The gang kicks off spooky week with a discussion of Bigfoot, The Chupacabra and the curse the California Parks service accidentally put on itself.

The gang kicks off spooky week with a discussion of Bigfoot, The Chupacabra and the curse the California Parks service accidentally put on itself.

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

Cryptids and Curses: Spooky Week #1

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Mia is joined by writer Vicky Osterweil to discuss the rollercoaster of the Korean stock market and how it’s gambling all the way down

Sources:
https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmale.bsky.social/post/3mp7473bzrs2e 
https://www.investopedia.com/single-stock-etf-5667162 
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-kospi-plunges-nearly-10-after-regulator-cautions-leveraged-etfs-2026-06-23/ 
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-watchdog-regrets-rushed-launch-leveraged-etfs-considering-measures-2026-06-22/ 
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/south-korea-market-watchdog-issues-warning-leveraged-stock-investments-2026-06-18/ 
https://www.barrons.com/articles/sk-hynix-stock-kospi-2503fa2d 
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260626005600320 
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/investing/tech-stocks-nasdaq-kospi 
https://www.businessinsider.com/korea-kospi-stock-market-price-today-nikkei-softbank-tech-selloff-2026-6 

Mia is joined by writer Vicky Osterweil to discuss the rollercoaster of the Korean stock market and how it&rsquo;s gambling all the way down
Sources: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmale.bsky.social/post/3mp7473bzrs2e">https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmale.bsky.social/post/3mp7473bzrs2e</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.investopedia.com/single-stock-etf-5667162">https://www.investopedia.com/single-stock-etf-5667162</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-kospi-plunges-nearly-10-after-regulator-cautions-leveraged-etfs-2026-06-23/">https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-kospi-plunges-nearly-10-after-regulator-cautions-leveraged-etfs-2026-06-23/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-watchdog-regrets-rushed-launch-leveraged-etfs-considering-measures-2026-06-22/">https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-watchdog-regrets-rushed-launch-leveraged-etfs-considering-measures-2026-06-22/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/south-korea-market-watchdog-issues-warning-leveraged-stock-investments-2026-06-18/">https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/south-korea-market-watchdog-issues-warning-leveraged-stock-investments-2026-06-18/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/sk-hynix-stock-kospi-2503fa2d">https://www.barrons.com/articles/sk-hynix-stock-kospi-2503fa2d</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260626005600320">https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260626005600320</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/investing/tech-stocks-nasdaq-kospi">https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/investing/tech-stocks-nasdaq-kospi</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/korea-kospi-stock-market-price-today-nikkei-softbank-tech-selloff-2026-6">https://www.businessinsider.com/korea-kospi-stock-market-price-today-nikkei-softbank-tech-selloff-2026-6</a>&nbsp;

The Fakest Economy of All Time

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James is joined by Elia Ayoub to talk about how British media framing paved the way to a Pogrom in Northern Ireland. 

Sources:

https://chuffed.org/project/185445-support-people-and-groups-impacted-by-racist-attacks  
https://shado-mag.com/articles/opinion/the-belfast-pogrom-was-predictable/  
https://eliaayoub.com/  

 

James is joined by Elia Ayoub to talk about how British media framing paved the way to a Pogrom in Northern Ireland.&nbsp;
Sources:
<a href="https://chuffed.org/project/185445-support-people-and-groups-impacted-by-racist-attacks">https://chuffed.org/project/185445-support-people-and-groups-impacted-by-racist-attacks</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://shado-mag.com/articles/opinion/the-belfast-pogrom-was-predictable/">https://shado-mag.com/articles/opinion/the-belfast-pogrom-was-predictable/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://eliaayoub.com/">https://eliaayoub.com/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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The Media Context for the Belfast Pogrom

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Margaret reads you two stories and a poem from an anthology of young, Palestinian authors

Margaret reads you two stories and a poem from an anthology of young, Palestinian authors

CZM Book Club: Two Stories from Gaza Writes Back, edited by Refaat Alareer

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Cryptids and Curses: Spooky Week #1

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