It Could Happen Here
Episodes
CZM Book Club: Moonkids, by Abbey Mei Otis, Part 1
10 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret reads you the first part of a story about kids who grew up on the moonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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09 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque - The Afterlives of Que...
Executive Disorder: A Billion for Trump’s Ballroom Security, RIP Spirit Airlines, Iran Stalemate
08 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss the hantavirus, a 72 billion dollar reconciliation package for ICE and Border Patrol, elections in Ohio,and court rulings on mail ord...
Economic Echoes of the Strait of Hormuz
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mia discusses the dire economic effects of the blockade across Asia and why the ripples haven’t reached the markets. Sources: https://archive.v...
Journalism Under Attack in Lebanon
06 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dana El Kurd speaks to Justin Salhani, writer and journalist based in Beirut and non-resident fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. D...
The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque, Pt. 2
05 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mick, Molly, and James conclude their discussion on the death of Quentin Duranque and discuss some fascinating new types of fascist. Donate: https://a...
The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque
04 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mick, James, and Molly discuss Quentin Deranque, a French Nazi, and how it has been embraced by far right groups. Donate: https://acu.nl/about/donate ...
CZM Book Club: Discussing Two Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin
03 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret discusses your reactions to Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" and "The Day Before the Revolution" with Hazel Acacia and Steven M...
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02 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - The Age of Extremophiles - Libya with Andrew - Gaddafi wit...
Executive Disorder: White House Correspondents Shooting, Voting Rights Act
01 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss the attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, confusion over who shot a Secret Service agent, the politics o...
Zohran Mamdani's First 100 Days
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Garrison goes over what Mayor Mamdani has accomplished in his first 100 days, the challenges of adapting to power, and what his administration means f...
Gaddafi with Andrew
29 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew and James discuss Muammar Gaddafi and his claims of anti imperialism. Sources:https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muammar-al-Qaddafi htt...
Libya with Andrew
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew and James talk about the revolution and civil war in Libya, and discuss the campist approach to world affairs. Sources: Iran retaliation: https...
The Age of Extremophiles
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After a shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, Robert takes a look at the current political environment to explain why previously normal p...
CZM Book Club: Where the Phph Pebbles Go, by Miriam Allen DeFord
26 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret reads you a 1963 science fiction story of class stratification, sports, and first contact.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...
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25 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Private Credit: It's 2008's All The Way Down - Indigeneity...
Executive Disorder: SPLC Indictment, Denaturalization, Iran
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss fraud charges against the SPLC for paying neo-nazi informants, USCIS pursuing denaturalization, the Fed chair, Virginia redistricting...
UCSD and the Palestine Exception to Free Speech
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
James talks to a UCSD faculty member facing disciplinary proceedings for their participation in the Gaza Solidarity Encampment about UCSD’s hist...
The First Anti-AI Firebombing
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Garrison and Robert talk about Daniel Moreno-Gama, the 20 year old charged with attempting to kill OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. We discuss how he became an ...
Indigeneity with Andrew
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew is joined by Mia to discuss different conceptions of indigeneity and what they mean politically.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...
Private Credit: It's 2008's All The Way Down
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mia is once again joined by Molly to discuss a bank run on another type of shadow banks caused by subprime car loans! Sources: https://businessjournal...
CZM Book Club: Against the State by James Stout
19 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
James reads Margaret the first chapter of his new bookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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18 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - The Most Extreme Trans Healthcare Ban You've Never Heard O...
Executive Disorder: Hungary Election, DoorDash Stunt, Sam Altman’s Home Attacked
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss the electoral defeat of Viktor Orbán, violent abuse at Alligator Alcatraz, Tom Steyer’s plan to prosecute ICE agents and...
What Next for the People of Iran?
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
James brings listeners up to date with the US and Israel’s bombing campaign in Iran and recent peace negotiations. Sources: https://fpa.org/neta...
Are Workers Lighting Warehouses on Fire?
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Garrison investigates viral claims that a spree of warehouse fires across the country have been started by underpaid workers. Cool Zone is nominated f...
