It Could Happen Here
It Could Happen Here
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…Social links:
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Executive Disorder: Do Americans Hate ICE & Trump Now? DHS Shutdown, Shooting in Rhode Island
The gang discuss presidential approval polls and the growing nationwide sentiment against ICE, what the partial government shutdown means for DHS, and a public domestic violence shooting being weaponized for the culture war. Sources: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/mod…
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The History of the General Strike: Shanghai 1925, A Chinese Minneapolis
Mia discusses the history of general strikes starting with another strike over armed occupiers killing unarmed protesters: the Shanghai general strike of 1925. Sources: Shanghai on Strike: The Politics of Chinese Labor: https://libcom.org/article/shanghai-strike-politics-chinese-labor From War t…
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War Tourism in the Siege of Sarajevo
James is joined by Mick and Georgio to discuss the Sarajevo Safari documentary and establish context for the investigations of people who travelled to Sarajevo to kill people during the siege of the city. Sources: https://www.icty.org/x/cases/dragomir_milosevic/trans/en/070222ED.htm?utm_source=cop…
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Canada's Latest School Shooting: What We Know
Garrison and Lance from The Serfs discuss the online right’s attempt to weaponize the tragedy, misinformation about the shooter’s politics, and how the shooter's online footprint shows a growing obsession with other mass shooters. Sources: https://www.isdglobal.org/digital-dispatch/terror-with…
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CZM Book Club: Black Hole, by November Rush
Happy Valentine's Day! Margaret reads you a story about codependent lesbian mushroom parasites.
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It Could Happen Here Weekly 219
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot - Normalcy feat. Andrew - Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons - The Art of Petty with Prop & Amanda Nelson - Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime S…
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Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime Show, Pam Bondi’s Epstein Hearing & ICE Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos
The gang discuss the All American Halftime Show featuring Kid Rock and Friends, a student walkout in Chicago protesting ICE, a Washington State bill restricting 3D printers, Pam Bondi’s congressional testimony on the mishandling of the Epstein files, and immigration updates. Sources: https://rum…
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The Art of Petty with Prop & Amanda Nelson
In the raging pile of slop that is social media, every once in a while you stumble across someone doing something genuinely amazing. That’s how Prop found Amanda Nelson, the creator behind Amanda’s Mild Takes, where she delivers comprehensive breakdowns of politics and history and artfully drags th…
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Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons
James is joined by Sam Hamilton to discuss how people in Social Circle, GA are organizing against an 8,000 person detention facility that ICE is planning to build in a warehouse in their community. Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/24/ice-immigrants-detention-warehouses-dep…
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Normalcy feat. Andrew
Andrew and James talk about the idea of “normalcy” and the bias towards it.
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