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. Sources: https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/autism/114853 https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/health/fda-vaccine-peter-marks-resigns/index.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/trump-administration-hiv-research-grant-cuts https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-to-gut-vaccine-promotion-and-hiv-prevention-office-sources-say/ https://arch...
Apr 02, 2025•29 min
Andrew and James continue their discussion of Anarchism in Uruguay and talk about the nature of an anarchist military formation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 01, 2025•39 min
James talks to Jamie, a librarian, about the threat of federal funding being withdrawn from libraries and how listeners can help. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 31, 2025•27 min
Margaret reads an anonymously authored speculative fiction story about what people could do if large scale roundups began, and discusses it with an anarchist technology enthusiast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 30, 2025•1 hr 1 min
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 Sending Asylum Seekers to Labor Camps Miniature Ethnic Cleansing: Encampment Sweeps in Oakland Should You Flee the United States? Elon Musk Has Lost the Gamers Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #9 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 ...
Mar 29, 2025•3 hr 17 min
Verify your signal number! The gang talks about anti-genocide protesters being hunted by ICE, an update on the rendition of Venezuelan immigrants, and how a journalist learned about airstrikes in Yemen from a Trump admin group chat. Sources: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/ https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/politics/the-atlantic-publishes-signal-messages-yemen-strike/index.html https://www.congress.gov/crs-product...
Mar 28, 2025•48 min
Mia and Gare discuss the social and political role of gamers and why people like Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried spend so much effort portraying themselves as gamers. Sources: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2024/09/15/deshaun-watson-trade-details-texans-browns/75189022007/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ykCc588Zw https://thecourier.com/news/549130/browns-need-to-start-asking-questions-about-depodesta/ https://www.georgiaentertainment.com/2024/04/georgias-got-game-why-the-gaming-ind...
Mar 27, 2025•42 min
Robert, James, and Gare discuss the question of fleeing the country, various demographics under threat, and the politics of escape. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 26, 2025•35 min
Mia talks with Emma and Sathya, who do advocacy and support work for unhoused people, about Oakland's brutal regime of encampment sweeps. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 25, 2025•43 min
James and Gare discuss the rendition of 238 Venezuelan migrants to a prison labor camp in El Salvador. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 24, 2025•30 min
Margaret reads Robert Evans the second book in her Danielle Cain series. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 23, 2025•30 min
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Understanding Rojava’s Tishrin Dam Resistance Anarchism In Uruguay feat. Andrew, Pt. 1 Chuck Schumer and the Collaborators Behind the Tesla Attacks Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #8 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 ...
Mar 22, 2025•2 hr 56 min
The gang discuss the rendition of Venezuelan migrants, attacks on trans people in the military, more arrests of graduate students, and the bird flu. Sources: https://www.laprensagrafica.com/internacional/Venezuela-dice-que-no-descansara-hasta-rescatar-a-migrantes-secuestrados-en-El-Salvador-20250317-0046.html https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/politics/deportation-flights-judge-timeline/index.html https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/doj-alien-enemies-act-deportation-flights-rcna196907 https://x...
Mar 21, 2025•48 min
Protests and vandalism against Tesla spread around the world as Tesla’s stock value continues to plummet. Garrison breaks down what’s happening, and the response from Trump and Elon Musk. Sources: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-will-buy-new-tesla-show-support-musk-2025-03-11/ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-musk/trump-musk-tesla-white-house-showroom-buys-car-rcna195905 https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114141854575248527 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/01/business/...
Mar 20, 2025•27 min
Mia and James discuss how Chuck Schumer and the Democratic collaborators handed Trump extraordinary power by passing a devastating continuing government funding resolution and political core of Democratic collaboration with Trump. Sources: https://apnews.com/article/dc-budget-trump-congress-gop-29738c7281955d77075c8b98009f860e https://archive.ph/35bXs https://apnews.com/article/house-gop-budget-trump-tax-cuts-agenda-7d29a6840fa474b841228d20e5e96b55 https://time.com/7268499/senate-democrats-budge...
