QAnon? In The Big Year 2025? (E337)
What is QAnon today, nearly eight years after the first Q drop? In Marc-André-Argentino's new book QAnon: From Conspiracy Theory to New Religious Movement he argues that QAnon is best understood as a “hyper-real religion.” Even years after the Q drops stopped, QAnon still exists as a lived religious practice, where true believers are commissioned to redpill the normies and posting is a rite. The book demonstrates that the movement has gone through three stages of existence: proto-QAnon, canonical-QAnon, and apocryphal-QAnon.
Travis and Jake chat with Marc-André about his book and how it builds on other books that cover the movement.
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Marc Andre Argentino
QAnon: From Conspiracy Theory to New Religious Movement
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QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.
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Comments (33)
When Jake slipped into a canadien accent with an actual canadien speaker.
Living for the term ‘digital ethnography’! New academic studies field unlocked.
Around 37:56 Jake describes what is now dubbed ‘becoming a new guy’ or reinventing one’s self. The elephant graveyard episodes have taught me this and it is now clear in this day and age everyone is trying to be a new guy.
Ok roughly 4:59: I need you guys to know that I also am one who says “oh I LOVE conspiracy theories,” but I promise you I mean “love” like “morbid fascination” and some version of trainwreck schadenfreude. Not “love” like the responses our lovely hosts are apparently getting
I wish I felt that confident that Trump isn’t going to change the constitution and/or never leave office. Trump is gerrymandering red states to ensure they only ever vote Republican…. The picture just looks so much more bleak to me.
Electing democrats isn’t gonna fix this anyway
High demand for Ramona Didulo update out here …
Some say she’s still out there, forever roaming rural Saskatchewan in a ghostly RV, searching for abandoned schools to take over.
Just drain the money from my pocket. I'll buy the book. As always, a great episode.
Remember, the full armor of god has no pants (or greaves, nerds)
Did Jake do a "this is not that" with Bob Marley and Elvis?
I caught that too, lol
He's going to die in the dumbest way imaginable. Like someone left him unattended with a burger-shaped chew toy and he's going to try and swallow it like a snake
Obligatory request for Eurovision ep pls🙏🏻
Man, this was a great episode, this is the content I am here for. We need more Travis episodes!!
Talking about "amplifying Chinese narratives" is crazy to me lol.
Lmao for real. Yup it’s totally China’s fault and not America’s insane culture /s
Marc-Andre Argentino!
please Jake don't take Hillary's arrest away from us
I found a guy who burnt his brain on Epstein stuff and is now so far gone the concept of an echo escapes him: https://youtu.be/WwDSR7TRttU?si=sKZKNo5MRkiEnsDn
I think Jake's totally missing that Trump is setting up for a dynasty. Not that he'll keep his term going beyond the two terms, but that he's setting up his kids to take over. I could see trump Jr or ivanka trying to run in 2028 as a continuation to his promises. If he endorses them, then the fan base will follow.
The issue with a cult of personality is no one can inherit it. He might try to pass it along to his family, but none have the charisma or teflon-like untouchability that Trump seems to embody. I genuinely don’t think there is anyone in the GOP who can get away with what Trump can. Esp not Trump Jr😅
That Ephesians passage will always make me think of Shore Leave from Venture Bros.. "Activate Boots of the Gospel! Initiate Loin Girding Codpiece of Truth!" BOOM, yummy!
Jake owes us a beastie boys cover after the lore drop.
41:00 Jake accidentally stumbling into hyperstition and Nick Land
I am gay
it's almost like people don't care what the answer is as long as they get an answer
Just finished the latest chapo and now there’s a fresh QAA?! What a treat
Make Travis do the intro and talk more you mother fuckers
Beastie Boys cover band/Vegas Jake would just have been Joe M
"Wait, it's all qanon?" 👨🚀🔫 "Always has been"
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Liv? In the big Agar 2k?