Robert, James, Mia, and Gare talk about the comedians who sold their soul to perform stand up for the royal family in Saudi Arabia.

Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37598413

https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/02/yemen-coalition-bus-bombing-apparent-war-crime

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37598413

Robert, James, Mia, and Gare talk about the comedians who sold their soul to perform stand up for the royal family in Saudi Arabia.
Sources:
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37598413">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37598413</a>
<a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/02/yemen-coalition-bus-bombing-apparent-war-crime">https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/02/yemen-coalition-bus-bombing-apparent-war-crime</a>
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37598413">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37598413</a>

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.

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.

It Could Happen Here

The Riyadh Comedy Festival

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Mia discusses the impact of the Supreme Court dismantling the Voting Rights Act and how it marks a return to overt Jim Crow white supremacy.

Sources:


https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/louisiana-v-callais/

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-4/


https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-gives-immediate-effect-to-voting-rights-act-decision/


https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/after-major-voting-rights-ruling-parties-dispute-whether-the-court-should-finalize-decision-imme/


https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-clears-way-for-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-blocked-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/


https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5872963-supreme-court-voting-rights/


https://www.ms.now/opinion/supreme-court-louisiana-callais-black-vote-warning


https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/12/voting_rights_scotus


https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/supreme-court-alabama-voting-sotomayor-dissent-alito.html

Mia discusses the impact of the Supreme Court dismantling the Voting Rights Act and how it marks a return to overt Jim Crow white supremacy.
Sources: 
<a href="https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/louisiana-v-callais/">https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/louisiana-v-callais/</a>
<a href="https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-4/">https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-4/ </a>
<a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-gives-immediate-effect-to-voting-rights-act-decision/">https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-gives-immediate-effect-to-voting-rights-act-decision/ </a>
<a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/after-major-voting-rights-ruling-parties-dispute-whether-the-court-should-finalize-decision-imme/">https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/after-major-voting-rights-ruling-parties-dispute-whether-the-court-should-finalize-decision-imme/ </a><a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-clears-way-for-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-blocked-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/"></a>
<a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-clears-way-for-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-blocked-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/">https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-clears-way-for-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-blocked-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/ </a><a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5872963-supreme-court-voting-rights/"></a>
<a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5872963-supreme-court-voting-rights/">https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5872963-supreme-court-voting-rights/ </a><a href="https://www.ms.now/opinion/supreme-court-louisiana-callais-black-vote-warning"></a>
<a href="https://www.ms.now/opinion/supreme-court-louisiana-callais-black-vote-warning">https://www.ms.now/opinion/supreme-court-louisiana-callais-black-vote-warning </a><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/12/voting_rights_scotus"></a>
<a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/12/voting_rights_scotus">https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/12/voting_rights_scotus </a><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/supreme-court-alabama-voting-sotomayor-dissent-alito.html"></a>
<a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/supreme-court-alabama-voting-sotomayor-dissent-alito.html">https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/supreme-court-alabama-voting-sotomayor-dissent-alito.html</a>

The Return of Jim Crow

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Andrew and Mia talk about the political of viewing humans as parasites.

Sources:

Progress by Samuel Miller McDonald

Worshiping Power by Peter Gelderloos

Andrew and Mia talk about the political of viewing humans as parasites.
Sources:
Progress by Samuel Miller McDonald
Worshiping Power by Peter Gelderloos

Parasitism with Andrew

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/2e846a80-ce01-4df5-867a-b448015f6972/transcript

Garrison and Robert discuss how the new White House counterterrorism strategy targets anarchists, antifa, and “extreme transgender ideology,” while using terrorism to justify military strikes and regime change.

