Behind the Bastards

Part Two: Lee Atwater: The Political Dirty Tricks Artist Who Gave us President(s) George Bush

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lee Atwater graduates high school after a brief stint in an insane fraternity then becomes a college Republican leader and starts his career as a dirt...

Part One: Lee Atwater: The Political Dirty Tricks Artist Who Gave us President(s) George Bush

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert sits down with Garrison Davis to discuss the life and times of Lee Atwater, the arch inventor of Republican dirty tricks politics. (3 Part Seri...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 196

23 Aug 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - The Federalization of DC Police feat. Bridget Todd - Elon ...

Part Two: The Evilest Football Player of All Time

21 Aug 2025

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Robert explains how Alexandre Villaplane ruined his football career committing crimes, badly, and then started a new career as a mass murderer for the...

Part One: The Evilest Football Player of All Time

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert sits down with Dana Schwartz to tell the dark tale of Alexandre Villaplane, the French Football star and gangster who became a member of the SS...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 195

16 Aug 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Infrastructure as Control feat. Andrew - Why Trump is Obse...

Part Two: Frank Fay, The Fascist Who invented Stand Up Comedy

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In Part 2 Frank Fay finds love and creates the most toxic Hollywood romance of all time. Then he breaks Nazi and holds a fascist rally in New York Cit...

Part One: Frank Fay, The Fascist Who invented Stand Up Comedy

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert sits down with Andrew Ti to discuss the ground breaking performer who created modern stand up comedy and also palled around with the KKK. &nbsp...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 194

09 Aug 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Anti-War Movements feat. Andrew - Aid as a Tool of War in ...

Part Two: Pete Hegseth's Fascist Book 'American Crusade'

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert and Jamie learn how Pete Hegseth thinks Islam works, and discuss his plan to purge the U.S. of undesirables. Sources: Pete Hegseth: Police repo...

Part One: Pete Hegseth's Fascist Book 'American Crusade'

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to talk about Pete Hegseth's life, times and horrible 2020 book. Sources: Pete Hegseth: Police report lays out deta...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 193

02 Aug 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - The Fight for Trans Youth Healthcare at the University of ...

Part Two: Dr. Death: The Texas Death Row Psychiatrist Who Killed So Many People

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We conclude the story and life of "Dr. Death", which culminates in, predictably, a lot of dead people.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...

Part One: Dr. Death: The Texas Death Row Psychiatrist Who Killed So Many People

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert sits down with Steven Monacelli to tell the grisly tale of a Texas psychiatrist who invented an industry based on convincing juries to kill peo...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 192

26 Jul 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - How We Saved Trans Medicaid Healthcare Coverage - Tracking...

Part Two: Laetrile: The Fake Cancer Cure That Birthed The Right-Wing Medical Grifting Industry

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert and Miles discuss the second phase of Laetrile's history, where it becomes a culture war issue for the right wing John Birch Society.See omnyst...

Part One: Laetrile: The Fake Cancer Cure That Birthed The Right-Wing Medical Grifting Industry

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert sits down with Miles Gray to talk about Laetrile, a fraudulent cancer "cure" embraced by the John Birch society as a way to tie right wing poli...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 191

19 Jul 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - Humanity, the Good feat. Andrew - Humanity, the Bad feat. ...

Part Two: Antonio Salazar: The Smartest Fascist Dictator

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Antonio Salazar spends his post-war years helping the CIA learn how to torture people and starting a disastrous war with a large portion of Africa. Th...

Part One: Antonio Salazar: The Smartest Fascist Dictator

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert sits down with with  Jeff May to talk about Antonio Salazar, the economics professor who became a brutal fascist dictator and was, sadly, ...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 190

12 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Part Four: Adolf Eichmann: Mr. Holocaust Himself

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

World War 2 is coming to an end, and Eichmann cooks up an escape scheme that allows him to flee justice- for a while. Robert and Joe talk about what c...

Part Three: Adolf Eichmann: Mr. Holocaust Himself

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In Part 3, the Reich has invaded Russia and Eichmann is on a fact finding mission that will determine the course of the Holocaust.See omnystudio.com/l...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 189

05 Jul 2025

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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 ...

