It Could Happen Here

Mia and Gare discuss the contents of the recently passed budget bill and how its worst provisions can be defeated. Sources: Trans Income Project:  https://www.transincomeproject.org/donate https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/07/planned-parenthood-trump-lawsuit https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/one-big-beautiful-bill-medicaid-work-requirements-affordable-care-act-immigrants/#:~:t...

Guest host Dana El Kurd, Palestinian researcher and writer, provides an overview of Palestinian politics, explains the legitimacy crisis within Palestinian politics, and outlines the impact international actors have had on Palestinian leadership and strategy. She highlights how these issues affect ending the war on Gaza, and the future of Palestine more broadly.   Sources: Raz Segal on genoci...

Margaret reads you a story about the endless quest to find the roots of inequality.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - How to Organize a Meeting (And Stay Sane), Pt. 1 - How to Organize a Meeting (And Stay Sane), Pt. 2 - The Fall of the House of Liver King - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #23 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusive...

The gang discuss the DOJ‘s attempts to denaturalize American citizens, how the Big Beautiful Bill funds genocide, and Islamophobic attacks on Zohran Mamdani from Republicans and Democrats. Plus, updates on tariffs, the Diddy trial, and Elon Musk’s subsidies. Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/27/us/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes  http...

Robert walks the gang through the Liver King's recent arrest for terroristic threats and his rapid decline towards what will probably be an early grave. Help Primrose & Kim: gofund.me/dda02cc7 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia continues her conversation with Margaret Killjoy about how to actually run a meeting and the role of proper meetings as the tools that build a democratic society. https://libcom.org/article/how-hold-good-meeting-rustys-rules-order Help Primrose & Kim: gofund.me/dda02cc7 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks with Margaret Killjoy about how to actually run a meeting and the role of proper meetings as the tools that build a democratic society. https://libcom.org/article/how-hold-good-meeting-rustys-rules-order Help Primrose & Kim: gofund.me/dda02cc7 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you a story about arts and crafts.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - A Medical Perspective On Protest Safety - Dividing the World, Pt. 1 feat. Andrew - Dividing the World, Pt. 2: Externalization feat. Andrew - Zohran Mamdani Wins NYC Dem. Primary - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #22 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone...

The gang discusses the war with Iran, the Supreme Court’s decisions on rendition and trans people, and the New York mayoral primary election. Sources: https://www.gofundme.com/f/standingwithourfamily https://www.kpbs.org/news/faith-spirituality/2025/06/20/san-diego-faith-leaders-observe-deportation-hearings-on-world-refugee-day https://www.courthousenews.com/san-diego-bishop-tells-trump-to-t...

Gare and Mia discuss the New York City mayoral primary and what it means for the Big Apple and the future of the Democratic Party. Sources/Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxyXXVoi514
 https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/24/nyregion/nyc-democratic-primary-election-mayor https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/24/us/elections/nyc-mayor-primary-results-precinct-map.html https://www.instag...

James and Andrew continue their discussion on different ways of splitting up the world, and what they tell us about the way their proponents see the world. Sources: David Graeber - Debt: The First 5000 Years Karl Polanyi - The Great Transformation Immanuel Wallerstein - The Modern World System See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James and Andrew discuss different ways of splitting up the world, and what they tell us about the way their proponents see the world. Sources/Links: Rome: https://europe.factsanddetails.com/article/entry-1087.html China: Rome, China, and the Barbarians Ethnographic Traditions and the Transformation of Empires by Randolph B. Ford European Colonialism: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1mf71b8.7?se...

In a rare ICHH and House of Pod Joint Episode, James is joined by Miriam, Kaveh, and Dr. Richard Ferro to discuss street medicine, police use of irritants and less-than-lethal weapons and how to keep each other safe. Links: https://lapdonlinestrgeacc.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/lapdonlinemedia/2021/12/Directive_17.1_40mm_Less_Lethal_Launcher_Oct-.pdf https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1310-live-like-t...

Margaret reads you two more stories about anticapitalism and religion.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This special edition of ICHH Weekly compiles the complete Anti-Vax America series by guest host Steven Monacelli. - Viral Texas - Anti-Vax Genealogy - God's Will - Soft Eugenics - Could It Happen Here? 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 &ldquo...

The gang discuss Israeli attacks on Iran, tragedies at Trump’s military parade and the No Kings Protests, the sale of public lands, and the Supreme Court ruling on trans healthcare for minors. Sources: https://hellgatenyc.com/brad-lander-detained-by-federal-agents/   https://www.wilderness.org/articles/blog/congress-making-more-250-million-acres-public-lands-available-sale   https:...

As anti-vax beliefs become increasingly widespread, and vaccination rates drop, the greater the risk of some sort of massive viral outbreak or the return of horrific illnesses such as polio. This episode will explore what could happen if anti-vax beliefs spread further into United States politics and culture. Sources: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9577438/ https://www.npr.org/sections/g...

Anti-vaccination rhetoric is often framed by proponents as a sort of medical freedom, the ability to decide what one wants to do with their own body. It’s an argument that can appeal to crunchy granola types and religious zealots alike. But there is also a darker side to this rhetoric that reveals an embrace of eugenic ideas among anti-vax advocates, whose preferred “herd immunity&rdqu...

For Peter, the father of the deceased child and a member of a Mennonite community in West Texas, the death of his child was God’s will. Many in the Mennonite communities of Texas and across the United States do not vaccinate their children, and their anti-vaccination stance is in line with their general religiously informed practice of eschewing modernity and its technological advances. But...

For many years, the threat of measles, a deadly disease that spreads more rapidly than COVID and regularly took thousands of lives a year, had been effectively eradicated in the United States due to the widespread acceptance of vaccination. The death of a child from measles in West Texas was the first in over a decade and it came as a shock to the American medical establishment that is now grappli...

The viral measles outbreak that began in West Texas has taken the lives of two children and one adult, and has reached over eight hundred cases, with thousands potentially exposed to the disease. This episode serves as a deep dive into the outbreak, when it started, how it spread, and will set the stage for the remaining four episodes. Sources: https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/05...

Margaret reads you a story about what it takes to break from society in disgust.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Reportback from the West Bank The LA Anti-ICE Protests Migrant Detention in Libya On The Ground In LA Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #20 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 Appl...