James reads Margaret the first chapter of his new book

James reads Margaret the first chapter of his new book

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’t have to do the reading, because we do it for you.

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.

Cool Zone Media Book Club

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

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.

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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CZM Book Club: Against the State by James Stout

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The gang discuss election fraud claims in California, a pogrom targeting immigrants in Northern Ireland, DOJ investigations into healthcare for trans youth, new denaturalization cases against 17 people, and Greg Bovino’s potential 2028 presidential run. 

Sources: 

https://www.independent.com/2026/06/04/new-details-emerge-about-leadup-to-largest-fire-in-channel-islands-history/

https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-reports-19th-death-of-2026-georgian


https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.293201/gov.uscourts.mad.293201.106.0.pdf


https://x.com/JacobEngels/status/2062157399255847030?s=20 

https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2026CF000289&countyNo=55&index=0&mode=details 

https://www.whois.com/whois/bovino2028.com 

https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2064422223541154065?s=20


https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2/text 

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/whats-in-the-secure-america-act/


https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/compromised-votes-still-being-counted-right-wing-media-promote-election-misinformation

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116690027934241490


https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28199744-dorcasopn060526/ 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-moves-strip-us-citizenship-17-naturalized-sex-offenders-fraudsters-drug 

https://files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-26-108886/index.html 

https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/docs/2026/06/25-5087-2176040.pdf


https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-secures-landmark-resolution-end-pediatric-gender-affirming-care-and


https://www.acluok.org/news/senate-bill-904-faq/


https://www.aclu.org/qa-coe-et-al-v-blanche


https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-parents-say-mount-sinai-plans-to-share-trans-childrens-records-with-trump-administration


https://gothamist.com/news/mamdani-admin-weighs-how-to-provide-care-for-nyc-trans-kids-amid-trump-backlash

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/06/transcript--mayor-mamdani-appears-on-wnyc-s-the-brian-lehrer-sho


https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/metropolitan/services/lgbtq-health-center/  

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/us/julio-sosa-celis-ice-minneapolis-shooting.html 

https://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2026/May/castro-arrested

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2064457103134343170?s=20 

https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2064393192162660733?s=20 

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2064290478091067601?s=20 

https://t.co/lY0s8D3jZy 

https://x.com/DanLamothe/status/2064336646376505687?s=20 

https://x.com/Reuters/status/2064794729477447978?s=20

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/09/europe/northern-ireland-knife-attack-belfast-intl