Part Two: Adolf Eichmann: Mr. Holocaust Himself

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert tells Joe about Eichmann's entrance to the Nazi Party and his time as a concentration camp intern during the start of the Third Reich.See omnys...

Part One: Adolf Eichmann: Mr. Holocaust Himself

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert sits down with Joe Kassabian to discuss one of the worst Nazis: Adolf Eichmann, a major architect of the Holocaust. (4 Part Series) Sources: Ad...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 188

28 Jun 2025

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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 Wor...

Part Two: David Berg and the Children of God (ft. Ed Helms)

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

David Berg starts the 1970s as a wildly popular cult leader and immediately goes insane. Robert walks Ed Helms through the invention of "flirty fishin...

Part One: David Berg and the Children of God (ft. Ed Helms)

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert sits down with Ed Helms to discuss one of our worst monsters: David Berg, founder of the Children of God cult.See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

Anti-Vax America: The Complete Series

21 Jun 2025

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This special edition of ICHH Weekly compiles the complete Anti-Vax America series by guest host Steven Monacelli. - Viral Texas - Anti-Vax Genealogy -...

CZM Rewind: Harlon Carter: the Man Who Militarized the Cops and the NRA

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Originally aired June 2022 Robert is joined by Matt Lieb to discuss Harlon Carter and NRA.  SOURCES: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dallasnews...

CZM Rewind: The U.S. Border Patrol Is A Nightmare That Never Ends

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Originally aired August 2020 Robert is joined by Caitlin Durante to discuss the U.S. Border Patrol. SOURCES: https://timeline.com/harlon-carter-nra-m...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 186

14 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Reportback from the West Bank The LA Anti-ICE Protests Migr...

Part Two: How Eliza Fraser Survived a Shipwreck and Sparked a Genocide

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert tells Jack about the 'rescue' of Eliza Fraser and how her lies about what happened on K'gari Island helped to fuel decades of colonial war and ...

Part One: How Eliza Fraser Survived a Shipwreck and Sparked a Genocide

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert sits down with Jack O'Brien to tell the story about Eliza Fraser, who survived being shipwrecked thanks to the indigenous people of an island h...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 185

07 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The FDA Wants to Take Away Your Covid Vaccine, ft. Dr. Kav...

Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert explores Dr. Church's weird history with eugenics adjacent projects, like the world's creepiest dating app, and how Colossal Biosciences was cr...

Part One: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert walks Langston Kerman through the story of Dr. George Church, a very real scientist who co founded the company making bullshit claims of "de ex...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 184

31 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  16 Dead & a Cover-up: An NHS Trans Horror Story Rend...

Part Two: The Throat-Slitting Evangelical Minister of Jamaica

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert builds to the thrilling conclusion of the other Kevin Smith's story: the mass slaughter of his own flock.See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

Part One: The Throat-Slitting Evangelical Minister of Jamaica

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert tells the story of Kevin Ontoniel Smith, a Jamaican-Canadian minister who created an apocalyptic Christian sect and slit his follower's throats...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

24 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Anarchism In Mexico feat. Andrew, Pt. 1 Anarchism In Mex...

Part Two: Carl Schmitt: The Mind Behind Modern Fascism

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we follow Carl Schmitt through the disillusionment of WW1, and breaking up with his con artist wife, to his creation of the Death Star...

Introducing: Away Days Podcast

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hi, Behind the Bastards Fans! We want to share a new show, Away Days: Reporting from the Underbelly.  About the show: Away Days Podcast is an epi...

Part One: Carl Schmitt: The Mind Behind Modern Fascism

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert walks Blake Wexler through the life and times of Carl Schmitt, a legal scholar born in Imperial Germany who would come to create the blueprint ...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

17 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Irish Far Right/Neo-Nazi Movement Trans Fiction, Tra...

Part Two: The Sordid Story of Nature Boy: The Instagram Cult Leader Who Hates Toilets

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nature Boy is now in Central America, where he weaponizes the power of Instagram's algorithm to trick rubes into flying out to join him and handing ov...

