LA is going through one of the most destructive natural disasters in its history. So naturally there is a lot of nonsense online about the secret purpose of the blazes. To discuss, we talk to journalist and climate refugee Mike Rothschild. The author of Jewish Space Lasers is one of many people who lost their homes to the Eaton fire. We chat about what it’s like to evacuate in order to escape a fast-spreading fire, climate change, and some of the more popular ways that online conspiracists are speculating about the causes of the conflagration.

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Mike Rothschild

https://themikerothschild.com/

Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschild and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733925/jewish-space-lasers-by-mike-rothschild/

The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became A Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy of Everything

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676746/the-storm-is-upon-us-by-mike-rothschild/

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Sources

How Did the Los Angeles Wildfires Get So Out of Control

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-did-the-los-angeles-fires-get-so-out-of-control

Southern California’s ‘rainy’ season is lacking one major thing

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/extremely-dry-rain-season-reaching-record-levels-in-southern-california/

Hydroclimate volatility on a warming Earth

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00624-z

What We Know About What Led to the L.A. Wildfires

https://www.factcheck.org/2025/01/what-we-know-about-what-led-to-the-l-a-wildfires/

This Is Where the Palisades Fire Started

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/us/palisades-fire-cause-ignition-point-site.html

Trump makes misguided accusations about California water management amid wildfires

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-makes-misguided-accusations-california-water-management-wildfire-rcna187219

The richest man in the world cannot catch a break from these four podcast hosts. Liv breaks down the story of Adrian Dittman, a guy on the internet who idolized Elon Musk so severely that people began to mistake them for one another. In the second half of the episode, we have to install a new layer of thermal paste on Julian’s brain after learning about Elon pretending to have played 1000’s of hours of an early access, isometric, role playing video game. The real gamers found out… and they’re mad.

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2025 is off to an absolutely nightmarish start as the boys huddle around the microphones and try to process not only the ongoing historical LA wildfires that have destroyed over 12,000 structures and killed at least 24 people, but also the horrific content they had originally planned: The domestic terrorist attacks that were committed on New Years Day in New Orleans and Las Vegas. If that somehow wasn’t enough, they’ll also be discussing the recent fatal police shooting of the infamous “pizzagate” gunman.

We cover it all in our first main episode of 2025: domestic terrorism, ecological disaster, and even war crimes. Grim! Our guest is Mike Prysner of the podcast Eyes Left, the documentary Gaza Fights for Freedom, and the QAA episodes on Tulsi Gabbard.

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Mike Prysner

https://x.com/mikeprysner / https://earthsgreatestenemy.com / https://www.patreon.com/EYESLEFT

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GI Rights Hotline

https://girightshotline.org/

Veteran Suicide Prevention

https://www.va.gov/health-care/health-needs-conditions/mental-health/suicide-prevention/

Or dial 988 and press 1.

Suicide Prevention Hotline

Dial or Text 988

Mutual Aid LA

https://mutualaidla.org

QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.

SOURCES:

‘Pizzagate’ gunman killed by police in North Carolina after traffic stop, authorities say

https://apnews.com/article/pizzagate-gunman-dead-police-shooting-north-carolina-81f0383fb55587350576b8265b7b5dd5

What we know about the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans

https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-car-bourbon-street-1685016388d65039ce62e720aab2ba14

'I feel like Batman': What Tesla driver texted his ex-girlfriend before explosion outside Trump Hotel

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/-feel-batman-tesla-driver-texted-ex-girlfriend-explosion-trump-hotel-rcna186191

Man who exploded Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI, police say

https://apnews.com/article/tesla-cybertruck-explosion-trump-hotel-las-vegas-248b41d87287170aa7b68d27581fdb4d

Police reveal chilling notes left by Cybertruck bomber: ‘Time to wake up!’

