It Could Happen Here

Four Campus Protest Reportbacks

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gare, James, Mia, and Molly compare their experiences at campus occupations in four different cities.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

Emergency Solar Power Solutions and You

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Robert broke his waterbed. Also, the world might end. Let's talk about emergency solar power.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How an Eclipse Walkout Beat Nestlé

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mia talks with Alex, Rocky, and Madelyn from Blue Bottle Independent Union about organizing an independent union and how they outmaneuvered Nestlé. h...

No, The Supreme Court Has Not Banned Protest

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

James talks to Mo about the supreme court’s decision not to hear the McKesson case, what it really means for protest, and wise legal strategy for pr...

CZM Book Club: Three Ruthenian Folk Tales

12 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret reads three Slavic folk tales about magic women and mean children.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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11 May 2024

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Rojava Solidarity with the Emergency Committee for Rojava

10 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

James, Robert, and Mia are joined by Debbie Bookchin (@debbiebookchin) and Arthur Pye (@TheArthurPye) to talk about the situation in Rojava, how liste...

Andrew on Authoritarian Leaders

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew and James build on yesterday’s episode, dig deeper into Bob Altemeyer’s work, and discuss what the psychological characteristics of an auth...

Andrew on the Authoritarian Follower

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew and James discuss authoritarian followers and what traits might make people more likely to follow an authoritarian leader.See omnystudio.com/li...

The Union Comes for Brunch

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mia talks with Janie and Sol from Fried Egg Works Union about unionizing Portland staple Fried Egg I'm In Love, why workers should unionize preemptive...

The Future of Queer Art

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gare talks with filmmaker Vera Drew and comedian Ella Yurman about the pitfalls of representation and moving beyond the online media bubble.See omnyst...

CZM Book Club: "The Fortunate Death of Jonathan Sandelson" by Margaret Killjoy, Part Two

05 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In part two, Margaret reads Danl a story about hackers using drones to disrupt for-profit incarceration.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

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04 May 2024

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free thro...

Making Independent Queer Art

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gare talks with comedian Ella Yurman and filmmaker Vera Drew about the politics of late night comedy and the process of creating alternative queer med...

The Humboldt State Occupation and Portland State University Library Occupations

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Robert and the crew interview activists in Arcata, California and Portland, Oregon about two university occupations in solidarity with Gaza that have ...

May Day Special: Labor Notes and the Future of Labor

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This May Day Mia talks about the recent Labor Notes conference, divisions in the labor movement over Palestine, and the future union organizers are bu...

We Are Not Numbers, We Are People: A Conversation with Gaza Parkour (part 2)

30 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The second half of our conversation with Ahmed and Abdullah. In this episode we talk about grieving the loss of their friends and how solidarity and p...

We Are Not Numbers, We Are People: A Conversation with Gaza Parkour (part 1)

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

James and Shereen talk to Ahmed and Abdullah from Gaza Parkour about how it feels to be outside of Gaza watching the horrors unfold and how listeners ...

CZM Book Club: "The Fortunate Death of Jonathan Sandelson" by Margaret Killjoy, Part One

28 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret reads Danl a story about hackers using drones to disrupt for-profit incarceration.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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27 Apr 2024

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What's Really Going On At the Columbia Palestine Encampment

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mia and James are joined by Talia Jane to discuss the campus occupation at the University of Columbia and how it’s been misrepresented in legacy med...

What Turkey’s Elections Can Teach Us about Defending Democracy

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

James talks to Meghan Bodette of the Kurdish Peace institute about the recent elections in Turkey, the Van uprising, and aggression against Kurdish pe...

Trade Wars? Mia Snores: The Rogue Agenda 47 Episode

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mia discusses Trump's Agenda 47 trade policy, why it probably won't happen, and how anti-free trade organizing built the modern left and right alike.S...

Anarchism Is South Africa ft. Andrew

23 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew walks Mia through the oft forgotten history of anarchism is South Africa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The People’s Joker: Transgender Supervillain Filmmaking

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gare talks with director Vera Drew about her new movie, The People’s Joker, a trans coming of age story masquerading as an unauthorized Batman parod...

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20 Apr 2024

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free thro...

Dr. Maung Zarni on Myanmar’s Colonial Past and Post Colonial Future

19 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

James talks to Dr Maung Zarni about the junta’s colonial methods of rule, ultra nationalist Buddhism, and how to build a better future for a democra...

Law & Order vs Nazi Fight Clubs

18 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gare and Molly discuss how modern media portrays political extremism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Enid, OK Recall Election

17 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Molly and Robert discuss the successful effort to remove Judd Blevins from the Enid, OK city council after his refusal to acknowledge his ties to a wh...

Israel Bombing Aid Workers and World Central Kitchen in Gaza

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

James and Shereen are joined by humanitarian advocate Charles McBryde to discuss Israel’s bombing of a World Central Kitchen aid convoy. Mondoweiss ...

CZM Book Club: "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke

14 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret reads Gare a classic sci-fi tale about the divine possibility of computers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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13 Apr 2024

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free thro...

