It Could Happen Here
849 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 6 hours 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
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.
CZM Book Club: "The Last Beat of My Heart" by Edward Morris
March 31, 2024 04:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBMargaret reads Gare a story about everyday magic, teen angst, and mixtapes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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March 30, 2024 04:00 - 3 hours - 169 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.
Irregular Naval Warfare And You (Ukraine and Myanmar Edition)
March 29, 2024 04:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBRobert and James cover Ukraine's defeat of the Russian Black Sea Fleet using irregular warfare, and James looks over how Myanmar's rebels have stymied the junta Navy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Irregular Naval Warfare And You (Houthi Edition)
March 28, 2024 04:00 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBRobert and James talk about the new realities of irregular naval warfare, and particularly how the Houthis have fought the U.S. Navy to a standstill in the waters around the Gulf of Aden. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Forgotten Algerian Revolution
March 27, 2024 04:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBMia and James discuss the nearly forgotten second Algerian revolution during which workers seized factory and field and implemented workers self-management See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What’s Happening to the Rohingya in Myanmar’s Civil War?
March 26, 2024 04:00 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBJames talks to Aung Kyaw Moe about the recent fighting in Rakhine state, the Junta forcibly conscripting Rohingya people, and how to build a democratic Myanmar that’s inclusive for all faiths and ethnicities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Private Prisons, Finance Ghouls and The Bezzle, with Cory Doctorow
March 25, 2024 04:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBRobert sits down with author and activist Cory Doctorow to discuss his new book, the Bezzle, and how finance monsters have turned American prisons into an even crueler institution. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
CZM Book Club: Part Two of "The Vampyre" by John Polidori
March 24, 2024 04:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBMargaret finishes the first modern vampire, a parable about the dangers of the libertine royalty, See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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March 23, 2024 04:00 - 2 hours - 149 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.
How Are Kurdistan’s Freedom Guerrillas Shooting Down Drones?
March 22, 2024 04:00 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBMia and James discuss the recent release of videos showing the HPG shooting down Turkish drones, as well as the arrival of MANPADS in Myanmar. https://gerilla.tv//newroz-piroz-be-20_mart_2024_696b1e257.html https://www.ciedcoe.org/index.php/reports/technical-reports/197-0011-20161222-report-improvised-batteries-for-manpads-v2/file See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
National Guard on Subways and Other Crime Panics
March 21, 2024 04:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBMia and James discuss how Democratic lawmakers are using national deployments and rafts of anti-crime laws to run a crime panic fueled authoritarian crackdown. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Stalkerware ft. maia arson crimew
March 20, 2024 04:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBRobert and Mia talk with famed No Fly List hacker maia arson crimew about the shady industry of stalkerware, spy software that allows people to spy on their victims' devices. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Third Places ft. Andrew
March 19, 2024 04:01 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBAndrew and Gare discuss the disappearance of third places in our increasingly suburban society. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Crackdown on Stop Cop City
March 18, 2024 04:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBSabotage attacks continue across the country as state repression intensifies. Meanwhile, organizers experiment with new forms of mass action. https://givebutter.com/tLAvDE https://www.freejack.co/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
CZM Book Club: Part One of "The Vampyre" by John Polidori
March 17, 2024 07:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBMargaret reads you the first modern vampire, a parable about the dangers of the libertine royalty, See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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March 16, 2024 04:00 - 2 hours - 164 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.
An Update on Border Patrol Outdoor Detention
March 15, 2024 04:00 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBJames talks to John and Heval about the changing situation at the border in San Diego county, new outdoor detention sites, and how you can organize to solve problems in your area. https://www.gofundme.com/f/jacumba-migrant-camps See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
An Update on Gaza and the West Bank
March 14, 2024 04:00 - 37 minutes - 34 MBShereen discusses the recent developments in Gaza, the severe starvation Palestinians are experiencing, and the uptick in violence in the West Bank. Sources: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/12/israels-war-on-gaza-list-of-key-events-day-158 https://www.dci-palestine.org/17_palestinian_children_starve_to_death_in_gaza https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/28/west-bank-spike-israeli-killings-palestinian-children https://www.palestinechronicle.com/dangerous-precedent-israelerects-barbed-...
Paths of Collapse Ft. Andrew
March 13, 2024 04:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBAndrew and Gare discuss balanced realism and giant squids as modes to think about collapse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Predictive Programming, Part 2
March 12, 2024 04:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBGare, Robert, and Mia discuss the conspiracy theory that the government is preparing the public for revolution, collapse, and civil war. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Predictive Programming, Part 1
March 11, 2024 04:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MBFrom The Simpsons to The Hunger Games, is the deep state putting planned events into films and tv? Gare, Mia, and Robert discuss the origin of the conspiracy theory. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
CZM Book Club: "Tongue Mining" by Jack Morton
March 10, 2024 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBMargaret reads you a story about AI, translation, and love across languages. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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March 09, 2024 05:00 - 2 hours - 155 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 Rob Rundown
March 08, 2024 05:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBMolly and Garrison talk about the many arrests of Rob Rundo, the founder of the nazi fight club rise above movement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How Social Media Censorship of Palestine Works
March 07, 2024 05:00 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBShereen discusses the censoring of Palestine-related content that is increasingly happening both online and offline. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The ShotSpotter Leaks
March 06, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBMia and Gare talk to Wired staff writer Dhruv Mehrotra and freelance journalist Joey Scott about their recent piece on leaked data showing the locations of ShotSpotter sensors See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.