Q Clearance: The Hunt for QAnon

Q Clearance: The Hunt for QAnon

An investigative podcast series that aims to uncover the true identity of QAnon

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October 8, 2025 31 mins

Deep in the Siberian peninsula, a corrupt politician falls out of the window of his home and hits the ground hard. Eyewitnesses describe the scene, explaining how he plummeted to the concrete and died. By the time the news hits the government controlled media though, something has changed. The fall is now reported as a heart attack and the coroner declares no foul play before the body is even cold. Something doesn't add up...

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On March 23rd 2022, affluent Russian businessman Vasily Melnikov was found dead alongside his family in their upscale Moscow apartment. They’d all been stabbed to death: Vasily, his wife, and their two sons aged 4 and 10 years old. The killings were brutal and tragic. In the crime scene photos one of the murder weapons can be seen. It's a Russian Special Forces combat knife... 

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December 13, 2021 8 mins

Hi, Q Clearance fans! We're excited to introduce you to Megacorp - a series by Jake Hanrahan that exposes some of the world's most unethical corporations. 

Here is a short introduction explaining exactly what Megacorp is and isn’t. 

Listen and subscribe to Megacorp wherever you get your podcasts!



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August 10, 2021 18 mins

Today is the final episode of Q Clearance. We’ll be recapping the damage QAnon has done and documenting the lives it’s taken. 

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Today we dive into the brutal and deeply upsetting world of QAnon Casualties, a place where people go to talk about the destruction QAnon has done to their families. As with any cult, QAnon is destroying relationships and sending people insane. We hear about it first hand.

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July 27, 2021 18 mins

Today we speak to researcher and Japanese cult expert Sarah Hightower. She's going to explain to us how QAnon took root in Japan, and how it's evolved into its own highly organised franchise there. 

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July 20, 2021 20 mins

Today we’ll be looking at how Jim and Ron Watkins (who we think is behind QAnon) have moved on to start a whole new grift. These include Cryptocurrency, aliens, and Christian fundamentalism. 

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July 13, 2021 17 mins

Today we imagine a world where QAnon was actually real as a means to consider what kind of economic system they’d be setting up. Spoiler alert: it’s absolutely insane. 

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In this episode we're taking you inside the exclusive QAnon conference in Dallas, Texas. Journalists who are unfriendly to the QAnon cause were barred from entering, but we managed to speak to someone who went in undercover. 

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June 29, 2021 20 mins

Today we get a much needed QAnon update, looking into the radicalisation of Ghost Ezra, the mysterious B Drop, and John McAfee’s Q prank from the grave. 

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June 22, 2021 28 mins

In this episode we chart the bizarre rise and fall of one of QAnon's main characters: Lin Wood. 

Once a famous US defamation lawyer, Lin Wood has completely alienated himself from his former colleagues, his political allies, and even his own family. Why? He did it all for QAnon.

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June 15, 2021 21 mins

In this episode we take a look at what happened when QAnon was taken off of mainstream social media and forced to go “underground” onto Telegram. 

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June 8, 2021 19 mins

Join us we take you inside the chaotic QAnon riot at the Capitol Building on January 6th. We’ll give you a blow by blow account of how it unfolded, and how all roads from it lead back to Q.  

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June 4, 2021 3 mins

When an angry crowd of MAGA supporters were seen storming the Capitol Building on January 6th, the whole world was suddenly forced to reckon with the power of the QAnon conspiracy theory. 

Quickly though, after Trump lost the election, the QAnon reporting was dropped from the news cycle. Many presumed that QAnon was finished. After all, Q himself has vanished, none of their predictions came true, and Trump is out. Surely they’d lose...

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December 9, 2020 26 mins

In the final episode of Q Clearance we recap on everything we've learned about QAnon, as well some new information about Paul Furber and a guide on how to rebuild lost relationships with QAnon fanatics when the dust settles.

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December 2, 2020 21 mins

In this episode we take a closer look at yet more "coincidences" that link the Watkins family to QAnon.

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November 18, 2020 25 mins

In this episode we’re finally naming who we think is currently behind the QAnon account. This will be the beginning of the end of our case against Q, as we join the dots and name names.

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November 11, 2020 25 mins

Today we’re interrupting our scheduled plan to take a look at the QAnon movements wild reactions to the US Election. Some are losing faith, some are doubling down, but they’re all panicking. 

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November 4, 2020 23 mins

In this episode we dig deep into the day the QAnon account was hijacked by the admin of 8chan. 

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October 28, 2020 21 mins

In this episode we piece together clues that build a case for who we think one of the first people involved with Q is. We name them, look at their background, and speak to people who knew them when QAnon first became popular. 

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