Sources:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf

https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NSCT.pdf 

https://icct.nl/sites/default/files/import/publication/NSC-1v2.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20210615130908/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/National-Strategy-for-Countering-Domestic-Terrorism.pdf


https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches-and-testimony/confronting-white-supremacy-examining-the-biden-administrations-counterterrorism-strategy-langan-092921 

https://web.archive.org/web/20210615101231/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/15/fact-sheet-national-strategy-for-countering-domestic-terrorism/


https://www.gao.gov/blog/rising-threat-domestic-terrorism-u.s.-and-federal-efforts-combat-it


https://uncoverdc.com/2023/02/08/the-fbi-doubles-down-on-christians-and-white-supremacy-in-2023/


https://angelusnews.com/news/nation/fbi-memo-investigation-update/


https://defendinged.org/press-releases/full-nsba-letter-to-biden-administration-and-department-of-justice-memo/


https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-judiciary-republicans-doj-labeled-dozens-of-parents-as-terrorist


https://www.justice.gov/archives/ag/file/1170061-0/dl?inline= 

https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism

Garrison and Robert discuss how the new White House counterterrorism strategy targets anarchists, antifa, and &ldquo;extreme transgender ideology,&rdquo; while using terrorism to justify military strikes and regime change.
Sources:
<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf">https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf</a> 
<a href="https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NSCT.pdf">https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NSCT.pdf</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://icct.nl/sites/default/files/import/publication/NSC-1v2.pdf">https://icct.nl/sites/default/files/import/publication/NSC-1v2.pdf</a> 
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210615130908/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/National-Strategy-for-Countering-Domestic-Terrorism.pdf">https://web.archive.org/web/20210615130908/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/National-Strategy-for-Countering-Domestic-Terrorism.pdf</a> <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches-and-testimony/confronting-white-supremacy-examining-the-biden-administrations-counterterrorism-strategy-langan-092921"></a>
<a href="https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches-and-testimony/confronting-white-supremacy-examining-the-biden-administrations-counterterrorism-strategy-langan-092921">https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches-and-testimony/confronting-white-supremacy-examining-the-biden-administrations-counterterrorism-strategy-langan-092921</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210615101231/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/15/fact-sheet-national-strategy-for-countering-domestic-terrorism/">https://web.archive.org/web/20210615101231/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/15/fact-sheet-national-strategy-for-countering-domestic-terrorism/</a> <a href="https://www.gao.gov/blog/rising-threat-domestic-terrorism-u.s.-and-federal-efforts-combat-it"></a>
<a href="https://www.gao.gov/blog/rising-threat-domestic-terrorism-u.s.-and-federal-efforts-combat-it">https://www.gao.gov/blog/rising-threat-domestic-terrorism-u.s.-and-federal-efforts-combat-it </a><a href="https://uncoverdc.com/2023/02/08/the-fbi-doubles-down-on-christians-and-white-supremacy-in-2023/"></a>
<a href="https://uncoverdc.com/2023/02/08/the-fbi-doubles-down-on-christians-and-white-supremacy-in-2023/">https://uncoverdc.com/2023/02/08/the-fbi-doubles-down-on-christians-and-white-supremacy-in-2023/</a> <a href="https://angelusnews.com/news/nation/fbi-memo-investigation-update/"></a>
<a href="https://angelusnews.com/news/nation/fbi-memo-investigation-update/">https://angelusnews.com/news/nation/fbi-memo-investigation-update/ </a><a href="https://defendinged.org/press-releases/full-nsba-letter-to-biden-administration-and-department-of-justice-memo/"></a>
<a href="https://defendinged.org/press-releases/full-nsba-letter-to-biden-administration-and-department-of-justice-memo/">https://defendinged.org/press-releases/full-nsba-letter-to-biden-administration-and-department-of-justice-memo/ </a><a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-judiciary-republicans-doj-labeled-dozens-of-parents-as-terrorist"></a>
<a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-judiciary-republicans-doj-labeled-dozens-of-parents-as-terrorist">https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-judiciary-republicans-doj-labeled-dozens-of-parents-as-terrorist</a> <a href="https://www.justice.gov/archives/ag/file/1170061-0/dl?inline="></a>
<a href="https://www.justice.gov/archives/ag/file/1170061-0/dl?inline=">https://www.justice.gov/archives/ag/file/1170061-0/dl?inline=</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism">https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism</a>

Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy and the Spectre of Left-Wing Violence

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