I have enjoyed listening to your podcast- it is engaging and your interviews with a wide variety of voices is interesting for perspective. That being said, I got really frustrated listening to your live interviews. Particularly what irked me was your reply to “why did so many people vote for Trump”? It was literally almost 50/50, and no, Lucy, he DOES not tell the truth AT ALL. Follow the receipts! He has literally been caught lying about EVERYTHING his whole career and it’s all recorded. As a journalist working for the BBC you should know that. Furthermore, I found the conversation revolving around the “end of democracy” and technocracy very shortsighted. I realize you can’t delve into every facet in these short question and answer sessions, but the disparity between rich and poor is astronomical at this point, and the “left wing terror” incidences you mentioned arbitrarily are in reaction to the results of a society that worships capitalism at the expense of the common person and the environment. Gabriel tried to counter a bit but wavered I believe to not correct you on record, but it’s so important to be articulate and hold firm to what’s right in this huge upheaval. Thousands of people’s lives are being ruined every second during this administration.

The producers should probably research the true background of the sound of freedom.

This is whole thing is an appalling piece of distorted and deliberate anti conservative propaganda that picks up the liberal ball and just runs with it. The BBC really has disappeared into a vortex of elitist vanity and metropolitan wish fulfillment, so far away from reality that it looks like actual propaganda

Most Americans voted for Trump because they’re centrists and are sick of the radical left taking our country further into irrationality.

Just finished the second season a few minutes ago. I’m a Brit who has lived in the states for the past 13 years. I actively avoid US media. The first season was a tight and well-researched investigation with excellent interviews of key actors in the run-up to Jan 6. The second season is a bit different, casting a wider net. It has some killer interviews too, but the last few episodes start to unravel a little. No spoilers but there is a surprising final episode that ambitiously tries to weave together the multiple theories into one conspiracy theory of everything’. Even if I disagree with some of the conclusions made, there is no doubt this is a compelling, really well-produced couple of series, and I rarely listen to podcasts at all. A lot of the pleasure is in the journey, making the connections with the presenter, and seeing how disparate events reported in the news cohere into narratives. It’s quite dense, so you can’t be distracted for too long when you listen. And there are links between people within each season and between seasons. So some episodes bear repeated listening to make the most out of it. The resulting book will help with this. Oh and ignore the one-star review bombing morons who don’t like it because it’s the BBC and not ‘Merica.

I find the subject fascinating to hear about. I was excited to hear about conspiracy theories. But I was very disappointed in the anti-Trump stance taken by the host.

Congratulations. This election debrief episode is among the most ill-informed in a competitive field. Unsubscribing.

From start to finish, an excellent podcast. It’s a sad commentary on US politics and reporting that the best podcast I’ve listened to about all the various conspiracy theories comes from the BBC rather than from US sources. Well done! I truly hope that a 3rd season isn’t necessary.🙂

I love how people who still have a king can discuss democracy That only had its origin because of their monarchy

The Illuminatus Chronicles level crazy of QAnon never escaped me, but I always had my own “conspiracy theory” of the troll pushing to see the limits of what he could convince frightened conservatives to believe… between this and the Q: Into the Storm docuseries on HBO… well, make up your own mind. Sometimes the conspiracy theory is the conspiracy.

Really enjoyed the approach. It does feel like the only agenda here is to understand what is happening in America right now. A podcast that can easily be listened to multiple times.

I’ve voted for both sides. Heard of but didn’t know Q-anon before this. His mocking tone while agreeing with many of the assumptions and cover ups is biased. Also he never once says the real name of the Mormon church correctly which seems either biased again or as though he doesn’t thoroughly research enough to get a very basic and clear fact correct.

Any podcast that needs a rabbit hole warning is a good one and this series could force you to take a couple of “sick days” off from work. Great perspectives on the totality of the movement and the breakdown of the major players are chilling at times to say the least. The only complaint I have is that the show topic isn’t fiction.

This brilliant storytelling documents the origins of shadowy webs of people who are in fact trying to take control of the world. Everyone everywhere confused about where these people came from, and how they gained control of their governments' levers of power, needs to listen to this outstanding story.

By far my favorite podcast series of the year!

And that is all

Super high production quality, great narrator, and great execution on a topic that is discussed more and more. They do a good job of keeping it interesting even if you’ve heard something like this story before. Literally every single negative review (except for one three star review from someone with technical difficulties) is from a conservative outraged by the choice of topic. So this show undoubtedly would have a 4.9 or 5 without the negative reviews based on politics.

This is nothing more than paid British actor to regurgitate liberal garbage. Nothing based on fact only conjecture from the alt-left… so sad we’re still going through this

Well done and I love some of your reviews, hilarious and scary. I think you might be Q...pass it on

There’s Q and there’s anons not Q anons. Anons were not supposed to turn into some kind of cult. People were not supposed to believe everything that was put on the internet but do their own research and be aware of whom they follow. The anons were supposed to be the news since the Mainstream media was not being biased. I believe the anons were infiltrated by paytriots and conspiracy theorists to make anons look and sound crazy. I’m pretty sure everyone has read the Q drops and there’s a panic among those who the drops are about.

