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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Municipal government: a trap that catches those too incompetent, too corrupt, too incompetent even for national politics. And the greatest of these, the mayor - the highest political office one can hope to reach with a truly oppositional personality or a crack addiction. Mattie Lubchansky, Riley Quinn and November Kelly are teaming up to make a podcast investigating these mayors. From petty Bonapartes to flagrant mafiosi, these are their stories. Every other week, we'll have an episode on th ...
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William Armacost (with Julian Feeld)
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1:24:44Alright, citizens! Grab a fresh bushel of lavender and take a big sniff. We go Sequimming with QAA’s Julien Feeld! Municipal meeting minutes include: chomo parade update, mayorotic asphyxiation, the 128th annual Miss Irrigation, save our squim, portlandia for being a fascist, coughing with the mayor, the year of kindness, Mike Pence II, RT for mole…
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PREVIEW: Fiorello La Guardia (with Calvin Kasulke)
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10:57This week, we cover possibly the best mayor the podcast, nay, the world has ever seen? Municipal meeting minutes include: Choose your Columbo, a bowling ball I hate, Hepatitis B(eef), Selling Teddy Roosevelt some boots with your shirt off, stroking a firefighter’s cheekbone, Ominous Noises, mAyOr3, and municipal Itchy and Scratchy. This is an episo…
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Movie Mindset 33 - Casino feat. Felix
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1:53:50The first episode of this season of Movie Mindset is free for all listeners as always. To listen to the rest of the season, subscribe at www.patreon.com/chapotraphouseWhen you love movies, you’ve got to watch them. There’s no other way…Movie Mindset Season 3 commences with our first ever single feature on the most referenced movie in Chapo Trap Hou…
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927 - Americas, The Beautiful feat. Greg Grandin (4/21/25)
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1:25:39Historian and author Greg Grandin joins us to discuss his new book America, América: A New History of the New World, which looks at the five century history of colonization & conquest of the New World, and how North & South America developed their distinct identities through a long history of mutual interaction and opposition. We also catch up with…
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The YouTube Blood Magic Cult (Premium E286) Sample
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10:44Some believe that they can make a better world just by posting enough online. But the YouTube-based Blood Over Intent community raises the stakes by literally bleeding for their beliefs. Born from the trauma of Mark Braun, a Florida plumber turned self-styled Satan incarnate, Blood Over Intent promises followers a ticket to paradise, provided they …
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4chan Down: Revenge Of The Soyjaks (E320)
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1:07:16Soyjaks! 4chan! Breeding kink! Katy Perry!All that and a surprise update about skateboarder and television personality Bam Margera in this week's episode.First up, Travis will tackle the recent devastating hack of 4chan, the infamous image board that gave us Pepe memes, QAnon family members, and maybe even a president. What is this “Soyjak Party” a…
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This week on the free feed: A guy who loves to have his wives die, and also to go to Europe. Municipal meeting minutes include: Bakingmore Cookieland, The Uncle’s Price, Eric Adams: Unhobbled, getting sucked off by a Rockefeller, Go Chasers!, My two-year election beard, My wife may be dead but it's Herring season, The big hole where all the Guiteau…
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925 - Banshee, PA Chamber of Commerce feat. Kath Kreuger (4/14/25)
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1:09:01Before addressing the news of the day, Will & Kath catch up with Felix on their re-watch of beloved series BANSHEE, which segues nicely into discussion of the baffling firebombing of the Pennsylvania governor's mansion. We then move on to the increasingly horrific and blatantly illegal renditions of American residents into foreign prisons, and the …
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The Painting Passion of Jon McNaughton feat Joshua Citarella (Premium E285) Sample
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9:28An exploration of the most famous right wing crank painter in the game: artist Jon McNaughton. From tea-party-era images of Obama burning the constitution to MAGA-era images of Trump as Atlas, the progression of his career has mirrored a deeper shift in the Republican base and its obsessions. Our guest is artist, writer, and host of the Doomscroll …
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AI Slopaganda feat. Ryan Broderick (E319)
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1:09:37Artificial Intelligence carries a host of risks: it could reshape jobs and the economy, alter educational practices, help powerful figures dodge accountability through AI-assisted decision-making, and even influence our personal relationships and mental well-being. But here’s the biggest question: how will AI affect the content filling up your soci…
