Episode 272: Solar Eclipses And The Politics of Fear feat. Arthur Goldwag

Americans sure love being paranoid. And they’re not always paranoid for sensible reasons, like ever-expanding corporate and governmental surveillance systems. Sometimes they’re paranoid about natural and predictable astronomical events. For this episode we discuss why the conspiracist world is fretting about the solar eclipse that will be seen across the United States on April 8th. We also chat with Arthur Goldwag, author of the recently published book The Politics of Fear: The Peculiar Persistence of American Paranoia. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/696775/the-politics-of-fear-by-arthur-goldwag/ Subscribe for $5 a month to get an extra episode of QAA every week + access to series like Manclan, Trickle Down, Perverts and The Spectral Voyager: www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous Music by Pontus Berghe and Jake Rockatansky. Editing by Corey Klotz. qanonanonymous.com