It Could Happen Here

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

October 16, 2025 46 mins

In the third part of the series on the end of Title 42, James speaks to volunteers who gave their time and resources to help the people detained in the open air by CBP.

Original Air Date: 6.1.23

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In part two of James' series on Title 42, we hear from asylum seekers in San Ysidro and learn about the human impact of CBP’s inhumane detention practices.

Original Air Date: 5.31.23

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In the first of a four-part series, James discusses the last three years of immigration policy and what they mean for people seeking refuge in the USA.

Original Air Date: 5.30.23

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October 13, 2025 50 mins

Daliyah Killsback joins us to do a (brief) walk through of the history of settler policy in America and introduce the concept of Land Back.

Original Air Date: 10.10.21

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Margaret reads you a story about werewolves, polyamory, and cycles of trauma.

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October 11, 2025 184 mins

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

- ICE’s Ethnic Cleansing in Chicago

- The Riyadh Comedy Festival

- The Weaponization of Mass Shootings

- Trump’s Hepatitis Vaccine Lies

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #37

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October 10, 2025 62 mins

The gang discuss out of state National Guard deployment to Oregon and Illinois, ICE shooting a woman in Chicago, and updates on immigration and tariffs.

Sources:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ord.189270/gov.uscourts.ord.189270.56.0_1.pdf
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1974086514796896515

https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1974200050206322960 

https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1974112113326239852&n...

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October 9, 2025 35 mins

Mia talks with Dr. Kaveh Hoda about Trump’s efforts to stop giving children the Hepatitis vaccine.

Sources:

https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-health-autism-white-house-september-22-2025/

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October 7, 2025 20 mins

Robert, James, Mia, and Gare talk about the comedians who sold their soul to perform stand up for the royal family in Saudi Arabia.

Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37598413

https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/02/yemen-coalition-bus-bombing-apparent-war-crime

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37598413

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Kicking off spooky month with a story about demons that I don't want to spoil by telling you more about but it's so good I promise.

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October 4, 2025 251 mins

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

- SEIU 1000 Union Rep of the IE Reports Live from the Frontline

- Everyone Hates Them: Trump, the Media and Jimmy Kimmel

- Does Tylenol Give Your Baby Autism?

- What Does the Antifa Executive Order Mean for Free Speech?

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #36

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The gang discuss the government shutdown, War Department plans to deploy troops to US cities, ICE raids in Chicago, new border wall construction, and a National Security Presidential Memo targeting political violence indicators like “anti-capitalism, anti-christianity, and extremism on migration, race, and gender.”

https://www.gofundme.com/f/ec-off-ice

Sources:

https://www.mediamatters.org/health-care/right-wing-media-r...

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James introduces a rebroadcast of Final Straw Radio in which Mo speaks with Bursts about the implications of recent Executive Orders and Memoranda for free speech and the First Amendment.

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/09/28/the-implications-of-trumps-war-on-antifa-with-moira-meltzer-cohen/ 

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October 1, 2025 41 mins

James is joined by Dr. Tyler Black and Dr. Kaveh Hoda to discuss the MAHA claim that the medication Tylenol is increasing the incidence of autism. 

Sources:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2817406

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Prop's friend, Tanjint Wiggy aka Tristian is the the elected Union negotiator for the health workers in the Inland Empire of California. We talk to him about the highs and lows of negotiating with the state, ICE raids, the jailing of David Huerta and how we can stand in solidarity with them.

@tanjint

Itsonlyempire.com 

@famlikley

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Margaret reads you a story about yearning and magic and folklore and teenage gays.

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September 27, 2025 190 mins

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

- An Inside Look at the Asylum Process

- What is Tren de Aragua and Why is Trump Obsessed With Them?

- Autism and RFK Jr.’s War on Pregnant People

- How the US attacks on Venezuela Impact Trinidad and Tobago with Andrew 

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #35

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