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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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 “Coo...
Mar 08, 2025•3 hr 58 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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/ ...
Mar 06, 2025•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast James talks to Kevin McDonald about the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the history and future of peacekeeping there. Buy Kevin's book: https://www.mayobooks.ie/A-Life-Less-Ordinary-Kevin-McDonald See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 03, 2025•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Margaret from the future reports on the dinosaur creche in Finland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 02, 2025•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. The President of Argentina's Meme Coin Scandal How Trump is Changing Trans Healthcare Textbooks and Holy Books feat. Steven Moncelli & Dr. Michael Phillips Democratic Insiders Are Sharing A Warning About Curtis Yarvin, Elon Musk & Neoreactionaries Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #5 You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, availa...
Mar 01, 2025•3 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast The gang talks about Germany's election, USAID, the new podcast driven FBI, and how gay the Navy may or may not be. Sources: https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-reins-in-independent-agencies-to-restore-a-government-that-answers-to-the-american-people/ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/trump-signs-order-declaring-only-president-and-ag-can-interpret-us-law-for-executive-branch/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/reevaluat...
Feb 28, 2025•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Robert walks the audience through a document being shared by DNC employees and think tank workers about the threat Curtis Yarvin and Elon Musk pose to democracy. Read Robert's full piece on Substack: https://shatterzone.substack.com/p/democratic-insiders-are-sharing-a See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 27, 2025•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast American school children receive two distinct versions of United States history depending on what state they live in: one version of the American past aimed to meet the curricular demands of the largest market, California, and an often strikingly different version to meet the increasingly rightwing expectations of the Texas legislature. Most of the other states in the union pick between the two. This episode will examine how this situation developed, the increasing national influence of one Texa...
Feb 26, 2025•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Two healthcare providers at federally qualified healthcare centers join James and Gare to discuss how providers can organize to take care of their trans patients under the Trump administration. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 25, 2025•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mia and crypto journalist Molly White take a vacation from the horror of American politics to discuss Argentina's president Javier Milei promoting a pump and dump meme coin as Mia attempts to explain Peronism. https://bsky.app/profile/molly.wiki Sources: https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-77/ https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-main-stock-index-falls-after-milei-crypto-scandal-2025-02-17/ https://crimethinc.com/2024/06/17/six-months-in-a-neoliberal-dystopia-social-cannibalism-ver...
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Margaret from the future relays the last message from Mx. Bunny Face Murder. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 23, 2025•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Coffee Unions Spread to Peet's Defining Anarchism feat. Andrew Mutuality feat. Andrew Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #4 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 today! http://apple.co/coolerzone Sou...
Feb 22, 2025•2 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast The gang get together to discuss White House plans to make Donald Trump king, house migrants in a prison James visited in Panama, and Make America Healthy Again by making it harder to access medicine. We also catch up with Elon Musk, as apartheid's favorite son continues his rampage through the federal government. Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/world/americas/trump-migrant-deportation-panama.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare https://www.whitehouse.gov/pres...
Feb 21, 2025•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Andrew and Mia discuss how an anarchist society functions, how people can relate to each other, and how our current society conspires to keep us from being free. Links: Debt by David Graeber: https://www.libertarian-labyrinth.org/glossary/a-new-glossary/ Antinomies of Democracy by Shawn Wilbur: https://humaniterations.net/2016/12/28/the-distinct-radicalism-of-anarchism/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 20, 2025•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Andrew and Mia discuss what anarchism actually is as an ethic and a practice. Links: https://davidgraeber.org/interviews/david-graeber-on-acting-like-an-anarchist/ https://www.libertarian-labyrinth.org/glossary/a-new-glossary/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 19, 2025•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mia talks with Dino and Cole, two organizers with the Peet's Labor Union, about their ongoing campaign and how the rise of delivery services has increased their exploitation. https://linktr.ee/peetslaborunion https://peetslaborunion.org @peetslaborunion https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLR6ZV4VZRBPT/checkout/2KLSQDHYHY7D3GNP7YUX62CD See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 18, 2025•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast A chance to listen to the first scripted series on Myanmar again and hear the stories of how people there stayed in the streets and refused to accept dictatorship. For new listeners, the second series on Myanmar begins here: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/how-to-build-a-revolution-myanmar-104249884/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 17, 2025•2 hr 36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Margaret from the future tells you about Mx. Bunny Face Murder's childhood. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 16, 2025•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Why Trump Wants to Conquer Canada How the Federal Government Fell Constitutional Law Professor Reacts What's Happening To Gaza Under Trump: An Update with Dana El-Kurd Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #3 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 “C...
Feb 15, 2025•3 hr 58 min•Transcript available on Metacast The gang discuss Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine, sanctions on the ICC, U.S. Treasury bonds and the ongoing war on wokeness. Sources: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/imposing-sanctions-on-the-international-criminal-court/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/28/israeli-spy-chief-icc-prosecutor-war-crimes-inquiry https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2p19l24g2o https://prospect.org/economy/2025-02-11-vought-restores-cfpb-procedure-that-sustains-mortgage-ma...
Feb 14, 2025•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Robert sits down with Dana El-Kurd to discuss President Trump's surprise announcement that the U.S. plans to annex Gaza and force all Palestinians out of the area. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 13, 2025•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Garrison asks USC law professor Derek Black about attacks on the Department of Education and the dangers of expanding executive power. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 12, 2025•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Elon Musk is trying to become the CEO of America. How did we get here? Garrison unravels a timeline of catastrophe. https://shatterzone.substack.com/p/how-the-federal-government-fell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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