Margaret reads you a story about a boy who could have been king but instead talks to birds.

Margaret reads you a story about a boy who could have been king but instead talks to birds.

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

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

CZM Book Club: "John Simnel's First Goshawk" by Tegan Moore

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/c678f368-0c6d-40c1-b225-b1c80148eec6/transcript

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks about how the settlers and the Israeli state are working hand in hand to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from the West Bank, and how we should understand the relationship between the two actors.   

 

Sources:

https://jewishcurrents.org/it-feels-like-a-death-sentence

https://www.972mag.com/armed-settler-hikes-west-bank/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/opinion/israel-west-bank-settlers-violence.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/29/israeli-settlers-surround-palestinian-home-in-occupied-west-banks-qusra

https://www.972mag.com/bilin-israeli-land-seizure-settler-road/

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks about how the settlers and the Israeli state are working hand in hand to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from the West Bank, and how we should understand the relationship between the two actors.&nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp;
Sources:
<a href="https://jewishcurrents.org/it-feels-like-a-death-sentence">https://jewishcurrents.org/it-feels-like-a-death-sentence</a>
<a href="https://www.972mag.com/armed-settler-hikes-west-bank/">https://www.972mag.com/armed-settler-hikes-west-bank/</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/opinion/israel-west-bank-settlers-violence.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/opinion/israel-west-bank-settlers-violence.html</a>
<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/29/israeli-settlers-surround-palestinian-home-in-occupied-west-banks-qusra">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/29/israeli-settlers-surround-palestinian-home-in-occupied-west-banks-qusra</a>
<a href="https://www.972mag.com/bilin-israeli-land-seizure-settler-road/">https://www.972mag.com/bilin-israeli-land-seizure-settler-road/</a>

West Bank Takeover

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/76cfc63b-1648-40fe-9825-b4c901234fb9/transcript

Margaret reads you a surreal story about the surreal Southwest, written by one of her favorite authors

Margaret reads you a surreal story about the surreal Southwest, written by one of her favorite authors

CZM Book Club: Ocotillo, by Madeline ffitch

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/42d32f66-c742-4523-b1d0-b4cb00344ea7/transcript

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:
Sanctions, Terror, and the Internet
Should AOC talk to MAHA?
Debating the American Role in the Middle East
A History Built of Uprising
Executive Disorder: Oil Crisis, New Mail-In-Voting Rules Blocked, Macklemore Based??

You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today!

Sources/Links:

Sanctions, Terror, and the Internet
https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press
https://keepitfree.ai/announcements/a/i-shuts-down-stay-human/ 
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616/ 
https://davidgraeber.org/articles/the-new-anarchists/ 

Should AOC talk to MAHA?
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/28/poll-maha-health-fractures-kennedy-00972253
https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/maha-health-concerns-resonate-broadly-but-lag-behind-health-care-costs-even-for-maha-voters/
https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/kff-health-tracking-poll-maha-and-the-midterms/
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2026/09/05/inside-aocs-maha-outreach-01066409
https://www.youtube.com/live/h6fe9CaVZCI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRgeXPsihXI

Debating the American Role in the Middle East
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

A History Built of Uprising
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

Executive Disorder: Oil Crisis, New Mail-In-Voting Rules Blocked, Macklemore Based??
https://rudaw.net/english/categories/middleeast/1079247 
https://www.rudaw.net/english/categories/iraq/1079243
https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2099321216683425864?s=20 
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28621690-paheivdhsord091426/
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053.192.0.pdf
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a305_4g15.pdf
https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2097872390076141726?s=20
https://x.com/USA_Polling/status/2100014172738122001?s=20
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2098209805215080868?s=20
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117147749847925768
https://www.foxnews.com/media/homan-confirms-criminal-investigation-involving-ilhan-omar-says-knows-things-going
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2099925671795474759?s=20https://www.anthropic.com/threat-intelligence-report-september-2026#conventional-weapons-sep-26 
https://x.com/Ibrahym22Nagi/status/2099482678479188145
https://x.com/Bafeltalabani/status/2099810675484668045 
https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2099869946423431232 
https://media.defense.gov/2026/Sep/09/2003993626/-1/-1/1/OEF_Q3_JUN2026_FINAL_508%20SECURE.PDF
https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2026-09/OIG-26-22-Sep26.pdf
https://x.com/cspan/status/2099878657174941991?s=20
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==

