Margaret reads you a story about the far-post-apocalypse and the joy we find in one another.

Margaret reads you a story about the far-post-apocalypse and the joy we find in one another.

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.

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

Listen to this collection of top episodes from iHeartRadio and iHeartPodcasts. 

Listen to this collection of top episodes from iHeartRadio and iHeartPodcasts.&nbsp;

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CZM Book Club: Because Change Was the Ocean and We Lived by Her Mercy, by Charlie Jane Anders, Part One

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/ba1d1e6d-41a5-4dcc-802d-b3d60031b28a/transcript

Garrison talks with Bailey Newposter about how a group of military LARPers from TikTok planned to spark a second American revolution by attacking UFC Freedom 250 at the White House.

Sources:

https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/white-house-ufc-fighters-crypto

https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/18/white-house-fight-ticket-breakdown/

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending


https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline


https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446011/dl?inline

https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCLN9psHjxY


https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/06/18/alleged-ringleader-ufc-terrorist-plot-mexican-illegal-alien 

Garrison talks with Bailey Newposter about how a group of military LARPers from TikTok planned to spark a second American revolution by attacking UFC Freedom 250 at the White House.
Sources:
<a href="https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/">https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/ </a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/white-house-ufc-fighters-crypto">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/white-house-ufc-fighters-crypto</a> 
<a href="https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/18/white-house-fight-ticket-breakdown/">https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/18/white-house-fight-ticket-breakdown/ </a><a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending </a>
<a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline">https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline </a>
<a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446011/dl?inline">https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446011/dl?inline</a> 
<a href="https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf">https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf </a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0 </a><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/">https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/ </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCLN9psHjxY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCLN9psHjxY </a><a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/06/18/alleged-ringleader-ufc-terrorist-plot-mexican-illegal-alien"></a>
<a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/06/18/alleged-ringleader-ufc-terrorist-plot-mexican-illegal-alien">https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/06/18/alleged-ringleader-ufc-terrorist-plot-mexican-illegal-alien</a>&nbsp;

The Truth Behind the Alleged Terror Plot at the White House UFC Fight

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/82d80f97-9b46-4bd8-856e-b46f000da45a/transcript

Margaret reads you several short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution

Original Air Date: 6.1.2025

Margaret reads you several short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution
Original Air Date: 6.1.2025

CZM Rewind: CZM Book Club: CZM Book Club Presents: The Revolutionary Fables of Ricardo Flores Magón

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/86e9dd97-2770-45be-bbb1-b46f00f54516/transcript

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

- How the United States Shaped the Dominican Republic’s Immigration Enforcement Machine

- Settler Colonialism with Andrew

- Anti-ICE Protesters in Minnesota Charged with Conspiracy

- The Necessary War on Data Centers

- Executive Disorder: Iran Deal, UFC at the White House, Dialog Hack

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Sources/Links:

How the United States Shaped the Dominican Republic’s Immigration Enforcement Machine

Help Bring Ezra Home and Seek the Truth

(https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring-ezra-home-seek-the-truth)

More than a Massacre; Racial Violence and Citizenship in the Haitian-Dominican

Borderlands by Sabine Cadeu

Empire of Borders by Todd Miller

Border Patrol Nation by Todd Miller

From tierra de nadie to terre brulée – From Borderland to Border in Haiti and the Dominican Republic by Sabine Cadeu

(https://www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/barriers/July2022_papers/SabineCadeauPaper.pdf)

Haitians, Magic, and Money: Raza and Society in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands, 1900 to 1937 by Lauren Derby (https://www.jstor.org/stable/179294)

Making the Dominican Republic Great Again? by Lorgia García-Peña

(https://nacla.org/making-dominican-republic-great-again/)

Marines in the Dominican Republic 1916-1924

(https://www.marines.mil/portals/1/Publications/Marines%20in%20the%20Dominican%20Republic%20PCN%2019000412600_1.pdf)

US warns its ‘darker-skinned’ citizens of Dominican Republic’s migrant crackdown by Richard Luscombe

(https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/22/us-warns-darker-skinned-citizens-crackdown-dominican-republic)

