It Could Happen Here

CZM Book Club Presents: The Evolution of an Agitator, by Lizzie M. Holmes

06 Jul 2025

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Margaret reads you a story about the endless quest to find the roots of inequality. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 ...

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #23

03 Jul 2025

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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 Zo...

The Fall of the House of Liver King

02 Jul 2025

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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 grav...

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

01 Jul 2025

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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 dem...

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

30 Jun 2025

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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. http...

CZM Book Club: Assembly Line, by B. Traven

29 Jun 2025

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Margaret reads you a story about arts and crafts.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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...

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #22

27 Jun 2025

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The gang discusses the war with Iran, the Supreme Court’s decisions on rendition and trans people, and the New York mayoral primary election. So...

Zohran Mamdani Wins NYC Dem. Primary 

26 Jun 2025

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Gare and Mia discuss the New York City mayoral primary and what it means for the Big Apple and the future of the Democratic Party. Sources/Links: http...

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

25 Jun 2025

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James and Andrew continue their discussion on different ways of splitting up the world, and what they tell us about the way their proponents see the w...

Dividing the World, Pt. 1 feat. Andrew

24 Jun 2025

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James and Andrew discuss different ways of splitting up the world, and what they tell us about the way their proponents see the world. Sources/Links: ...

A Medical Perspective On Protest Safety

23 Jun 2025

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In a rare ICHH and House of Pod Joint Episode, James is joined by Miriam, Kaveh, and Dr. Richard Ferro to discuss street medicine, police use of irrit...

CZM Book Club: Two More Stories by Leo Tolstoy

22 Jun 2025

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Margaret reads you two more stories about anticapitalism and religion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 -...

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #21

20 Jun 2025

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The gang discuss Israeli attacks on Iran, tragedies at Trump’s military parade and the No Kings Protests, the sale of public lands, and the Supr...

Anti-Vax America: Could It Happen Here?

20 Jun 2025

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As anti-vax beliefs become increasingly widespread, and vaccination rates drop, the greater the risk of some sort of massive viral outbreak or the ret...

Anti-Vax America: Soft Eugenics

19 Jun 2025

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Anti-vaccination rhetoric is often framed by proponents as a sort of medical freedom, the ability to decide what one wants to do with their own body. ...

Anti-Vax America: God’s Will

18 Jun 2025

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For Peter, the father of the deceased child and a member of a Mennonite community in West Texas, the death of his child was God’s will. Many in ...

Anti-Vax America: Anti-Vax Genealogy

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For many years, the threat of measles, a deadly disease that spreads more rapidly than COVID and regularly took thousands of lives a year, had been ef...

Anti-Vax America: Viral Texas

16 Jun 2025

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The viral measles outbreak that began in West Texas has taken the lives of two children and one adult, and has reached over eight hundred cases, with ...

CZM Book Club: After the Dance by Leo Tolstoy

15 Jun 2025

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Margaret reads you a story about what it takes to break from society in disgust. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 186

14 Jun 2025

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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...

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #20

13 Jun 2025

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The gang get together to discuss state violence in Los Angeles, tariffs, the Trump-Musk breakup and more ICE raids across the country. Sources: https:...

On The Ground In LA

12 Jun 2025

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James talks to Robert about the LA protests after spending Monday night on the ground in DTLA covering the protests and police response.See omnystudio...

Migrant Detention in Libya

11 Jun 2025

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James is joined by Mick to talk about the horrific conditions migrants face in Libya and the EU’s funding of detention camps. Sources: https://m...

The LA Anti-ICE Protests

10 Jun 2025

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Robert and Mia discuss the recent protests in LA against ICE atrocities and the terrifying response of Trump and the LAPD. Sources: https://www.thegua...

Reportback from the West Bank

09 Jun 2025

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James talks with Charles McBryde about his recent trip to the West Bank, the disastrous Gaza Humanitarian Fund, and the ongoing Gaza blockade. Se...

CZM Book Club : The Revolutionary Fables of Ricardo Flores Magón, Part Two

08 Jun 2025

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Margaret reads you more short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 185

07 Jun 2025

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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...

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #19

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The gang discuss the firebombing in Colorado, TACO Trump, ICE raids, and Elon Musk's messy White House breakup. Sources: https://www.kpbs.org/news/pub...

Governing Fertility: How Pronatalist Policies Kill

05 Jun 2025

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The gang talks about the pronatalist right in Trump's orbit, and historical examples of pronatalism from Japan, Spain, and Romania. Sources: https://w...

Tiananmen Remastered, Part 2

04 Jun 2025

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Mia revisits her episodes situating the Tiananmen Square Massacre in the context of the century long battle over democracy in the workplace. Sources:h...

Tiananmen Remastered, Part 1

03 Jun 2025

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Mia revisits her episodes situating the Tiananmen Square Massacre in the context of the century long battle over democracy in the workplace. Sources:h...

The FDA Wants to Take Away Your Covid Vaccine, ft. Dr. Kaveh Hoda

02 Jun 2025

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Garrison talks with Kaveh about the FDA's new covid vaccine recommendation and how vaccine access is under threat. Sources: https://www.nejm.org/doi/f...

