It Could Happen Here

Knowledge Fight Country is a platform where Dan Friesen and his guests can chew over the biggest and best ideas being disseminated in right wing media. Through a focus on Alex Jones and figures similar to him, this show will provide a humorous and fun layer on top of discussing the context on why liars lie and how they do it. Listen  here and subscribe to Knowledge Fight Country on the iHeart...

Ahead of the midterms, Garrison explains the current status of Trump’s executive orders to  to restrict mail in voting and purge voter rolls, and how the worst effects may not come until 2028.   Sources : https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7296/text https://www.whitehouse.gov/saveamerica/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/preserving-and-pr...

In the first of a two part series, James travels to Lochiel, Arizona, to interview land defenders occupying a historic cottonwood known as grandmother tree in order to prevent the tree being destroyed as part of a two layer border wall being built through the region.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Dana El Kurd outlines what anti-Palestinian racism is and the common tropes used to attack Palestinians and their allies.   Sources : https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61db30d12e169a5c45950345/t/627dcf83fa17ad41ff217964/1652412292220/Anti-Palestinian+Racism-+Naming%2C+Framing+and+Manifestations.pdf https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/resources/human-rights/2024-novemb...

We continue our conversation with Dr. Treasure about Herny Dumas and touch on all sorts of topics from Hoodoo to Fannie Lou Hamer to being mentored by one's father. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file: 2026 Midterms Polling Update  The French Student Uprising Breadfruit! Fear of a Nuclear January 6th Executive Disorder: ICE Shooting in NYC, Russian Diesel and Ukraine, Protests Around the World You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available...

We discuss ICE agents shooting Oscar Belgal in the Bronx and the ensuing protests, live-streamed military execution, the raid on Ilhan Omar’s home, Trump taking Russian diesel, the situation in Ukraine, and the current wave of protests in India, Spain, and France.  Links: NYC Immigration Resources: Immigration Legal Support Hotline: 800-354-0365, or dial 311 and say "Immigration Legal."...

Robert lays out his theory for how a "nuclear January 6" - the accidental or intentional limited deployment of a nuclear weapon for incredibly stupid reasons, is more likely than you might think. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carlos talks about how breadfruit is being used as a tool of emergency preparedness and to fight hunger crises around the world. Sources : https://es.mongabay.com/2023/08/arbol-del-pan-conservacion-crisis-climatica/ https://www.wired.com/story/breadfruit-caribbean-pacific-climate-change-super-food/ https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000062 https://www.smithsonianmag...

Mia talks with Faiza, a political analyst and feminist theorist in France about the French high school student protests and breaking out of our complacency. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For Indigenous People's Day James intorduces an episode of the Nomadcast interviewing Mato Wayuhi. NomadCast is hosted by Caleb “Moose” (White Mountain Apache Descendant) and Cheyanne (White Mountain Apache Enrolled) Endfield from the White Mountain Apache Reservation where the couple went to school, met, had children and now work and create. NomadCast is a show interested in exploring...

Garrison and Robert chat about what it will take for Democrats to win back Congress, Iran’s letter to the American people, and midterm election polls in Texas, Maine, Florida, North Carolina, Alaska, and Michigan. Sources : https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-revolutionary-guards-call-trump-big-liar-2026-09-29/ https://img9.irna.ir/d/r2/2026/09/29/0/173138753.pdf?ts=1790679102019...

Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond reads Margaret and Hazel a ghost story about transcendance, legacy and an unearthly river boat, by exalted ancestor Henry Dumas who was murdered by a white cop in 1968. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file: The Decline and Fall of the International Workers Movement How To Print Your Own Money: The Case for Local Currencies How the ‘Delivery Protection Act’ Takes on Amazon  Attacking Palestinian Health Executive Disorder: French Student Protests, Flavio Bolsonaro, ‘Third Country’ Deportatio...

The gang discuss a tree-sit on the border, massive student protests in France, a Supreme Court ruling on rendition, the Brazilian election, a Russian researcher who was accidentally exposed to the pneumonic plague, and the death of former House Speaker and pedophile Dennis Hastert. Sources : https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-curo-churata-is-the-37th-person   https://www.biologicaldiv...

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks with Yara Asi, Palestinian scholar, author, and public health researcher studying how conflict, structural violence, and political systems shape health and human security. Yara describes the attacks on Palestinian health in Gaza and the West Bank, and the Israeli policies and objectives driving these attacks.   Sources : https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/sex...

Garrison talks with Matt and Olivia from the NYC-DSA Labor Working Group about how Amazon uses subcontractors to exploit “last mile” delivery drivers and how a new bill could hold Amazon accountable and strengthen workers' ability to organize.  Sources : https://act.socialists.nyc/dpa-letter https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-to-pass-the-delivery-protection-act-3 https://www.i...

Guest host Zaron Burnett investigates the curious question: Can we print our own money? The short answer is: yes, yes we can. To consider the more nuanced aspects of that question, Burnett spoke with Peter LaRochelle from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. LaRochelle administers a local currency called BerkShares, which is available in the tourist-friendly Berkshire region of western Massa...

James looks into the DOJ investigation into egg price fixing and what it can tell us about the way our food system treats animals and people. Sources: https://www.justice.gov/atr/media/1450281/dl?inline   https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-unscrambling-the-egg-ma/204490574/    https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076....

From the battle for democracy in the workplace to the division of the class itself, Mia examines how workers lost the world Sources : https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-4/endnotes-a-history-of-separation-preface https://libcom.org/article/utopia-rules-technology-stupidity-and-secret-joys-bureaucracy-david-graeber https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/maurice-brinton-the-bolsheviks-and-work...

Margaret kicks off spooky month by sharing a spooky story of her own about a haunted cave and the 90s teens who get lost in it See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file: US Military Boat Strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific After Ceuta Were Macklemore’s First Amendment Rights Violated? What Happened in the Labor Movement Last Month? Executive Disorder: DHS Voter Roll Purge, Cornell and Title IX, Hungary’s Anti-Corruption Crusade You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media...

We discuss taxpayer funded pro-Trump ads, the Supreme Court approving a widely inaccurate verification system to purge voter registration, the Chi Phi Snapchat gang assault at Cornell, Trump reinstating the 2020 version of Title IX, how Prime Minister Peter Magyar is cracking down on Orban’s corruption, and the upcoming election in Brazil.  Sources : https://www.camp-oshad.org/   h...

In this episode, labor reporter Kim Kelly breaks down September's biggest and baddest labor stories, from an historic union election for caregivers to union-busting at AutoZone. Sources : https://labornotes.org/2026/09/video-game-workers-win-first-contract-microsoft-owned-blizzard https://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/program/longterm/cdpap/ https://truthout.org/articles/nurses-across-us-...

Kevin Foster speaks with Mo Meltzer-Cohen, a law professor at CUNY School of Law, about Macklemore being booted from the Ed Sheeran tour and the First Amendment implications.    Sources: https://www.instagram.com/reels/Dc_bH4_N1FN/ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/macklemore-dropped-ed-sheeran-tour-robert-kraft-statement-1235626352/ https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ed-shee...