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It Could Happen Here Weekly 116

03 Feb 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...

Police Drones and You

02 Feb 2024

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Drone policing is on the rise. Garrison investigates a aerial surveillance program in southern California and upsets the police chief of Chula Vista.S...

Oregon Decriminalized Drugs, Now Politicians Are Trying to Re-Criminalize Them

01 Feb 2024

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Robert sits down with city defense attorney Grant Hartley to talk about the battle over Oregon's historic decision to decriminalize drugs.See omnystud...

Ohio's War On Trans People, Pt. 2: From WPATH to the Legislature

31 Jan 2024

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In part 2 of our interview with Ky and Lee, we discuss how anti-trans groups campaigned to influence medical organizations like WPATH and drew in vuln...

Ohio's War On Trans People, Pt. 1: Meet the Detrans Terfs

30 Jan 2024

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Mia talks with Ky and Lee from Health Liberation Now about the anti-trans bills in Ohio and the strategies detrans terf groups have used to restrict a...

Will the Texas Border Confrontation Cause A Civil War? (No)

29 Jan 2024

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Robert, James, and Mia discuss Greg Abbott's confrontation with the federal government, the real humanitarian crisis at the border, and how the whole ...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 115

27 Jan 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...

What the TSA Has Planned for Us

26 Jan 2024

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Robert and Garrison accost a TSA spokesman to discuss their new, sketchy plans for facial recognition cameras in airports. See omnystudio.com/listene...

The Japanese Red Army Do A Whoopsy feat. Andrew

25 Jan 2024

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Andrew tells Garrison about what happened to the Japanese Red Army.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Decade of Post-Occupy Political Parties Revisited

24 Jan 2024

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Mia and James attempt to evaluate the common claim by post-Occupy political parties that they were the only ones serious about taking power by looking...

What (not) to Wear in the Cold

23 Jan 2024

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James and Shereen discuss how to stay warm in the coldest winter yet and the warmest winter of the rest of our lives, because it will only get worse w...

Behind The Daily Wire's Anti-Trans Sports Movie

22 Jan 2024

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Garrison examines the Daily Wire's new basketball 'comedy' movie Ladyballers to the horror of Robert, Mia, James, and Sophie.See omnystudio.com/listen...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 115

20 Jan 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...

Behind The Daily Wire, Part 2

19 Jan 2024

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Garrison and Robert discuss the Daily Wire's anti-trans campaigning and the launch of their new streaming service.See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

Behind The Daily Wire, Part 1

18 Jan 2024

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Garrison and Robert talk about the rise of the Daily Wire from conservative news site to aspiring entertainment empire.See omnystudio.com/listener for...

Road to the Daily Wire: Neoliberalism and the Church

17 Jan 2024

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In part 1 of our series on The Daily Wire, Mia and James go back to the origins of neoliberalism to understand what makes The Daily Wire different tha...

The Worst AI Products Coming This Year

16 Jan 2024

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Tech journalist Ed Zitron joins Robert, Garrison, and Tavia to discuss the AI branded products that dominated the Consumer Electronics Show.See omnyst...

Introducing: Hood Politics with Prop S3

13 Jan 2024

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Hi, It Could Happen Here Fans! Take a listen to the trailer from the new season of Hood Politics with Prop.  About the show: The political landscape ...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 114

13 Jan 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 Actually Cool Gadgets Coming From the Tech Industry in 2024

12 Jan 2024

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The Cool Zone CES crew sit down again, this time to talk about the stuff they saw that didn't suck, including a suicide plane car for billionaires ins...

The Worst Tech Industry Products of 2024

11 Jan 2024

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Robert and Garrison and guest expert Tavia Morra attend the Consumer Electronics Show to see into the future and tell you about the a tech industry's ...

How Jim Desmond Lies & San Diego Fails Migrants

10 Jan 2024

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James talks to Erika Pinheiro of Al Otro Lado about how San Diego county and Biden’s administration have consistently failed migrants, and how count...

How To Make Your Own Encrypted Comms Network

09 Jan 2024

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Robert sits down with a friend to discuss setting up a mesh network to enable off-grid, encrypted communications between you and your people.See omnys...

Turkey’s Drone War Against the Rojava Revolution

08 Jan 2024

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James is joined by Berivan from the YPJ Information & Documentation Office to discuss the ongoing drone war against Rojava and how the revolution ...