CZM Book Club: The Revolutionary Fables of Ricardo Flores Magón

01 Jun 2025

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Margaret reads you several short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution.See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 184

31 May 2025

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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...

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #18

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The gang discusses the shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers, how the new budget bill targets trans healthcare, ICE arrests inside immigration cour...

What's Happening in Immigration Court

29 May 2025

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James talks to immigration lawyer Kirsten Zittlau about the end of the asylum system as we knew it, detentions in courthouses, and the case of Primros...

Rendition By Private Jet

28 May 2025

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James talks to Gillian Brockell about how she identified the Gulfstream jet that carried migrants to Djibouti and the attempt to stop the flight in Ir...

16 Dead & a Cover-up: An NHS Trans Horror Story

27 May 2025

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Mia talks with journalist Mira Lazine of the Free Radical about how the UK government and media covered up the deaths of trans people. https://thefree...

Introducing: Away Days Podcast - A Cold Day for Violence

26 May 2025

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Hi, ICHH fans! We want to share a new show, Away Days: Reporting from the Underbelly.  Away Days Podcast is an episodic documentary series f...

CZM Book Club: The Abbot of Druimenach

25 May 2025

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Margaret reads you an Irish fairy tale about gender transformation that she really likes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 183

24 May 2025

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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...

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #17

23 May 2025

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The gang gives a rundown on antinatalist terrorism, deportations to South Sudan, a potential DHS reality TV show, and Biden's pro-state cancer. Plus, ...

The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep. 10-12

22 May 2025

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Robert, Mia, and Garrison discuss the final arc of Andor Season 2, covering how empires cannibalize their own, revolution as an infectious disease, an...

War Update

21 May 2025

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Robert, Mia, and James Discuss developments in conflicts in Kashmir, Yemen, and Kurdistan. Sources: https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/pkk-final-d...

Anarchism In Mexico feat. Andrew, Pt. 2

20 May 2025

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Andrew concludes his series on Latin American anarchism with the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and its aftermath. Sources: https://theanarchistlibrary.or...

Anarchism In Mexico feat. Andrew, Pt. 1 

19 May 2025

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Andrew is joined by Garrison to conclude his series on Latin American anarchism by talking about the spread of radical ideas in Mexico throughout the ...

CZM Book Club: Soria Moria Castle

18 May 2025

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Margaret reads you a classic norse fairy tale and then makes a thin and likely incorrect argument for why it's a queer parable. See omnystudio.co...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 182

17 May 2025

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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...

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #16

16 May 2025

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The gang talks about White House efforts to suspend habeas corpus and expand deportation efforts, while DeSantis builds new detention centers in Flori...

The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep. 7-9

15 May 2025

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Robert, Mia, and Garrison discuss the third arc of Andor Season 2, covering the Ghorman Massacre. Terrorist cells are uniting under the boot of the Em...

The Refugees Fleeing South Africa's "White Genocide"

14 May 2025

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James is joined by Molly to discuss the Trump administration admitting 59 Afrikaner "refugees" and the myth of a "white genocide" in South Africa. Sou...

Trans Fiction, Trans Sports

13 May 2025

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Mia talks with writer and author Victoria Zeller about her new book One of the Boys and the politics of masculinity, being trans, and football. https:...

The Irish Far Right/Neo-Nazi Movement

12 May 2025

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Robert sits down with Irish author Padraig O Ruairc to discuss the growth of Ireland's far right anti-immigrant movement since COVID, and what can be ...

CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapters Eight and Nine

11 May 2025

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Margaret reads the final two chapters of her book The Barrow Will Send What it May. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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...

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #15

09 May 2025

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The gang get together to discuss India Pakistan conflict, Israel’s genocidal plan to occupy the Gaza Strip, raids in Los Angeles, the U.S. gover...

The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep. 4-6

08 May 2025

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Robert, Mia, and Garrison discuss the second arc of Andor Season 2, covering the infiltration of an underground resistance, weaponized surveillance, a...

Trump vs. DC: Inside the Takeover You’re Not Hearing About feat. Bridget Todd

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just over 100 days into Trump’s second term, the damage in Washington, DC is already undeniable. From threatening local autonomy to J-6 insurrec...

Trans Journalism In the Era of Trump

06 May 2025

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Mia talks with trans journalists David Forbes, Mira Lazine, and Mady Castigan about how a lack of trans journalism got us here and how ...

Who We Talk About When We Talk About Borders

05 May 2025

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James and Gare talk about how border reporting often ignores the impact of borders on Indigenous people and how differently migrants are covered durin...

CZM Book Club: The Barrow May Send What it May, Chapter Seven

04 May 2025

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Margaret reads chapter seven of her book The Barrow Will Send What it MaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 180

03 May 2025

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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...

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #14

02 May 2025

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The gang discuss the arrests of two judges, a flurry of executive orders further weaponizing police and the justice system, plus an update on tariffs ...

May Day Special: The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep. 1-3

01 May 2025

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Robert, Mia, and Garrison discuss the first three episodes of Andor Season 2, covering leftist infighting, the Wannsee Conference, and a tradcath wedd...

