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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.

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As long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be—and fight to be—free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.

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Your storytime podcast for a troubled world and for those who dream of better tomorrows, Cool Zone Media Book Club brings you fiction that is one part provocative and one part cozy. Read to you by host Margaret Killjoy, this is the only book club where you don&rsquo;t have to do the reading, because we do it for you.

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CZM Book Club: After the Dance by Leo Tolstoy

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Dana El Kurd speaks to Negar Razavi, a political anthropologist at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies. Dana and Negar discuss conditions in Iran today, the impact the war has had on the regime and on regional dynamics, and how the “experts” in DC are implicated in this disaster.

Sources:

Mohammad Ali Kadivar on the Iranian regime’s popular mobilization - https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/why-the-iranian-regime-owns-the-streets/

Moustafa Bayoumi on the anti-Palestinian roots of Islamophobia - https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/may/23/islamophobia-us-palestine-history  

Negar Razavi’s website - https://negarsrazavi.com/ 

Dana El Kurd speaks to Negar Razavi, a political anthropologist at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies. Dana and Negar discuss conditions in Iran today, the impact the war has had on the regime and on regional dynamics, and how the &ldquo;experts&rdquo; in DC are implicated in this disaster.
Sources:
Mohammad Ali Kadivar on the Iranian regime&rsquo;s popular mobilization - <a href="https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/why-the-iranian-regime-owns-the-streets/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="56097b6b-eaef-4b2e-ba01-e8a4918470ab">https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/why-the-iranian-regime-owns-the-streets/</a>
Moustafa Bayoumi on the anti-Palestinian roots of Islamophobia - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/may/23/islamophobia-us-palestine-history" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="9f3a7370-2221-42da-8a3b-6ace18c3e70d">https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/may/23/islamophobia-us-palestine-history</a> &nbsp;
Negar Razavi&rsquo;s website - <a href="https://negarsrazavi.com/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="b2746032-fb9a-473b-a4b7-3ea0367914d2">https://negarsrazavi.com/</a>&nbsp;

The War on Iran and Convergences of Fascism

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Garrison and Sophie talk about the long awaited DNC 2024 election autopsy, its many factual errors, contradictory analysis, and the glaring omissions from Palestine to inflation and Biden’s age. 

Sources:

https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/May-20-2026.pdf 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/01/ken-martin-elected-dnc-party-chair-00201938

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-inside-story 

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/heres-what-i-told-the-dnc-autopsy-biden-harris-2024-lessons-democrats-2028

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-takeaways-vis

Garrison and Sophie talk about the long awaited DNC 2024 election autopsy, its many factual errors, contradictory analysis, and the glaring omissions from Palestine to inflation and Biden&rsquo;s age.&nbsp;
Sources:
<a href="https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/May-20-2026.pdf">https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/May-20-2026.pdf</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/01/ken-martin-elected-dnc-party-chair-00201938">https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/01/ken-martin-elected-dnc-party-chair-00201938</a> 
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-inside-story">https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-inside-story</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/heres-what-i-told-the-dnc-autopsy-biden-harris-2024-lessons-democrats-2028">https://www.thebulwark.com/p/heres-what-i-told-the-dnc-autopsy-biden-harris-2024-lessons-democrats-2028</a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-takeaways-vis">https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-takeaways-vis</a>

What’s In the DNC’s 2024 Autopsy

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Mia talks with Morgan and Rene of Muji Workers United about their struggle for a union and how ordinary people out-organized their bosses.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/MujiWorkersUnited
https://www.instagram.com/mujiworkersunited.pdx/

Mia talks with Morgan and Rene of Muji Workers United about their struggle for a union and how ordinary people out-organized their bosses.<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/MujiWorkersUnited"></a>
<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/MujiWorkersUnited">https://www.gofundme.com/f/MujiWorkersUnited </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mujiworkersunited.pdx/">https://www.instagram.com/mujiworkersunited.pdx/</a>

How to Potluck Your Way to a Union

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CZM Book Club: After the Dance by Leo Tolstoy

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