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/matthew-livelsberger-tesla-cybertuck-explosion-las-vegas-trump-b2672787.html

Special Report: Airstrikes on Alleged Drug-Processing Facilities, Farah, 5 May 2019

https://web.archive.org/web/20250105000521/https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/afghanistan_unamaspecial_report_usfor-a_airstrikes_bakwa_9october.pdf

What if “The Law of Attraction” was only for Aryans? Just in time for the holidays, Brad is back to let you know that Nazi-occult societies are alive and flourishing. Namely, a group claiming to be the direct genetic descendants of the “historical” Vril Society, the supposed Nazi-era metaphysical group that counted Hitler among its ranks. This episode has esoteric racism, templar LARPing, goddess rituals, hollow earth super Aryans, hairstyle discourse, a Ford Mustang obsession, and even starseeds. It’s a true QAA Xmas miracle.

We’ll attempt to answer: How much of the WWII occult history is real? What’s the real history of the Sonnenrad symbol? Are these contemporary groups just conspiratorial LARPers with too much time and money (and a serious hair fetish), or something much more sinister? And finally, did we really need to hear that bit of high school-era Brad lore?

Stick around for Professor Julian Strube of the University of Göttingen - a man who has spent the best years of his life researching these groups - as he helps us untangle this dense web of Nazi occult history, and how we’ve gotten to this current hell.

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Brad Abrahams:

https://x.com/LoveAndSaucers // https://www.instagram.com/bradwtf/

Professor Julian Strube:

https://x.com/julianstrube

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Annie Kelly brings Jake, Julian, and Travis tales of the lesser known figures of the European witch hunts during the early modern period: the skeptics who openly doubted that every accused woman was actually a witch.

At the time, it was common for village communities in England, Spain, and France to accuse local women of cursing cows and similar satanic mischief. But a handful of men didn’t believe the mainstream belief that witchcraft was widespread. Doubts were raised by the Spanish royal physician Andrés Fernández de Laguna, the English gentleman Reginald Scot, and the inquisitor Alonso de Salazar Frías. Salazar even established rules on investigating witchcraft that set a high standard of proof. This subsequently saved an untold number of accused witches from being hanged or burned at the stake.

What can all of this tell us about the modern right’s use of the language of demonology to describe their enemies? Listen to get exclusive analysis from the National Baby.

To get a better background on the history of witch hunting, Annie interviewed Professor Marion Gibson from the University of Exeter, and author of the book Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials.

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Annie Kelly

https://bsky.app/profile/annieknk.bsky.social

Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials by Marion Gibson

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Witchcraft/Marion-Gibson/9781668002438

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Brian Thompson, the CEO of the health insurance company UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed in Midtown Manhattan on December 4th. Five days later, police arrested Luigi Mangione as a suspect in the killing at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Liv, Julian, and Travis discuss the ideological waters that Magione swam in and how this incident proves that everyone is an online investigator. Plus we explore the reaction to the killing, which includes a surprising amount of AO3 fan fiction. Finally, we break down the popular claim that there’s a special connection between the killing and the number 286, which isn’t as impressive when closely examined.

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QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.

REFERENCES

Discover, Defend, Desire

https://archiveofourown.org/works/61349623/chapters/156809128

Was Dr. Who right when he said military intelligence is a contradiction in terms? Brad Abrahams is back (with Liv, Jake, and Travis) with the story of the “Gulf Breeze 6”, in which six military intelligence officers with top-secret clearance went AWOL from one of Europe’s largest Cold War bases in 1990. Their reason? A Ouija board told them to. Convinced they were on a divine mission to stop Armageddon, they fled to Florida, believing Jesus (piloting a UFO) would meet them for the rapture.

Even more bizarre than that last sentence was the punishment meted out to them. Were they part of an end-of-the-world cult? Did figures like Bob Dole and George Bush intervene on their behalf? This insane tale is a true mystery to this day, as the trail has gone cold since its explosion in the early ‘90s news cycle.

At the end of the episode, we’re joined by Tanner Boyle of the ‘Getting Spooked’ newsletter to dive deeper into the Gulf Breeze 6 mystery, and explore whether any parapolitical shenanigans were at play.