Beautifully and masterfully done

It felt like the announcer was putting together a puzzle with giant pieces by fumbling around in the dark. Not only were the pieces too big to get any kind of nuance, but it seemed like he had a superficial understanding of American society (despite the time he’s spent in it). Further, he treated his comparison between the internet and the printing press as somehow novel, and couldn’t stop talking about how he met the “Q shaman” once but didn’t film the interview (a mistake which also speaks to his clumsiness with American politics in general). Unclear how this podcast deserved the giant platform (and funding) of the BBC when there’s so many talented people & teams out there.

The fact a bunch useful idiots took 4chan seriously depresses me so much.

I’ve heard about this podcast from another podcast and curious began listening to it.. Gabriel brings a full story that can not and could not be contained by a summary of what happen Jan 6 2020.. I was surprised by the contents that got unveiled but at the same time thankful for not getting only half of a story .. as it said, “this is not the end but just the beginning” I can fully appreciate and understand the causes that brought us here. Thank you.

I have been trying over and over to listen to this podcast all week but got some reason it won’t play. Any other podcast I put on plays fine. Hopefully this issue gets addressed.

A really levelheaded, fair examination of the events that lead up to 1/6. It’s not going to leave you feeling very optimistic about the future of the U.S.. To the moron below complaining about the time spent on the Clintons and Arkansas… stop having a minuscule attention span, it’s important to look at where all this started.

Another podcasts that goes on and on about how crazy “QAnon” is but wouldn’t dare tell you anything that’s actually discussed in the posts; much less the evidence to back it up. This is perfect for all you brainwashed Covidians who so desperately want Hillary to rule over you. Remember: keep your mask on forever; never disobey.

The idea that the social and political movement which was shoved in our face on January 6 has tangled roots which lead to the Clintons has been bouncing around a little bit. This podcast fills in a lot of great information and helps to clarify the timeline. The tangling of religious and non-religious factions has been very confusing, and this shed some light on that strange phenomenon.

This podcast has been a great help to me as I try to untangle the chaos of the current political landscape. I have a family member who has completely lost her self down the rabbit hole and it helps me to understand more about this so that I can hopefully help her find her way back out. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this here. I am very grateful. But also quite sad that the world has become so cynical and gullible.

So far (3 eps) this is about the Clintons in the 1990’s and not explaining the connection to Q and it’s very irritating when the ep descriptions say Q Anon but the whole ep takes place in freaking Arkansas talking about Clinton. Reset your expectations.

Thank you for this excellent expose of the QAnon Phenomenon. Please check out ‘The galactic federation of light’, you may find the source of the cult like Satanic Ritual Abuse stories. Sadly, my spouse was brainwashed by that group and indoctrinated with QAnon beliefs.

You took Juanita Broderick seriously? You actually gave time to that whack job?? Stopped listening after episode 2.

It’s an entirely accessible, incredibly well produced deep dive into the Q phenomena. I have already done a ton of reading on the subject and I still found it fascinating.

This series is a perfect example as to why anyone in the UK looking to defund the BBC is a short sighted moron. You just don’t get this kind of quality from any other media source.

I had a “conservative” friend who told me January 6th was years in the making. Of course, he meant that it was years of “leftist” provocations. This podcast tells the true story of the “years in the making”. I wish everyone who calls themselves a conservative would listen to this.

I liked it much better when the way we said this was, “in the final analysis. . . .” Of course, it makes perfect sense that we had to change it, given the current state of things, to give ourselves over to this more apocalyptic of expressions. Besides which, do we analyze anything closely these days other than contemporary poetry? Gabriel Gatehouse, who sounds like some journalist who I would have had full confidence in just a few short score years ago has given me reason to believe that true reporting, in the final analysis, isn’t dead. He has done a remarkable job, against all odds, of keeping it real for the listening audience. “The Coming Storm,” is as perfectly executed as possible in such an imperfect world as this, a world which no matter what we choose to believe will, at the end of the day, leave us all well-grounded.

After listening to this wonderful podcast I’m not feeling so peachy

I hit rock bottom around 2016, have been working on my mental health since then. If there is any conspiracy occurring, it is one in which those responsible are at war with nuance itself. This show, and others like “knowlege fight” have been instrumental in my recovery. Don’t be so paranoid as to think everything is conspiracy, but also don’t be so naïve as to think that there is none at all.

I couldn’t stop listening! It was very well done and thought provoking. We live in a world where social media and misinformation can greatly alter people’s lives. I can only hope that reality and truth would prevail in the end.

Quite honestly, I have been suffering for years trying to understand and make connections between what has been happening with family and friends who have been embracing Q and various conspiracy theories. It has been playing out in the background and foreground of my life, intensifying with the election of Donald Trump and culminating with the Insurrection a year ago. This podcast weaves together many disparate and vital threads which is helping me make sense of all the upheavals taking place around the world—the rise of authoritarianism in particular. Thanks for this podcast!

I started this podcast last night and next thing I knew, I’d listened to the entirety of it. Very interesting and eye opening. So much happened before from years past all the way up to the day of the storming the Capital. Riveting and highly recommend

I just listened to the whole series while at work and I just could not get over of how interesting everything was presented. It seemed fair, informative and gave me a fresh perspective on what the he’ll happened a year ago. Thank you for this!