Margaret reads an anonymously authored speculative fiction story about what people could do if large scale roundups began, and discusses it with an anarchist technology enthusiast.

Margaret reads an anonymously authored speculative fiction story about what people could do if large scale roundups began, and discusses it with an anarchist technology enthusiast.

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.

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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.

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’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.

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CZM Book Club: Escape, part one

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The gang discuss Ed Sheeran dropping Macklemore from his tour over pro Palestine comments, courts blocking new mail-in-ballot requirements, Houthi attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure, a report detailing tiny metal cages at Alligator Alcatraz, a general strike in Eastern Kurdistan, debate on AI regulation, and the Republican midterm convention. 

 

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https://x.com/Ibrahym22Nagi/status/2099482678479188145
https://x.com/Bafeltalabani/status/2099810675484668045 
https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2099869946423431232 
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https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-casar-introduce-legislation-to-ban-artificial-superintelligence-and-temporarily-pause-advanced-ai-development/
https://geesemag.com/articles/stop-the-ai-arms-race
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117269745153543631
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099597928142688610?s=20
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099648450069512426?s=20
https://x.com/linamkhan/status/2099204390548639960?s=20
https://x.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460?s=20
https://x.com/Jason/status/2098817101628600383?s=20
https://x.com/daniel_koss/status/2099751931400847840?s=20
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/12/anthropics-amodei-proposes-plan-to-slow-the-pace-of-advancing-ai-capabilities.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/anthropic-walks-tightrope-to-nasdaq-pushing-slowdown-and-pursuing-ipo.html
https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3mvg527c3k22n
https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/why-saudi-arabias-plan-b-for-oil-exports-is-now-under-fire/4335414/
https://www.newarab.com/news/saudi-running-out-oil-export-options-routes-choked
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/07/global-food-prices-three-year-high-heatwaves-wars-crop-costs
https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/did-the-houthis-shoot-down-saudi-arabian-f-15-what-we-know-19991908.htm
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/saudi-arabia-calls-mecca-red-175848059.html
https://www.instagram.com/p/DdXFZLNARm4/
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/09/15/irish-acts-aaron-rowe-and-beoga-quit-ed-sheerans-us-tour-in-protest-over-palestine/
https://apnews.com/article/ed-sheeran-responds-macklemore-tour-3fd73815563039bea9b88f5efe745d62
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49943754/patriots-kraft-says-macklemore-performance-cross-line
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/where-patriots-owner-robert-kraft-150614158.html
https://www.instagram.com/p/DdXFZLNARm4/?stkn=MThsbzc2OWh3d2s5OQ==

