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.
Episodes
Mia and James discuss how Chuck Schumer and the Democratic collaborators handed Trump extraordinary power by passing a devastating continuing government funding resolution and political core of Democratic collaboration with Trump.
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https://apnews.com/article/dc-budget-trump-congress-gop-29738c7281955d77075c8b98009f860e
Andrew is joined by James to talk about the history of anarchism in Uruguay.
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In an episode recorded before the agreement between the Syrian government and the SDF, James talks with Jenni Keasden (@jkeasden) about the situation in Rojava and the resistance at Tishrin Dam.
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Margaret reads Robert Evans the second book in her Danielle Cain series
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Unhinged Tariff news! Deportation and detention updates! The gang discusses this and much more and also has a musical guest.
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/business/china-tariffs-us.html
Robert, James, and Gare discuss Nate Silver’s theory that tweets are proof that Elon Musk is a ‘spiky’ genius.
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Gare, James, and Robert discuss the ICE arrest of Mahmoud Khalil and what it means for Permanent Residents and freedom of speech.
Sources:
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/additional-measures-to-combat-anti-semitism/
https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1388516/dl?inline
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
Bridget Todd talks with Gare about how disgraced Daily Wire podcaster Candace Owens is using a celebrity scandal to rebrand her conservative politics for a normie audience.
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Mia and James discuss how the neoliberal state created the markets that made Elon Musk the richest man alive and how the structure of global capitalism ensured his rise.
Sources:
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0sg0782h
Margaret reads Robert the second novella of the Danielle Cain series,
Preorder the third book in the series, including all three audiobooks, on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tangled-wilderness/the-immortal-choir-holds-every-voice
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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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The Future of Peacekeeping In Africa
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The Last Trial of the Fight Against Mountain Valley Pipeline
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The USA's Impending Telemedicine Cliff
- King Trump Yells at Congress ...
War on three fronts! The gang talks about Volodymyr Zelenskyy's public humiliation ritual, military deployment at the southern border, and Trump's flip-flopping global trade war.
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Garrison, James, and producer Sophie discuss Trump’s first joint congressional speech declaring WOKE dead, and the lackluster response from Democrats.
Sources:
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/05/nx-s1-5318104/trump-joint-address-congress-takeaways
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/04/nx-s1-5318102/trump-joint-session-al-green-protest
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/03/05/january-littlejohn-donald-trump/
https://www.usa...
James is joined by Venktesh Ramnath and Kaveh Hoda to discuss the potential for an end to Medicare funding for Telemedicine and challenges for healthcare under Trump.
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Margaret reports from her time at the trial of 12 environmentalists in Virginia who fought against a fracked gas pipeline through Appalachia.
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James talks to Kevin McDonald about the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the history and future of peacekeeping there.
Buy Kevin's book: https://www.mayobooks.ie/A-Life-Less-Ordinary-Kevin-McDonald
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Margaret from the future reports on the dinosaur creche in Finland.
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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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The President of Argentina's Meme Coin Scandal
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How Trump is Changing Trans Healthcare
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Textbooks and Holy Books feat. Steven Moncelli & Dr. Michael Phillips
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The gang talks about Germany's election, USAID, the new podcast driven FBI, and how gay the Navy may or may not be.
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