It Could Happen Here

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.

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The gang get together to discuss state violence in Los Angeles, tariffs, the Trump-Musk breakup and more ICE raids across the country. Sources: https://www.kpbs.org/news/public-safety/2025/05/19/san-diegos-highest-paid-city-employees-cops-racking-up-overtime-and-earning-over-400-000 https://www.nilc.org/resources/how-calif-dl-records-shared-with-dhs/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-detained...

James talks to Robert about the LA protests after spending Monday night on the ground in DTLA covering the protests and police response. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James is joined by Mick to talk about the horrific conditions migrants face in Libya and the EU’s funding of detention camps. Sources: https://missingmigrants.iom.int/region/mediterranean

 https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/61570/libyas-coast-guard-has-intercepted-and-returned-nearly-21000-migrants-in-2024 https://apnews.com/article/italy-libya-ossama-almasri-icc-arrest-hague-305b5eed193e...

Robert and Mia discuss the recent protests in LA against ICE atrocities and the terrifying response of Trump and the LAPD. Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/09/democrats-california-new-york-detention-facilities https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigrants-at-ice-check-ins-detained-and-held-in-basement-of-federal-building-in-los-angeles/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=828415694 https...

James talks with Charles McBryde about his recent trip to the West Bank, the disastrous Gaza Humanitarian Fund, and the ongoing Gaza blockade.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you more short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The gang discuss the firebombing in Colorado, TACO Trump, ICE raids, and Elon Musk's messy White House breakup. Sources: https://www.kpbs.org/news/public-safety/2025/05/19/san-diegos-highest-paid-city-employees-cops-racking-up-overtime-and-earning-over-400-000 https://www.nilc.org/resources/how-calif-dl-records-shared-with-dhs/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-detained-buona-forchetta-employ...

The gang talks about the pronatalist right in Trump's orbit, and historical examples of pronatalism from Japan, Spain, and Romania. Sources: https://www.vscw.ca/en/node/119 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203059913-9/pronatalism-motherhood-franco-spain-mary-nash https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781438402062/html?lang=en https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-...

Mia revisits her episodes situating the Tiananmen Square Massacre in the context of the century long battle over democracy in the workplace. Sources: https://lausancollective.com/2021/communists-crushed-international-workers-movement/ https://chuangcn.org/journal/two/red-dust/sinosphere/ http://www.tsquare.tv/links/Walder.html https://chuangcn.org/2019/06/tiananmen-square-the-march-into-the-instit...

Mia revisits her episodes situating the Tiananmen Square Massacre in the context of the century long battle over democracy in the workplace. Sources: https://lausancollective.com/2021/communists-crushed-international-workers-movement/ https://chuangcn.org/journal/two/red-dust/sinosphere/ http://www.tsquare.tv/links/Walder.html https://chuangcn.org/2019/06/tiananmen-square-the-march-into-the-instit...

Garrison talks with Kaveh about the FDA's new covid vaccine recommendation and how vaccine access is under threat. Sources: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb2506929 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-panel-says-covid-vaccines-can-stay-fall-access-concerns-rcna208492 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret reads you several short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The gang discusses the shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers, how the new budget bill targets trans healthcare, ICE arrests inside immigration courts, and deportations to Myanmar. Sources: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/5/22/live-israel-kills-87-in-gaza-shots-fired-near-diplomats-in-west-bank   https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-israel-embassy-shooter-manifesto   http...

James talks to immigration lawyer Kirsten Zittlau about the end of the asylum system as we knew it, detentions in courthouses, and the case of Primrose from the Darién Gap series.  Donate to Primrose's legal fees: venmo.com/u/kirsten-zittla https://www.gofundme.com/f/immigration-lawyer-for-primrose See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James talks to Gillian Brockell about how she identified the Gulfstream jet that carried migrants to Djibouti and the attempt to stop the flight in Ireland.  https://hardghistory.ghost.io/a-private-jet-to-hell/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks with journalist Mira Lazine of the Free Radical about how the UK government and media covered up the deaths of trans people. https://thefreeradical.org/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.