Agenda 47: Trump's Plan To Invade Mexico

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Evans walks you through the history of Donald Trump's ambition to fire missiles into Mexico and maybe invade, in a doomed attempt to stop fenta...

Agenda 47: Trump's Plan For Trans Kids

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mia and Gare discuss Trump's plan to ban gender affirming care for youth, prevent government insurance from paying for any transition, and force teach...

Agenda 47: Trump's Border and Immigration Plan

09 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

James and Gare discuss Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship and reinstate title 42, along with his other cruel and probably illegal plans for ...

Agenda 47: Trump's Plan for Education

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we explain Trump’s 2025 policy proposals. Garrison and James start by discussing Trump’s promise to empower parents and fight the commun...

CZM Book Club: "Transmutation" by Katherine Sparrow

07 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret reads Sophie a story of love gone wrong between a magician and an alchemist.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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06 Apr 2024

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free thro...

The Supreme Court Will Not Save You

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

James and Mia go through three upcoming Supreme Court disasters and how the court's brutality precludes court-based organizing strategies.See omnystud...

How Fred Newman Built a Maoist Therapy Cult Ft. Andrew

04 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew is joined by Mia to tell the story of how Fred Newman merged 60's Maoism with 70's psychotherapy to build a string of political cults.See omnys...

The Kinsey Institute, and Sexual Research, Under Attack

03 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret talks with Dev Montanez from the Kinsey Institute, an almost-80-year-old sexual research center whose funding is suddenly caught up in the cu...

Against the War, For the Union: The Story of Shift Change

02 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mia talks with John, Jehad, and Rosa, candidates of Shift Change’s slate for National Nurses United's Council of Presidents about healthcare work, P...

CZM Book Club: "The Last Beat of My Heart" by Edward Morris

31 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret reads Gare a story about everyday magic, teen angst, and mixtapes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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30 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free thro...

Irregular Naval Warfare And You (Ukraine and Myanmar Edition)

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Robert and James cover Ukraine's defeat of the Russian Black Sea Fleet using irregular warfare, and James looks over how Myanmar's rebels have stymied...

Irregular Naval Warfare And You (Houthi Edition)

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Robert and James talk about the new realities of irregular naval warfare, and particularly how the Houthis have fought the U.S. Navy to a standstill i...

The Forgotten Algerian Revolution

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mia and James discuss the nearly forgotten second Algerian revolution during which workers seized factory and field and implemented workers self-manag...

What’s Happening to the Rohingya in Myanmar’s Civil War?

26 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

James talks to Aung Kyaw Moe about the recent fighting in Rakhine state, the Junta forcibly conscripting Rohingya people, and how to build a democrati...

Private Prisons, Finance Ghouls and The Bezzle, with Cory Doctorow

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Robert sits down with author and activist Cory Doctorow to discuss his new book, the Bezzle, and how finance monsters have turned American prisons int...

CZM Book Club: Part Two of "The Vampyre" by John Polidori

24 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret finishes the first modern vampire, a parable about the dangers of the libertine royalty,See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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23 Mar 2024

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free thro...

How Are Kurdistan’s Freedom Guerrillas Shooting Down Drones?

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mia and James discuss the recent release of videos showing the HPG shooting down Turkish drones, as well as the arrival of MANPADS in Myanmar.  https...

National Guard on Subways and Other Crime Panics

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mia and James discuss how Democratic lawmakers are using national deployments and rafts of anti-crime laws to run a crime panic fueled authoritarian c...

Stalkerware ft. maia arson crimew

20 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Robert and Mia talk with famed No Fly List hacker maia arson crimew about the shady industry of stalkerware, spy software that allows people to spy on...

Third Places ft. Andrew

19 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew and Gare discuss the disappearance of third places in our increasingly suburban society.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Crackdown on Stop Cop City

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sabotage attacks continue across the country as state repression intensifies. Meanwhile, organizers experiment with new forms of mass action. https://...

CZM Book Club: Part One of "The Vampyre" by John Polidori

17 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret reads you the first modern vampire, a parable about the dangers of the libertine royalty,See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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16 Mar 2024

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free thro...

An Update on Border Patrol Outdoor Detention

15 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

James talks to John and Heval about the changing situation at the border in San Diego county, new outdoor detention sites, and how you can organize to...

An Update on Gaza and the West Bank

14 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Shereen discusses the recent developments in Gaza, the severe starvation Palestinians are experiencing, and the uptick in violence in the West Bank. S...

Paths of Collapse Ft. Andrew

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew and Gare discuss balanced realism and giant squids as modes to think about collapse.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Predictive Programming, Part 2

12 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gare, Robert, and Mia discuss the conspiracy theory that the government is preparing the public for revolution, collapse, and civil war.See omnystudio...

Predictive Programming, Part 1

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From The Simpsons to The Hunger Games, is the deep state putting planned events into films and tv? Gare, Mia, and Robert discuss the origin of the con...

CZM Book Club: "Tongue Mining" by Jack Morton

10 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret reads you a story about AI, translation, and love across languages. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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09 Mar 2024

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The Rob Rundown

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Molly and Garrison talk about the many arrests of Rob Rundo, the founder of the nazi fight club rise above movement.See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...