The Canadian Election: NOTHING EVER HAPPENS

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Garrison breaks down the 2025 Canadian election with the help of Lance from The Serfs. Conservatives snatch defeat from the jaws of victory as anti-Tr...

Cosmopolitanism feat. Andrew

29 Apr 2025

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Andrew is joined by James to discuss cosmopolitanism, the idea that all human beings are members of a single community.See omnystudio.com/listener for...

The Old Economy Is Dead

28 Apr 2025

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Mia and Gare discuss the history of the modern economy and how the terf tariffs are going to destroy the system we live under and make our lives worse...

CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Six

27 Apr 2025

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Margaret reads chapter six of her book, The Barrow Will Send What it May.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 179

26 Apr 2025

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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...

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #13

25 Apr 2025

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The gang get together to discuss RFK’s plans for people with autism, immigration detention of citizens, the legal battle over rendition, FBI rai...

Robert's Guide to The Next Six Months of Danger and Resistance

24 Apr 2025

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Robert walks through several of the likeliest scenarios for what we're going to see over the next six months to a year, from domestic unrest and fasci...

Nihilist Violent Extremism

23 Apr 2025

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Garrison is joined by philosopher Michael Burns to discuss a new terrorism classification term that could shift the FBI away from right-wing militias ...

The City Sold Your Water feat. Prop 

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With the LA wildfires of January 2025 still fresh in Californians' minds, a number of little considered issues popped up. Not least of which is, where...

Elon Musk and The Martian Revolution feat. Mike Duncan

21 Apr 2025

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Robert and Mia talk with Revolutions Podcast host Mike Duncan about the similarities between his new series The Martian Revolution and the Trump ...

CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Five

20 Apr 2025

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Margaret reads chapter five of her book The Barrow Will Send What it May.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 178

19 Apr 2025

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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 ...

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #12

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The gang talks about concentration camps in El Salvador, an ICE arrest of another green card holder, and RFK Jr.’s autism eugenics. Plus updates...

How Strikes Build Democratic Workplaces 

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mia and Spencer Jordan of the Urban Ore Workers Union discuss the workplace as a microcosm of the authoritarianism currently sweeping the American pol...

Trump's Concentration Camps in El Salvador

16 Apr 2025

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Gare and James discuss a meeting between Trump and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on expanding CECOT style prisons to hold US citizens and immigra...

Behind Myanmar's Devastating Earthquake

15 Apr 2025

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James and Gare discuss the terrible impact of the earthquake that hit Sagaing in late March, how the Junta has blocked aid workers, and how the revolu...

When Care Workers Organize

14 Apr 2025

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Mia talks with Jess and Jesus from Friends PDX Union Network about their work mentoring underprivileged youth at Friends of the Children and their uni...

CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Four

13 Apr 2025

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Margaret reads another chapter from the second book in her Danielle Cain series.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 177

12 Apr 2025

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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...

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #11

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The gang discuss tariff chaos, the IRS handing over data to ICE, student visa cancellations, “lethality” in the military, and the Supreme ...

Esperanto with Andrew

10 Apr 2025

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Andrew is joined by James to discuss the history and practice of Esperanto, the global language.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How ICE Kidnapped A Farmworker Union Organizer

09 Apr 2025

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Mia talks with Coalition of Independent Unions organizer Mark Medina about ICE's kidnapping of Familias Unidas por la Justicia organizer Alfredo &ldqu...

Why Watching Actors Get Maimed By Big Cats Gives Me Hope For The Future

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert explains why he repeatedly returns to Roar, a movie where the cast and crew are repeatedly for-real maimed by giant cats, when he needs to feel...

Behind the Scenes of that Teen Vogue Article on Vivian Wilson, Elon Musk's Daughter

07 Apr 2025

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Ella Yurman and Teen Vogue news and politics editor Lex McMenamin talk about interviewing Elon Musk’s trans daughter and how news outlets cover ...

CZM Book Club: Escape, part two

06 Apr 2025

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Margaret reads the second half of an anonymously authored speculative fiction story about what people could do if large scale roundups began, and disc...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 176

05 Apr 2025

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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

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

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #10

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

LIBERATION DAY! The gang talks tariffs, the collapse of global trade, and Elon Musk’s big loss in Wisconsin. Plus an update on migrant rendition...

RFK Jr. Breaks the Medical System

02 Apr 2025

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Mia and Gare discuss RFK Jr.'s hideous cuts to everything from HIV prevention to child vaccination as he entrenches his anti-vaccine agenda in the HHS...

Anarchism In Uruguay feat. Andrew, Pt. 2

01 Apr 2025

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Andrew and James continue their discussion of Anarchism in Uruguay and talk about the nature of an anarchist military formation.See omnystudio.com/lis...

The Library Funding Cliff

31 Mar 2025

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James talks to Jamie, a librarian, about the threat of federal funding being withdrawn from libraries and how listeners can help.See omnystudio.com/li...

CZM Book Club: Escape, part one

30 Mar 2025

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Margaret reads an anonymously authored speculative fiction story about what people could do if large scale roundups began, and discusses it with an an...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 175

29 Mar 2025

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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 ...