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It Could Happen Here

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Podcast Summary

It 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, and James Stout 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.

#1

Tiananmen Remastered, Part 1

Mia revisits her episodes situating the Tiananmen Square Massacre in the context of the century long battle over democracy in the workplace. Sources: omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-06-0330mins
#2

The FDA Wants to Take Away Your Covid Vaccine, ft. Dr. Kaveh Hoda

Garrison talks with Kaveh about the FDA's new covid vaccine recommendation and how vaccine access is under threat. Sources: omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-06-0245mins
#3

CZM Book Club: The Revolutionary Fables of Ricardo Flores Magón

Margaret reads you several short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-06-0140mins
#4

It Could Happen Here Weekly 184

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 16 Dead & a Cover-up: An NHS Trans Horror Story Rendition By Private Jet What's Happening in Immigration Court Executive Disorder: White House Weekly 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! Sources/Links: 16 Dead & a Cover-up: An NHS Trans Horror Story Rendition By Private Jet What's Happening in Immigration Court Donate to Primrose's legal fees: venmo.com/u/kirsten-zittla Executive Disorder: White House Weekly omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-312hr 59mins
#5

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #18

The gang discusses the shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers, how the new budget bill targets trans healthcare, ICE arrests inside immigration courts, and deportations to Myanmar. Sources: omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-301hr 9mins
#6

What's Happening in Immigration Court

James talks to immigration lawyer Kirsten Zittlau about the end of the asylum system as we knew it, detentions in courthouses, and the case of Primrose from the Darién Gap series. Donate to Primrose's legal fees: venmo.com/u/kirsten-zittla omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-2944mins
#7

Rendition By Private Jet

James talks to Gillian Brockell about how she identified the Gulfstream jet that carried migrants to Djibouti and the attempt to stop the flight in Ireland. omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-2840mins
#8

16 Dead & a Cover-up: An NHS Trans Horror Story

Mia talks with journalist Mira Lazine of the Free Radical about how the UK government and media covered up the deaths of trans people. omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-2754mins

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#9

Introducing: Away Days Podcast - A Cold Day for Violence

Hi, ICHH fans! We want to share a new show, Away Days: Reporting from the Underbelly. Away Days Podcast is an episodic documentary series focused on unreported stories from the fringes of society. We’re compassionately documenting the underground without watering it down or editorially obscuring it. This is independent journalism with no filter. Real, raw, and ugly. Journalist Jake Hanrahan, the host and creator of Away Days has spent the last 10 years embedded in places he’s not meant to be. With unique access and a straightforward style of on-the-ground reporting, the listener will be taken deep into the places they didn’t know existed. Episode 1: A Cold Day for Violence Welcome to the world of ‘No Rules’, a new underground fighting subculture where anything goes. Biting, head stamping, eye gouging, hair pulling, elbows, headbutts—it’s all allowed. These fights are fought on concrete, with no gloves, and no rounds. It’s non-stop organized ultraviolence, and we’ve been allowed to see it first hand… Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystv Listen here and subscribe to Away Days on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-2637mins
#10

CZM Book Club: The Abbot of Druimenach

Margaret reads you an Irish fairy tale about gender transformation that she really likes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-2534mins
#11

It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Anarchism In Mexico feat. Andrew, Pt. 1 Anarchism In Mexico feat. Andrew, Pt. 2 War Update The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep. 10-12 Executive Disorder: White House Weekly 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! Sources/Links: Anarchism In Mexico feat. Andrew Kirk Shaffer’s “Tropical Libertarians: Anarchist movements and networks in the Caribbean, Southern United States, and Mexico, 1890s–1920s” ( War Update Executive Disorder: White House Weekly omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-244hr 0mins
#12

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #17

The gang gives a rundown on antinatalist terrorism, deportations to South Sudan, a potential DHS reality TV show, and Biden's pro-state cancer. Plus, updates on Palestine, the FBI, tariffs, and immigration. Sources: omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-231hr 6mins
#13

The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep. 10-12

Robert, Mia, and Garrison discuss the final arc of Andor Season 2, covering how empires cannibalize their own, revolution as an infectious disease, and the politics of Yavin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-221hr 17mins
#14

War Update

Robert, Mia, and James Discuss developments in conflicts in Kashmir, Yemen, and Kurdistan. Sources: omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-2154mins
#15

Anarchism In Mexico feat. Andrew, Pt. 2

Andrew concludes his series on Latin American anarchism with the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and its aftermath. Sources: Kirk Shaffer’s “Tropical Libertarians: Anarchist movements and networks in the Caribbean, Southern United States, and Mexico, 1890s–1920s” ( omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-2045mins
#16