How Social Media Censorship of Palestine Works

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Shereen discusses the censoring of Palestine-related content that is increasingly happening both online and offline.See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...

The ShotSpotter Leaks

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mia and Gare talk to Wired staff writer Dhruv Mehrotra and freelance journalist Joey Scott about their recent piece on leaked data showing the locatio...

At The End of Hope: Self-Immolation In Tunisia and China

05 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Robert and Mia look at the wave of self-immolations in Tunisia and its role in workers protest in 2020's China.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

A Brief History of Self-Immolation Protests

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Robert and Mia start with an overview of self immolation protests in Vietnam and Taiwan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CZM Book Club: An excerpt from "An RVer's Guide to the American West" by Carrot Quinn

03 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret reads Robert a post-apocalyptic story of a woman and her dog surviving in the mountains.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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02 Mar 2024

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Collapse Ft. Andrew

01 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew and Garrison discuss theories of collapse and different responses to notions of doom.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Burning Objects

29 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Patriot Front’s Thomas Rousseau has been arrested for a felony, but what is it? Molly Conger recaps the ongoing prosecutions of the tiki torch mob.S...

Food Erasure and Preserving Culture

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Shereen is joined by chef Reem Assil and filmmaker Jibrael Younes to discuss the importance of persevering Palestinian cuisine amidst an ethnic cleans...

Worked to Death: Temu Comes to America

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mia and Gare discuss the harrowing and deadly labor exploitation that brought Temu to America.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Temu: The Rise of China’s Worst Tech Giant

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mia and Gare examine the terrifying rise of Pinduoduo, the Chinese predecessor of Superbowl famous shopping app Temu, and its former CEO Colin Huang.S...

CZM Book Club: "Confession to a Dead Man" by Margaret Killjoy

25 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret reads Gare one of her stories, set in the world of Penumbra City.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Rot Economy ft Robert Evans

24 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wonder why Google results are getting worse, or why you aren't seeing your friends on Instagram? It's all because of the growth-at-all-costs econ...

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24 Feb 2024

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Acorn Involved Shooting

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Robert and Gare discuss the story of a Florida sheriff's deputy who responded to a fallen acorn by shooting at someone locked in his own police car.Se...

Melting Charlottesville’s Robert E Lee Statue

22 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Molly Conger sits down with Dr. Jalane Schmidt of the swords into plowshares project to talk about the past, present, and future of the infamous statu...

The Anatomy of a Moral Panic Ft. Dr. Julia Serano

21 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mia and Gare are once again joined by Dr, Julia Serano to discuss how the concept of contagious stigma drives moral panics against cis and trans peopl...

Whipping Girl, The Book That Changed Everything ft. Dr. Julia Serano

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mia and Gare talk with Dr. Julia Serano, the author of Whipping Girl, about the forthcoming 3rd edition of the book and its wide ranging impact on how...

CZM Book Club: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Part Two

18 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret reads you the second part of a classic feminist horror story about the madness caused by patriarchy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

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18 Feb 2024

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Hasbara, Pt. 2 with Matt Lieb

16 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Lieb is back with Shereen to continue his series about Hasbara.  Recorded January 30th, 2024  twitter.com/mattliebinstagram.com/mattliebjokesSe...

Hasbara, Pt. 1 with Matt Lieb

15 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest host Matt Lieb is joined by Shereen to discuss the phenomenon of Hasbara propaganda.Recorded January 30th, 2024twitter.com/mattliebinstagram.com...

City Council Death Squads

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Molly & Garrison talk about the group of extremely online white supremacists zoombombing city council meetings across the country.See omnystudio.c...

The Second Messiah: King of Earth

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Robert reads the autobiographical fiction novel of Justin Mohn, the conspiracy theorist who decapitated his father to spark a revolution against the f...

Behind America's First Culture War Beheading Video

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Garrison and Robert look into the curious case of Justin Mohn, the self published author and musician who beheaded his father to start the war against...

CZM Book Club: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Part One

11 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret reads you a classic feminist horror story about the madness caused by patriarchy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10 Feb 2024

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The Lunar New Years Special: Is China Maoist?

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate Lunar New Years, Mia investigates how the Chinese state actually mobilizes its resources to do campaigns and how the process differs from...

Patriot Front Goes to Court

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Molly Conger is joined by Garrison to discuss a trio of lawsuits against the far-right group Patriot Front.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

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07 Feb 2024

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Ukraine Aid with Charles McBryde

07 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Robert and Shereen are joined by humanitarian advocate Charles McBryde to talk about the importance of continuing military aid to Ukraine and what we ...

Texas Is At It Again

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

James talks with former senior Border Patrol agent Jenn Budd in late January to learn about how Border Patrol has been complicit in Texas’ cruel tre...

Union Busting at the Doughnut Shop

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mia talks with Lydia and Ben from Doughnut Workers United about Blue Star Doughnut's campaign of fear, intimidation, and retaliation against union org...

CZM Book Club: "The House of Surrender" by Laurie Penny

04 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret reads Shereen a story about a time traveler sent to a very strange prison.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.