Mar 19, 2025•30 min
Andrew is joined by James to talk about the history of anarchism in Uruguay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 18, 2025•28 min
In an episode recorded before the agreement between the Syrian government and the SDF, James talks with Jenni Keasden (@jkeasden) about the situation in Rojava and the resistance at Tishrin Dam. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 17, 2025•43 min
Margaret reads Robert Evans the second book in her Danielle Cain series See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 16, 2025•36 min
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. How the State Created Elon Musk Candace Owens' Hollywood Tabloid Pivot feat. Bridget Todd Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest and What Comes Next Nate Silver: The Smoothest Brain On The Internet Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #7 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...
Mar 15, 2025•3 hr 1 min
Unhinged Tariff news! Deportation and detention updates! The gang discusses this and much more and also has a musical guest. Sources: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-tariffs-steel-aluminum-levies-imports-europe-china-uk-japan-rcna195810 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/business/china-tariffs-us.html https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-beijing-trump-npc-xi-trade-growth-defense-nato-communist-tariffs-rcna195271 https://fortune.com/2025/03/11/goldman-sachs-chief-economist-down...
Mar 14, 2025•39 min
Robert, James, and Gare discuss Nate Silver’s theory that tweets are proof that Elon Musk is a ‘spiky’ genius. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 13, 2025•36 min
Gare, James, and Robert discuss the ICE arrest of Mahmoud Khalil and what it means for Permanent Residents and freedom of speech. Sources: https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/additional-measures-to-combat-anti-semitism/ https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1388516/dl?inline https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-takes-forceful-and-unpreced...
Mar 12, 2025•29 min
Bridget Todd talks with Gare about how disgraced Daily Wire podcaster Candace Owens is using a celebrity scandal to rebrand her conservative politics for a normie audience. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 11, 2025•43 min
Mia and James discuss how the neoliberal state created the markets that made Elon Musk the richest man alive and how the structure of global capitalism ensured his rise. Sources: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0sg0782h https://www.axios.com/2025/01/09/tesla-clean-credits-trump https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/tesla-racked-up-greenhouse-emissions-credits-2023-other-automakers-lagged-2024-11-25/ https://www.aol.com/report-says-elon-musks-businesses-170042735.html ? https://archive.is/QyXuK...
Mar 10, 2025•34 min
Margaret reads Robert the second novella of the Danielle Cain series, Preorder the third book in the series, including all three audiobooks, on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tangled-wilderness/the-immortal-choir-holds-every-voice See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 09, 2025•28 min
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. The Future of Peacekeeping In Africa The Last Trial of the Fight Against Mountain Valley Pipeline The USA's Impending Telemedicine Cliff King Trump Yells at Congress Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #6 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 Med...
Mar 08, 2025•2 hr 58 min
War on three fronts! The gang talks about Volodymyr Zelenskyy's public humiliation ritual, military deployment at the southern border, and Trump's flip-flopping global trade war. Sources: https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4086787/pentagon-deploys-stryker-brigade-aviation-battalion-to-southern-border/ https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4086539/dod-statement-on-deployment-of-stryker-brigade-combat-team-to-help-secure-our-s/ https://www.northcom.mil/Newsro...
Mar 07, 2025•41 min
Garrison, James, and producer Sophie discuss Trump’s first joint congressional speech declaring WOKE dead, and the lackluster response from Democrats. Sources: https://www.npr.org/2025/03/05/nx-s1-5318104/trump-joint-address-congress-takeaways https://www.npr.org/2025/03/04/nx-s1-5318102/trump-joint-session-al-green-protest https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/03/05/january-littlejohn-donald-trump/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/05/trump-social-security-fraud-claims/81508815007/ See om...
Mar 06, 2025•36 min
James is joined by Venktesh Ramnath and Kaveh Hoda to discuss the potential for an end to Medicare funding for Telemedicine and challenges for healthcare under Trump. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 05, 2025•39 min
Margaret reports from her time at the trial of 12 environmentalists in Virginia who fought against a fracked gas pipeline through Appalachia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 04, 2025•24 min
