It Could Happen Here
Episodes
CZM Rewind: Title 42: How a Public Health Law Kills Refugees
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
CZM Rewind: Indigenous Peoples Day
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 A...
CZM Book Club: Hollywood Werewolf Conspiracy, by Hailey Piper
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret reads you a story about werewolves, polyamory, and cycles of trauma.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It Could Happen Here Weekly 203
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - ICE’s Ethnic Cleansing in Chicago - The Riyadh Comed...
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #37
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss out of state National Guard deployment to Oregon and Illinois, ICE shooting a woman in Chicago, and updates on immigration and tariff...
Trump’s Hepatitis Vaccine Lies
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mia talks with Dr. Kaveh Hoda about Trump’s efforts to stop giving children the Hepatitis vaccine. Sources: https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/...
The Weaponization of Mass Shootings
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Garrison talks about how politicians and media figures weaponize public acts of violence though the lens of partisan political ideology. Sources: http...
The Riyadh Comedy Festival
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Robert, James, Mia, and Gare talk about the comedians who sold their soul to perform stand up for the royal family in Saudi Arabia. Sources: https://w...
ICE’s Ethnic Cleansing in Chicago
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mia talks with Unraveled’s Raven about ICE’s horrific raids in Chicago from a traffic stop murder to helicopter apartment raids. Sources: ...
CZM Book Club: Kushtaka, by Mathilda Zeller
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kicking off spooky month with a story about demons that I don't want to spoil by telling you more about but it's so good I promise.See omnystudio.com/...
It Could Happen Here Weekly 202
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - SEIU 1000 Union Rep of the IE Reports Live from the Frontl...
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #36
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss the government shutdown, War Department plans to deploy troops to US cities, ICE raids in Chicago, new border wall construction, and ...
What Does the Antifa Executive Order Mean for Free Speech?
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James introduces a rebroadcast of Final Straw Radio in which Mo speaks with Bursts about the implications of recent Executive Orders and Memoranda for...
Does Tylenol Give Your Baby Autism?
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James is joined by Dr. Tyler Black and Dr. Kaveh Hoda to discuss the MAHA claim that the medication Tylenol is increasing the incidence of autism.&nbs...
Everyone Hates Them: Trump, the Media and Jimmy Kimmel
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mia talks with CAW writer and editor Vicky Osterweil about Republican unpopularity, Jimmy Kimmel, and Disney’s history of fascism Links: h...
SEIU 1000 Union Rep of the IE Reports Live from the Frontline
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Prop's friend, Tanjint Wiggy aka Tristian is the the elected Union negotiator for the health workers in the Inland Empire of California. We talk to hi...
CZM Book Club: Selkie Stories Are For Losers, by Sofia Samatar
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret reads you a story about yearning and magic and folklore and teenage gays.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It Could Happen Here Weekly 201
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - An Inside Look at the Asylum Process - What is Tren de Ara...
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #35
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the shooting of three ICE detainees in Dallas, Trump’s Gold Card and 100k H1B visa fee, soybean tariffs, and reports of the FBI desig...
How the US attacks on Venezuela Impact Trinidad and Tobago with Andrew
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew is joined by James to discuss recent US attacks on Venezuelan boats, and how the Prime Minister of Trinidad’s full throated support puts ...
Autism and RFK Jr.’s War on Pregnant People
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mia talks with unionized abortion care worker Crystal about RFK Jr.’s new announcement that Tylenol in pregnant people can cause autism and the ...
What is Tren de Aragua and Why is Trump Obsessed With Them?
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Robert and James discuss the Trump administration's war on Tren de Aragua. Sources: Crossing Borders: The Evolution and Impact of Tren de Aragua | Sma...
An Inside Look at the Asylum Process
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James sits down with Frances to hear firsthand what it is like for families of people in the asylum system right now and how even U.S. citizens can ha...
CZM Book Club: Hermetica, Interview with Alan Lea
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret sits down with author Alan Lea to discuss his novella, Hermetica. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It Could Happen Here Weekly 200
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Charlie Kirk's Assassination: Sorting Fact from Fiction - ...
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #34
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss the suspected Charlie Kirk shooter, texts between him and his roommate, and how the Trump admin is using Kirk’s assassination t...
Years of Lead Paint
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The gang compare and contrast the Years of Lead to current brainrotted form of political violence in the United States from assassinations, conspiracy...
Thi'sl, The Nipsey Hussle of St. Louis, On What It Really Takes to Make Our Hoods Better feat. Prop
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thi'sl is a child of the Lou, who ran the streets, was in the foster care and justice systems. Now he runs an incredible mentoring program. He talks a...
DC Police Takeover Update feat. Bridget Todd
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bridget Todd talks with Garrison about what the expiration of Trump's emergency order means for Washington DC, how it was a cover for increased immigr...
Charlie Kirk's Assassination: Sorting Fact from Fiction
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Robert and Garrison discuss the memes, disinformation, and conflicting theories surrounding the political orientation of the Charlie Kirk assassin. Gr...
