake at a whore convention is quite a concept.
Just an hour of him wandering around a hall talking about Ghostbusters merch with increasingly bemused sex workers. I'd listen to it
Jake et al, before movie land we had folklore and fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_double
It's wild to me that people have trouble telling your voices apart. You 3 don't sound alike at all.
I usually have trouble telling who’s who when I first start listening to a podcast, to the point that I initially mixed up Travis and Julian sometimes when I was a new listener (which is wild to think about now), but Jake has such a distinctive voice that I was always able to separate him from the others.
“Clones, Drones and Automobiles” by Jake Rockatansky
That outtro ❤️ also will plug The Futurological Congress as a good example, in the novel the protagonist lives in a seeming utopia but it’s all a government drug-induced illusion. I particularly like the piece where a woman takes a drug that makes her more combative in order to win an argument.
Really great novel, the film was disappointing unfortunately. But Lem’s work is hugely influential (Congress, Solaris, etc.)
Julian such a pedant
More unhinged than usual
How the f did you guys miss dead ringers, 88’ Cronenberg.
I enjoyed the rachel weisz reboot!
Somebody's heine is crowding my icebox
Jake laughing through the Q voice filter and making it sound like "ehuuhuuhheeehhhe" is making me laugh so hard my tummy hurts (i have covid so it might be the virus consuming my mind)
Have they talked about the Capgras delusion before btw?
Lost Highway is a great one in this vein. (About how we mask our reality with our own interpretation of events to protect ourselves from the horror of reality)
Be nice to Jake!!!!
I am happy to learn that Julian finally received his “Genius Green Card”. 🙏🏼
Okay fucked up thing: Im at the grocery store. The auto queue plays, immediately after I hear Say it Ain't So start playing over the radio on the intercom
“Dead Ringers,” anyone?
God this is a funny fucking episode
Someone had a little too much adderall before recording this episode
this episode was painful to listen to
Alright the bleeping is getting old. It was funny in the beginning when it was just to piss off Travis but the joke has run its course.
Fair enough
julian you need longer/more bleeps
Jfc. They forgot #ScarlettJohansson Fuggin amateurs. 🙄
The man with the Iron Mask is an original source of double stories, which itself was based on a conspiracy theory that Louis XIV of France had a secret identical twin brother locked away.
Perkin Warbeck and Lambert Simnel were Pretenders to the English throne in the 15th century who claimed to be the princes in the tower, who were most likely murdered on the orders of their uncle, Richard III several years earlier. There are a number of conspiracy theories around the princes. The popular historical novelist Philippa Gregory and some ‘Ricardian’ fans of Richard III claim that Perkin Warbeck really was Richard Duke of York.
“That’s a cold stone reference”
Regarding the doppelgangers: a David Lynch mention is mandatory.
I'm in the middle of Naomi Klein's Doppelganger. So this podcast is the double of the book. 🤯
That is the best book ever
Is Jake’s preference for interpreting reality through pop culture the same as Paul Winfield in the Next Gen episode Darmok? Something like “Venkman and Dana at the refrigerator “?
Name drop, Julian?!??? What’s next, a reveal of my dystopian YA novel protagonist by the name of Logan Strain??
Former UFC fighter BJ Penn has been arrested multiple times over the last week or so in relation to his claims that his family has been murdered and replaced with imposters. https://mauinow.com/2025/05/30/former-ufc-champion-bj-penn-faces-family-abuse-charge-slapped-with-restraining-order/
"popcorn is being handed out then taken away"
Why did Julien leave Switzerland, it seems so much nicer here than the usa
I think it’s been established that he got kicked out of Switzerland for inventing a fake archaeological site at the bottom of Lake Geneva.
God that first bit had me rolling and feeling a little sorry for Travis 🤣
Smdh no Vertigo or Body Double mention in the movies with body doubles section!
1. Is that Julian's real last name? 🤯 2. I almost woke my toddler laughing out loud at Julian's "pussy ghost" 3. Love Jake's guitar playing! (I was hoping for a bit of singing to go with it)
take me with a grain of salt 'cause I may well just be full of it, but I feel like I can definitely recall him saying "my last name is Italian" (tho the context/episode evades me)
So when are you guys bringing on Jacob Chansley for voice acting work?
2 things - What the hell?! You haven't seen "Dave"?! The auto-Qd content at the end was fantastic 😁
Great episode guys.
Real life impostor/body swap from 16th century France: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Guerre
🙂
“Jake wonders if movies are to blame” is a sentence that could belong in most episode descriptions.
Ghostbusters done it.
If you guys want a fun real life body double scenario I'd recommend the book "The Return of Martin Guerre" which is about a guy who showed up to a medieval French village claiming to be a man who had left years before, going so far as to go to bed with Martin Guerres wife until the real Martin Guerre shows up. There was then a legal case to determine which was the real one and which was the imposter
If I recall correctly there’s at least one US film based on this true story
I am 100% here for Jake-Travis-Julien losing it in the Q voice. Always has me laughing.
Jake, to be fair, Trump did say that maybe you would only get 2 dolls instead of 30
double double this this double double that that double this double that double double this that
according to my local dialect, to "piff" something is to throw it with considerable force
Nice :)
Liv Agar doubles
Julian Liverelli