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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With the LA wildfires of January 2025 still fresh in Californians' minds, a number of little considered issues popped up. Not least of which is, where does the water to fight fires come from? Wait… someone owns the water?! This episode is about the privatization of utilities and how we got here.
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Robert and Mia talk with Revolutions Podcast host Mike Duncan about the similarities between his new series The Martian Revolution and the Trump administration and the politics that inspired the show.
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Margaret reads chapter five of her book The Barrow Will Send What it May.
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
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When Care Workers Organize
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Behind Myanmar's Devastating Earthquake
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Trump's Concentration Camps in El Salvador
- How Strikes Build Democratic Workplaces
The gang talks about concentration camps in El Salvador, an ICE arrest of another green card holder, and RFK Jr.’s autism eugenics. Plus updates on tariffs and DOGE.
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https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/14/investing/us-stock-market/index.html
Mia and Spencer Jordan of the Urban Ore Workers Union discuss the workplace as a microcosm of the authoritarianism currently sweeping the American political system and how their strike is fighting back.
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Gare and James discuss a meeting between Trump and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on expanding CECOT style prisons to hold US citizens and immigrants.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogLw7I2BWO0
https://documentedny.com/2025/04/14/ice-bukele-cecot-tren-de-aragua-el-salvador-new-york-deported/
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James and Gare discuss the terrible impact of the earthquake that hit Sagaing in late March, how the Junta has blocked aid workers, and how the revolution has responded. We also talk about how you can help.
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Mia talks with Jess and Jesus from Friends PDX Union Network about their work mentoring underprivileged youth at Friends of the Children and their unionization efforts.
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Margaret reads another chapter from the second book in her Danielle Cain series.
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The gang discuss tariff chaos, the IRS handing over data to ICE, student visa cancellations, “lethality” in the military, and the Supreme Court.
Sources:
https://ucsdguardian.org/2025/04/07/5-ucsd-students-face-sudden-f-1-visa-terminations...
Andrew is joined by James to discuss the history and practice of Esperanto, the global language.
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Mia talks with Coalition of Independent Unions organizer Mark Medina about ICE's kidnapping of Familias Unidas por la Justicia organizer Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez, Lelo's work, and the April 12th rally at Portland City Hall to free him.
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Robert explains why he repeatedly returns to Roar, a movie where the cast and crew are repeatedly for-real maimed by giant cats, when he needs to feel optimistic about the future of the human race.
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Ella Yurman and Teen Vogue news and politics editor Lex McMenamin talk about interviewing Elon Musk’s trans daughter and how news outlets cover trans issues.
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https://www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian-jenna-wilson-elon-musk-trans-youth
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Margaret reads the second half of an anonymously authored speculative fiction story about what people could do if large scale roundups began, and discusses it with an anarchist technology enthusiast.
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Garrison and James discuss how a doxing campaign is targeting student visa and green card holders for alleged ties to pro-Palestine protests.
Sources:
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8
LIBERATION DAY! The gang talks tariffs, the collapse of global trade, and Elon Musk’s big loss in Wisconsin. Plus an update on migrant rendition.
Sources:
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-stokes-trade-war-world-reels-tariff-shock-2025-04-03/
https://www.theverge.com/news/642620/trump-tariffs-formula-ai-chatgpt-gemini-claude-grok
https://www.reuters.com/markets/frances-macron-calls-suspension-investment-us-after-tariffs-202...
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