Anarchism In Mexico feat. Andrew, Pt. 1 

Andrew is joined by Garrison to conclude his series on Latin American anarchism by talking about the spread of radical ideas in Mexico throughout the 19th century. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-1935mins
#17

CZM Book Club: Soria Moria Castle

Margaret reads you a classic norse fairy tale and then makes a thin and likely incorrect argument for why it's a queer parable. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-1839mins
#18

It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. The Irish Far Right/Neo-Nazi Movement Trans Fiction, Trans Sports The Refugees Fleeing South Africa's "White Genocide" The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep. 7-9 Executive Disorder: White House Weekly 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! Sources/Links: Trans Fiction, Trans Sports The Refugees Fleeing South Africa's "White Genocide" Executive Disorder: White House Weekly omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-174hr 20mins
#19

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #16

The gang talks about White House efforts to suspend habeas corpus and expand deportation efforts, while DeSantis builds new detention centers in Florida. Plus, updates on tariffs and Trump's crackdown on pro-Palestine students. Sources: omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-161hr 0mins
#20

The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep. 7-9

Robert, Mia, and Garrison discuss the third arc of Andor Season 2, covering the Ghorman Massacre. Terrorist cells are uniting under the boot of the Empire, a riot pits undercover agents vs outside agitators, and we see the consequences of bending the truth.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-151hr 17mins
#21

The Refugees Fleeing South Africa's "White Genocide"

James is joined by Molly to discuss the Trump administration admitting 59 Afrikaner "refugees" and the myth of a "white genocide" in South Africa. Sources: See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-1447mins
#22

Trans Fiction, Trans Sports

Mia talks with writer and author Victoria Zeller about her new book One of the Boys and the politics of masculinity, being trans, and football. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-131hr 11mins
#23

The Irish Far Right/Neo-Nazi Movement

Robert sits down with Irish author Padraig O Ruairc to discuss the growth of Ireland's far right anti-immigrant movement since COVID, and what can be done to stop it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-1245mins

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#24

CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapters Eight and Nine

Margaret reads the final two chapters of her book The Barrow Will Send What it May. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-1144mins
#25

It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Who We Talk About When We Talk About Borders Trans Journalism In the Era of Trump Trump vs. DC: Inside the Takeover You’re Not Hearing About feat. Bridget Todd The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep. 4-6 Executive Disorder: White House Weekly 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! Sources/Links: Who We Talk About When We Talk About Borders Trans Journalism In the Era of Trump Executive Disorder: White House Weekly omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-103hr 55mins
#26

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #15

The gang get together to discuss India Pakistan conflict, Israel’s genocidal plan to occupy the Gaza Strip, raids in Los Angeles, the U.S. government sending migrants to Libya, and a tariff update. Sources: omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-0959mins
#27

The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep. 4-6

Robert, Mia, and Garrison discuss the second arc of Andor Season 2, covering the infiltration of an underground resistance, weaponized surveillance, and the personal cost of revolution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-081hr 6mins
#28

Trump vs. DC: Inside the Takeover You’re Not Hearing About feat. Bridget Todd

Just over 100 days into Trump’s second term, the damage in Washington, DC is already undeniable. From threatening local autonomy to J-6 insurrectionists getting off the hook, the nation's capital is under siege. Guest co-host Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls On The Internet, joins Weird Little Guys’ Molly Conger to break down what’s happening in DC—and why the rest of the country can’t afford to look away.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-0745mins
#29

Trans Journalism In the Era of Trump

Mia talks with trans journalists David Forbes, Mira Lazine, and Mady Castigan about how a lack of trans journalism got us here and how it can be supported. omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-061hr 4mins
#30

Who We Talk About When We Talk About Borders

James and Gare talk about how border reporting often ignores the impact of borders on Indigenous people and how differently migrants are covered during Democratic and Republican administrations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-0536mins
#31

CZM Book Club: The Barrow May Send What it May, Chapter Seven

Margaret reads chapter seven of her book The Barrow Will Send What it MaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-0433mins
#32

It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. The Old Economy Is Dead Cosmopolitanism feat. Andrew The Canadian Election: NOTHING EVER HAPPENS May Day Special: The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep. 1-3 Executive Disorder: White House Weekly 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! Sources/Links: The Old Economy Is Dead The Canadian Election: NOTHING EVER HAPPENS Executive Disorder: White House Weekly omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-033hr 40mins
#33

