Q Clearance: The Hunt for QAnon

Hello, Q Clearance Listeners! We want to share a new show you might enjoy, SAD OLIGARCH Season 2! About the show: Since January 2022, dozens of Russia's wealthiest oligarchs and power brokers have died suddenly. One was poisoned with frog venom. Two killed their whole families. Several fell out of high windows. Most of the deaths are suspicious. Russia says they're coincidental suicides—that the deceased were simply depressed. We don't think so... Sad Oligarch is an investigative podcast series that looks into the strange deaths of the Russian elite, unravelling a dark tale of Kremlin corruption and Putin's political dictatorship across the world. This is season two—Russian oligarchs are still dying and things have gotten even weirder... Listen here and subscribe to SAD OLIGARCH Season 2 on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Deep in the Siberian peninsula, a corrupt politician falls out of the window of his home and hits the ground hard. Eyewitnesses describe the scene, explaining how he plummeted to the concrete and died. By the time the news hits the government controlled media though, something has changed. The fall is now reported as a heart attack and the coroner declares no foul play before the body is even cold. Something doesn't add up... Jake Hanrahan's projects: www.hanrahan.tvSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi, Q Clearance Fans! We want to share a new show, Away Days: Reporting from the Underbelly.  About the show: Away Days Podcast is an episodic documentary series focused on unreported stories from the fringes of society.  We’re compassionately documenting the underground without watering it down or editorially obscuring it. This is independent journalism with no filter. Real, raw, and ugly. Journalist Jake Hanrahan, the host and creator of Away Days has spent the last 10 years embedded in places he’s not meant to be. With unique access and a straightforward style of on-the-ground reporting, the listener will be taken deep into the places they didn’t know existed. Listen here and subscribe to Away Days on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi, Q Clearance Fans! Take a listen to the trailer for Sad Oligarch - an investigative podcast series that looks into the many Russian oligarch deaths of 2022. About the show: Since January 2022, more than a dozen of Russia's wealthiest businessmen have been found dead. One was poisoned with frog venom. One was found hanged on a handrail with his wife and children killed with an axe. Several fell out of high windows. Most of the deaths are suspicious. Russia says most of them were coincidental suicides resulting from depression. We have a theory though that something much darker is afoot.  Sad Oligarch is a modern true crime style investigative podcast series that looks into the many Russian oligarch deaths of 2022, unravelling a dark tale of Kremlin corruption and Russian political influence across the world. Listen here and subscribe to Sad Oligarch on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On March 23rd 2022, affluent Russian businessman Vasily Melnikov was found dead alongside his family in their upscale Moscow apartment. They’d all been stabbed to death: Vasily, his wife, and their two sons aged 4 and 10 years old. The killings were brutal and tragic. In the crime scene photos one of the murder weapons can be seen. It's a Russian Special Forces combat knife...  In this episode we investigate the Melnikov family annihilation. Did Vasily kill his whole family as the Russian police claim, or is something else going on? You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzoneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi, Q Clearance fans! We're excited to introduce you to Megacorp - a series by Jake Hanrahan that exposes some of the world's most unethical corporations. Here is a short introduction explaining exactly what Megacorp is and isn’t. Listen and subscribe to Megacorp wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi, Q Clearance fans! We're excited to introduce you to season two of It Could Happen Here - a new daily show hosted by Robert Evans. Collapse is all around us. Find out what's coming next, and what you can do to build a new world from the ashes of the old, every day on this show.  About It Could Happen Here: A jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world, the one we all live in now, and a guide to avoiding the worst pitfalls along the road to a better world. It Could Happen Here season 1 ended with the possibility of a second civil war. It Could Happen Here 2 accepts collapse as a given, and tries to provide a roadmap to survival. Listen and subscribe to It Could Happen Here today on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Today is the final episode of Q Clearance. We’ll be recapping the damage QAnon has done and documenting the lives it’s taken.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we dive into the brutal and deeply upsetting world of QAnon Casualties, a place where people go to talk about the destruction QAnon has done to their families. As with any cult, QAnon is destroying relationships and sending people insane. We hear about it first hand. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we speak to researcher and Japanese cult expert Sarah Hightower. She's going to explain to us how QAnon took root in Japan, and how it's evolved into its own highly organised franchise there.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we’ll be looking at how Jim and Ron Watkins (who we think is behind QAnon) have moved on to start a whole new grift. These include Cryptocurrency, aliens, and Christian fundamentalism.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we imagine a world where QAnon was actually real as a means to consider what kind of economic system they’d be setting up. Spoiler alert: it’s absolutely insane.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we're taking you inside the exclusive QAnon conference in Dallas, Texas. Journalists who are unfriendly to the QAnon cause were barred from entering, but we managed to speak to someone who went in undercover.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we get a much needed QAnon update, looking into the radicalisation of Ghost Ezra, the mysterious B Drop, and John McAfee’s Q prank from the grave.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we chart the bizarre rise and fall of one of QAnon's main characters: Lin Wood. Once a famous US defamation lawyer, Lin Wood has completely alienated himself from his former colleagues, his political allies, and even his own family. Why? He did it all for QAnon. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we take a look at what happened when QAnon was taken off of mainstream social media and forced to go “underground” onto Telegram.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join us we take you inside the chaotic QAnon riot at the Capitol Building on January 6th. We’ll give you a blow by blow account of how it unfolded, and how all roads from it lead back to Q.   Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When an angry crowd of MAGA supporters were seen storming the Capitol Building on January 6th, the whole world was suddenly forced to reckon with the power of the QAnon conspiracy theory. Quickly though, after Trump lost the election, the QAnon reporting was dropped from the news cycle. Many presumed that QAnon was finished. After all, Q himself has vanished, none of their predictions came true, and Trump is out. Surely they’d lose steam? Sadly, no. QAnon has gone underground and the adherents are becoming more hardcore than ever. Something very disturbing is brewing in the world of Q, so join us for season two of Q Clearance as we document the wild evolution of QAnon without its leader. Episode one lands June 8th. You can hear it on the iHeartRadio app, or wherever you listen to podcasts.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the final episode of Q Clearance we recap on everything we've learned about QAnon, as well some new information about Paul Furber and a guide on how to rebuild lost relationships with QAnon fanatics when the dust settles. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we take a closer look at yet more "coincidences" that link the Watkins family to QAnon. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we’re finally naming who we think is currently behind the QAnon account. This will be the beginning of the end of our case against Q, as we join the dots and name names. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we’re interrupting our scheduled plan to take a look at the QAnon movements wild reactions to the US Election. Some are losing faith, some are doubling down, but they’re all panicking.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we dig deep into the day the QAnon account was hijacked by the admin of 8chan.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we piece together clues that build a case for who we think one of the first people involved with Q is. We name them, look at their background, and speak to people who knew them when QAnon first became popular.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2018 an article was published by Buzzfeed that connected the dots from QAnon to an old book about a shadowy figure called Q that leaked government information. On 4chan, users declared that it was all part of a leftist prank and that QAnon was run by the same group who wrote this old book. The idea was to fool MAGA followers into thinking Q was real. Many ran with this idea and never looked back. We're doing a deep dive into it to see if this leftist prank theory holds any weight. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this first episode we give you a crash course on the various different facets to QAnon. We tell you a bit about the history behind this rampant conspiracy theory, explain the imageboards it was founded on, and speak to some of the people who saw it growing from behind the scenes. If you didn't know how dangerous the rapid build up of QAnon's following was, you will after this. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An investigative podcast series that aims to uncover the true identity of QAnon. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.