Latinobarómetro 2024 Resultados por sexo y edad Informe de estudio #LAT-2024 v1

(https://www.latinobarometro.org/latinobarometro-2024#LAT-2024-selected-country-header)

Ten Years After a Fateful Court Decision, the Dominican Republic Still Has a Statelessness Problem by Kevin Appleby

(https://cmsny.org/dr-statelessness-problem-appleby-102323/)

Addressing the Next Displacement Crisis in the Making in the Americas by Valerie Lacarte (https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/haiti-next-displacement-crisis-americas)

‘They grabbed us like dogs’: deportation quotas tear Haitian migrants’ lives apart by Shandra Back

(https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/sep/07/they-grabbed-us-like-dogs-deportation-quotas-tear-haitian-migrants-lives-apart)

Federal Agents Investigate Sugar Exporter Over Allegations of Forced Labor

(https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/central-romana-homeland-security-sugar/)

“They Just Came and Started Breaking Houses”

(https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/12/central-romana-sugar-hoyo-de-puerco-demolished/)

Despite US Import Ban, Sugar Cane Cutters Still Face Abuse in Dominican Republic

(https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/despite-us-import-ban-sugar-cane-cutters-still-face-abuse-in-dominican-republic/)

10 years fighting for nationality in the Dominican Republic

(https://www.institutesi.org/news/10-year-anniversary-of-dr-court-ruling-stripping-nationality)

LEA Training Schedule 2024

(https://sansalvador.ilea.state.gov/training-schedule?c=fr-FR)

International students graduate from elite federal law enforcement program

(https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/international-students-graduate-elite-federal-law-enforcement-program)

Dominican Republic students graduate from elite US law enforcement program

(https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/dominican-republic-students-graduate-elite-us-law-enforcement-program)

El misterio de Ellen Frances Hulett | El Informe con Alicia Ortega

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKIg2np081M)

How Far Will the Dominican Republic Go in Deporting Haitians? by Marius Loiseau

(https://inkstickmedia.com/how-far-will-the-dominican-republic-go-in-deporting-haitians/)

Fearing Deportation, Mothers Give Birth in Shadows by Hogla Enecia Pérez and Luis Ferré-Sadurní

(https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/world/americas/dominican-republic-haiti-hospital-deportations.html)

Dominican Republic and Haiti at the Crossroads of the Massacre River by Simón Rodríguez (https://nacla.org/dominican-republic-and-haiti-crossroads-massacre-river/)

US team reveals weaknesses at the Dominican-Haiti border

(https://web.archive.org/web/20110526044642/https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2006/8/7/16173/US-team-reveals-weaknesses-at-the-Dominican-Haiti-border)

Dominican Republic begins building border wall with Haiti

(https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/dominican-republic-begins-building-border-wall-with-haiti-2022-02-20/)

A 101-Mile Wall Goes Up to Block Haitians Pouring Over Border by Danielle Balbi

(https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-09-28/big-take-why-the-dominican-republic-is-building-a-border-wall-between-haiti?embedded-checkout=true#xj4y7vzkg)

“A Veil of Legality” by Amelia Hintzen

(https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S1382237316000234)

Dominican border wall threatens environment, mangroves by Esteban ROJAS

(https://phys.org/news/2023-03-dominican-border-wall-threatens-environment.html)

Dominican Republic deports pregnant women in ‘inhumane’ migrant crackdown

(https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/29/pregnant-women-deported-dominican-republic-migration-crackdown-haiti)

La muerte de Ellen Frances Hulett se debió a infartos agudos al miocardio, confirma autopsia

(https://noticiassin.com/la-muerte-de-ellen-frances-hulett-se-debio-a-infartos-agudos-al-miocardio-confirma-autopsia/)

La muerte de la estadounidense Ellen Hulett: una cadena de preguntas sin respuestas by Ana A, Elina M (https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/sucesos/2025/07/03/muerte-de-ellen-hulett-una-cadena-de-preguntas-sin-respuestas/3170413)

Alert: Ongoing Dominican Migration Enforcement

(https://do.usembassy.gov/alert-ongoing-dominican-migration-enforcement/)

87 Aniversario de la Dirección General de Migración

(https://migracion.gob.do/87-aniversario-de-la-direccion-general-de-migracion/)

Haitians displaced by violence face deportation after fleeing to Dominican Republic

(https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/haitians-displaced-by-violence-face-deportation-after-fleeing-to-dominican-republic)

Settler Colonialism with Andrew

Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native by Patrick Wolfe

https://www.britannica.com/place/Liberia/History

Liberia: The Violence of Democracy by Mary H Moran. 

