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QAnon, Cults, and Cutlery

QAnon, Cults, and Cutlery

FromNow & Then


QAnon, Cults, and Cutlery

FromNow & Then

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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Jun 22, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On the fourth episode of Now & Then, “QAnon, Cults, and Cutlery,” Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman discuss the recent FBI assessment of QAnon as a violent domestic terrorism threat. They also reflect on the historical relationship between cults and the government, from the Salem Witch Trials, to the utopian Oneida Community, to the tragic saga of Jonestown. 
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Released:
Jun 22, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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How can the past help inform today’s most pressing challenges? Every Tuesday, award-winning historians Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman use their encyclopedic knowledge of US history to bring the past to life. Together, they make sense of the week in news by discussing the people, ideas, and events that got us here today. Now and Then is produced by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.