Rojava with Andrew
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew is joined by James to discuss Rojava and the current situation in Syria. Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April ...
The Most Extremely Trans Healthcare Ban You've Never Heard Of
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mia talks with David Forbes, editor and journalist with the Trans News Network, about her work covering the Catholic Church’s draconian trans he...
CZM Book Club: Selected Poems of Voltairine de Cleyre
12 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Happy National Poetry Month! Margaret reads some poems from a "Classic Age" anarchist poet and agitatorSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...
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11 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Asso...
Executive Disorder: FEMA Teleportation, Pam Bondi Fired, Iran Ceasefire?
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss the rescue of an US airman in Iran, ceasefire negotiations, a FEMA official who say he teleported to a Waffle House, and elections in...
Nigeria with Andrew
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew talks to James about the USA’s military incursion into Nigeria and the reality around claims of Christian genocide in the country. ...
The Jewish Bund and Political Imagination
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dana El Kurd speaks to Molly Crabapple, an award winning writer and artist. Her most recent book is Here Where We Live is Our Country: The Story ...
How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Association, Pt. 2
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mia finishes her interview with Yahoo Sports writer Charles McDonald with the disturbing realization that the NFL might have paid a guy to keep the cu...
How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Association, Pt. 1
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mia talks with Yahoo Sports writer Charles McDonald about the history of the NFLPA and how it installed a corporate consultant as its Executive Direct...
CZM Book Club: All Cats Are Grey, by Andre Alice Norton
05 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret reads you some golden-age pulp sci-fi about a hypercompetant space captain and her trusty catSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...
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04 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - The Trans Panic Clickbait Economy - Talking to Venezuelans...
Executive Disorder: Tariff Refund Disaster, DHS Citizenship List, Idaho Bathroom Bill, Two Bombing Plots
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss Trump threatening to bomb desalination plants in Iran, an executive order to create a State Citizenship List and restrict mail in vot...
Slouching Towards Gallipoli: How The U.S. Might Be Losing To Iran
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Robert breaks down exactly what's happening in the gulf and how Iran may have trapped the U.S. in an unwinnable disaster.See omnystudio.com/listener f...
Strange People on the Hill: An Interview with Michael Edison Hayden
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Molly interviews Michael Edison Hayden about his new book, Strange People on the Hill: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small Town. The book is an intimate ...
Talking to Venezuelans about Venezuela
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
James talks to Marian about how the left discourse about the US kidnapping of Maduro has silenced Venezuelan leftists and how the anti Maduro Venezuel...
The Trans Panic Clickbait Economy
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Garrison investigates a series of frightening claims: that ICE can detain people for ‘looking trans,’ the creation of a transgender public...
CZM Book Club: The Cloud Weaver's Song, by Saul Tanpepper
29 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret reads you a story about climate refugees, ancestors, and giant spider robots that weave webs of glassSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...
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28 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Prairieland and Antifa Terrorism - The Scariest Court in A...
Executive Disorder: ICE at Airports, New DHS Secretary, Iran Negotiations
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss Trump’s deployment of ICE to more than a dozen airports, OpenAI shutting down its AI generated video app, continuing negotiatio...
Shadow Banking: The Once and Future Economic Apocalypse
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mia teaches Molly what shadow banking is, how it caused the 2008 financial collapse, and how they’re threatening to do it all again Sources: ht...
Israel’s Attack on Lebanon
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dana El Kurd speaks to Elia Ayoub, UK-based Lebanese-Palestinian historian, anti-authoritarian writer, and host of The Fire These Times. They talk abo...
The Scariest Court in America feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
During the Civil Rights Era, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans was one of the most liberal courts in the United States. It became...
Prairieland and Antifa Terrorism
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Garrison and Robert discuss a trial stemming from a protest and shooting outside an ICE facility in Prairieland Texas, how the government secured conv...
CZM Book Club: St. Juju, by Rivers Solomon
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret reads you a story about mushrooms, trash, and coming to terms with an imperfect utopiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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21 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Shipping Security in the Strait of Hormuz - Palestinians D...
