Has QAnon gone mainstream?

QAnon seemed to go dormant after former US President Donald Trump lost his reelection. But a reporter who’s covered the conspiracy movement ever since it emerged in 2017 says that the phenomenon isn’t a relic of the past – it’s more like a portal into the future. So what happens when a portion of the US buys into a mass delusion?

In this episode: 

• Will Sommer (@willsommer), author of “Trust the Plan”

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Negin Owliaei and our host, Kevin Hirten, in for Malika Bilal. Khaled Soltan fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. 

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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