https://bsky.app/profile/enddbelfast.bsky.social/post/3mnxbrtzgsk2y

The gang discuss election fraud claims in California, a pogrom targeting immigrants in Northern Ireland, DOJ investigations into healthcare for trans youth, new denaturalization cases against 17 people, and Greg Bovino&rsquo;s potential 2028 presidential run.&nbsp;
Sources:&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.independent.com/2026/06/04/new-details-emerge-about-leadup-to-largest-fire-in-channel-islands-history/">https://www.independent.com/2026/06/04/new-details-emerge-about-leadup-to-largest-fire-in-channel-islands-history/</a>
<a href="https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-reports-19th-death-of-2026-georgian">https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-reports-19th-death-of-2026-georgian </a>
<a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.293201/gov.uscourts.mad.293201.106.0.pdf">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.293201/gov.uscourts.mad.293201.106.0.pdf </a>
<a href="https://x.com/JacobEngels/status/2062157399255847030?s=20">https://x.com/JacobEngels/status/2062157399255847030?s=20</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2026CF000289&amp;countyNo=55&amp;index=0&amp;mode=details">https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2026CF000289&amp;countyNo=55&amp;index=0&amp;mode=details</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.whois.com/whois/bovino2028.com">https://www.whois.com/whois/bovino2028.com</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2064422223541154065?s=20">https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2064422223541154065?s=20 </a><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2/text"></a>
<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2/text">https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2/text</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/whats-in-the-secure-america-act/">https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/whats-in-the-secure-america-act/</a> 
<a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/compromised-votes-still-being-counted-right-wing-media-promote-election-misinformation">https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/compromised-votes-still-being-counted-right-wing-media-promote-election-misinformation</a> 
<a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116690027934241490">https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116690027934241490 </a>
<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28199744-dorcasopn060526/">https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28199744-dorcasopn060526/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-moves-strip-us-citizenship-17-naturalized-sex-offenders-fraudsters-drug">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-moves-strip-us-citizenship-17-naturalized-sex-offenders-fraudsters-drug</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-26-108886/index.html">https://files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-26-108886/index.html</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/docs/2026/06/25-5087-2176040.pdf">https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/docs/2026/06/25-5087-2176040.pdf </a>
<a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-secures-landmark-resolution-end-pediatric-gender-affirming-care-and">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-secures-landmark-resolution-end-pediatric-gender-affirming-care-and </a><a href="https://www.acluok.org/news/senate-bill-904-faq/"></a>
<a href="https://www.acluok.org/news/senate-bill-904-faq/">https://www.acluok.org/news/senate-bill-904-faq/ </a><a href="https://www.aclu.org/qa-coe-et-al-v-blanche"></a>
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/qa-coe-et-al-v-blanche">https://www.aclu.org/qa-coe-et-al-v-blanche </a>
<a href="https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-parents-say-mount-sinai-plans-to-share-trans-childrens-records-with-trump-administration">https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-parents-say-mount-sinai-plans-to-share-trans-childrens-records-with-trump-administration </a>
<a href="https://gothamist.com/news/mamdani-admin-weighs-how-to-provide-care-for-nyc-trans-kids-amid-trump-backlash">https://gothamist.com/news/mamdani-admin-weighs-how-to-provide-care-for-nyc-trans-kids-amid-trump-backlash</a> 
<a href="https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/06/transcript--mayor-mamdani-appears-on-wnyc-s-the-brian-lehrer-sho">https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/06/transcript--mayor-mamdani-appears-on-wnyc-s-the-brian-lehrer-sho </a>
<a href="https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/metropolitan/services/lgbtq-health-center/">https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/metropolitan/services/lgbtq-health-center/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/us/julio-sosa-celis-ice-minneapolis-shooting.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/us/julio-sosa-celis-ice-minneapolis-shooting.html</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2026/May/castro-arrested">https://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2026/May/castro-arrested</a> 
<a href="https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2064457103134343170?s=20">https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2064457103134343170?s=20</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2064393192162660733?s=20">https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2064393192162660733?s=20</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2064290478091067601?s=20">https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2064290478091067601?s=20</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://t.co/lY0s8D3jZy">https://t.co/lY0s8D3jZy</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/DanLamothe/status/2064336646376505687?s=20">https://x.com/DanLamothe/status/2064336646376505687?s=20</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/Reuters/status/2064794729477447978?s=20">https://x.com/Reuters/status/2064794729477447978?s=20</a> 
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/09/europe/northern-ireland-knife-attack-belfast-intl">https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/09/europe/northern-ireland-knife-attack-belfast-intl</a>
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/enddbelfast.bsky.social/post/3mnxbrtzgsk2y">https://bsky.app/profile/enddbelfast.bsky.social/post/3mnxbrtzgsk2y</a>

Executive Disorder: Pogrom in Belfast, Trans Healthcare, Denaturalization Cases 

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/f1c6b831-3c40-440a-b039-b4660137775f/transcript

Dana El Kurd speaks to Andrew Leber, assistant professor of political science and Middle East and North Africa politics, with an expertise in Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf states. Andrew outlines the different positions of the Gulf states in response to the ongoing war on Iran, the competing visions for the region posed by the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and the role of Israel in their calculations. 

Sources:

Andrew Leber’s profile and articles - https://carnegieendowment.org/people/andrew-leber 

How Palestine is linked to domestic grievances - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13510347.2022.2038567

Dana El Kurd speaks to Andrew Leber, assistant professor of political science and Middle East and North Africa politics, with an expertise in Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf states. Andrew outlines the different positions of the Gulf states in response to the ongoing war on Iran, the competing visions for the region posed by the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and the role of Israel in their calculations.&nbsp;
Sources:
Andrew Leber&rsquo;s profile and articles - <a href="https://carnegieendowment.org/people/andrew-leber" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="80658420-124a-4674-a724-64be2c2554d7">https://carnegieendowment.org/people/andrew-leber</a>&nbsp;
How Palestine is linked to domestic grievances - <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13510347.2022.2038567" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="7a1f98a8-1157-44f6-b8c7-38caec3ad6ab">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13510347.2022.2038567</a>

The Arab Gulf States in the Line of Fire

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/cc3a2683-3e70-4bfc-9b8e-b466003362b7/transcript

Andrew talks with Garrison about how the jailing of political prisoners in Spain  inadvertently sparked the Filipino labor movement and helped globalize the anti-imperialist struggle of the late 19th and early 20th century.

Andrew talks with Garrison about how the jailing of political prisoners in Spain&nbsp; inadvertently sparked the Filipino labor movement and helped globalize the anti-imperialist struggle of the late 19th and early 20th century.

The Globalization of Resistance with Andrew

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/91cdc432-74a0-46c2-82a7-b46500425b7b/transcript

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