Executive Disorder: Bovino Calls It Quits, Prairieland Trial, War on Iran Continues
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss Polymarket gamblers harassing journalists to alter news coverage, the antifa terrorism case in Texas, threats to oil and gas infrastr...
The Network State: A Tech Fascist Empire
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mia is once again joined by Shanley of vcinfodocs to discuss how the network state is spreading tech fascism worldwide from El Salvador to Saudi Arabi...
Venture Capital: The Monster Fueling Tech Fascism
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mia talks with Shanley from the anti-tech fascism resource vcinfodocs about the venture capital firms backing everything from cryptocurrency to drone ...
Palestinians Debate Armed Tactics
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dana El Kurd breaks down the ongoing debate among Palestinians about what should happen in Gaza, whether Hamas should disarm, and the role of armed ta...
Shipping Security in the Strait of Hormuz
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
James and Gare talk about the world of private maritime security, pirates, and the strait of Hormuz. Sources: https://www.register-iri.com/wp-content/...
CZM Book Club: Girls Who Look Through Glass, by Alex Smith
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret reads you a story about the magic embeded into the mundaneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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14 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - UFOs, Spies, and Pizzagate: The Clinton Epstein Deposition...
Executive Disorder: War on Iran, Kristi Noem, Sea Mines in the Strait of Hormuz, Proton Mail
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss the totally real “Shield of the Americas,” an attempted bombing in NYC, fluctuating oil prices, Israeli attacks on southe...
The Fake Crisis Behind Trump's Tariffs
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As Trump fakes a balance of payments crisis to implement more tariffs, Mia faces her demons to explain what any of that means. Sources: https://www.th...
Outlaw: Criminalization of ICE Watch in Minneapolis
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In Outlaw Podcast's first feature on ICHH, Olive talks with people detained and prosecuted for responding to ICE in Minneapolis during Operation Metro...
Is the Economy About to Explode?
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mia discusses how the US attacking Iran broke the world economy and it's horrifying human impact. Sources: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/04/south-korea...
UFOs, Spies, and Pizzagate: The Clinton Epstein Deposition
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Garrison and Sophie break down 9 hours of testimony from Hillary and Bill Clinton’s long awaited Epstein deposition for the House Oversight inve...
CZM Book Club: A Story from the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret reads you a medieval comedic tale of trickery and lust.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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07 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - What’s Happened to the Israeli Left - Tax the Rich T...
Executive Disorder: Iran, US Munitions Shortage, Texas Primary Election
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss misinformation about Kurds in Iran, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, ICE’s detention of a Columbia student, an anti-trans l...
Paramount, Warner Bros. and How Monopolies Ruin Everything
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mia is joined by writer and activist Vicky Osterweil to talk about Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and the grim, shockingly vi...
What's Next for Iran?
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
James talks with Gordayeen about the US and Israel attacking Iran, what this means for people in the country, and what might come next. See omnys...
Tax the Rich Takes the New York Capitol
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Garrison reports from Albany at a rally to raise taxes on millionaires while a budget crisis looms in New York City. Sources: https://taxtherich...
What’s Happened to the Israeli Left
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dana El Kurd speaks to Danielle Cantor, Israeli leftist activist and co-founder of Culture of Solidarity – a mutual aid organization in Israel/P...
CZM Book Club: The Comet, by W.E.B. Du Bois
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret reads you a 1920 classic fiction story by the seminal theoristSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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28 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Minneapolis' Anti-ICE Rent Strike - Concealed Carry and IC...
Executive Disorder: Supreme Court Rules Against Trump Tariffs, IVF, Cuts to ICE Training Now
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss ICE whistleblowers, the Supreme Court striking down Liberation Day tariffs, Trump’s claims about IVF, and Ring canceling its Fl...
The Cool Zone Response to Trump’s State of the Union
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Robert, James, Sophie, and Garrison break down the medal-filled 2026 State of the Union address, Trump’s waving of the bloody shirt, and the ret...
Florida’s Groyper Candidate for Governor
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Garrison and James discuss the candidacy of James Fishback, his attempted rise through the New-Right, and how he’s using Nick Fuentes’ gro...
