27: What the Heck Is QAnon With Brandy Zadrozny and Oliver Darcy - a podcast by Politicon & iHeartRadio

Clay is joined by NBC News’ Brandy Zadrozny and CNN’s Oliver Darcy to discuss the proliferation of QAnon theories on the major social media platforms, and to ask what happens as these ideas go from the depths of the internet to driving our politics on the streets and in the halls of government...

Moderator:

Clay Aiken has sold 6 million albums, authored a New York Times bestseller, and ran for Congress in North Carolina in 2014.

Panelist:

Brandy Zadrozny is an award-winning investigative and features reporter for NBC News where she covers misinformation, extremism, and the internet. She’s written definitive stories on the QAnon conspiracy, conservative outlet The Epoch Times, and the profiteers behind the rising anti-vaccination movement and coronavirus misinformation online.

Oliver Darcy is a senior media reporter for CNN, covering the intersection of media, politics, and technology. He regularly appears on CNN and CNN International to offer reporting and on-air analysis of current events. Darcy's award-winning reporting focuses largely on right-wing media and the role it plays in politics writ large, regularly covering misinformation and conspiracy theories. Darcy guest writes the acclaimed Reliable Sources Newsletter, which covers the daily breaking news from the media beat, six days a week. Follow Darcy on Instagram. 

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