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How QAnon Destroys American Families

Aug 01, 202432 min
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Episode description

Q hasn’t posted anything since 2022. But a staggering number of Americans still buy into QAnon, the conspiracy movement steeped in claims that Satan-worshiping pedophiles run the US government. Today on the show, journalist and author Jesselyn Cook on QAnon’s lasting political ramifications and the relationships it destroys.


Leah Feiger is @LeahFeiger. David Gilbert is @DaithaiGilbert. Jesselyn Cook is @JessReports. Write to us at politicslab@WIRED.com. Be sure to subscribe to the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter here


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