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
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- Disarming Hamas
- Anarchists and the Great War with Andrew
- The Hunt for Jason Arday
- Civilization with Andrew
- Executive Disorder: US Strikes Wedding in Iran, Mail-In Voting Whistleblower, Tupac Killer Convicted
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Executive Disorder: US Strikes Wedding in Iran, Mail-In Voting Whistleblower, Tupac Killer Convicted
The gang discuss the dissolution of the SDF, Lake America, MAGA influencers secretly working for the Pentagon, Trump’s oil deal in Venezuela, new US strikes in Iran, a USPS whistleblower warning about voting restrictions, and the Tupac murder case.
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Andrew talks with James about the concept of civilization and how we can use it to understand our shared past and future.
Sources:
Against the Grain by James C. Scott
Civilized to Death by Christopher Ryan
Wild Thought by Claude Lévi-Strauss
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
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Robert reads an investigative report by French author and researcher, Stephanie Lamy, about the community of race scientists who went after Jason Arday.
Source:
https://share.google/VTyoNfxD04LW1B51H
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Andrew talks with Mia about how anarchists approach fighting in wars through the lens of the anarchist debate on joining WWI.
Sources:
Matthew S. Adams, Anarchism and the First World War
George Woodcock, Peter Kropotkin: From Prince to Rebel
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/various-authors-the-anarchist-international-and-war
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-manifesto-of-the-sixteen
James follows up on last week's episode and talked to Miles Gray about what it is like to lose your home in a fire and how people can continue to help fire survivors.
Sources:
https://lacounty.gov/2026/08/04/county-of-los-angeles-fire-department-releases-the-investigative-reports-on-the-cause-of-the-eaton-fire/
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-19/sce-decomissioned-power-line-eaton-fire-risk ...
In this episode Dana El Kurd talks about recent news of Hamas dissolving its emergency committee in Gaza and agreeing to disarmament – sort of.
Sources:
Margaret reads Gare a story in making fun of rich people in space
Original Air Date: 12.03.2023
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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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How to Rob a City: NBA Billionaire Edition
- How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 2
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Sophie Cunningham's Transphobic WNBA Panic
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DHS Surveillance and Infiltration of ICE Protests in Minnesota
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Executive Disorder: Mail-In Voting Restrictions, Canadian Trade War, Record High ICE Detentions&nb...
The gang discuss the death of Dolly Parton, a drought in Puerto Rico, SCOTUS allowing Trump to implement his executive order on mail-in voting, trade negotiations falling apart with Canada, how police are circumventing sanctuary policies, and the chaotic evacuation of a U.S. base in Bahrain.
Sources:
https://pridesource.com/article/dolly-parton-tribute
https://people.com/dolly-parton-says-she-loves-and-does-not-judge-the...
Garrison outlines what we know about how DHS investigated anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis and new discovery documents revealing Homeland Security Investigations reports on financial probes of activist groups and labor unions.
Sources:
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73489661/united-states-v-sant/
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.0_6.pdf
Mia talks with trans sports journalist Frankie de la Cruz and former trans college athlete Bugsmaytrix about WNBA bit player Sophie Cunningham's pivot to transphobia and the right's war on trans people.
Links:
https://www.thefrankiedlc.news/
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https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-everything-is-wrestling-336405745/
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Journalist Carlos Berríos Polanco talks with James about how the United States acquired its inhabited overseas colonies, why the constitution doesn't fully apply there, and what it means as Trump says he wants to add new territories or states.
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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr
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Colonial Crucible: Empire in the Making o...
Weeks after more than 600 houses in Spokane burned, James talks to community members about how people prepared, cared for each other, and worried about migration enforcement during the fire evacuations.
Sources:
Aldo Leopold- A Sand County Almanac
https://www.instagram.com/p/DcBqjR6RdzJ/
Donation Links:
Spokane Immigrants Rights Coalition: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/sirc-community-fund
Spectrum running...
Investigative Journalist Kevin Foster discusses the bad economics of public investments in sports and how billionaires will try to rob your city
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Margaret reads a story about a strange visitor by a civil rights activist and writer
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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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How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 1
- The Dangers of Silica ft. Kim Kelly
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How AI Companies are Monetizing Intimacy, Ft. Bridget Todd
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Fighting for Incarcerated Workers
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Executive Disorder: Iran Ceasefire Expires, Corrupt Military Contractors, Florida Election
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The gang discuss a DHS investigation into Minnesota labor unions part of an alleged anti-ICE conspiracy, military detention near National Defense Areas at the border, the USS Lincoln, why a General Dynamics factory can't make artillery shells, what’s up with the bond market, and Angie Nixon winning the senate nomination in Florida.
Sources:
https://x.com/CBPCommissioner/status/2089395143136731579?s=20
https://w...
Mia talks with Colin, Giselle, and Audra of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee about organizing behind bars and the conditions of incarcerated workers in the US.
Links:
https://audrasrealthoughts.wordpress.com/
https://incarceratedworkers.org
https://www.instagram.com/incarceratedworkers/
https://www.jailhouselawyersspeak.com/new-page
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Garrison talks with Bridget Todd about how personally intimate AI chatbots are creating a new form of emotional surveillance and why focusing just on “AI girlfriends” overlooks the need to regulate emotionally manipulative AI and for-profit tech companies.
Sources:
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Love-at-First-Prompt/Bridget-Todd/9781668179826
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