It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.
Shereen and James are back to go through the Deir Yassin massacre and history of the Nakba, or “the catastrophe,” and how this violent expulsion and destruction of Palestinian society in 1948 still has devastating repercussions 75 years later. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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James talks to two members of the Borderlands Relief Collective about their work dropping water on the border and how Border Patrol destroyed lifesaving humanitarian aid supplies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
James and Robert sit down with members of the Anarchist Black Cross and the campaign to free Marius Mason to discuss solidarity with incarcerated anarchists” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mia talks with electoral analyst Ali about the recent elections in Chicago, Michigan, and beyond and their implications for policing, abortion, and the continued existence of what passes for democracy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Shereen and James discuss the fire in a detention facility in Juarez and how Biden’s border policies kill people trying to cross the border. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Robert, James, and Gare sit down to discuss Trump’s indictment and what it means for the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Andrew talks with Gare and Mia about how the myth of the "noble savage" has been used to delegitimize and oppress Indigenous societies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sophie and James are joined by Margaret Killjoy to discuss how to make dirty water safe to drink. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today, Robert gives everyone a break from sad stuff by telling Gare and Mia the legend of Troy Hurtubise, a man who dedicated his life to building power armor to fight bears in. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Robert sits down with Noah Giansiracusa, math professor at Bentley University, to talk about the reasonable and unreasonable fears people have over AI. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mia walks Gare and James through past bad mayor Lori Lightfoot's tumultuous term before turning to the school destroying career of potential future mayor Paul Vallas See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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James talks to several members of the UCSD Dollar Lunch Club about how their mutual aid group evolved out of the no vote campaign and how we can use food as a tool for organizing and building community. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mia continues her conversation with Nick about the recent strikes and how rank and file pressure and organization can transform unions https://action.rcn.org.uk/page/117402/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=internal See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mia talks with Nick, a resident nurse from the UK, about the events that led to the unprecedented nurses strikes sweeping through the UK. https://action.rcn.org.uk/page/117402/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=internal See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Robert, Gare, and James discuss the covenant school shooting, what we know about the shooter, and how the shooting has been covered in right wing and centrist media. https://shatterzone.substack.com/p/the-covenant-school-shooter-and-right See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Robert sits down with Nick Waters, a war crimes analyst, researcher and charming fellow, to talk about the International Criminal Court and Vladdy Puts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Raina, Eric, and John from Shift Change discuss their vision for what National Nurses United could be and how a democratic and responsible union can build power for everyone. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Raina, Eric, and John from Shift Change, the first slate of rank and file workers ever to run for National Nurses United's Council of Presidents, tell the story of how being isolated, lied to, and forced to take deals seemingly cut by union staff behind their backs led them to make history and fight to change the largest nurses union in the US. https://www.gofundme.com/f/shift-change-cna-nnoc-slate-2023-campaign?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1 http...
Mia talks with film maker Tiffany Yang the politics of the Asian American family and queerness in media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Andrew talks with Gare and Mia about the history of Garden Cities and how a Georgist urban planning idea inspired Walt Disney (pejorative). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
James, Gare, and Mia sit down to talk about Todd Gloria’s anti homeless policies, defunding the libraries, and his incredibly cringe music video. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Mia, Gare and Margaret Killjoy discuss how to fight back across multiple terrains. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Garrison and Mia are joined by Margaret Killjoy to discuss the year's violent escalation in anti-trans rhetoric and the legislation they've produced. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
From milking machines to testicle tanning, the gang tells four stories of semen based conspiracy theories and quack science spreading across the online conservative right. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Shereen recaps some events in Palestine in 2022 that led to it being the deadliest year in the West Bank in decades. She also discusses Israel’s far-right government and the recently-appointed ultranationalist ministers who will only take it further in that direction. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
