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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Andrew is joined by James to discuss cosmopolitanism, the idea that all human beings are members of a single community.
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Mia and Gare discuss the history of the modern economy and how the terf tariffs are going to destroy the system we live under and make our lives worse.
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Margaret reads chapter six of her book, The Barrow Will Send What it May.
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Elon Musk and The Martian Revolution feat. Mike Duncan
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The City Sold Your Water feat. Prop
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Nihilist Violent Extremism
- Robert's Guide to The Next Six Months of Danger ...
The gang get together to discuss RFK’s plans for people with autism, immigration detention of citizens, the legal battle over rendition, FBI raids in Michigan, tariffs and Mia drops some economy knowledge.
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https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.9...
Robert walks through several of the likeliest scenarios for what we're going to see over the next six months to a year, from domestic unrest and fascism's next power grab to the age of weird terrorism.
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Garrison is joined by philosopher Michael Burns to discuss a new terrorism classification term that could shift the FBI away from right-wing militias towards "nihilist" extremists trying to accelerate the collapse of the United States.
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https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/fbi-dhs-domestic-terrorism-definitions-te...
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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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.
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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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