End Times Fascism feat. Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor (E389)

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor join us to discuss their new book, End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World. They explain how tech billionaires, Christian end-timers, and ethno-nationalists have converged around a politics of permanent catastrophe. This new fascism offers even its followers little beyond protected survival and the pleasure of punishing enemies, promising escape for the chosen elect and ruin for everyone else. We talk about “New Gaza,” AI and Silicon Valley’s alliance with Trump, climate-driven fortress politics, conspiracy theories from above, and fissures inside the far-right coalition. End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor https://naomiklein.org/end-times-fascism/ Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: www.patreon.com/qaa Click here to become a subscriber to Cursed Media today to get access to new episodes of Raising Hell releasing right now, plus our other exclusive Cursed Media series: https://cursedmedia.net Produced by Liv Agar & Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (instagram.com/theyylivve / sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (pedrocorrea.com) qaapodcast.com QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.

As we head into pumpkin spice season and the leaves begin to fall, so too does Jake’s brain - falling - nay - plummeting deep deep down into the AI slop latrine where his senses are assaulted from all sides as he claws at the crumbling walls of his reality. The harder he tries the more he breaks through into a world of falling green code and wireframes. Suddenly he realizes…everything is AI. In a proper rant episode, Jake and Liv break down the most egregious uses of AI that have been forced upon us from nearly every angle of our lives. From our movies, phones, and productivity to mathematics and the end of the world. Suspiciously, Julian listens on as the voice of reason while Jake preaches from his knees. Folks, you know things are dire when Julian is the calmest host on the pod. Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: www.patreon.com/qaa Click here to become a subscriber to Cursed Media today to get access to the first three episodes of Raising Hell right now, plus the new Raising Hell episodes weekly, plus every other exclusive Cursed Media series: https://cursedmedia.net Produced by Liv Agar & Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (instagram.com/theyylivve / sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (pedrocorrea.com) qaapodcast.com QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.

Today the QAA crew is taking a small rest day from their melted algorithms but have no fear dear listener, we won't leave you hanging. Last week Jack and Julian began releasing their new Cursed Media mini series and today, in lieu of a usual main episode, we would like to share the first episode of what they have been cooking up. Raising Hell. In 1988, federal regulators closed Omaha’s Franklin Community Federal Credit Union after discovering that nearly $40 million had disappeared. The institution’s manager, Lawrence E. “Larry” King Jr., was a charismatic civic leader and political operator who had cultivated relationships far beyond Nebraska. King’s public image, and the astonishing scale of the missing money, made the collapse a major scandal. But as investigators began following the financial trail, an even more disturbing story took shape. In Chapter One of Raising Hell, “Once Upon a Time in Omaha,” Jack LaRoche and Julian Feeld return to the origins of the Franklin story: not the lurid mythology that later grew around it, but the vulnerable children, troubled households, foster-care placements, and child-welfare institutions from which the first allegations emerged. The episode examines the experiences of young people who passed through a system that was supposed to protect them, including Boys Town and Nebraska’s foster-care network, and who repeatedly encountered adults unwilling or unable to recognize what was happening around them. At the center of this chapter is Eulice Washington. Her disclosures helped expose documented abuse inside an Omaha household and opened a path toward far more explosive allegations involving Larry King and other influential people. What began as an investigation into the treatment of children would soon collide with the Franklin credit-union case, drawing in social workers, journalists, law-enforcement agencies, politicians, private investigators, and witnesses whose accounts would be alternately ignored, sensationalized, challenged, and transformed. Content warning: This episode contains discussions of child abuse, sexual exploitation, and institutional neglect. Episode Music by Nick Sena and Pontus Berghe Theme Music by Thomas Arsenault Produced by Corey Klotz Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: www.patreon.com/qaa Click here to become a subscriber to Cursed Media today to get access to the first three episodes of Raising Hell right now, plus the new Raising Hell episodes weekly, plus every other exclusive Cursed Media series: https://cursedmedia.net QAA Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (https://pedrocorrea.com) qaapodcast.com QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.

Katie Souza is an ex-meth cook turned author and founder of Katie Souza Ministries. Why did she start to claim in 2026 that she is the mother of an alien hybrid child named “Starburst?” Travis kicks us off recounting how his broken algorithm brought Souza across his radar and what he learned as a result that caused him to ask, “What the hell is going on with American evangelicals?” After he details Souza’s history Jake jumps in with a QAA book report on Souza’s latest book, Star Gods, in which she outlines how alien greys came on Christmas eve and implanted a device in her to steal her eggs. Our resident alien guy, Brad, listens on in disappointment as the book slowly turns from aliens to God. Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: www.patreon.com/qaa Produced by Liv Agar & Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (instagram.com/theyylivve / sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (pedrocorrea.com) qaapodcast.com QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.

This past week prominent right wing twitter poster, Jennica Pounds (DataRepublican), got paranoid after being handed documents by the State Department, leading to the revelation that the Pentagon is employing conservative influencers as “special government employees.” Travis details Pounds’ history and the events that led up to her legal illiteracy failure. Later we welcome back Will Sommer for his 10th appearance on the pod to discuss his reporting on the matter and what we know about these special government employee influencers and the role they may be playing in the Pentagon. Will Sommer on Twitter https://x.com/willsommer?lang=en Pete Hegseth Is Building a Pentagon Troll Army https://www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegseth-is-building-a-pentagon-troll-army-influencers-maga Pentagon Secretly Installs Military Influencers in Civilian Roles https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/30/pentagon-secretly-installs-military-influencers-civilian-roles/ Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: www.patreon.com/qaa Produced by Liv Agar & Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (instagram.com/theyylivve / sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (pedrocorrea.com) qaapodcast.com QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.

