Q Clearance: The Hunt for QAnon

Cool Zone Media

4.3 (962)
POLITICS

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

10/08/2025

The Siberian Heart Attack

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32 min
06/14/2023

A Family Annihilation in Moscow

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... In this episode we investigate the Melnikov family annihilation. Did Vasily kill his whole family as the Russian police claim, or is something else going on? You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

32 min
12/13/2021

What is Megacorp?

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! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

8 min
08/10/2021

QAnon is Far From Over

Today is the final episode of Q Clearance. We’ll be recapping the damage QAnon has done and documenting the lives it’s taken. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

18 min
08/03/2021

Destroying Families and Alienating Friends with QAnon

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. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

18 min
07/27/2021

How QAnon Took Root in Japan

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. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

18 min
07/20/2021

Jim and Ron Watkins Start a New Grift

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. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20 min
07/13/2021

QAnon’s Economic Utopia of Madness

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. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Jake Hanrahan

Host
Sarah Hightower

Guest

4.3

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962 Ratings

Substantive and Insightful

12/31/2021

Two Moms Day Drinking Podcast

Listening to this a year after the Jan. 6 violence at the Capital has been fascinating, and I find the commentary from Series 1 to have been largely spot on given what happened in the ensuing year. Well done. Excellent independent journalism.
You have to deliberately try in order to be this off the marker.

Jan 10

C0gnicide

Imagine still falling for a bogus political operation that fell out of fashion a half a decade ago , yet that operation persists thanks to US and Israeli-led intelligence still keeping the psyop going even without real members , “just in case” they need it at a later time. Now imagine unironically being the only guy that believes it’s a real thing because your screen daddy at CNN told you so. This is comedy gold. But I can’t give 5stars to a Bolshevik.
Great podcast

10/10/2024

Johnny F Truant

Joke's on the weird QAnon's claiming he would never have a Q on for opposing perspective-- he literally did that, also he tried to do it many more times and was turned down. Way to reveal that you didn't listen.
too many ads

03/14/2023

RebbRom

Interesting topic, but I’m going to find another pod on the subject. The advertisements get as much air time as the show itself. Every time i get immersed in the episode, it’s interrupted by a commercial break. I understand the need for ads…but jeesh!

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

Channel

Cool Zone Media
Creator

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
Years Active

2020 - 2025
Episodes

23
Rating

Explicit
Copyright

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Q Clearance: The Hunt for QAnon
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iHeartMedia + Entertainment, Inc