QAnon, UFOs, and America’s Craziest Conspiracy Theories

Inside the Hive

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4.2 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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When the hell did American politics get so weird? Investigative journalist Anna Merlan joins Nick to talk about her new book, “Republic of Lies,” which details all of the conspiracy theories currently floating around the U.S., including Pizzagate, the Pee Pee Tape, secret CIA programs, and “Q.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.6	A thrilling.
0:30.6	Welcome to Inside the Hive.
0:35.0	I am your host Nick Bilton and we are entering the Twilight Zone.
0:42.0	Do do do do do.
0:44.0	Okay, that was a really bad interpretation of my Twilight Zone music and
0:48.0	my Twilight Zone voice, but the reason that I did that little trick was because
0:52.0	this week we are going to enter the world of
0:54.8	conspiracy.
0:55.8	So my guest is Anna Merlin who has an amazing book out called Republic of Lies, America
1:01.1	Conspiracy Therists, and their surprising rise to power, which details how
1:05.8	we ended up in a world with a president who believes a bunch of conspiracy theorists and
1:12.1	how YouTube and Twitter and Facebook and all these things have helped push these conspiracies around QAnon if you've ever heard of that if not we will explain it to you on the show
1:21.0	around UFOs and aliens around vaccines and anti vaccines you
1:26.3	name it we're going to get into it pizza gate Barack Obama people having risks
1:31.0	that aren't real this is going to be a fascinating fun show
1:34.9	So without further do let's jump right in do do do do do
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