It Could Happen Here
It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.
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Garrison explains why the online right are memeing about a penguin who fled its colony to march to its own death, and how this deranged penguin reflects fascism as a suicidal state.
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Margaret continues to read you excerpts from a book explaining the ins and outs of mutual aid
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- CZM Rewind: Dogwhistle Politics and Nazi Code Hunting
- Panama 1989 to Venezuela 2026: What History Can Teach Us feat. Andrew
- Panama 1989 to Venezuela 2026: What History Can Teach Us, Pt. 2
- What Must Be Done? The Battle Against Fascism
- Executive Disorder: ICE Body Cams, Fulton Election Raid, Portland Protest
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The gang discuss the FBI raid of the Fulton County Election office, ICE protests in Portland, DHS bodycams, and an unsealed memo on the arrest of Rümeysa Öztürk. Plus, updates on Minneapolis and Syria.
Sources:
https://sortor.us/release/lemon.pdf
https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econTabReport_DD...
Robert's keynote speech for the Japanese American National Museum on combatting authoritarianism in the modern world.
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Andrew and James continue their discussion of what happened in Panama in 1989 and why people are comparing these events to what is happening in Venezuela.
Sources:
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/omar-torrijos-ousts-arias-panama
Emperors In the Jungle: The Hidden History of the U.S. in Panama by John Lindsay-Poland
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Andrew and James discuss what happened in Panama in 1989 and why people are comparing these events to what is happening in Venezuela.
Sources:
Emperors In the Jungle: The Hidden History of the U.S. in Panama by John Lindsay-Poland
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Garrison and Mia unravel whether the DHS is posting coded nazi messages, and discuss the limits of treating anti fascism as an easter egg hunt.
Original Air Date: 08.07.25
Sources:
https://harpers.org/archive/1964/11/the-paranoid-style-in-american-politics/
https://files.libcom.org/files/[Mark_Fisher]_Capitalist_Realism_Is_There_no_Alte(BookZZ.org).pdf
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trumps-immigration-record-far-high-...
Margaret reads you excerpts from a book explaining the ins and outs of mutual aid.
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- Gaza and the Board of Peace feat. Dana El Kurd
- Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground In Minnesota
- Everyone vs ICE: On the Ground In Minnesota, Pt. 2
- To Catch A Fascist: An Interview with Christopher Mathias
- Executive Disorder: Alex Pretti Shooting, DHS Funding Bill & Rojava
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The gang discuss the killing of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol in Minneapolis, conflicting accounts of the shooting, a DHS bill in the Senate, and updates on Syria and the FED.
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=fHjlCV6d7gVSHjiN&t=1222&v=Amhb8PK_an8&feature=youtu.be
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388288892112
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/25/politics/video/bovino-dana-bash-full-interview-digvid
Molly interviews Christopher Mathias about his new book, To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right. It's a rollicking tale of infiltrating nazi groups and exposing their private communications to dox them en masse.
Preorder Chris' book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Catch-a-Fascist/Christopher-Mathias/9781668034767
The article Chris mentioned about Spit & Dan: https://www.orland...
In the second part of a two part series, Margaret and James reflect on their time in Minnesota, the incredible community response to the immigration raids, and what other communities can learn from the Twin Cities.
Links:
Rent Support for neighbors in Phillips
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need
Rent Support for neighbors in Central
https://www.gofundme.com/f/critical-rent-assistance-for-central-neig...
Margaret and James reflect on their time in Minnesota, the incredible community response to the immigration raids, and what other communities can learn from the Twin Cities.
Links:
Rent Support for neighbors in Phillips
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-phillips-families-in-urgent-need
Rent Support for neighbors in Central
https://www.gofundme.com/f/critical-rent-assistance-for-central-neighborhood-families
Rent Support for neighb...
Dana breaks down what’s being planned for Gaza, the so-called Board of Peace, and how this is a model for global conflict in the future.
Sources:
UNOCHA on ceasefire violations - https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/humanitarian-situation-update-353-gaza-strip
BBC on the Yellow Line - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgxl6zkenqo
<...Margaret concludes reading you a story about subculture and love and how things change
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- The Campaign to Free Albeiro From ICE
- The Alleged Far-Left Bombing Plot
- Why the Federal Reserve Crisis Matters
- Executive Disorder: ICE in Minneapolis, Greenland, DAVOS, Iran & Syria
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The gang discusses ICE's occupation of Minneapolis, the crisis over Greenland, protests in Iran, and war in Syria.
Sources/Links:
Fundraiser: https://heyvasor.com/en/2026/01/19/urgent-call-for-humanitarian-aid-for-rojava/
In her most foolish act yet, Mia attempts to explain what the Federal Reserve is, why it matters, and how Trump seizing control of it could crash the world economy.
Sources:
https://fortune.com/2025/08/09/trump-fed-pick-stephen-miran-existential-threat-central-bank-independence/
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/supreme-court-weighs-trumps-firing-feds-lisa-cook-by-social-media-2026-01-20/
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/se...
Garrison explains the indictment against members of Turtle Island Liberation Front, their alleged bombing plan, and the operational security practices they advocated while planning the bombing alongside an FBI informant and undercover agent.
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