It Could Happen Here

The fascists have won. Where do we go from here, and how can we turn the tide? Robert reads an essay on just that, and Emily Gorcenski debuts a poem about the moment we've just entered. https://emilygorcenski.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Somehow this episode vanished into the ether, so enjoy early 2024 Mia and now former letter carrier and union steward Tommy Espinoza discussing the state of workers rights at the Post Office.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret from the future reads a report from behind the Iron Curtain in fascist-occupied Spain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Mutual Aid & the LA Fires CES 2025: AI Toys Are Coming For Your Kids From Anti-Satanic Crusaders to Congresswoman: Tracing an Anti-Trans Harassment Campaign  CES 2025: The Best And Worst Tech Products Coming Soon The Years of Lead Paint (Or Why There Will Be More Tesla Car Bombs) You can now listen t...

Mia talks with writer and organizer Vicky Osterweil about the Tesla car bombing, the current state of fascism, and how to defeat it https://www.cawshinythings.com/support-us/ Sources: https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole https://davidgraeber.org/articles/a-practical-utopians-guide-to-the-coming-collapse/ https://defector.com/how-crazy-was-the-las-vegas-cybertruck-bomber...

Robert and Gare sit down with a panel of traumatized experts to sum up the years first and greatest trade show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mia talks with LA trans artist Precious Child about how she was the target of a series of anti-trans harassment campaigns against her art culminating in Congresswoman Nancy Mace censoring her work. https://preciouschild.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert and Garrison round up all the horrifying childcare products with AI jammed in them from CES 2025. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James talks to Andreina from Ktownforall about the devastating fires in Los Angeles and how mutual aid groups are mobilizing to help the community. http://ktownforall.org/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret from the future talks about all of the terrible creatures that fascists have invented to attack internationalist forces. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Q&A 2025 2025 Predictions CES 2025: Listen to AI Executives Laughing At People Losing Their Jobs The AI 'Ick': What Big Tech Is Bringing for 2025 CES 2025: Robert and Gare Meet The Literal Devil You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, avail...

In this episode we explore a variety of robots and AI enabled products and meet a soulless monster from the very pit of hell itself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert and Garrison wade through the insane fever dreams of a thousand madmen to bring you the future of consumer electronics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert and Garrison are joined by Ed Zitron and Ed Ongweso Jr. to discuss the future of AI entertainment at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Gang sits down to lay out our predictions for 2025 and analyze how right or wrong we were about last year's predictions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You asked questions, we answer them! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Margaret and Mia discuss the headlines here at the start of the year 2055 during world war 3.5. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Government Small Enough to Fit in Your Bedroom feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips CZM Rewind: Police Drones and You CZM Rewind: You Already Know How to Organize Anarchism in Gran Columbia feat. Andrew Anarchism in Central America feat. Andrew  You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media show...

Andrew talks with Gare about the spread of anarchist and labor movements in the smaller states of Central America and the Caribbean including Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. Sources: Cappelletti, Angel. (2018). Anarchism in Latin America . AK Press. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew talks with Gare about the history of anarchist theory and praxis in modern day Ecuador, Columbia, Panama, and Venezuela.  Sources: Cappelletti, Angel (2018). Anarchism in Latin America . AK Press. https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anselme-bellegarrigue-the-world-s-first-anarchist-manifesto See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You already know how to organize, you just don't realize it. Mia and James discuss the skills and knowledge you already have from things as basic as having a dinner party that will allow you to start organizing today! Original Air Date: 12.13.24 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Drone policing is on the rise. Garrison investigates a aerial surveillance program in southern California and upsets the police chief of Chula Vista. Original Air Date: 2.2.24 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In overturning the  Roe v. Wade  decision that had protected women’s bodily autonomy for a half-century, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito claimed that abortion rights were not “deeply rooted in this nation’s history.” In fact, Americans had accepted a woman’s right to an abortion, with limitations, dating back to the Puritan era, even in supposedly solidly...

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  What It's Like to Be a Peacekeeper CZM Rewind: The Marshall Islands Part One: For the Good of Humanity and to End All Wars CZM Rewind: The Cum Conspiracy Episode CZM Rewind: Stalkerware ft. maia arson crimew Who Killed Live Music? feat. Prop You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free throug...

Of the many things we will leave in 2024, one that really hurts is the music festival. 50% of music festivals across the world were cancelled. Today Prop tells y'all about the main reasons this happened and what we can do to save the music.  Sources: https://www.musicfestivalwizard.com/music-festivals-cancelled-so-far-in-2024/  https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2024/09/17/g-s1-23...