It Could Happen Here

Weeks after more than 600 houses in Spokane burned, James talks to community members about how people prepared, cared for each other, and worried about migration enforcement during the fire evacuations. Sources: Aldo Leopold- A Sand County Almanac   https://www.instagram.com/p/DcBqjR6RdzJ/ Donation Links: Spokane Immigrants Rights Coalition: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/sirc-comm...

Investigative Journalist Kevin Foster discusses the bad economics of public investments in sports and how billionaires will try to rob your city Sources : https://www.forbes.com/profile/thomas-dundon/ https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-nbas-newest-cheapest-owner-shows-how-billionaires-ruin-sports https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/03/tom-dundon-blazers-subprime-loan/ https://archive.nytimes....

Margaret reads a story about a strange visitor by a civil rights activist and writer 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 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 to all Coo...

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...

 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-page See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

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/lis...

Labor journalist and author Kim Kelly discusses the impact of deadly silica dust in the workplace, from coal mines to coffee shops See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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/el...

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/w...

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...

Margaret reads you a story about the French Revolution and the destruction of a prison 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 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 Electio...

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.g...

Our Robert sits down with Texas journalist Robert Downen to discuss the rise and hopeful fall of Texas AG Ken Paxton. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison talks with sociology professor Ben Rose Porter about the Center for New Liberalism’s anti-populist vision of "technocracy, cynical maneuvering, and liberal nationalism.”  Sources : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-the-new-liberal-podcast-30949602/episode/the-crisis-of-liberalism-338635572 https://cnliberalism.org/posts/nlas-2026 https://nlas.cnliberalism.org/schedule ht...

Garrison travels to Washington D.C. to attend the New Liberal Action Summit, an annual conference put on by a group of young center-left policy wonks who went from posting memes about neoliberalism to building an organization to counter the DSA. Sources : https://cnliberalism.org/posts/nlas-2026 https://nlas.cnliberalism.org/schedule https://www.politico.com/newsletters/massachusetts-playbook/2025...

Robert and Mia discuss the recent Cockroach Janta Party protests against crises in India's education system and how they threaten India's ruling fascist government. Sources : https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/the-human-toll-of-neet-11-reported-suicides-after-paper-leak-forced-retest-101781771406022.html https://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/mmt/ambedkar/web/readings/aoc_print_2004.pdf https...

Prince Shakur returns to finish reading Margaret a story about revolution, repression, and survival for Black August 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 Second Electrolysis Union Appears Morocco's US-Backed Occupation of Western Sahara  The Rise of Organized Retail Crime Propaganda  How Congress Could Bring ICE to a Store Near You Executive Disorder: Spokane Wildfires, Abdul Wins Michigan Primary, Munition Shortage Donation links for Spokane wildf...

Natural Causes is a podcast about the politics and practicalities of going outside in a world on fire, hosted by Dr James Stout. It approaches the outdoors, conservation, agriculture, food sovereignty, fire management and Indigenous land rights as interconnected issues. We want to combine unflinching journalism with unabashed advocacy for the land we all share, and welcome everyone into the outdoo...

James reports from the wildfires across the PNW while Robert, Mia, and Garrison discuss left-wing wins and losses in the Michigan and Missouri primary elections, the US military's continuing munitions shortage, gambling on wildfires, and what’s up with the new Fed chair Kevin Warsh.  Donation Links: https://spokanetribalnetwork.org/ https://innovia.iphiview.com/innovia/GiveNow/AccountIn...

Investigative journalist, Kevin Foster discusses the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act and how it could widen ICE’s surveillance dragnet.  Sources: https://truckingresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ATRI-The-Fight-Against-Cargo-Theft-Exec-Summ-12-2025.pdf https://www.cargonet.com/news-and-events/cargonet-in-the-media/2025-theft-trends/ https://www.freightwaves.com/news/is-cargo-...

Investigative journalist, Kevin Foster outlines the rise of organized retail crime propaganda and the ensuing legislative crackdown. Sources: https://www.geekwire.com/2026/drone-vs-shoplifter-watch-how-redmond-pd-tracks-an-alleged-thief-from-high-in-the-sky/ https://nrfprotect.nrf.com/attend/event-recap https://radsecurity.com/roameo https://losspreventionmedia.com/top-retailers-rely-on-artificial...

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks with Mohamedsalem Werad, co-founder of Saharawi Voice. Saharawi Voice is a collective of citizen journalists and filmmakers based in the Western Sahara refugee camps in south-west Algeria that provides a platform for Saharawis to share their challenges, experiences, perspectives, and hopes with an international audience. Mohamedsalem is also the co-director of th...