Concealed Carry and ICE: The Edge of the Second Amendment
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Robert and Karl Kasarda sit down to talk about ICE, concealed carry, and how the new era of aggressive immigration enforcement makes everyone less saf...
Minneapolis' Anti-ICE Rent Strike
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mia talks with Tara Raghuveer, director of the Tenant Union Federation, about how tenant and labor unions pulled together to begin organizing a r...
CZM Book Club: The Clover Still Grows Wild in Wawanosh, by Kelly Rose Pflug-Back
22 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret reads you a lush post-apocalyptic slice of life story by an amazing poetSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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21 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Canada's Latest School Shooting: What We Know - War Touris...
Executive Disorder: Do Americans Hate ICE & Trump Now? DHS Shutdown, Shooting in Rhode Island
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss presidential approval polls and the growing nationwide sentiment against ICE, what the partial government shutdown means for DHS, and...
The History of the General Strike: Shanghai 1925, A Chinese Minneapolis
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mia discusses the history of general strikes starting with another strike over armed occupiers killing unarmed protesters: the Shanghai general strike...
War Tourism in the Siege of Sarajevo
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
James is joined by Mick and Georgio to discuss the Sarajevo Safari documentary and establish context for the investigations of people who travelled to...
Canada's Latest School Shooting: What We Know
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Garrison and Lance from The Serfs discuss the online right’s attempt to weaponize the tragedy, misinformation about the shooter’s politics...
CZM Book Club: Black Hole, by November Rush
15 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Valentine's Day! Margaret reads you a story about codependent lesbian mushroom parasites.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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14 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot -...
Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime Show, Pam Bondi’s Epstein Hearing & ICE Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss the All American Halftime Show featuring Kid Rock and Friends, a student walkout in Chicago protesting ICE, a Washington State bill r...
The Art of Petty with Prop & Amanda Nelson
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the raging pile of slop that is social media, every once in a while you stumble across someone doing something genuinely amazing. That’s how ...
Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
James is joined by Sam Hamilton to discuss how people in Social Circle, GA are organizing against an 8,000 person detention facility that ICE is plann...
Normalcy feat. Andrew
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew and James talk about the idea of “normalcy” and the bias towards it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...
Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Garrison explains why the online right are memeing about a penguin who fled its colony to march to its own death, and how this deranged penguin reflec...
CZM Book Club: Mutual Aid by Dean Spade, Part Two
08 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret continues to read you excerpts from a book explaining the ins and outs of mutual aidSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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07 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - CZM Rewind: Dogwhistle Politics and Nazi Code Hunting - Pa...
Executive Disorder: ICE Body Cams, Fulton Election Raid, Portland Protest
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss the FBI raid of the Fulton County Election office, ICE protests in Portland, DHS bodycams, and an unsealed memo on the arrest of R&uu...
What Must Be Done? The Battle Against Fascism
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Robert's keynote speech for the Japanese American National Museum on combatting authoritarianism in the modern world.See omnystudio.com/listener for p...
Panama 1989 to Venezuela 2026: What History Can Teach Us Pt. 2
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew and James continue their discussion of what happened in Panama in 1989 and why people are comparing these events to what is happening in Venezu...
Panama 1989 to Venezuela 2026: What History Can Teach Us feat. Andrew
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew and James discuss what happened in Panama in 1989 and why people are comparing these events to what is happening in Venezuela. Sources: https:/...
CZM Rewind: Dogwhistle Politics and Nazi Code Hunting
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Garrison and Mia unravel whether the DHS is posting coded nazi messages, and discuss the limits of treating anti fascism as an easter egg hunt. Origin...
CZM Book Club: Mutual Aid by Dean Spade, Part One
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret reads you excerpts from a book explaining the ins and outs of mutual aid.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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31 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Gaza and the Board of Peace feat. Dana El Kurd - Everyone ...
Executive Disorder: Alex Pretti Shooting, DHS Funding Bill & Rojava
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss the killing of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol in Minneapolis, conflicting accounts of the shooting, a DHS bill in the Senate, and updat...