Extra! Extra! Hacker kidnaps GTA6 development build! Holds game hostage for meme coin ransom. Conspiracies abound! Could developer Rockstar be behind the leaks themselves as a part of an elaborate marketing strategy? Probably not, since they have subpoenaed Microsoft and Discord in an attempt to capture the game thieves. Jake, Liv, and Julian investigate this latest IRL videogame heist Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: www.patreon.com/qaa Check out our new podcast series network Cursed Media! All episodes of Spectral Voyager Season 2 are out now! Binge the entirety of Truly Tradly Deeply by Annie Kelly and Megan Kelly as well as Science in Transition by Liv Agar and Spencer Barrows: cursedmedia.net Produced by Liv Agar & Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe and Jake Rockatansky. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (instagram.com/theyylivve / sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (pedrocorrea.com) qaapodcast.com QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.

Today Liv brings the boys her best attempt at a “good news” episode without straying too far from our usual content. For our little cheat day, Liv has prepared a fun hour of discussing the investing failures of one Leopold Aschenbrenner whose AI centered investment firm, Situational Awareness, recently set a new record for the largest trade loss in history. 35 billion dollars. In Liv’s words, “this isn’t necessarily a good news episode but it is very funny”. Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: www.patreon.com/qaa Produced by Liv Agar & Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (instagram.com/theyylivve / sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (pedrocorrea.com) qaapodcast.com QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.

Liv, Brad, and Jake have a grand time dissecting Spielberg's latest non-human biologics picture. They discuss everything from poorly painted Alien artifacts to bizarre boomer film transition techniques. Jake discovers a promising Colin Firth impression. This is ground truth podcasting. Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: www.patreon.com/qaa Check out our new podcast series network Cursed Media! All episodes of Spectral Voyager Season 2 are out now! Binge the entirety of Truly Tradly Deeply by Annie Kelly and Megan Kelly as well as Science in Transition by Liv Agar and Spencer Barrows: cursedmedia.net Produced by Liv Agar & Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe and Jake Rockatansky. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (instagram.com/theyylivve / sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (pedrocorrea.com) qaapodcast.com QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.

Travis takes Jake and Liv inside Operation Puppet Master, Homeland Security Investigations’ months-long effort to uncover the supposed command structure and funding behind Minnesota’s anti-ICE protests. Undercover agents entered meetings and Signal chats, tailed activists, and searched union and nonprofit finances. Reports released in the case against 15 activists reveal the bizarre amount of government resources poured into surveilling people in Minnesota, including one instance in which 21 agents spent two hours staking out a “de-arrest” training session that had already been canceled. The crew examines what happens when QAnon-style paranoia acquires federal badges, undercover agents, and subpoena power. Sant et al Indictment https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446251/dl?inline December 2025 Undercover-Agent Activity: ICEWatch, Upstander, Sunrise and Rapid Response https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.12.pdf January 1–26 Undercover Activity Operation Puppet Master Version https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.25.pdf February 1 TCDA “Art Club” Meeting and Fundraising Discussion https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.21.pdf February 22 Loring Park Surveillance of the Canceled “De-Arrest” Training https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.15.pdf March 28 Surveillance of Eventual Defendants at the No Kings Demonstration https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.23.pdf April 14 Surveillance Outside a DAMN Meeting at St. John’s Church https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.17.pdf January 31 Sunrise Movement Meeting at Minneapolis Public Library https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.11.pdf February 2 “50501 Minnesota” Meeting at Augsburg Park Library https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.16.pdf February 10 Virtual Panel: “ICE Brutality: Responding to State Violence and the Machinery of Fear” https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.13.pdf March 9 Whipple Watch Training https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.20.pdf March 15 Virtual DAMN Meeting https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.31.pdf May 28 “Left Jab” Anti-Racist Boxing Class https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.19.pdf Defendant’s Motion for Discovery https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.0.pdf Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: www.patreon.com/qaa Check out our new podcast series network Cursed Media! All episodes of Spectral Voyager Season 2 are out now! Binge the entirety of Truly Tradly Deeply by Annie Kelly and Megan Kelly as well as Science in Transition by Liv Agar and Spencer Barrows: cursedmedia.net Produced by Liv Agar & Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe and Jake Rockatansky. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (instagram.com/theyylivve / sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (pedrocorrea.com) qaapodcast.com QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.

Sweetest listener, did your July of this year (2026) hit just a little different? Maybe the other side of your pillow always seemed to be cold or you spidey sensed the shit out of everything that fell? Maybe it was just the opposite and your floor has been covered in pickles and broken glass more times than you care to count? Whatever the change, know you are not alone and that many folks have agreed things have been…different and that it all points to one event - the shutting down of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. So, listener, join the OG trio as Liv takes us for a ride around the 27 kilometer collider, picking up speed as the particles break down leaving a trail of little black hole conspiracies in their wake. Will they envelop the earth? Probably not…but the chances aren’t zero. Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: www.patreon.com/qaa Check out our new podcast series network Cursed Media! All episodes of Spectral Voyager Season 2 are out now! Binge the entirety of Truly Tradly Deeply by Annie Kelly and Megan Kelly as well as Science in Transition by Liv Agar and Spencer Barrows: cursedmedia.net Produced by Liv Agar & Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe and Jake Rockatansky. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (instagram.com/theyylivve / sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (pedrocorrea.com) qaapodcast.com QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.