CZM Book Club: Hermetica, by Alan Lea, Part Seven
14 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret brings you the conclusion of the tale of Hermetica.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It Could Happen Here Weekly 199
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - It Was Never About Crime feat. Prop - Abundance, Or How To...
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #33
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the Epstein birthday book, an ICE raid of a Hyundai plant in Georgia, the DOJ's consideration of a...
Recognizing Palestine as a State: Meaningful Farce feat. Dana El Kurd
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dana El Kurd talks about the recent declarations by France, the UK, Canada, and others to recognize Palestine as a state. She discusses what this mean...
ICE Partners with Israeli Phone Hacking Spyware
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Garrison talks with Cooper Quentin from the Electronic Frontier Foundation about Paragon’s spyware Graphite, how it reads text messages, who is ...
Abundance, Or How To Sell Tech Fascism To Liberals
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mia talks about the new Abundance movement, its ideas and how it operates as a Trojan horse for its funders Peter Thiel and the Koch Brothers. Sources...
It Was Never About Crime feat. Prop
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Okay, with all this talk about deploying troops in our cities, especially DC, it's very clear to me that that “crime” is just a means to r...
CZM Book Club: Hermetica, by Alan Lea, Part Six
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret continues with tale of Hermetica, the generation ship. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It Could Happen Here Weekly 198
06 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - BlueAnon: Assassination False Flag and Liberal Election De...
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #32
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss rumors of Trump’s declining health, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser acquiescing to the federal police occupation, and plans for federal ...
Chicago Prepares for Occupation
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mia talks with Unraveled journalist Raven about the impending deployment of the National Guard, ICE and the Border Patrol to Chicago and how the city ...
BlueAnon: Alt National Park Service
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Garrison talks with Jack from AltWatcher about a viral social media account posing as dissent Park Service employees sending coded messages on the int...
BlueAnon: Assassination False Flag and Liberal Election Denial
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Garrison and Mia discuss the evolution of liberal conspiracy theories, and why people believe the Trump assassination was staged or that Elon Musk sto...
CZM Book Club: Hermetica, by Alan Lea, Part Five
31 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret brings you further along into the tale of Hermetica, the generation ship.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It Could Happen Here Weekly 197
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Newsom’s Posting Through It - Palestine and the Amer...
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #31
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss the school shooting in Minneapolis and the shooter’s obsession with mass killers, how Trump is trying to fire the Federal Reser...
How Democrats Passed North Carolina's New Anti-trans Laws, Part Two
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mia continues her conversation with journalist David Forbes about two recent horrific anti-trans bills in North Carolina and how Democrats made them p...
How Democrats Passed North Carolina's New Anti-trans Laws, Part One
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mia talks with journalist David Forbes about two recent horrific anti-trans bills in North Carolina and how Democrats made them possible. https://tran...
Palestine and the American University feat. Dana El Kurd
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dana El Kurd outlines what is happening in higher education, how and why the Trump administration is attacking universities, and the role Palestine pl...
Newsom’s Posting Through It
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James and Robert sit down to discuss Gavin Newsom’s tweets and what they tell us about the DNC’s inability to stand up to Trump. Sources: ...
CZM Book Club : Hermetica, by Alan Lea, Part Four
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret brings you further along into the tale of Hermetica, the generation ship. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It Could Happen Here Weekly 196
23 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #30
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss the Israeli cybersecurity official who bailed out and went home after being charged with sex crimes against children, the IDF's murde...
Objectivity in Journalism
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James, Gare, and Robert discuss the concept of objectivity in legacy media and the issues it raises. Sources: https://www.poynter.org/ethics-tru...
Alienation and AI feat. Andrew
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew and James talk about how artificial intelligence has created alienation in societySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Elon Musk and the Rebirth of Company Towns feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Texas, the world’s richest man is bringing back to life one of the worst ideas of the Gilded Age, local Robber Baron-owned dictatorships call...
The Federalization of DC Police feat. Bridget Todd
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DC resident Bridget Todd talks with Garrison about Trump’s police takeover in Washington DC, the manufacturing of crime panics, and how federal ...
CZM Book Club: Hermetica, by Alan Lea, Part Three
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret brings you further along into the tale of Hermetica, the generation ship. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It Could Happen Here Weekly 195
16 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #29
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss the deployment of National Guard and federalization of police in Washington DC, a Heritage Foundation economist being appointed to th...
Tariffs and the Corruption State
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mia gives an update on the recent round of tariffs and what they say about the American state under Trump. Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/eco...
How Tucson Beat Amazon’s Data Center
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James is joined by Karl Kasarda of InRangeTV to discuss the Project Blue data center and the coalition of people who campaigned against its constructi...
Why Trump is Obsessed with the Autopen
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Garrison talks with Robert about Republican investigations into the presidential autopen as a way to rescind pardons and remove judges. Sources:...
Infrastructure as Control feat. Andrew
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew is joined by James to discuss how physical and digital infrastructure can be used as systems of control, and how communities have resisted and ...