CZM Book Club: "The Untimely Death of Northgate Mall" by Evan J Peterson

07 Jan 2024

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Margaret reads Gare an urban folk horror story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 113

06 Jan 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...

Rise in Antisemitism

05 Jan 2024

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Gare and Mia discuss the troubling rise of antisemitic incidents across the globe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Infectious Disease Risk in Palestine

04 Jan 2024

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James and Shereen are joined by Saskia Popescu and Kaveh Hoda to discuss the huge risk of an infectious disease outbreak in Palestine.See omnystudio.c...

Q&A 2024

03 Jan 2024

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We continue our New Years tradition of subjecting ourselves to listener questions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2024 Predictions

02 Jan 2024

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We channel our inner Nate Silver to give predictions for the coming year, plus the long-awaited the return of our "death" segment!See omnystudio.com/l...

CZM Rewind: The War on Trans People: Part 3, The TERF International

29 Dec 2023

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We look at the horrific results of the spread of terfs to Mexico before returning to the US to see a transphobic alliance of TERFs and Evangelicals fu...

CZM Rewind: Title 42: How a Public Health Law Kills Refugees

28 Dec 2023

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James discusses the last three years of immigration policy and what they mean for people seeking refuge in the USA.See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...

CZM Rewind: Discussing Palestine and Israel w/ Deevee Kashi

27 Dec 2023

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Shereen is joined by Israeli-American Deevee Kashi as he shares his perspective about the ongoing violence in Palestine and Israel, his experience as ...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 112

22 Dec 2023

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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...

Amos Time in Detention Part 2

21 Dec 2023

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Amos shares the story of his time in indoor detention and his journey back to his family.  You can donate to Amos via Venmo at https://venmo.com/u/fu...

Amos Immigration Journey Part 1

20 Dec 2023

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Amos, one of the migrants detained in Open Air Detention Sites, shares the story of his journey to the USA and his time in detention. You can donate t...

ShotSpotter And The Chicago Police Department, A Tale of Woe

19 Dec 2023

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Mia talks with Raven, a Chicago journalist with Jynx Press, about how ShotSpotter fails as a way to detect gunshots and how Chicago cops use it to com...

Militant Kindergarten: Education for Adults

18 Dec 2023

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Mia talks with Carl Eugene Stroud and Reed Ingalls from the Center for Especifismo Studies about the importance of theoretical work to complement orga...

CZM Book Club: The Flair by Nick Mamatas

17 Dec 2023

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Margaret reads Mia a sci-fi story about what people will do for free power and war. And about hacker clowns.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 111

16 Dec 2023

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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...

Biden's Title 42 Plot to Make the Border Worse

15 Dec 2023

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James and Mia discuss Biden's negotiations in the Senate and the plot to bring back Trump's horrific Title 42 to inflict more suffering on immigrants....

Precariousness and Grievability

14 Dec 2023

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Shereen delves into Judith Butler’s concept of grievability and the ways in which grief is intrinsically linked to the value of human life, especial...

The Right Wing Palestine Grifters Part 3: A Kind of National Socialism

13 Dec 2023

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In part 3, Mia and Gare discuss the rise of increasingly fascist media figures who exploit the suffering of Palestinians to build careers off their me...

The Right Wing Palestine Grifters Part 2: From Anti-Imperialist to Anti-Trans

12 Dec 2023

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In part 2, Mia, Robert, and Garrison discuss how the injection of conspiracy culture and the structure of left media allowed leftist media figures to ...

The Right Wing Palestine Grifters Part 1: The Left Creates a Monster

11 Dec 2023

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In the first of three episodes about the right wing grifters exploiting Israel's crimes in Palestine we look at the conditions on the left that made t...

CZM Book Club: Printed Guns & Sold Schematics by SJ Klapecki

10 Dec 2023

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Margaret reads you a story about an engineer in a collapsed United States, just trying to make her living selling weapons to rebels.See omnystudio.com...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 110

09 Dec 2023

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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...

Bug Out Bags!

06 Dec 2023

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James and Margaret talk about bug out bags, the things that might be useful in a crisis, and the things that probably won’t.See omnystudio.com/liste...

Occupy Gotham

05 Dec 2023

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Garrison and Mia discuss the parallels to Occupy Wall Street in 2012's The Dark Knight Rises, conspiracy theories surrounding the movie, and the probl...

That Matchmaking Cult Doing Conversation Therapy

04 Dec 2023

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Robert and Mia talk with journalist Sarah Berman about a matchmaking cult called Twin Flames Universe and their disturbing conversation therapy practi...

