It Could Happen Here

Gare talks with director Vera Drew about her new movie, The People’s Joker, a trans coming of age story masquerading as an unauthorized Batman parody. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Gare and Molly discuss how modern media portrays political extremism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Molly and Robert discuss the successful effort to remove Judd Blevins from the Enid, OK city council after his refusal to acknowledge his ties to a white supremacist group. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James and Shereen are joined by humanitarian advocate Charles McBryde to discuss Israel’s bombing of a World Central Kitchen aid convoy. Mondoweiss article:  https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/i-resigned-from-the-world-central-kitchen-because-it-refused-to-tell-the-truth-about-the-israeli-genocide-in-gaza/?utm_content=buffer27b39&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer   M...

Margaret reads Gare a classic sci-fi tale about the divine possibility of computers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 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! http://apple.co/coolerzone See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert Evans walks you through the history of Donald Trump's ambition to fire missiles into Mexico and maybe invade, in a doomed attempt to stop fentanyl trafficking. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia and Gare discuss Trump's plan to ban gender affirming care for youth, prevent government insurance from paying for any transition, and force teachers to teach sexism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James and Gare discuss Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship and reinstate title 42, along with his other cruel and probably illegal plans for the border. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we explain Trump’s 2025 policy proposals. Garrison and James start by discussing Trump’s promise to empower parents and fight the communists ruining American schools. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads Sophie a story of love gone wrong between a magician and an alchemist. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 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! http://apple.co/coolerzone   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James and Mia go through three upcoming Supreme Court disasters and how the court's brutality precludes court-based organizing strategies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew is joined by Mia to tell the story of how Fred Newman merged 60's Maoism with 70's psychotherapy to build a string of political cults. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret talks with Dev Montanez from the Kinsey Institute, an almost-80-year-old sexual research center whose funding is suddenly caught up in the current culture war. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks with John, Jehad, and Rosa, candidates of Shift Change’s slate for National Nurses United's Council of Presidents about healthcare work, Palestine solidarity organizing, and what brought them together to challenge their union’s leadership https://www.shiftchangennu.org/ Council of Presidents statement on interview: https://www.facebook.com/100090872020765/posts/pfbid027wzeDxjTLVmZ6Y17nzS...

Margaret reads Gare a story about everyday magic, teen angst, and mixtapes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 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! http://apple.co/coolerzone    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert and James cover Ukraine's defeat of the Russian Black Sea Fleet using irregular warfare, and James looks over how Myanmar's rebels have stymied the junta Navy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert and James talk about the new realities of irregular naval warfare, and particularly how the Houthis have fought the U.S. Navy to a standstill in the waters around the Gulf of Aden. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia and James discuss the nearly forgotten second Algerian revolution during which workers seized factory and field and implemented workers self-management See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James talks to Aung Kyaw Moe about the recent fighting in Rakhine state, the Junta forcibly conscripting Rohingya people, and how to build a democratic Myanmar that’s inclusive for all faiths and ethnicities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert sits down with author and activist Cory Doctorow to discuss his new book, the Bezzle, and how finance monsters have turned American prisons into an even crueler institution. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret finishes the first modern vampire, a parable about the dangers of the libertine royalty, See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.