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Subscribe to Right Richter here: https://tinyletter.com/rightrichter Read Will on The Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/will-sommer Will Sommer has been covering conspiracy theories since the inception of Pizzagate. He joins me to discuss what drives people to believe seemingly incomprehensible conspiracy theories. In this episode, we discuss: What is the genesis of Pizzagate? Why did people believe and amplify Pizzagate? Why didn't Pizzagate end when Comet Pizza was shot up? What is QAnon? How do people get progressively deeper into QAnon? What are the societal impacts of collective belief in conspiracy theories? And more...

The far-right QAnon conspiracy theory emerged in the Utah political sphere last week when it was reported that Republican Congressional candidate Burgess Owens appeared as a guest on an obscure YouTube channel dedicated to QAnon.To understand what QAnon is, and why Owens seeming flirtation with the organization is so troubling, Will Sommer of the Daily Beast joins Managing Editor Bryan Schott on the podcast. Sommer reports on fringe and extremist elements in politics. We discuss what followers of the QAnon theory believe and whether the group is dangerous. Links:Will Sommer on Twitter: @willsommerDaily Beast: GOPers are trying to recruit QAnon voters and using this YouTube show to do itDaily Beast: TikTok teens are obsessed with PizzagateSign up for Will's "Right Richter" newsletter hereLet us know what you think about the show. Find out how to leave us a rating and review at RateThisPodcast.com.Subscribe to our daily email newsletter. We bring you the top political stories from around the web every weekday morning. You can listen everywhere you get your podcasts:iTunesSpotifyPandoraPodchaserIHeartRadioTuneInGoogleStitcherPodcast AddictDeezerListen Notes

Will Sommer of Right Richter newsletter and Daily Beast joins us to talk human trafficking, "the caravan", migrant rights, human rights, Larry the Cable Guy, the history of U.S. interventionism in Honduras, and the pipe bomb spectacular. This episode is going to detonate your um... ears? Really wrote myself into a corner here. Jake and Will do spend a long time wondering where Q has disappeared to. I think they might be experiencing withdrawal symptoms from his extended absence?

You’re driving over the grapevine and into the nacreous environment that is the Central Valley, or the Central Void. Unbeknownst to you there are communities stranded off the side of this 99 Highway who drink poisoned water, who work innumerable hours at exploitive levels, who lack higher education and better paying jobs, all at the expense of exporting California’s agro economy. Third World Ballers are back for episode 5, and were digging into the muck that is the Central Void. We also shout out our Bronx queen, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, The Democratic Socialists, and talk ICE out of LA, centrist ghouls, leftist publications, and much more. Join us as we ride through the dairies, the fields, the lonely serene roads of Visalia. (The comedian mentioned, Jake Flores, was making a joke in reference to Cinco de Mayo not Mardi Gras, apologies.) Publications, Twitter Handles, and Journalists mentioned: Splinter News, Jacobin, The Baffler, Right Richter, Alex Nichols, Libby Watson, Katherin

Will Sommer grew up in a conservative household and garnered an early interest in Rush Limbaugh and other right wing media figures. When he went to college, his politics changed, but his obsession with conservative media never went away. In late 2016, that obsession paid off. Sommer was one of the first reporters to write about Pizzagate, the conspiracy theory that a DC pizza parlor was the home of a child sex ring. After a man was arrested for firing a gun inside the restaurant, his reporting gained national relevance. Shortly afterward, he launched Right Richter, and he soon became one of the foremost experts on the obscure right wing media outlets that, in some cases, produce conspiracies that bubble all the way up to Donald Trump’s Twitter account.

After last month's terrorist attack in Toronto, the media attempted to make sense of the term “incel,” or involuntary celibate. We situate the subculture within the complex ecosystem of aggrieved men online. Plus, a conversation with the directors of the new Netflix documentary series "Wild Wild Country," about their experience revisiting a forgotten utopian project. And, a look at how the press has responded to repeated attacks from President Trump.  1. Jay Rosen [@jayrosen_nyu], professor of journalism at New York University, on the media losing the battle for the freedom of the press. Listen. 2. Will Sommer [@willsommer], editor at The Hill and author of Right Richter, on the complex ecosystem of aggrieved men online. Listen. 3. Michael Kimmel [@MichaelS_Kimmel], professor of sociology and gender studies at Stony Brook University, on the roots of masculine frustration. Listen. 4. MacLain Way and Chapman Way, directors of the new Netflix documentary series "Wild Wild Country," on the brief and infamous story of the Rajneesh commune. Listen.   On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.

​In this episode Beth and Kelly interview Will Sommer, campaign editor for The Hill and creator of the newsletter Right Richter.  Right Richter (@rightrichter) is a weekly report on conservative news. He reads it all, so we don't have to.

The right wing Pizzagate conspiracy is back, baby! Will Sommer of The Hill and Right Richter joins the show to discuss The Storm conspiracy, the mystery of QAnon, the people propping up the conspiracy, and much more! Join us as we follow the white rabbit