CZM Book Club: The Plastic People by Tobias Buckell

03 Dec 2023

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In this episode of the Cool Zone Media Book Club, Margaret reads Gare a story about making fun of rich people in space.See omnystudio.com/listener for...

The Henry Kissinger is Dead Episode

01 Dec 2023

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Mia, Garrison, and James celebrate the death of noted mass murderer Henry Kissinger and discuss the surprising country that isn't celebrating.See omny...

This Week in American Terrorism

30 Nov 2023

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Robert, Gare and Mia discuss the last few months of right wing terrorist attacks in the US and UK and the social and political forces behind them.See ...

Are Gen Z Men All Republicans Now

29 Nov 2023

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Robert and Mia discuss a recent Washington Post article arguing that a Gen Z political divide will destroy marriage and take a look at the actual poli...

The Importance of Mutual Aid Work on the Border

28 Nov 2023

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James talks to Heval and Aloe about the increasing number of people in outdoor detention in Jacumba and how you can help.   https://borderkindness.or...

CZM Rewind: Port Militarization Resistance

27 Nov 2023

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As a new anti-war movement sweeps the country we revisit an interview about the forgotten direct actions of the last anti-war movement.    See omnys...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 108

25 Nov 2023

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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 History of Right Wingers Lying About Rome Ft. Mike Duncan

21 Nov 2023

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Robert and Mia are joined by History of Rome's Mike Duncan to discuss Mike Johnson's recent claim that Rome was destroyed by queerness and how the rig...

The Tiktok Zoomer Bin Laden Episode

20 Nov 2023

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Robert, Garrison, James and Mia discuss the Tiktok zoomers discovering Osama Bin Laden's Letter to the American People, Bin Laden's actual motivations...

CZM Book Club: Handala. The Olive, the Storm, and the Sea by Sonia Suliaman

19 Nov 2023

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In this episode of the Cool Zone Media Book Club, Margaret reads James the story of what happens when a Palestinian orphan runs into conflict with thr...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 107

18 Nov 2023

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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...

Luddism, part two. Ft. Andrew

17 Nov 2023

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Andrew and James consider the impacts of Luddism in organizing, the neo Luddite movement, and the costs and benefits of technology for working people ...

Luddism, Part One. Ft. Andrew

16 Nov 2023

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Andrew is joined by James to discuss the much misunderstood Luddite movement, how they collectively bargained by rioting, and how the movement reverbe...

Operation 1027 and the Mandalay PDF

15 Nov 2023

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 James talks to Billy Ford of the United States Institute of Peace and Sayar Mohn Tine of the Mandalay PDF about the huge changes in the conflict in ...

The Danger of Elon Musk

13 Nov 2023

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Ed Zitron, tech journalist, sits down to talk about how Elon Musk scammed his way into being a nation-state level actor.See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

CZM Book Club: The Lost Roads by Sim Kern

12 Nov 2023

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In this episode of the Cool Zone Media Book Club, Margaret reads "The Lost Roads," a utopian story about a world without cars by author Sim Kern, to S...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 106

11 Nov 2023

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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 throu...

How to Build a Bail Fund

10 Nov 2023

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James talks to some of the blue ridge bail fund organizers about this they have built and sustained their bail fund . Paypal.me/blueridgebail  https:...

The False Promise of AI Immortality

09 Nov 2023

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Garrison tells Robert about MindBank, an AI company trying to build digital replica of you.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

General Strike with Kim Kelly

08 Nov 2023

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Planning for a general strike Robert sits down with labor journalist Kim Kelly to discuss UAW President Shawn Fain's plan for a 2028 General Strike.Se...

The Cheapest Land is Bought in Blood, Part 2

07 Nov 2023

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In part 2 of our episode on settler colonialism in Israel we look at how the imperatives of the settler state and settlers themselves invariably leads...

The Cheapest Land is Bought in Blood, Part 1

06 Nov 2023

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Mia, Shereen, and James discuss the structure of Israeli settler colonialism and how the housing market fuels violent settler land grabs and accelerat...

CZM Book Club: Babang Luksa

05 Nov 2023

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In this episode of the Cool Zone Media Book Club, Margaret Killjoy reads “Babang Luksa,” a short story by author Nicasio Andres Reed, to Mia.See o...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 105

04 Nov 2023

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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 throu...

Inside the Portland Teachers Strike

03 Nov 2023

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As the Portland Association of Teachers embarks on their first strike in living memory Mia talks with Brittany Dorris, 5th grade teacher and strike ca...