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This week we’re talking about Salvadoran Pete Campbell and also [no spoilers for Nova’s theory], Nayib Bukele, who you might know from the news as being Comprador Hitler. Municipal meeting minutes include: We talk about the popcorn man finally, a less funny coup as well, EldestSon_finalFINAL.docx, I ❤️ N, my brother Grima Wormtongue, and an end to …
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923 - The Banks Are Out of Money feat. Dave Weigel (4/7/25)
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1:15:42Semafor reporter Dave Weigel returns to the show to look at the political angles to Trump’s tariff regime and the global economic shocks. We discuss the various attempts to backfill justifications, responses from GOP and Democrats, and how this is all somehow about wokeness and masculinity or something. We also discuss last week’s special election …
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This week, we’ll take a deep dive into the origins of the “AI Apocalypse” theory – the idea that artificial intelligence will one day decide that human beings have outlived their purpose. What started as humble beginnings in billionaire tech mogul circles has now trickled down and pooled in various subreddits, where people will imagine every way th…
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Graham Hancock’s Ancient Apocalypse (E318)
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1:35:52Graham Hancock is a British journalist and author who has gained worldwide fame for his pseudo-archaeological theories. Hancock proposes that an advanced, globally connected civilization existed more than 12,000 years ago and that remnants of their knowledge survived a catastrophic event, informing later cultures around the world. His Netflix serie…
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Bonus: Ukrainian Politics Deep Dive feat. Peter Korotaev
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2:02:01Felix sits down with writer & journalist Peter Korotaev for a wide ranging conversation on the state of the Russo-Ukranian War in the wake of the Trump administration’s spat with Zelensky & attempts at a peace deal, and loads of context on the politics of Ukraine, Russia, various oligarchs, the Atlantic Council, and other non-state actors that have…
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921 - Health Scare feat. Tim Faust (3/31/25)
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1:15:29Tim “T-Bone” Faust makes a long overdue return to the program to brief us on the series of guerilla town halls on Medicaid he’s been doing in Wisconsin. But first, we start with a brief roundup on one of the most important health issues facing the nation today: Soda, and the role it plays in keeping Americans healthy. Tim then takes us through the …
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9:24Ah, the lives of the rich and famous. The clones of the lives of the rich and famous. Perhaps the rich and famous are only rich and famous because they’ve been alive for centuries honing their craft. This week, we descend into a ‘page six’ gossip podcast, and examine a handful of conspiracy theories obsessed with the idea that our favorite celebrit…
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These People Are Stupid Liars Who Think You’re Stupid Too (E317)
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1:02:48It is difficult to comprehend how much these people screw up, lie, lie about their screw ups, and screw up lying. But we’re going to try anyway. Travis, Jake, and Liv break down the most recent round of malice and incompetence from the Trump administration and the deceit, deflections, and conspiracy theories being deployed in defense of this bad be…
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PREVIEW: Kwame Kilpatrick with Joe Kassabian
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10:19Greetings, local residents! We’re joined this week by Lions Lead by Donkeys' and Detroiter Joe Kassabian, to talk about actual mayor and area man Kwame Kilpatrick. Head on over to the Patreon to hear the full ep. And if you're in Chicago or Minneapolis, come see Mattie on tour!
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919 - Abruendance Agenda feat. Madinah Wilson-Anton & Matt Bruenig (3/24/25)
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1:21:56Delaware state rep Madinah Wilson-Anton returns to the show to brief us on Elon Musk’s attempts to rewrite the state laws of Delaware to help him secure a $50 billion+ compensation package. We discuss the “race to the bottom” in state business laws, and the new wave of assaults on basic legal legitimacy in pursuit of complete oligarchical control.T…
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10:45Jake’s Takes and Liv’s Gives makes its triumphant return to the podcast. This time around, there are no bumpers in this bowling alley as Travis and Julian are nowhere to be found. Liv and Jake throw strike after strike (or gutter ball after gutter ball if you dislike the ‘take’) in this meandering episode where they discuss everything from the Soni…
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After a viral Tik Tok conspiracy claimed there was a “true story” behind the hit series “Squid Game,” Jake goes down the rabbit hole to try to separate fact from fiction. The Tik Tok people were very wrong, and what we discover instead is far more horrific. Julian and Brad are forced to cope as Jake tells the devastating story of “Brother’s Home”, …
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Many of you wrote in about this mayor, named the worst in America, and she definitely needed her own episode. How lucky that she was next in the order! Municipal meeting minutes include: We talk about the Coens again, the order sings its song, a moistened town, the fungal mayor, the cop king rolling at me very slowly, illegal truck parties, Eurotri…