CZM Book Club: Hermetica, by Alan Lea, Part Two
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret continues with Hermetica and our protagonist discovers... a clue!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It Could Happen Here Weekly 194
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #28
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The gang talk about Texas Dems fleeing to Illinois to stop gerrymandering, RFK Jr. canceling mRNA contracts, and how ICE is spending its new big budge...
Dogwhistle Politics and Nazi Code Hunting
07 Aug 2025
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. Source...
Mapping Border Deaths
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James is joined by Bryce from No More Deaths to discuss the release of a map of border deaths that shows systemic undercounting of the lethal conseque...
Aid as a Tool of War in Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dana El Kurd sits down with Bushra Khalidi – policy lead at Oxfam – to discuss the aid and humanitarian crisis unfolding across Palestine....
Anti-War Movements feat. Andrew
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew is joined by James to discuss the history and efficacy of anti militarism and anti-war movements. Sources: Anarchist Encyclopedia by Sebastien&...
CZM Book Club: Hermetica, by Alan Lea, Part One
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret reads you a modern speculative fiction novella written in the classic style that she thinks you'll like.See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...
It Could Happen Here Weekly 193
02 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #27
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss Ghislaine Maxwell's meetings with Trump's DOJ, executive orders banning 'Woke AI' and promoting the involuntary institutionalization ...
Community Preparedness Basics with Live Like the World is Dying
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James talks with Inmn from the Live Like the World is Dying podcast about the basics of community and individual preparedness for disasters of all kin...
AI Minstrel Shows feat. Bridget Todd
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bridget Todd talks with Garrison Davis about how TikTok creators are using AI generated videos to make viral racist skits with digital blackface. Foll...
Post Woke Cinema
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Garrison is joined by Bailey Newposter and Janie Danger to discuss the politics of Superman and Eddington, how each reacts to differing types of Ameri...
The Fight for Trans Youth Healthcare at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mia talks with UPMC therapist Salena Binnig and TransYOUniting founder Dena Staley about the fight against UPMC's capitation to the Trump administrati...
CZM Book Club: How to Live Like the World is Ending by Margaret Killoy
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret reads you an essay about how to think about living during what feels like apocalyptic times. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...
It Could Happen Here Weekly 192
26 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #26
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss Trump’s attempts to distract from Epstein, the construction of a 5,000 bed ICE detention camp at Fort Bliss, and cuts to the EP...
Why Is Trump So Afraid of Epstein?
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Robert, Gare, James and Mia discuss new revelations about Trump's relation to Jeffrey Epstein and how the Epstein Files have fractured Trump's base. S...
How LA Resisted ICE
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mia and James are joined by journalists Mel Buer and Sean Beckner Carmitchel to discuss two months of ICE raids in LA and how the community has come t...
Tracking ICE Removal Flights
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James is joined once again by Gillian Brockell to discuss the use of private jets to rendition migrants to Africa, safety on ICE Air flights, and comm...
How We Saved Trans Medicaid Healthcare Coverage
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mia talks with journalists David Forbes, Mady Castigan, and Mira Lazine of the new Trans News Network about how mass grassroots action driven by trans...
CZM Book Club: Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret got talked into doing something fun for book club this week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It Could Happen Here Weekly 191
19 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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. ...
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #25
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The gang talks about how Trump is totally 100% NOT in the Epstein files, as well as updates on immigration, tariffs, and sadly Elon Musk’s Grok ...
What Does the PKK's Disarmament Mean
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James is joined by Wladimir Van Wilgenburg to discuss the recent disarmament ceremony conducted by the PKK, the fighting between the Syrian Government...
What Bombing Means for Freedom In Iran
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James talks to Gordyaen Benyamin Jermayi about the situation of minority groups in Iran, the issues with the monarchist opposition, and how the Irania...
Humanity, the Bad feat. Andrew
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew and Gare discuss the reasons why people justify doing bad things, from pleasing authority to narratives of necessary evil. Sources: Humankind b...
Humanity, the Good feat. Andrew
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew talks with Gare about humankind’s better nature, despite self-fulfilling prophecies of selfishness and cruelty. Sources: Humankind by Rut...
CZM Book Club: Diary of a Lunatic by Leo Tolstoy
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret reads you a story about mental health, panic disorders, and anticapitalism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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...
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #24
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The gang discuss two shootings outside ICE/Border Patrol facilities in Texas, how Elon Musk’s AI chatbot went full nazi, plus updates on immigra...
The Minnesota Assassination & Evangelical Terrorism
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James and Gare discuss the targeted assassination of a Minnesota Democrat by an anti-abortion evangelical missionary. Sources: https://mblsportal.sos....
Protest, Immigration Enforcement, and the Unhoused Community
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 intersecti...
The Genocide Budget (And How to Stop It)
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mia and Gare discuss the contents of the recently passed budget bill and how its worst provisions can be defeated. Sources: Trans Income Project: ...
Palestine’s Stolen Future
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guest host Dana El Kurd, Palestinian researcher and writer, provides an overview of Palestinian politics, explains the legitimacy crisis within Palest...
CZM Book Club Presents: The Evolution of an Agitator, by Lizzie M. Holmes
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret reads you a story about the endless quest to find the roots of inequality. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.