The Other Pandemic: How QAnon Contaminated the World

QAnon began as a niche conspiracy theory. How did it become a movement for self-radicalisation? How have its dangerous ideas infiltrated society? Rafael Behr is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James Ball, author of The Other Pandemic How QAnon Contaminated the World, to explore how the dark corners of the internet have serious implications for mainstream politics.  

• “Lots of QAnon conspiracies emerged from online trolling.”
• “4Chan created things the rest of the internet couldn’t say.”
• “QAnon asked people to self radicalise which caused a snowball effect.”

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Link for James Ball’s book: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-other-pandemic-9781526642554/ 

Link for Rafael Behr’s book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/politics-a-survivors-guide/rafael-behr/9781838955045 

Written and presented by Rafael Behr. Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio editor: Simon Williams. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.

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