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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James is joined by Andrew and Michael Paarlberg to discuss the Trump administration’s campaign of drone strikes against boats in the Caribbean and the regional response.
Sources:
https://newsday.co.tt/2025/10/20/trinidad-and-tobago-stands-firm-with-us-on-regional-security/
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Margaret reads you a haunted house story about real estate desirability.
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- Squatting with Andrew
- Domination Is Peace: Trump’s 20 Point Peace Plan for Palestine feat. Dana El Kurd
- The Economics of the Tariff Regime
- New Wall Construction and Borderlands Resistance
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #38
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The gang discuss misleading reporting on ICE acquisitions, Trump's Argentina bailout, the Republican nazi group chat, celebrations of the Marine Corps 250th birthday and all the news from the past two weeks.
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James is joined by Erick Meza to discuss the plans for new border walls in San Diego and elsewhere, and how people are resisting the destruction of sacred spaces, wildlife habitat, and wilderness.
Sources:
https://www.sierraclub.org/arizona/blog/2025/10/no-more-walls-san-diego-county
https://givebutter.com/borderlandsresistance
https://www.sierraclub.org/borderlands
https://borderwallresistance.com/
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Mia looks at the economics behind American and European steel tariffs to explain the push behind the broader tariff regime and how capitalism works.
Sources:
https://www.piie.com/blogs/china-economic-watch/chinas-excess-capacity-steel-fresh-look
In this episode, Dana El Kurd examines what we know about the new 20 point peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, presented by President Trump. This plan helped facilitate a ceasefire in Gaza in the short term, but has dangerous limitations that will impact its success in the long term. This episode outlines the issues with this plan, with comparisons to other conflict resolution mechanisms aro...
Andrew and James discuss the history and political function of squatting
Sources:
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/crimethinc-hidden-histories-of-resistance
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anders-corr-anarchist-squatting-and-land-use-in-the-west
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Margaret reads you "The Open Window" by Saki and "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" by Ambrose Bierce
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- CZM Rewind: Indigenous Peoples Day
- CZM Rewind: Title 42: How a Public Health Law Kills Refugees
- CZM Rewind: Title 42, Pt 2: Migrant Stories
- CZM Rewind: Title 42, Pt 3: The Mutual Aid Response
- CZM Rewind: Title 42, Pt 4: The Border Patrol
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In the final episode James explains some of the history of the border and how CBP grew into an agency that operates without oversight across the USA and the world.
Original Air Date: 6.2.23
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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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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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- 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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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
Mia talks with Dr. Kaveh Hoda about Trump’s efforts to stop giving children the Hepatitis vaccine.
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Garrison talks about how politicians and media figures weaponize public acts of violence though the lens of partisan political ideology.
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