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It Could Happen Here

It Could Happen Here

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts 1553 Episodes Aug 23, 2026

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.

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CZM Book Club: Jesus Christ in Texas, by W.E.B. DuBois
CZM Book Club: Jesus Christ in Texas, by W.E.B. DuBois Aug 23, 2026 2031 Margaret reads a story about a strange visitor by a civil rights activist and writerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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It Could Happen Here Weekly 246 Aug 22, 2026 14607 All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 1 The Dangers of Silica ft. Kim Kelly How AI Companies are Monetizing Intimacy, Ft. Bridget Todd Fighting for Incarcerated Workers Executive Disorder: Iran Ceasefire Expires, Corrupt Military Contractors, Florida Election  You can now listen
Executive Disorder: Iran Ceasefire Expires, Corrupt Military Contractors, Florida Election 
Executive Disorder: Iran Ceasefire Expires, Corrupt Military Contractors, Florida Election  Aug 21, 2026 4874 The gang discuss a DHS investigation into Minnesota labor unions part of an alleged anti-ICE conspiracy, military detention near National Defense Areas at the border, the USS Lincoln, why a General Dynamics factory can't make artillery shells, what’s up with the bond market, and Angie Nixon winning the senate nomination in Florida.  Sources:  https://x.com/CBPCommissioner/status/20
 Fighting for Incarcerated Workers
 Fighting for Incarcerated Workers Aug 20, 2026 4287  Mia talks with Colin, Giselle, and Audra of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee about organizing behind bars and the conditions of incarcerated workers in the US. Links: https://audrasrealthoughts.wordpress.com/ https://incarceratedworkers.org https://www.instagram.com/incarceratedworkers/ https://www.jailhouselawyersspeak.com/new-pageSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa
How AI Companies are Monetizing Intimacy, Ft. Bridget Todd
How AI Companies are Monetizing Intimacy, Ft. Bridget Todd Aug 19, 2026 1898 Garrison talks with Bridget Todd about how personally intimate AI chatbots are creating a new form of emotional surveillance and why focusing just on “AI girlfriends” overlooks the need to regulate emotionally manipulative AI and for-profit tech companies. Sources:  https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Love-at-First-Prompt/Bridget-Todd/9781668179826 See omnystudio.com/liste
The Dangers of Silica ft. Kim Kelly
The Dangers of Silica ft. Kim Kelly Aug 18, 2026 1100 Labor journalist and author Kim Kelly discusses the impact of deadly silica dust in the workplace, from coal mines to coffee shopsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Who Is Behind America's Cyclospora Summer?
Who Is Behind America's Cyclospora Summer? Aug 17, 2026 1516 James looks into the recent Cyclospora outbreak and what it can tell us about solidarity, food safety, and where our food comes from. Sources: https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/magazine/spring-2026/taylor-farms/  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/23/billion-dollar-california-salad-company-exploits-undocumented-migrants-say-workers-and-teamsters https://gizmodo.com/elon-m
No Golf No Masters: Celebrating Our Ungovernable Peccary Friends
No Golf No Masters: Celebrating Our Ungovernable Peccary Friends Aug 17, 2026 1784 James talks with Molly Conger about the javelina and their installable appetite for golf courses. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65x0RvhJNa8  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/nov/05/conservation.sciencenews    https://zoologicalbulletin.de/BzB_Volumes/Volume_56_1_2/049_054_BzB56_1_2_Moraves_Jiri_and_B%C3%B6hme_Wolfgang.pdf   https://www.azgfd.com/wild
How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 1
How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 1 Aug 17, 2026 2489 Journalist Carlos Berríos Polanco talks with James, outlining the United States' overseas colonial empire and how it was started by a quest for bird poop.  Sources: How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr Colonial Crucible: Empire in the Making of the Modern American State edited by Alfred W. McCoy and Francisco A. Scarano https://journals.sage
CZM Book Club: The Storming of the Bastille, by Alexandre Dumas
CZM Book Club: The Storming of the Bastille, by Alexandre Dumas Aug 16, 2026 2690 Margaret reads you a story about the French Revolution and the destruction of a prisonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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It Could Happen Here Weekly 245 Aug 15, 2026 14795 All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Gen Z Protests that Shook India's Fascist Government GlobeCon: The New Liberals Take on DSA GlobeCon: Can Technocratic Neoliberalism Save Us? Um no wtf? How Ken Paxton Became the Most Corrupt Man in Texas Politics  Executive Disorder: Flock Sabotage, Tariff Refunds for Corporations, Wisconsin Electi
Executive Disorder: Flock Sabotage, Tariff Refunds for Corporations, Wisconsin Election 
Executive Disorder: Flock Sabotage, Tariff Refunds for Corporations, Wisconsin Election  Aug 14, 2026 4924 The gang discuss sabotage of Flock cameras across the country, immigration judge training documents, DOJ lawsuits over state tuition assistance for immigrants, Trump’s new anti-vax executive order, corporations pocketing over $100 billion in tariff refunds, Francesca Hong’s close defeat in Wisconsin, and Trump sneaking out of Air Force One.  Sources:  https://www.glo.texas.go

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