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #14

The gang discuss the arrests of two judges, a flurry of executive orders further weaponizing police and the justice system, plus an update on tariffs and immigration. Sources: omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-0250mins
#34

May Day Special: The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep. 1-3

Robert, Mia, and Garrison discuss the first three episodes of Andor Season 2, covering leftist infighting, the Wannsee Conference, and a tradcath wedding.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-05-0153mins
#35

The Canadian Election: NOTHING EVER HAPPENS

Garrison breaks down the 2025 Canadian election with the help of Lance from The Serfs. Conservatives snatch defeat from the jaws of victory as anti-Trump polarization gives Liberals another minority government. Sources: omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-04-3057mins
#36

Cosmopolitanism feat. Andrew

Andrew is joined by James to discuss cosmopolitanism, the idea that all human beings are members of a single community.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-04-2935mins
#37

The Old Economy Is Dead

Mia and Gare discuss the history of the modern economy and how the terf tariffs are going to destroy the system we live under and make our lives worse. Sources: omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-04-2853mins
#38

CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Six

Margaret reads chapter six of her book, The Barrow Will Send What it May.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-04-2729mins
#39

It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Elon Musk and The Martian Revolution feat. Mike Duncan The City Sold Your Water feat. Prop Nihilist Violent Extremism Robert's Guide to The Next Six Months of Danger and Resistance Executive Disorder: White House Weekly 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! Sources/Links: Nihilist Violent Extremism Executive Disorder: White House Weekly omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-04-264hr 0mins
#40

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #13

The gang get together to discuss RFK’s plans for people with autism, immigration detention of citizens, the legal battle over rendition, FBI raids in Michigan, tariffs and Mia drops some economy knowledge. Sources: omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-04-2552mins
#41

Robert's Guide to The Next Six Months of Danger and Resistance

Robert walks through several of the likeliest scenarios for what we're going to see over the next six months to a year, from domestic unrest and fascism's next power grab to the age of weird terrorism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-04-2440mins
#42

Nihilist Violent Extremism

Garrison is joined by philosopher Michael Burns to discuss a new terrorism classification term that could shift the FBI away from right-wing militias towards "nihilist" extremists trying to accelerate the collapse of the United States. Sources: omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-04-231hr 1mins
#43

The City Sold Your Water feat. Prop 

With the LA wildfires of January 2025 still fresh in Californians' minds, a number of little considered issues popped up. Not least of which is, where does the water to fight fires come from? Wait… someone owns the water?! This episode is about the privatization of utilities and how we got here. Follow Prop: fyi.me/p/prophiphopFollow Hood Politics: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | iHeartSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-04-2251mins
#44

Elon Musk and The Martian Revolution feat. Mike Duncan

Robert and Mia talk with Revolutions Podcast host Mike Duncan about the similarities between his new series The Martian Revolution and the Trump administration and the politics that inspired the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-04-2154mins
#45

CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Five

Margaret reads chapter five of her book The Barrow Will Send What it May.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-04-2028mins
#46

It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. When Care Workers Organize Behind Myanmar's Devastating Earthquake Trump's Concentration Camps in El Salvador How Strikes Build Democratic Workplaces Executive Disorder: White House Weekly 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! Sources/Links: When Care Workers Organize Behind Myanmar's Devastating Earthquake Trump's Concentration Camps in El Salvador How Strikes Build Democratic Workplaces Executive Disorder: White House Weekly omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-04-193hr 35mins
#47

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #12

The gang talks about concentration camps in El Salvador, an ICE arrest of another green card holder, and RFK Jr.’s autism eugenics. Plus updates on tariffs and DOGE. Sources: omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-04-1851mins
#48

How Strikes Build Democratic Workplaces 

Mia and Spencer Jordan of the Urban Ore Workers Union discuss the workplace as a microcosm of the authoritarianism currently sweeping the American political system and how their strike is fighting back. omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-04-1758mins
#49

Trump's Concentration Camps in El Salvador

Gare and James discuss a meeting between Trump and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on expanding CECOT style prisons to hold US citizens and immigrants. Sources: omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-04-1649mins
#50

Behind Myanmar's Devastating Earthquake

James and Gare discuss the terrible impact of the earthquake that hit Sagaing in late March, how the Junta has blocked aid workers, and how the revolution has responded. We also talk about how you can help. Better Offline & Weird Little Guys are nominated for this year’s Webby Awards! Get your votes in by April 17th! 🗳️🗳️🗳️ Sources: omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2025-04-1536mins

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