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Tanner Boyle: https://gettingspooked.com/

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Hulk Hogan as Santa Claus in 1996. Jake has found the perfect movie to torture Julian and Liv with. Somehow he finds an ally in Travis. Merry Christmas to the sickos.

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https://qaapodcast.com

QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.

A failed bombing by a profoundly redpilled man dressed as the Joker, a world-cup-themed assassination plot, fallout from an attempted coup, the indictment of the former President… Brazil is full of stories these days. Head of the Intercept Brasil Andrew Fishman is our guest along with editor and repeat guest Caio Almendra.

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Intercept Brasil: https://www.intercept.com.br/

Andrew Fishman: https://x.com/AndrewDFish

Caio Almendra: https://x.com/CaioAlmendra

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Pokémon Go is more than a worldwide craze that inspired millions to hunt Zigzagoons through smartphone-enabled alternate reality. According to intelligence officials in several countries, it’s also an information security threat. Since the game’s release by game developer Niantic in 2016, people have pondered the potential uses of the data that’s collected by aspiring PokéMasters as they meander outside and scan virtual PokéStops.

Travis, Jake, Julian, and Liv dive into why a children’s game about collecting fighting pets has inspired such paranoia. Including how Niantic’s startup ancestor Keyhole, Inc. was saved from bankruptcy by the CIA, how Niantic’s former parent company Google committed one of the worst data privacy violations in history through the “Wi-Spy” scandal, and Niantic’s recent announcement that Pokemon Go data is being used to produce an artificial intelligence system they call a Large Geospatial Model (LGM).

Gotta Catch ‘Em All! And by “Em All” we mean “massive amounts of data from everyone’s smartphones for undisclosed purposes.”

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QAA was known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.

REFERENCES

Consumer Watchdog. Lost In The Cloud: Google And the US Government

https://insidegoogle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/GOOGGovfinal012411.pdf

Gawker. Pokemon Go Is A Government Surveillance Psyop Conspiracy

https://web.archive.org/web/20160712023458/http://blackbag.gawker.com/pokemon-go-is-a-government-surveillance-psyop-conspirac-1783461240

Pando. Oakland emails give another glimpse into the Google-Military-Surveillance Complex

https://web.archive.org/web/20150819032041/https://pando.com/2014/03/07/the-google-military-surveillance-complex/

Financial Times. Lunch with the FT: Pokémon Go creator John Hanke

https://www-ft-com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/content/596ec790-afe8-11e6-9c37-5787335499a0

Dalton, Craig M. "Sovereigns, spooks, and hackers: An early history of Google geo services and map mashups." Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization 48.4 (2013): 261-274.

Kilday, Bill. Never lost again: The Google mapping revolution that sparked new industries and augmented our reality. Harper Business, 2018.

Wes’s Blog. My Personal Journey On Google Earth

https://westhierry.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-personal-journey-on-google-earth.html

Intercept. Privacy Scandal Haunts Pokemon Go CEO

https://theintercept.com/2016/08/09/privacy-scandal-haunts-pokemon-gos-ceo/

CJR. Poor coverage of Google’s Street View scandal settlement

https://www.cjr.org/the_audit/misleading_coverage_of_street.php

RFI. Pokemon Go to jail - Frenchman nabbed hunting Pokemon on Indonesian military base.

https://www.rfi.fr/en/asia-pacific/20160719-pokemon-go-jail-frenchman-nabbed-hunting-pokemon-indonesian-military-base

CIA Office of Security. Are you At An Agency Facility? Pokemon NO!

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/are%20you%20at%20an%20agency%20faci%5B15210727%5D.pdf

Foreign Policy. The Great Pokemon Go Spy Panic.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/29/pokemongo-cia-nsa-intelligence-spying/

Niantic Labs. Building a Large Geospatial Model to Achieve Spatial Intelligence

https://nianticlabs.com/news/largegeospatialmodel