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Panic World: Who turned Gen Z fascist? (With Felix Biederman)
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58:59Felix appeared on today’s Panic World podcast hosted by past-guest Ryan Broderick of the fantastic Garbage Day newsletter. We’ve agreed to crosspost this ep in our feed. Enjoy! Check out Panic World wherever you get pods, and subscribe to Garbage Day here: https://www.garbageday.email/Every four years America suffers through a national election, wi…
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917 - Touchdown Tim Chitters feat. D.J. Byrnes & Eephus (3/17/25)
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1:38:56D.J. Byrnes of Ohio’s independent news outlet The Rooster returns to the show. We look at constituent outrage at elected officials, D.J.’s sojourn to DC, Cleveland’s $2.5 Billion stadium debacle, and D.J. relates an incredible story of bamboozling Vivek Ramaswamy.Then, Eephus director Carson Lund and writer & star Nate Fisher join Will to discuss t…
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9:58A burned-out SUV deep in the Canadian wilderness. A charred body nobody can identify. Billions in lost Bitcoin. A trail of fake names leading nowhere. Brad Abrahams is back with the saga of an S-tier con artist, whose latest persona may be our own Liv Agar.What if you took every kind of person we’ve covered on the QAA pod, melted them into a soup, …
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Trump, members of his administration, and conservative pundits all promised the release of shocking new Epstein documents from the DOJ. Rather than fulfilling that promise, Attorney General Pam Bondi gave binders containing previously released Epstein documents to MAGA-aligned social media influencers. She then blamed the deep state for the debacle…
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For the bonus episode this week, we check in with a bunch of past guests and also a very drunken Floridian. Listen to the whole thing over on the mayoral benevolent feed at Nogodsnomayors.com! City hall meeting minutes include: Getting uncle-chopped in Fiume, “reading an indictment” voice, No mailbox formed against me shall prosper, the medium is w…
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2 Frenchmen at CPAC (Part Two) (E314)
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1:20:10Proudboy crypto meme coins, JFK Jr's t-shirt design, Sebastian Gorka's snuff film, multiple nazi salutes… Julian and Anthony conclude their adventures at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. But not before being totally demoralized.Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium e…
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915 - Hero Hedge feat. Joe Weisenthal (3/10/25)
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1:13:06We start the show discussing the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil in a glaring escalation of attacks on American civil liberties in behalf of Israel & its supporters. We’re then joined by journalist and co-host of the Odd Lots podcast Joe Weisenthal to take a shockingly timely (for us) look at markets, tariffs, crypto, and economic policy und…
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Join us this week for a particularly blasphemous episode, just in time for lent! Mayor November takes us on a historical tour of the little fascist statelet that wasn't, R̶i̶j̶e̶k̶a̶ Fiume C̶r̶o̶a̶t̶i̶a̶ Italy and its very normal guy leader, Gabriele D'Annunzio. Municipal meeting minutes include: The tragedy of mayorship, Posting (forum), Pathologi…
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Nuked in the Midwest feat. Devin O’Shea (Premium E280) Sample
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10:26There are these two big landfills up in north St. Louis. One is called the West Lake Landfill, and it is packed full of radioactive waste from the Manhattan Project. There’s hosing and tarps covering these huge sections of fields. It looks like a weird golf course from overhead, or a kind of sore in the land. It deserves to look this way because th…
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2 Frenchmen at CPAC (Part One) (E313)
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1:10:09Welcome to the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. Your companions are two Frenchmen: Julian Feeld and Anthony Mansuy. They attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) so you didn’t have to. Enjoy the CPAC International Summit where leaders like Liz Truss (UK), Eduardo Bolsonaro (Brazil), Morse Tan (South Korea), Steve Ban…
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Will & Hesse are back to look at the Oscars’ Best Pictures of 2024. They give their takes on the high- and low-lights, offer their predictions of who will take home Oscar gold, and give a special preview of what’s coming up in Movie Mindset Season 3.For more Oscars fun: Come see Will & Hesse host an Oscars watch as part of a party for Zohran for Ma…
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913 - Only the Lonely feat. Julian Feeld (3/3/25)
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1:18:12QAA’s Julian Feeld joins us today to give us his report from last week’s CPAC convention. We look at the usual carnival of cruelty on display at the Gaylord Convention Center, with an added layer of vindictiveness in the second Trump era. We also discuss at how QAnon has been fully metabolized into political discourse, and check in on some classic …
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