It Could Happen Here
875 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★ - 5.8K ratingsIt Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, James Stout and Shereen Lani Younes take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.
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Episodes
The Forgotten History of Cuban Anarchism, Part 1 ft. Andrew
May 21, 2024 04:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBAndrew talk with Gare about the history of anarchist labor organizing in Cuba. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Guide for New Activists
May 20, 2024 04:01 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBMargaret Killjoy talks with Gare about how to get and stay plugged into the movement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
CZM Book Club: "Yermak, the Conqueror of Siberia" by Leo Tolstoy
May 19, 2024 05:29 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBMargaret reads a piece of folklore about the colonization of Siberia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May 18, 2024 04:00 - 3 hours - 195 MBAll of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 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.
Celebrating National Police Week
May 17, 2024 04:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBMolly, Mia, and Shereen celebrate National Police Week by deconstructing some of the myths about line of duty deaths and sharing the stories of several of the officers being honored this week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Four Campus Protest Reportbacks
May 16, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBGare, James, Mia, and Molly compare their experiences at campus occupations in four different cities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Emergency Solar Power Solutions and You
May 15, 2024 04:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBRobert broke his waterbed. Also, the world might end. Let's talk about emergency solar power. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How an Eclipse Walkout Beat Nestlé
May 14, 2024 04:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBMia talks with Alex, Rocky, and Madelyn from Blue Bottle Independent Union about organizing an independent union and how they outmaneuvered Nestlé. https://linktr.ee/bluebottleunion @bbiunion on twitter and instagram @bbiu16 on TikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
No, The Supreme Court Has Not Banned Protest
May 13, 2024 04:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBJames talks to Mo about the supreme court’s decision not to hear the McKesson case, what it really means for protest, and wise legal strategy for protesters in a year of election and genocide. https://harvard.turtl.co/story/protect-your-people/page/1 https://ssd.eff.org Https://NLG.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
CZM Book Club: Three Ruthenian Folk Tales
May 12, 2024 12:09 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBMargaret reads three Slavic folk tales about magic women and mean children. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Introducing: Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)
May 11, 2024 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.65 MBHi It Could Happen Here Fans! Take a listen to the trailer of our newest show Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) About the show: Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) is a weekly show from Jamie Loftus that takes a closer look at the internet’s main characters – one part reported, one part interviews, and one part Jamie collapsing her permanently internet-damaged brain. Whether it’s an enduring meme or a dreaded Character of the Day distinction, it’s the kind of notoriety that often results in little money, u...
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May 11, 2024 04:00 - 2 hours - 138 MBAll of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 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.
Rojava Solidarity with the Emergency Committee for Rojava
May 10, 2024 04:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBJames, Robert, and Mia are joined by Debbie Bookchin (@debbiebookchin) and Arthur Pye (@TheArthurPye) to talk about the situation in Rojava, how listeners can help, and the ECR’s upcoming speaking tour. For more information about the Emergency Committee for Rojava and their upcoming West Coast speaking tour (May 11-17) featuring Debbie Bookchin and Arthur Pye, go to defendrojava.org or follow @defendrojava on any social media platform. For a more in-depth reflection on the Rojava revolutio...
Andrew on Authoritarian Leaders
May 09, 2024 04:00 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBAndrew and James build on yesterday’s episode, dig deeper into Bob Altemeyer’s work, and discuss what the psychological characteristics of an authoritarian leader are. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Andrew on the Authoritarian Follower
May 08, 2024 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBAndrew and James discuss authoritarian followers and what traits might make people more likely to follow an authoritarian leader. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Union Comes for Brunch
May 07, 2024 04:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBMia talks with Janie and Sol from Fried Egg Works Union about unionizing Portland staple Fried Egg I'm In Love, why workers should unionize preemptively, and the challenges and advantages of unionizing small businesses https://gofund.me/11d9775d @friedeggwu on insta/x/tiktok $friedeggwu on cashapp. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Future of Queer Art
May 06, 2024 04:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBGare talks with filmmaker Vera Drew and comedian Ella Yurman about the pitfalls of representation and moving beyond the online media bubble. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
CZM Book Club: "The Fortunate Death of Jonathan Sandelson" by Margaret Killjoy, Part Two
May 05, 2024 04:00 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBIn part two, Margaret reads Danl a story about hackers using drones to disrupt for-profit incarceration. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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May 04, 2024 04:00 - 2 hours - 144 MBAll of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 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.
Making Independent Queer Art
May 03, 2024 04:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBGare talks with comedian Ella Yurman and filmmaker Vera Drew about the politics of late night comedy and the process of creating alternative queer media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Humboldt State Occupation and Portland State University Library Occupations
May 02, 2024 04:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBRobert and the crew interview activists in Arcata, California and Portland, Oregon about two university occupations in solidarity with Gaza that have both attracted press, and police, attention. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May Day Special: Labor Notes and the Future of Labor
May 01, 2024 04:00 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBThis May Day Mia talks about the recent Labor Notes conference, divisions in the labor movement over Palestine, and the future union organizers are building. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We Are Not Numbers, We Are People: A Conversation with Gaza Parkour (part 2)
April 30, 2024 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBThe second half of our conversation with Ahmed and Abdullah. In this episode we talk about grieving the loss of their friends and how solidarity and protest outside Gaza has made an impact on them. Support Ahmed’s family here https://gofund.me/f6b1f7be See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We Are Not Numbers, We Are People: A Conversation with Gaza Parkour (part 1)
April 29, 2024 04:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBJames and Shereen talk to Ahmed and Abdullah from Gaza Parkour about how it feels to be outside of Gaza watching the horrors unfold and how listeners can stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza. https://gofund.me/f6b1f7be See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
CZM Book Club: "The Fortunate Death of Jonathan Sandelson" by Margaret Killjoy, Part One
April 28, 2024 04:00 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBMargaret reads Danl a story about hackers using drones to disrupt for-profit incarceration. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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April 27, 2024 04:00 - 2 hours - 137 MBAll of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 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.
