It Could Happen Here

Margaret reads you a story in which vampires serve as a metaphor for yet another thing, because vampires are cool. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Sources can be found in the descriptions of each individual episode. An Alex Jones Update feat. Knowledge Fight Infiltrating Local Nazi Groups How Trump Rigged an FBI Investigation for Brett Kavanaugh Economists Win Worst Nobel Prize Yet, Asked to Please Stop Charlie Kirk vs College Students You can now listen to a...

Garrison dissociates at a Charlie Kirk x Vivek Ramaswamy rally and wonders if it's even worth it anymore. Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/11/us/politics/elon-musk-donald-trump-pennsylvania.html   https://www.9news.com/article/news/verify/immigration/new-york-city-free-one-way-plane-tickets-migrants-fact-check/536-c6e7168f-7f16-4bf9-97cd-33389729869c https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/nyre...

Mia and James discuss Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson's recent fake economics Nobel won for being to first economists to discover that history exists. Sources: https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.91.4.938 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2378023118773614 https://www.nber.org/papers/w10481 https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/117/4/1231/1875948 h...

Mia, Sophie and Robert relive the horror of the Kavanaugh hearings and discover how Trump made the FBI conduct a fake "investigation" to clear him. Sources: https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/KavanaughReport_final.pdf https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/donald-trump-brett-kavanaugh-misogyny.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/kavanaugh-trump-white-...

Robert sits down with Dan and Jordan, the world's top Alex Jones experts, to discuss his bankruptcy and the collapse and possible rebirth of Infowars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you the story she figures probably inspired Predator. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Sources can be found in the descriptions of each individual episode. Hurricane Conspiracy Theories The 2028 General Strike and Climate Change Israel's History with UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon Anarchism In Argentina, Pt. 1 feat. Andrew Anarchism In Argentina, Pt. 2 feat. Andrew You can now listen to all Cool Zone Med...

Andrew and Mia stride boldly into the future as time and anarchism in Argentina march forth.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew and Mia discuss the origins of anarchism in Argentina and its first uprisings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James and Mia discuss the history of UNIFIL, and the role it plays today as Israel keeps threatening UN peacekeepers in Lebanon. Sources: https://unifil.unmissions.org/unifil-ground-operations https://www.total-slovenia-news.com/politics/5322-timeline-of-security-incidents-involving-slovenian-troops https://unifil.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/unifilpresskit.pdf http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/mid...

Mia talks with Rosewater, an organizer with the Sunrise Movement, about how the UAW's plan for a 2028 general strike has changed ecological organizing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do Democrats control the weather? Will FEMA raid your home? Garrison and Mia discuss why the misinformation ecosystem is getting worse and how fact-checking may not fix it.  Sources: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/10/hurricane-milton-conspiracies-misinformation/680221/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/10/09/hurricane-helene-fema-funding-response-fact-check/75...

Margaret reads you a spooky vampire story that's quite a bit different. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Sources can be found in the descriptions of each individual episode. Bad Mayor Monday: The Eric Adams Indictment Special The Things That Helped People In Western North Carolina DHS' Child Border Agents & Civilian Paramilitaries A Future Without Coffee feat. Prop Israel Invades Lebanon & Other Horrors You ca...

Mia and Gare discuss a new Israeli push into northern Gaza and their expanding war on Lebanon. Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vp7dg3ml1o https://archive.is/Y2lUM https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/10/9/live-israel-hits-lebanons-beirut-bekaa-valley-gaza-deaths-near-42000 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/9/israeli-offensives-in-lebanon-and-gaza-kill-dozens-displace-mill...

Turns out climate change is also coming for our coffee! Guest host Prop from Hood Politics with Prop walks us through the coffee supply chain and how irresponsible harvesting practices have led us to the possibility of a future without coffee. Then he shows us how people in the industry, through regenerative indigenous practices, are saving our soil. Sources: https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/wh...

Mia and James talk about ICE's program to train civilians into paramilitaries and the Border Patrol's training camp for children. Sources: https://documentedny.com/2024/10/01/ice-immigration-train-citizens-academy/ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1768KW4pKjW1HGF8qEz5mwT0ncwiXH13b/view https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/09/03/after-ice-postpones-chicago-citizens-academy-local-immigrant-groups-breath...

James and Margaret discuss her trip to Western North Carolina, the things people had prepared that helped, the things that didn't help, and how you can learn from their experiences. MADR: https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/ Appalachian Medical Solidarity: https://www.facebook.com/appmedsolid/ MSR Dromedary Bags: https://www.msrgear.com/water-treatment/storage-bags/dromedary-bags/dromedary-bags.ht...

Mia, Gare and James are joined by the Outspoken slate's Joey Patt to read the indictment of Eric Adams and discover how his cartoon bribery schemes fell apart. Sources: Indictment Next-in-Line for New York Mayor Got Contributions From Donor in Eric Adams Indictment See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you even more William Morris, but this story has swords 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. Sources can be found in the descriptions of each individual episode. What’s the Matter With Boeing, Pt. 1: Shareholders Don't Build Airplanes What’s the Matter With Boeing, Pt. 2: The Plane That’s Trying to Murders You Disaster Relief, Survival & Hurricane Helene Vance & Walz Become Friends During Debate Ja...

James talks to Mia about a reporting trip to the Emberá community of Bajo Chiquito in the Darién Gap, and his experience interviewing migrants making the most dangerous part of their journey to the USA. Sources: Jesuit Shelter: https://www.feyalegria.org/panama/ https://elpitazo.net/migracion/muere-venezolana-mientras-cruzaba-la-selva-de-darien-junto-a-su-familia/ See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

Robert, Sophie, and Garrison discuss the vice presidential debate between Minnesota governor Tim Walz and Ohio senator JD Vance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert sits down with Margaret Killjoy for a dispatch from Asheville in the wake of a disaster, and then talks to James Stout about disaster survival lessons we need to learn before the next one. Sources: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hurricane-helene-death-toll-missing-people-b2622259.html https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/43107 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1625951558?ref=cm...