The gang discuss Ed Sheeran dropping Macklemore from his tour over pro Palestine comments, courts blocking new mail-in-ballot requirements, Houthi attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure, a report detailing tiny metal cages at Alligator Alcatraz, a general strike in Eastern Kurdistan, debate on AI regulation, and the Republican midterm convention.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
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<li><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28621690-paheivdhsord091426/">https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28621690-paheivdhsord091426/</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2100014172738122001?s=20">https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2100014172738122001?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2098209805215080868?s=20">https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2098209805215080868?s=20</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/homan-confirms-criminal-investigation-involving-ilhan-omar-says-knows-things-going">https://www.foxnews.com/media/homan-confirms-criminal-investigation-involving-ilhan-omar-says-knows-things-going</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://x.com/Bafeltalabani/status/2099810675484668045">https://x.com/Bafeltalabani/status/2099810675484668045</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2099869946423431232?s=20">https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2099869946423431232</a>&nbsp;</li>
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<li><a href="https://x.com/linamkhan/status/2099204390548639960?s=20">https://x.com/linamkhan/status/2099204390548639960?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460?s=20">https://x.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Jason/status/2098817101628600383?s=20">https://x.com/Jason/status/2098817101628600383?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/daniel_koss/status/2099751931400847840?s=20">https://x.com/daniel_koss/status/2099751931400847840?s=20</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/anthropic-walks-tightrope-to-nasdaq-pushing-slowdown-and-pursuing-ipo.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/anthropic-walks-tightrope-to-nasdaq-pushing-slowdown-and-pursuing-ipo.html</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3mvg527c3k22n">https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3mvg527c3k22n</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/why-saudi-arabias-plan-b-for-oil-exports-is-now-under-fire/4335414/">https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/why-saudi-arabias-plan-b-for-oil-exports-is-now-under-fire/4335414/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/saudi-running-out-oil-export-options-routes-choked">https://www.newarab.com/news/saudi-running-out-oil-export-options-routes-choked</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/07/global-food-prices-three-year-high-heatwaves-wars-crop-costs">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/07/global-food-prices-three-year-high-heatwaves-wars-crop-costs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/did-the-houthis-shoot-down-saudi-arabian-f-15-what-we-know-19991908.htm">https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/did-the-houthis-shoot-down-saudi-arabian-f-15-what-we-know-19991908.htm</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/saudi-arabia-calls-mecca-red-175848059.html">https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/saudi-arabia-calls-mecca-red-175848059.html</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DdXFZLNARm4/">https://www.instagram.com/p/DdXFZLNARm4/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/09/15/irish-acts-aaron-rowe-and-beoga-quit-ed-sheerans-us-tour-in-protest-over-palestine/">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/09/15/irish-acts-aaron-rowe-and-beoga-quit-ed-sheerans-us-tour-in-protest-over-palestine/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://apnews.com/article/ed-sheeran-responds-macklemore-tour-3fd73815563039bea9b88f5efe745d62">https://apnews.com/article/ed-sheeran-responds-macklemore-tour-3fd73815563039bea9b88f5efe745d62</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49943754/patriots-kraft-says-macklemore-performance-cross-line">https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49943754/patriots-kraft-says-macklemore-performance-cross-line</a></li>
<li><a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/where-patriots-owner-robert-kraft-150614158.html">https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/where-patriots-owner-robert-kraft-150614158.html</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DdXFZLNARm4/?stkn=MThsbzc2OWh3d2s5OQ==">https://www.instagram.com/p/DdXFZLNARm4/?stkn=MThsbzc2OWh3d2s5OQ==</a></li>
</ul>

Executive Disorder: Oil Crisis, New Mail-In-Voting Rules Blocked, Macklemore Based??

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Mia begins a series on the history of the most recent series of uprisings by examining how history moves.

Sources:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch01.htm

https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-4/endnotes-a-history-of-separation-preface

https://archive.org/details/blackjacobinstou0000jame

Mia begins a series on the history of the most recent series of uprisings by examining how history moves. Sources: <a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch01.htm">https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch01.htm</a>
<a href="https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-4/endnotes-a-history-of-separation-preface">https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-4/endnotes-a-history-of-separation-preface</a>
<a href="https://archive.org/details/blackjacobinstou0000jame">https://archive.org/details/blackjacobinstou0000jame</a>

A History Built of Uprising

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/0092014e-b10a-444c-ac6e-b4c8003159dd/transcript

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks about the debate in DC on what the role of the US has been in the Middle East, and what it should be. She also talks about what’s missing from these discussions. 

 

Sources:

https://www.cfr.org/articles/the-u-s-led-middle-east-order-is-over-the-mecca-agreement-proves-it

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/end-american-middle-east-iran-marc-lynch

http://foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/new-old-middle-east-gause

https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/12/the-re-emergence-of-the-palestine-question-in-world-politics/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/29/us-decline-world-order-replacement

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks about the debate in DC on what the role of the US has been in the Middle East, and what it should be. She also talks about what&rsquo;s missing from these discussions.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Sources:
<a href="https://www.cfr.org/articles/the-u-s-led-middle-east-order-is-over-the-mecca-agreement-proves-it">https://www.cfr.org/articles/the-u-s-led-middle-east-order-is-over-the-mecca-agreement-proves-it</a>
<a href="https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/end-american-middle-east-iran-marc-lynch">https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/end-american-middle-east-iran-marc-lynch</a>
<a href="http://foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/new-old-middle-east-gause">http://foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/new-old-middle-east-gause</a>
<a href="https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/12/the-re-emergence-of-the-palestine-question-in-world-politics/">https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/12/the-re-emergence-of-the-palestine-question-in-world-politics/</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/29/us-decline-world-order-replacement">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/29/us-decline-world-order-replacement</a>

Debating the American Role in the Middle East

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