In this episode, we speak to Matt Fodor, a political scientist and author in Ontario. He tells us the story of his friend, a former candidate for mayor of Toronto, who was a left wing political activist who was rapidly sucked down the QAnon rabbit hole in a matter of weeks. Saron Gebresellassi is now the in-house lawyer for the United People of Canada or TUPOC, and Matt has lost his friend.

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Romana Didulo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romana_Didulo
Freedom Convoy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_convoy_protest
NDP: https://www.ndp.ca/
Campbell River Campaign: https://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/former-candidate-for-mayor-of-toronto-enters-campbell-rivers-mayoralty-race/
Yellow Vest Movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_movement_(Canada)
The United People of Canada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_United_People_of_Canada

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Jordan’s brother was convinced the United States was under attack. His whole family humoured his brother as he plotted to take them to Israel on a boat to escape this fate. They figured that when the attack didn’t happen, Jordan’s brother would realize he was wrong. That didn’t happen. What happened instead is like a twist from an M. Knight Shyamalan movie.

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CRISPR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRISPR

Ruby Ridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge

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Stephanie Kemmerer used to believe. She was a 9/11 truther, and someone who doubted the reality of many deadly events throughout America, including the Sandy Hook school shooting. Find out how she woke up, pulled herself out of the rabbit hole and has been fighting against misinformation ever since.

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I met Elaine after I gave my talk in Calgary. She’d come to hear what I had to say and afterward, she told me her family’s story. When I heard what she had to say, I knew I needed to have her on the podcast. Elaine and her sister Emma join me to talk about why their parents haven’t met their grandaughter and why they had to go to Mexico to experience, “real clouds.’

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Further Reading:

Chelation: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-disease/expert-answers/chelation-therapy/faq-20157449

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This week I am so excited to introduce to you a fellow Canadian woman who has become a prolific activist in the fight against misinformation with a group called the Gorilla Skeptics on Wikipedia. Adrienne Hill is a host of the Skeptic Zone podcast and a Guerilla Skeptic on Wikipedia, and she’s going to tell us all about what they do and how you can get involved to fight misinformation, conspiracy theories and QAnon.

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In this episode, Luan talks to us about his harrowing upbringing by a father who was so wrapped up in conspiracy theories and later, QAnon, that he neglected his childrens’ medical needs and forced our guest to go to conversion therapy after he came out as gay.

Trigger warnings: homophobia, child abuse, neglect, transphobia and racism.

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Further Reading:

Ryan Lovett: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/tamara-lovett-ryan-failing-necessaries-trial-doctors-medical-examiner-strep-1.3873049

Ezekiel Stephan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Stephan

Leilani Neumann: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Neumann_case

Makayla Sault: https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/makayla-sault-girl-who-refused-chemo-for-leukemia-dies-1.2829885

Ayn Rand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand

Conversion Therapy: https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/report-conversion-therapy

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Mick West is the author of Escaping the Rabbit Hole: How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect and is releasing his second edition of the book on June 20th. In it, there will be a whole new chapter on QAnon. You can purchase the book here: https://amzn.to/42iO67w

This book was one of the first books I reached for when my parents were sucked down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole and I have to say that it helped me a great deal. If you have a loved one who has been taken in by misinformation, conspiracy theories and QAnon, you’re going to get a great deal out of this episode as well as his book.

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And you can email him at mick@mickwest.com - he always responds to genuine notes!

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If you or anyone you know is having thoughts of self-harm, please reach out to the suicide hotline at 1.833.456.4566 in Canada and 988 in the United States.

In this episode, we speak to Kodiak, a transgender man whose father has descended down the QAnon rabbit hole, where he’s found reason to spread anti-LGBTQ bigotry. Listen to find out how Kodiak is coping with both the bigotry at home as well as the war on transgender people raging across America.

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Further Reading:

Transgender suicide rates among minors https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32345113/

Anit-trans bills Missouri: https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/10/politics/missouri-transgender-health-care-sports-ban/index.html

Oklahoma Gender-Affirming Felony Bill: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB129%20INT.PDF

Florida bathroom bill: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1521

Ohio anti-trans bill: https://www.kycohio.org/hb68.html

Gender-affirming care: https://www.aamc.org/news/what-gender-affirming-care-your-questions-answered

U.S. Transgender Survey (USTS) https://www.ustranssurvey.org/reports

Mental health outcomes after gender-affirming care: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8082431/

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2789423

APA on Gender Affirming Care: https://www.apa.org/topics/lgbtq/gender-affirmative-care

AMA on Gender Affirming Care: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/population-care/what-know-about-gender-affirming-care-younger-patients

Trans Legislation Tracker: https://translegislation.com/

The rise of QAnon belief:

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