We talk with Kyle Flannery from Strange Matters about the implicit and sometimes explicit politics hidden in board games like Settlers of Catan.

We talk with Kyle Flannery from Strange Matters about the implicit and sometimes explicit politics hidden in board games like Settlers of Catan.

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

Board Games and Settler Colonialism

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/19273320-01c6-457e-81e1-aeb60017aeba/transcript

The gang discuss escalation with Venezuela, an AI executive order, the trial of Judge Dugan, the mass shooting at Brown University, and a new travel ban.

Sources:

https://gothamist.com/news/ice-enters-nyc-shelters-armed-and-without-judicial-warrants-reports-show

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/designating-fentanyl-as-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction/ 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/ 

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70255703/united-states-v-dugan/ 

https://bsky.app/profile/klasfeldreports.com/post/3ma4gf7vm772z 

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71930356/pablo-pablo-v-lyons/  

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g562vz34ro

The gang discuss escalation with Venezuela, an AI executive order, the trial of Judge Dugan, the mass shooting at Brown University, and a new travel ban.
Sources:
<a href="https://gothamist.com/news/ice-enters-nyc-shelters-armed-and-without-judicial-warrants-reports-show">https://gothamist.com/news/ice-enters-nyc-shelters-armed-and-without-judicial-warrants-reports-show</a>
<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/designating-fentanyl-as-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/designating-fentanyl-as-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70255703/united-states-v-dugan/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70255703/united-states-v-dugan/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/klasfeldreports.com/post/3ma4gf7vm772z">https://bsky.app/profile/klasfeldreports.com/post/3ma4gf7vm772z</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71930356/pablo-pablo-v-lyons/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71930356/pablo-pablo-v-lyons/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g562vz34ro">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g562vz34ro</a>

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #46

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/9bc8ab83-fa16-489a-9e91-b3b6015bfaea/transcript

In the second of two parts, James and Andrew talk about the downfall of the revolution in Grenada and what we can learn from the failure of the revolution and the New JEWEL Movement.

Sources:

Grenada: Revolution and Invasion by Patsy Lewis et al

None Shall Escape by Fundi

In the second of two parts, James and Andrew talk about the downfall of the revolution in Grenada and what we can learn from the failure of the revolution and the New JEWEL Movement.
Sources:
Grenada: Revolution and Invasion by Patsy Lewis et al
None Shall Escape by Fundi

Grenada with Andrew, Pt. 2

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/73c4488d-47ba-4f46-844d-b3b60045d32e/transcript

In the first of two parts, James and Andrew talk about the events of the revolution in Grenada and those leading up to it.

Sources:

Grenada: Revolution and Invasion by Patsy Lewis et al

None Shall Escape by Fundi

In the first of two parts, James and Andrew talk about the events of the revolution in Grenada and those leading up to it.
Sources:
Grenada: Revolution and Invasion by Patsy Lewis et al
None Shall Escape by Fundi

Grenada with Andrew, Pt. 1

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/8569b9d0-a098-49c5-86e0-b3b6000381e9/transcript

Board Games and Settler Colonialism

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