Part One: The Sordid Story of Nature Boy: The Instagram Cult Leader Who Hates Toilets

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert gets back to basics with guest star Katy Stoll by talking about one of America's newest cult leaders, Natureboy, who used instagram to convince...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 181

10 May 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Who We Talk About When We Talk About Borders Trans Journ...

Part Two: Robert Maxwell: How Ghislaine Maxwell's Dad Ruined Science

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Maxwell makes a full heel turn in this episode, going from badass killer of the SS to not so badass corporate ghoul who murdered science and al...

Part One: Robert Maxwell: How Ghislaine Maxwell's Dad Ruined Science

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You know his daughter as Jeffrey Epstein's right hand woman. Robert tells guest Adam Conover about Ghislaine Maxwell's dad, Robert Maxwell. He started...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

03 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Old Economy Is Dead Cosmopolitanism feat. Andrew T...

Part Three: The Pol Pot Episodes: How A Nice, Quiet Kid Murdered His Country

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Pol Pot and his friends are now in charge of Cambodia and in a remarkably short period of time they manage to kill two million people. Including a lef...

Part Two: The Pol Pot Episodes: How A Nice, Quiet Kid Murdered His Country

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert continues the story with young Pol Pot's years in France where he and his friends radicalize themselves in what has to have been the deadliest ...

Part One: The Pol Pot Episodes: How A Nice, Quiet Kid Murdered His Country

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert sits down with Andrew Ti for three episodes in one week about the bizarre life of Pol Pot, a man who spent too much time reading books and bull...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

26 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Elon Musk and The Martian Revolution feat. Mike Duncan T...

Part Two: What's New With Andrew Tate?

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert explains the weird cult Andrew Tate created with a wizard and former pick up artist to rob young men and abuse women at scale.See omnystudio.co...

Part One: What's New With Andrew Tate?

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why Was Andrew Tate allowed back in the U.S.? What's happening with all his court cases? Robert sits back down with Ian Johnson and Sophie Lichterman ...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

19 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  When Care Workers Organize Behind Myanmar's Devastating ...

CZM Rewind: The Andrew Tate Story (Part 3 & 4)

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert and Sophie are joined by Cool Zone Media supervising producer, Ian Johnson to continue to discuss Andrew Tate.  Update series dropping nex...

CZM Rewind: The Andrew Tate Story (Part 1 & 2)

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert and Sophie are joined by Cool Zone Media supervising producer, Ian Johnson to discuss Andrew Tate, and the Mythopoetic Men's Movement. Includes...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 177

12 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Behind the Scenes of That Teen Vogue Article on Vivian Wil...

Part Two: Alfred Hugenberg: The Elon Musk of Weimar Germany

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

World War 1 has begun, and Robert walks Amanda through how Alfred Hugenberg bought up the German media to make the case the the war should go on for e...

Part One: Alfred Hugenberg: The Elon Musk of Weimar Germany

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert sits down with Amanda Montell to talk about Alfred Hugenberg, a German industrialist who made Hitler's rise to power possible for some very fam...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 176

05 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Library Funding Cliff Anarchism In Uruguay feat. And...

How ICE Is Targeting Students for Deportation

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Garrison and James discuss how a doxing campaign is targeting student visa and green card holders for alleged ties to pro-Palestine protests. Sources:...

Part Two: The Grifters Behind The Fake Autism 'Cure' Industry

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert concludes the story of the Fake Autism Cure Industrial Complex and tells Mangesh about a doctor who tried to get rich selling spoiled blood to ...

Part One: The Grifters Behind The Fake Autism 'Cure' Industry

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert and Mangesh Hattikudur explore the birth of the "unorthodox biomedical movement", which is a fancy way of saying "fake doctors who poison child...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

29 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Rendition to El Salvador: How the Trump Administration Is ...

Part Two: How Tainted Human Blood Became A Major U.S. Export

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert, who is looking better than ever these days wow what great hair, finishes telling Ben Bowlin the harrowing story of how the U.S. murdered thous...

Part One: How Tainted Human Blood Became A Major U.S. Export

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert and Ben Bowlin sit-down to talk about controversial blood plasma donation program in the Arkansas Prison system under Governor Clinton that kil...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 174

22 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Understanding Rojava’s Tishrin Dam Resistance Anar...