What's Really Going On At the Columbia Palestine Encampment
April 25, 2024 18:45 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBMia and James are joined by Talia Jane to discuss the campus occupation at the University of Columbia and how it’s been misrepresented in legacy media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What Turkey’s Elections Can Teach Us about Defending Democracy
April 25, 2024 04:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBJames talks to Meghan Bodette of the Kurdish Peace institute about the recent elections in Turkey, the Van uprising, and aggression against Kurdish people in Europe and in Kurdistan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Trade Wars? Mia Snores: The Rogue Agenda 47 Episode
April 24, 2024 04:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBMia discusses Trump's Agenda 47 trade policy, why it probably won't happen, and how anti-free trade organizing built the modern left and right alike. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Anarchism Is South Africa ft. Andrew
April 23, 2024 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBAndrew walks Mia through the oft forgotten history of anarchism is South Africa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The People’s Joker: Transgender Supervillain Filmmaking
April 22, 2024 04:00 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBGare talks with director Vera Drew about her new movie, The People’s Joker, a trans coming of age story masquerading as an unauthorized Batman parody. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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April 20, 2024 04:00 - 3 hours - 198 MBAll of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 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.
Dr. Maung Zarni on Myanmar’s Colonial Past and Post Colonial Future
April 19, 2024 04:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBJames talks to Dr Maung Zarni about the junta’s colonial methods of rule, ultra nationalist Buddhism, and how to build a better future for a democratic Myanmar. https://forsea.co See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Law & Order vs Nazi Fight Clubs
April 18, 2024 04:00 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBGare and Molly discuss how modern media portrays political extremism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Enid, OK Recall Election
April 17, 2024 04:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBMolly and Robert discuss the successful effort to remove Judd Blevins from the Enid, OK city council after his refusal to acknowledge his ties to a white supremacist group. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Israel Bombing Aid Workers and World Central Kitchen in Gaza
April 16, 2024 04:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBJames and Shereen are joined by humanitarian advocate Charles McBryde to discuss Israel’s bombing of a World Central Kitchen aid convoy. Mondoweiss article: https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/i-resigned-from-the-world-central-kitchen-because-it-refused-to-tell-the-truth-about-the-israeli-genocide-in-gaza/?utm_content=buffer27b39&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer Misson Kharkiv missionkharkiv.com Charles McBryde instagram.com/charlesmcbryde charlesmcbryde.substack.c...
CZM Book Club: "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke
April 14, 2024 04:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBMargaret reads Gare a classic sci-fi tale about the divine possibility of computers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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April 13, 2024 04:00 - 2 hours - 152 MBAll of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 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.
Agenda 47: Trump's Plan To Invade Mexico
April 12, 2024 04:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBRobert Evans walks you through the history of Donald Trump's ambition to fire missiles into Mexico and maybe invade, in a doomed attempt to stop fentanyl trafficking. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Agenda 47: Trump's Plan for Big Pharma
April 11, 2024 04:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBShereen explains what Trump's Agenda 47 plan has to say about the pharmaceutical industry and public health policies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Agenda 47: Trump's Plan For Trans Kids
April 10, 2024 04:00 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBMia and Gare discuss Trump's plan to ban gender affirming care for youth, prevent government insurance from paying for any transition, and force teachers to teach sexism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Agenda 47: Trump's Border and Immigration Plan
April 09, 2024 04:00 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBJames and Gare discuss Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship and reinstate title 42, along with his other cruel and probably illegal plans for the border. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Agenda 47: Trump's Plan for Education
April 08, 2024 04:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBThis week we explain Trump’s 2025 policy proposals. Garrison and James start by discussing Trump’s promise to empower parents and fight the communists ruining American schools. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
CZM Book Club: "Transmutation" by Katherine Sparrow
April 07, 2024 04:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBMargaret reads Sophie a story of love gone wrong between a magician and an alchemist. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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April 06, 2024 04:00 - 2 hours - 140 MBAll of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 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.
The Supreme Court Will Not Save You
April 05, 2024 04:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBJames and Mia go through three upcoming Supreme Court disasters and how the court's brutality precludes court-based organizing strategies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How Fred Newman Built a Maoist Therapy Cult Ft. Andrew
April 04, 2024 04:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBAndrew is joined by Mia to tell the story of how Fred Newman merged 60's Maoism with 70's psychotherapy to build a string of political cults. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Kinsey Institute, and Sexual Research, Under Attack
April 03, 2024 04:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBMargaret talks with Dev Montanez from the Kinsey Institute, an almost-80-year-old sexual research center whose funding is suddenly caught up in the current culture war. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Against the War, For the Union: The Story of Shift Change
April 02, 2024 04:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBMia talks with John, Jehad, and Rosa, candidates of Shift Change’s slate for National Nurses United's Council of Presidents about healthcare work, Palestine solidarity organizing, and what brought them together to challenge their union’s leadership https://www.shiftchangennu.org/ Council of Presidents statement on interview: https://www.facebook.com/100090872020765/posts/pfbid027wzeDxjTLVmZ6Y17nzSm5FN9oHohZ1FcAYCSK1jN8Z4JB4WwndVHAERsk3utjQuPl/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...
The History of April Fool’s Day
April 01, 2024 04:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBShereen talks about the historical significance of the first day of April and how it became the longest running bit of all time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.