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:
<ul>
<li>Sanctions, Terror, and the Internet</li>
<li>Should AOC talk to MAHA?</li>
<li>Debating the American Role in the Middle East</li>
<li>A History Built of Uprising</li>
<li>Executive Disorder: Oil Crisis, New Mail-In-Voting Rules Blocked, Macklemore Based??</li>
</ul>
You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for &ldquo;Cooler Zone Media&rdquo; and subscribe today!
Sources/Links:
Sanctions, Terror, and the Internet
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press">https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press</a></li>
<li><a href="https://keepitfree.ai/announcements/a/i-shuts-down-stay-human/">https://keepitfree.ai/announcements/a/i-shuts-down-stay-human/</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616/">https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616/</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://davidgraeber.org/articles/the-new-anarchists/">https://davidgraeber.org/articles/the-new-anarchists/</a>&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Should AOC talk to MAHA?
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/28/poll-maha-health-fractures-kennedy-00972253">https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/28/poll-maha-health-fractures-kennedy-00972253</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/maha-health-concerns-resonate-broadly-but-lag-behind-health-care-costs-even-for-maha-voters/">https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/maha-health-concerns-resonate-broadly-but-lag-behind-health-care-costs-even-for-maha-voters/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/kff-health-tracking-poll-maha-and-the-midterms/">https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/kff-health-tracking-poll-maha-and-the-midterms/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2026/09/05/inside-aocs-maha-outreach-01066409">https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2026/09/05/inside-aocs-maha-outreach-01066409</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/h6fe9CaVZCI">https://www.youtube.com/live/h6fe9CaVZCI</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRgeXPsihXI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRgeXPsihXI</a></li>
</ul>
Debating the American Role in the Middle East
<ul>
<li><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></li>
<li><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></li>
<li><a href="http://foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/new-old-middle-east-gause">http://foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/new-old-middle-east-gause</a></li>
<li><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></li>
<li><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></li>
</ul>
A History Built of Uprising
<ul>
<li><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></li>
<li><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></li>
<li><a href="https://archive.org/details/blackjacobinstou0000jame">https://archive.org/details/blackjacobinstou0000jame</a></li>
</ul>
Executive Disorder: Oil Crisis, New Mail-In-Voting Rules Blocked, Macklemore Based??
<ul>
<li><a href="https://rudaw.net/english/categories/middleeast/1079247">https://rudaw.net/english/categories/middleeast/1079247</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.rudaw.net/english/categories/iraq/1079243">https://www.rudaw.net/english/categories/iraq/1079243</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2099321216683425864?s=20">https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2099321216683425864?s=20</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28621690-paheivdhsord091426/">https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28621690-paheivdhsord091426/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053.192.0.pdf">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053/gov.uscourts.dcd.291053.192.0.pdf</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a305_4g15.pdf">https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a305_4g15.pdf</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2097872390076141726?s=20">https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2097872390076141726?s=20</a></li>
<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>
<li><a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117147749847925768">https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117147749847925768</a></li>
<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>
<li><a href="https://x.com/atrupar/status/2099925671795474759?s=20">https://x.com/atrupar/status/2099925671795474759?s=20</a><a href="https://www.anthropic.com/threat-intelligence-report-september-2026#conventional-weapons-sep-26">https://www.anthropic.com/threat-intelligence-report-september-2026#conventional-weapons-sep-26</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Ibrahym22Nagi/status/2099482678479188145?s=20">https://x.com/Ibrahym22Nagi/status/2099482678479188145</a></li>
<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>
<li><a href="https://media.defense.gov/2026/Sep/09/2003993626/-1/-1/1/OEF_Q3_JUN2026_FINAL_508%20SECURE.PDF">https://media.defense.gov/2026/Sep/09/2003993626/-1/-1/1/OEF_Q3_JUN2026_FINAL_508%20SECURE.PDF</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2026-09/OIG-26-22-Sep26.pdf">https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2026-09/OIG-26-22-Sep26.pdf</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/2099878657174941991?s=20">https://x.com/cspan/status/2099878657174941991?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-casar-introduce-legislation-to-ban-artificial-superintelligence-and-temporarily-pause-advanced-ai-development/">https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-casar-introduce-legislation-to-ban-artificial-superintelligence-and-temporarily-pause-advanced-ai-development/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://geesemag.com/articles/stop-the-ai-arms-race">https://geesemag.com/articles/stop-the-ai-arms-race</a></li>
<li><a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117269745153543631">https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117269745153543631</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099597928142688610?s=20">https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099597928142688610?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099648450069512426?s=20">https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099648450069512426?s=20</a></li>
<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>
<li><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/12/anthropics-amodei-proposes-plan-to-slow-the-pace-of-advancing-ai-capabilities.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/12/anthropics-amodei-proposes-plan-to-slow-the-pace-of-advancing-ai-capabilities.html</a></li>
<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>
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