All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. The Decline and Fall of the American Post Office Nut Country Revisited feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips They're Trying to Put Women Into Men's Prisons How Unions Can Protect Trans Rights Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #1 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Pod...
Feb 01, 2025•3 hr 29 min
In this new weekly series, the gang get together to speed run the first two weeks of Trump’s second term, his deluge of executive orders, and what they mean on the ground. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 31, 2025•39 min
Mia and Gare talk with Starbucks Workers United about their fight to secure gender affirming healthcare through unionizing and how you can too. Solidarity Pledge: https://crm.broadstripes.com/ctf/SJID0H Sources: https://sbworkersunited.org/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-sign-orders-ending-diversity-programs-proclaiming-there-are-only-two-sexes-2025-01-20/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-orders-end-federal-support-gender-affirming-care-minors-2025-01-28/ https://www.wjhl.com/news/...
Jan 30, 2025•45 min
Margaret talks with former prisoner Eric King about conditions for trans people in prison, what the new policies can mean, and how you can help advocate for people on the inside. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 29, 2025•34 min
Since before the fall of the Alamo, Texas has served as an incubator for unhinged conspiracy theories about the motives behind the Texas Revolution, feared rebellions by the enslaved, Mexican plans to retake Texas, the supposed plot by Franklin Roosevelt to impose communism in the United States, why water is being fluoridated, who killed Kennedy, and the various fever dreams of the QAnon movement. In this episode, we explore what makes Texans, and Americans in general, particularly susceptible t...
Jan 28, 2025•39 min
Mia talks with Bad Mouth, a letter carrier and organizer, and Tommy Espinoza, a former union steward, about the new awful Post Office union contract and the campaign to privatize the Post Office through sabotaging service. Sources: https://www.nalc.org https://www.fightingnalc.com https://concernedlettercarriers.com https://www.nalc.org/member-benefits/nalc-disaster-relief-foundation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 27, 2025•53 min
Margaret from the future describes the terrifying battle of ogre hill. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 26, 2025•29 min
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. The Lost Post Office Union Episode The Age of Cowards and What Happens Next How to Evacuate Your Home A Firsthand Account of the Inauguration & Trump's First Days About That Nazi Salute You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe ...
Jan 25, 2025•2 hr 50 min
Mia discusses Elon Musk's Nazi salute, why everything feels like this, and how to get out. Sources: https://apnews.com/article/jair-bolsonaro-politics-brasilia-united-states-government-florida-state-29fad1e6c79a5737641932c939021e62 https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch01.htm https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/the-invisible-committe-to-our-friends See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 24, 2025•18 min
Robert and Gare sit down with D.C. resident, Bridget Todd to discuss her experiences at the inauguration, the return of the Proud Boys, and what it all means for everyone in and out of the District. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 23, 2025•42 min
James is joined by Margaret Killjoy to talk about evacuating from wildfires and what to put in your go bag. You can hear Margaret and James talk about prepper stuff more on the Live Like The World is Dying podcast: https://www.liveliketheworldisdying.com/ Sources: https://www.fire.ca.gov/prepare/get-ready-to-go See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 22, 2025•47 min
The fascists have won. Where do we go from here, and how can we turn the tide? Robert reads an essay on just that, and Emily Gorcenski debuts a poem about the moment we've just entered. https://emilygorcenski.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 21, 2025•25 min
Somehow this episode vanished into the ether, so enjoy early 2024 Mia and now former letter carrier and union steward Tommy Espinoza discussing the state of workers rights at the Post Office. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 20, 2025•39 min
Margaret from the future reads a report from behind the Iron Curtain in fascist-occupied Spain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 19, 2025•27 min
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Mutual Aid & the LA Fires CES 2025: AI Toys Are Coming For Your Kids From Anti-Satanic Crusaders to Congresswoman: Tracing an Anti-Trans Harassment Campaign CES 2025: The Best And Worst Tech Products Coming Soon The Years of Lead Paint (Or Why There Will Be More Tesla Car Bombs) You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on A...
Jan 18, 2025•2 hr 53 min
Mia talks with writer and organizer Vicky Osterweil about the Tesla car bombing, the current state of fascism, and how to defeat it https://www.cawshinythings.com/support-us/ Sources: https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole https://davidgraeber.org/articles/a-practical-utopians-guide-to-the-coming-collapse/ https://defector.com/how-crazy-was-the-las-vegas-cybertruck-bomber See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 17, 2025•35 min
Robert and Gare sit down with a panel of traumatized experts to sum up the years first and greatest trade show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 16, 2025•38 min
Mia talks with LA trans artist Precious Child about how she was the target of a series of anti-trans harassment campaigns against her art culminating in Congresswoman Nancy Mace censoring her work. https://preciouschild.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 15, 2025•40 min
Robert and Garrison round up all the horrifying childcare products with AI jammed in them from CES 2025. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 14, 2025•31 min
James talks to Andreina from Ktownforall about the devastating fires in Los Angeles and how mutual aid groups are mobilizing to help the community. http://ktownforall.org/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 13, 2025•30 min
Margaret from the future talks about all of the terrible creatures that fascists have invented to attack internationalist forces. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 12, 2025•31 min
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Q&A 2025 2025 Predictions CES 2025: Listen to AI Executives Laughing At People Losing Their Jobs The AI 'Ick': What Big Tech Is Bringing for 2025 CES 2025: Robert and Gare Meet The Literal Devil You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and s...
Jan 11, 2025•3 hr 8 min
In this episode we explore a variety of robots and AI enabled products and meet a soulless monster from the very pit of hell itself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 10, 2025•45 min
Robert and Garrison wade through the insane fever dreams of a thousand madmen to bring you the future of consumer electronics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 09, 2025•45 min
Robert and Garrison are joined by Ed Zitron and Ed Ongweso Jr. to discuss the future of AI entertainment at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 08, 2025•38 min
The Gang sits down to lay out our predictions for 2025 and analyze how right or wrong we were about last year's predictions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 07, 2025•31 min
You asked questions, we answer them! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 06, 2025•31 min
Margaret and Mia discuss the headlines here at the start of the year 2055 during world war 3.5. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 05, 2025•23 min
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Government Small Enough to Fit in Your Bedroom feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips CZM Rewind: Police Drones and You CZM Rewind: You Already Know How to Organize Anarchism in Gran Columbia feat. Andrew Anarchism in Central America feat. Andrew You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open yo...
Jan 04, 2025•3 hr 7 min
Andrew talks with Gare about the spread of anarchist and labor movements in the smaller states of Central America and the Caribbean including Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. Sources: Cappelletti, Angel. (2018). Anarchism in Latin America . AK Press. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 03, 2025•31 min