Political Cults, Part 2 Ft. Andrew: Spooky Week #5

02 Nov 2023

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Andrew tells Garrison about the far-right Trotsky inspired cult leader Lyndon Larouche.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Political Cults, Part 1 Ft. Andrew: Spooky Week #4

01 Nov 2023

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Andrew talks with Garrison about cult formations within political groups.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ghost in the Machine, Part 2: Spooky Week #2

31 Oct 2023

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At the Oregon Ghost Conference, Garrison learns their secret angel name, and how demonic internet cryptids are being summoned by abortions.See omnystu...

Ghost in the Machine, Part 1: Spooky Week #2

30 Oct 2023

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Garrison travels to the Oregon Ghost Conference to uncover the truth of how spectral phenomenon permeates our culture.See omnystudio.com/listener for ...

CZM Book Club: The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion: Part Four

29 Oct 2023

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In this episode of the Cool Zone Media Book Club, Margaret Killjoy reads the final two chapters of her folk horror novella the Lamb Will Slaughter the...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 104

28 Oct 2023

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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 throu...

The Secret History of Chocolate: Spooky Week #1

27 Oct 2023

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To begin spooky week we walk through the 500 years of unfathomable horror that produced the chocolate we eat todaySee omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate

26 Oct 2023

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James talked to Raina from the Palestinian Journalists syndicate about the difficulties and dangers faced by journalists  in Gaza and the importance ...

Which Messaging App is Truly Secure?

25 Oct 2023

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Robert sits down with Cooper Quinton and Caroline Sinders from the Tech Policy Press to discuss encrypted messaging apps, and which are really secure....

Drone Strikes in Rojava

24 Oct 2023

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James is joined by Robert, Shereen, and Gare to discuss the drone strikes in North and East Syria after his recent trip to the region.See omnystudio.c...

Anti-Zionist Activism with Sim Kern

23 Oct 2023

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Shereen is joined by author and journalist Sim Kern to talk about the need to separate Jewish identity from Israel and the importance of Jewish anti-z...

CZM Book Club: The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion: Part Three

22 Oct 2023

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In this episode of the Cool Zone Media Book Club, Margaret Killjoy continues reading the next two chapters of her folk horror novella the Lamb Will Sl...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 103

21 Oct 2023

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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 throu...

A Requiem for NFTs

20 Oct 2023

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Robert and Gare sit down with tech columnist Ed Zitron to do a little autopsy on the NFT "movement" and what it tells us about Big Tech today.See omny...

Discussing Palestine and Israel w/ Dahab

19 Oct 2023

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Shereen is joined by Israeli-American Dahab as he shares his perspective about the ongoing violence in Palestine and Israel, his experience as an anti...

Leaving Gaza

18 Oct 2023

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Ahmed Matar and Abdallah AlQassab talk about their experiences leaving Gaza before this latest war.  https://www.instagram.com/matargaza/  https://w...

Chaos in Congress

17 Oct 2023

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Mia and Gare discuss the removal of former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and the chaos the Republican Party's inability to replace him has cause...

The GameStop Stock Cult (ft. Folding Ideas)

16 Oct 2023

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Robert sits down with YouTuber and investigator Dan Olson to talk about his research into the cult that developed around the GameStop Stock shorting m...

CZM Book Club: The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion: Part Two

15 Oct 2023

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In this episode of the Cool Zone Media Book Club, Margaret Killjoy continues reading the next two chapters of her folk horror novella the Lamb Will Sl...

It Could Happen Here Weekly 102

14 Oct 2023

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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 throu...

Collapse of the Iron Wall

13 Oct 2023

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Shereen talks about the recent violence in Palestine and Israel, why Hamas’ surprise attack is so unprecedented, and how Gaza is suffering as a resu...

What’s Next for Stop Cop City

12 Oct 2023

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Garrison interviews Jamie Peck and Sam from the Block Cop City speaking tour to discuss the ‘nonviolent action’ planned for November 13th in Atlan...

Antifascist Roundtable, Part 2

11 Oct 2023

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We conclude our conversation with Shane, Emily, Daryle, and Michael by talking about the current state of antifascism and what lessons can be learned ...

Antifascist Roundtable, Part 1

10 Oct 2023

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We are joined by Shane Burley, Emily Gorcenski, Daryle Lamont Jenkins, and Michael Novick to discuss their personal history in Antifascism, and their ...

Watching War Behind a Screen

09 Oct 2023

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With Gaza in flames, Robert discusses the dynamics of social media, profit, and war.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.