I spoke with Dr. Mia Bloom to better understand QAnon. This includes how the organization works, its goals/motivations, and in particular, why QAnon is separating so many families and loved ones. 

Today, during the release of this episode, Dr. Bloom's book "Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of Qanon," is being released. See the link below.

Bio: Dr. Mia Bloom is a Professor of Communication and Middle East Studies.  She conducts ethnographic field research in Europe, the Middle East and  South Asia and speaks eight languages. Author of several books,  Bloom is a former term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and  has held research or teaching appointments at Princeton, Cornell,  Harvard and McGill Universities. Bloom is the editor for Stanford  University Press' new series on terrorism and political violence. She is  regularly featured as an expert contributor on CNN, CNN International,  MSNBC and Fox News for terrorism and national security issues. Bloom is a  member of the UN terrorism research network (UNCTED) and a member of  the radicalization expert advisory board for the Anti- Defamation League  (ADL). Bloom holds a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia  University, an M.A. in Arab Studies from the Edmund A. Walsh School of  Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a B.A. from McGill  University in Russian, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies.

Bio - https://ebcs.gsu.edu/profile/mia-bloom/

Book - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pastels-and-pedophiles-mia-bloom/1138927471

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As always thank you Don Grant for the Intro and Outro. Check out his podcast - https://threeinterestingthings.captivate.fm 

Intro guitar melody copied from Aiden Ayers at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UiB9FMOP5s

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