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

The Question of Palestine by Edward Said

https://rpublc.com/story/2024/02/08/international-affairs/the-false-equivalence-of-liberia-and-israel

Anti-ICE Protesters in Minnesota Charged with Conspiracy

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/everyone-vs-ice-on-the-ground-in-minnesota-319435576

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/outlaw-criminalization-of-ice-watch-in-minneapolis-326372276 

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234418/gov.uscourts.mnd.234418.1.0_1.pdf 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ0hYCF60og 

Executive Disorder: Iran Deal, UFC at the White House, Dialog Hack

Short Stories:

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/spacex-ipo-makes-elon-musk-worlds-first-trillionaire-2026-06-11/
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-complaint-challenging-virginia-mask-ban-and-identification
https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2065442267502882838?s=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7rjZqvbMIk
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2026-06-11/ty-article/israeli-firm-blackcore-suspected-of-meddling-in-nyc-scotland-elections/0000019e-b7d1-d892-adde-f7df71710000
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-06-15-raskin-to-patel-fbi-re-bonuses.pdf
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/05/removing-unnecessary-and-counterproductive-restrictions-on-access-to-federal-lands/

https://www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/2026/6/business-meeting-to-consider-pending-legislation 

https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2026/02/18/an-update-on-the-roadless-rul
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73486770/united-states-v-warrant/



Police Shooting:

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-police-officer-shoots-and-kills-1-year-old-child-in-response-to-senatobia-shoplifting-call/ 

https://capitalbnews.org/mississippi-police-shooting-kohen-kartier-wiley/ 

https://www.whsv.com/2026/06/17/family-identifies-1-year-old-killed-officer-involved-shooting-walmart-protests-break-out-store/?outputType=amp 

https://wreg.com/news/local/ms-town-looks-for-answers-after-walmart-shooting-that-killed-1-year-old/ 

https://wreg.com/news/local/mother-of-toddler-killed-in-walmart-shooting-speaks/ 

https://www.wapt.com/article/senatobia-officer-placed-on-leave-tear-gas-deployed-as-hundreds-protest-death-of-1-year-old-kohen-wiley/71608163 

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/watch-child-dead-another-person-critically-injured-after-officer-involved-shooting-at-senatobia-walmart-mbi/video_af5674d5-cfc5-5e9e-83cb-64f0beded36f.html 

https://wreg.com/news/mbi-investigates-shooting-at-senatobia-walmart-parking-lot/?ipid=promo-link-block1 

https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/06/16/community-rally-planned-after-officer-shoots-kills-1-year-old-senatobia/ 

https://abcnews.com/US/officer-involved-shooting-walmart-killed-1-year-boy/story?id=133965022

Iran Deal:

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116743808155352167 

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/17/middleeast/us-iran-war-mou-text-intl 

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/245340/Islamabad-says-Iran-US-reach-peace-deal 

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/245343/Iran-s-top-security-body-confirms-Iran-US-finalization-of-MoU 

https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2065467425408405712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw 

https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2066268332832194810?s=20 

https://x.com/itamarbengvir/status/2066392115027050781 

https://farsnews.ir/Qaysar/1781530307974297749/Spokesman-Iran-Oman-to-Charge-Fees-for-Full-Services-in-Strait-of-Hormuz 

https://x.com/phildstewart/status/2066552634803155267?s=20

https://x.com/osinttechnical 


World Cup:
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.state.gov/fifa-world-cup-26-visashttps://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/world-cup-ice-visas-iran/
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49017941/iran-players-say-us-visa-policies-create-world-cup-tension
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/somali-world-cup-referee-omar-artan-talking-to-very-bad-people-andrew-giuliani/

UFC Freedom 250:
https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending
https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline
https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/

Dialog:
https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/

It Could Happen Here Weekly 237

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CZM Book Club: Because Change Was the Ocean and We Lived by Her Mercy, by Charlie Jane Anders, Part One

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