Part Four: The Zizian Murder Spree (or Exactly How Harry Potter Fanfic Killed A Border Patrol Agent)

20 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert concludes the story of the Zizians with a spree of horrific violent crimes and deaths, culminating in a shoot out with the Border Patrol in Ver...

Part Three: How The Zizians Went Full On Death Cult

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert tells David about Ziz's glorious plan to take to the sea and sever the right and left brains of her followers in order to make them psychopaths...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 173

15 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  How the State Created Elon Musk Candace Owens' Hollywood...

Part Two: The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert tells David Gborie about the early life of Ziz LaSota, a bright young girl from Alaska who came to the Bay Area with dreams of saving the cosmo...

Part One: The Zizians: How Harry Potter Fanfic Inspired a Death Cult

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Earlier this year a Border Patrol officer was killed in a shoot-out with people who have been described as members of a trans vegan AI death cult. But...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 172

08 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Future of Peacekeeping In Africa The Last Trial of t...

Part Two: In Honor Of Our New Monarchy, Let's Talk About Versailles

06 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert tells Ed about the Sun King's very sad death from butt rot and how his great grandson grew up raised by the insane party house of death that no...

Part One: In Honor Of Our New Monarchy, Let's Talk About Versailles

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In honor of the American oligarchs trying to form their own aristocracy, Robert and Ed Zitron look back at the court of Versailles, how it was formed ...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

01 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The President of Argentina's Meme Coin Scandal How Trump...

Part Two: Bruno Bettelheim and The Quest To Make a "Good" Concentration Camp

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bruno Bettelheim has now made it to the United States, where he executes his elaborate plan to fix "emotionally disturbed" children by making a nice c...

Part One: Bruno Bettelheim: The Worst Psycho-therapist

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert tells Allison Raskin about Bruno Bettelheim, a concentration camp survivor who revolutionized child mental health care by trying to create a GO...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 170

22 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Coffee Unions Spread to Peet's Defining Anarchism feat. ...

Part Two: Tony Alamo: The Worst Preacher

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert explains how Tony Alamo became a jacket maker to the stars, providing Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton and others with fashion via child labor. Al...

Part One: Tony Alamo: The Worst Preacher

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert sits down with Samantha McVey to talk about Tony Alamo, the evangelical cult leader who enslaved children to make denim vests for the stars.See...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 169

15 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Why Trump Wants to Conquer Canada How the Federal Govern...

Part Two: How The U.S. Government Used Aliens To Destroy a Man's Mind

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert tells Brandie how Richard Doty crafted an elaborate alien ruse to destroy Paul Bennewitz's mind, all with the goal of hiding the U.S. governmen...

Part One: How The U.S. Government Used Aliens To Destroy a Man's Mind

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we tell the harrowing story of Paul Bennewitz, a simple nerdy engineer who spotted evidence of covert Air Force weapons programs and was gas...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 168

08 Feb 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Internationalists Fighting Fascism in Burma (Maybe D...

Part Two: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert and Molly continue their exploration of Venusian health science which apparently involves eating nothing but raw fruit.See omnystudio.com/liste...

Part One: Space Magic from Venus: A Literary Odyssey

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert sits down with Molly Conger to explore a book at the foundation of American conspiracy culture that may have helped kill Steve Jobs.See omnystu...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 167

01 Feb 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Decline and Fall of the American Post Office Nut Cou...

Bonus: The Bastards of Oprah

31 Jan 2025

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This is a bonus episode of our Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, and John of God episodes aka the bastards of Oprah episodes stitched together with limited ad breaksS...

Part Six: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Oh god, we are finally done. Unfortunately Oprah's greatest harms, like her role in birthing the anti vaccine movement, live on. Series Sources: http...

Part Five: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today we talk about Oprah's involvement in a self help guru who killed three people in a sweat lodge, and how it goes into a shift in American culture...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 166

25 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  The Lost Post Office Union Episode The Age of Cowards an...

Part Four: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert chronicles Oprah's war with the beef industry and her pivot to new age anti-science nonsense. Also: rainbow parties!See omnystudio.com/listener...

Part Three: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Oprah's career is on the move now, and Robert tells the gang about her coke filled early years in local TV, her rise to stardom and how she helped spa...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 165

18 Jan 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  Mutual Aid & the LA Fires CES 2025: AI Toys Are Comi...