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.

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July 18, 2025 56 mins
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James is joined by Wladimir Van Wilgenburg to discuss the recent disarmament ceremony conducted by the PKK, the fighting between the Syrian Government and Druze people, and the future of the Kurdish freedom movement in Rojava. 

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James talks to Gordyaen Benyamin Jermayi about the situation of minority groups in Iran, the issues with the monarchist opposition, and how the Iranian regime has used US and Israeli bombing as an excuse for more violence against its own people. 

Links:

https://hengaw.net/en

https://www.iranhr.net/en/

https://www.instagram.com/kurdistanipeopleii

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July 15, 2025 25 mins

Andrew and Gare discuss the reasons why people justify doing bad things, from pleasing authority to narratives of necessary evil.

Sources:

Humankind by Rutger Bregman

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July 14, 2025 25 mins

Andrew talks with Gare about humankind’s better nature, despite self-fulfilling prophecies of selfishness and cruelty.

Sources:

Humankind by Rutger Bregman

A Paradise Built In Hell by Rebecca Solnit

 

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Margaret reads you a story about mental health, panic disorders, and anticapitalism. 

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July 12, 2025 183 mins

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

- Palestine’s Stolen Future

- The Genocide Budget (And How to Stop It)

- Protest, Immigration Enforcement, and the Unhoused Community

- The Minnesota Assassination & Evangelical Terrorism

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #24

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The gang discuss two shootings outside ICE/Border Patrol facilities in Texas, how Elon Musk’s AI chatbot went full nazi, plus updates on immigration and tariffs.

Sources:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-help-for-bukets-asylum-case

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5460936/trump-tariffs-economy-china-policy

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/09/trump-tariff-letters-trade.html

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/detainee-being-h...

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James talks to Theo Henderson, host of We The Unhoused, about the impact of protests in LA on the unhoused community, and how people at the intersection of the undocumented and the unhoused community are coping with federal, state, and local crackdowns.

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July 7, 2025 25 mins

Guest host Dana El Kurd, Palestinian researcher and writer, provides an overview of Palestinian politics, explains the legitimacy crisis within Palestinian politics, and outlines the impact international actors have had on Palestinian leadership and strategy. She highlights how these issues affect ending the war on Gaza, and the future of Palestine more broadly.  

Sources:

Raz Segal on genocide - https://jewishcurrents.org/a-t...

Margaret reads you a story about the endless quest to find the roots of inequality. 

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July 5, 2025 157 mins

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

- How to Organize a Meeting (And Stay Sane), Pt. 1

- How to Organize a Meeting (And Stay Sane), Pt. 2

- The Fall of the House of Liver King

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #23

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The gang discuss the DOJ‘s attempts to denaturalize American citizens, how the Big Beautiful Bill funds genocide, and Islamophobic attacks on Zohran Mamdani from Republicans and Democrats. Plus, updates on tariffs, the Diddy trial, and Elon Musk’s subsidies.

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/27/us/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes 

https://ktla....

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July 2, 2025 28 mins

Robert walks the gang through the Liver King's recent arrest for terroristic threats and his rapid decline towards what will probably be an early grave.

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Mia continues her conversation with Margaret Killjoy about how to actually run a meeting and the role of proper meetings as the tools that build a democratic society.

https://libcom.org/article/how-hold-good-meeting-rustys-rules-order

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Mia talks with Margaret Killjoy about how to actually run a meeting and the role of proper meetings as the tools that build a democratic society.

https://libcom.org/article/how-hold-good-meeting-rustys-rules-order

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Margaret reads you a story about arts and crafts.  

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June 28, 2025 227 mins

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

- A Medical Perspective On Protest Safety

- Dividing the World, Pt. 1 feat. Andrew

- Dividing the World, Pt. 2: Externalization feat. Andrew

- Zohran Mamdani Wins NYC Dem. Primary

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #22

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