Margaret reads you a story about how to set up mutual aid societies in the wake of social collapse, and how to fight against cannibal nazis from the suburbs

Margaret reads you a story about how to set up mutual aid societies in the wake of social collapse, and how to fight against cannibal nazis from the suburbs

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: The End, Like Sand, by Margaret Killjoy

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/0d9e887e-7492-477a-8546-b45a01785701/transcript

Mia teaches Molly what shadow banking is, how it caused the 2008 financial collapse, and how they’re threatening to do it all again.

Original Air Date: 3.26.26

Sources:

https://www.fsb.org/work-of-the-fsb/financial-innovation-and-structural-change/non-bank-financial-intermediation/

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/11/shadow-banking-is-now-a-52-trillion-industry-and-posing-risks.html

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7992100/

https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/06/basics.htm

https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/inside-the-cdo-market-that-catalyzed-the-financial-crisis

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48512#ifn146

https://www.jstor.org/stable/26153238

https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/economists/adrian/1306adri_map.pdf

https://tellerwindow.newyorkfed.org/2025/10/17/nbfis-in-focus-the-basics-of-private-credit/

https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/bank-lending-to-private-credit-size-characteristics-and-financial-stability-implications-20250523.html

https://libcom.org/article/debt-first-5000-years-david-graeber

Mia teaches Molly what shadow banking is, how it caused the 2008 financial collapse, and how they&rsquo;re threatening to do it all again.
Original Air Date: 3.26.26
Sources:
<a href="https://www.fsb.org/work-of-the-fsb/financial-innovation-and-structural-change/non-bank-financial-intermediation/">https://www.fsb.org/work-of-the-fsb/financial-innovation-and-structural-change/non-bank-financial-intermediation/</a>
<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/11/shadow-banking-is-now-a-52-trillion-industry-and-posing-risks.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/11/shadow-banking-is-now-a-52-trillion-industry-and-posing-risks.html</a>
<a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7992100/">https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7992100/</a>
<a href="https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/06/basics.htm">https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/06/basics.htm</a>
<a href="https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/inside-the-cdo-market-that-catalyzed-the-financial-crisis">https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/inside-the-cdo-market-that-catalyzed-the-financial-crisis</a>
<a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48512#ifn146">https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48512#ifn146</a>
<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/26153238">https://www.jstor.org/stable/26153238</a>
<a href="https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/economists/adrian/1306adri_map.pdf">https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/economists/adrian/1306adri_map.pdf</a>
<a href="https://tellerwindow.newyorkfed.org/2025/10/17/nbfis-in-focus-the-basics-of-private-credit/">https://tellerwindow.newyorkfed.org/2025/10/17/nbfis-in-focus-the-basics-of-private-credit/</a>
<a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/bank-lending-to-private-credit-size-characteristics-and-financial-stability-implications-20250523.html">https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/bank-lending-to-private-credit-size-characteristics-and-financial-stability-implications-20250523.html</a>
<a href="https://libcom.org/article/debt-first-5000-years-david-graeber">https://libcom.org/article/debt-first-5000-years-david-graeber</a>

CZM Rewind: Shadow Banking: The Once and Future Economic Apocalypse

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/8929683b-84ca-48cc-aa66-b48d01628295/transcript

Garrison explains how news networks have partnered with gambling sites to forecast the future and turn everyone’s phone into a casino of human suffering.

Original Air Date: 12.9.25

Sources:

https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership

https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12

https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1996233186251075862?s=20

https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/ilr-content/articles/2008/3/Cherry.pdf

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/time-galactic-prediction-market

https://dune.com/datadashboards/prediction-markets

https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/behnamstatement051024


https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/appeals-court-allows-kalshi-election-betting/index.html

https://www.datawallet.com/crypto/polymarket-restricted-countries

https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/are-the-walls-closing-in-on-polymarket-after-latest-european-ban-2837953/

https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/polymarket-banned-romania-for-operating-without-a-licence/

https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2025/08/18/114882-polymarket-banned-in-australian-amid-crackdown-on-illegal-betting-election-wagering-concerns

https://dune.com/rchen8/polymarket

https://blog.uma.xyz/articles/unpacking-polymarkets-meteoric-rise-in-numbers

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/polymarket-authorized-for-u-s-return-days-after-donald-trump-jr-joins-as-advisor-c3c8b348

https://truthpredict.net/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2025/12/04/alleged-insider-nets-1-million-on-polymarket-in-24-hours/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPwUiMPj6w

https://news.kalshi.com/p/zohran-mamdani-cites-kalshi-election-odds


https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/tennessee-us-house-7-special-election-polls-2025.html


https://www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do-prediction-markets-make

https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/nate-silver-polymarket

https://www.legalsportsreport.com/sports-betting-states/


https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/23501236/supreme-court-strikes-federal-law-prohibiting-sports-gambling


https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1996978855538823522?s=20

Garrison explains how news networks have partnered with gambling sites to forecast the future and turn everyone&rsquo;s phone into a casino of human suffering.
Original Air Date: 12.9.25
Sources:
<a href="https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership">https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership</a>
<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12">https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12</a>
<a href="https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1996233186251075862?s=20">https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1996233186251075862?s=20</a>
<a href="https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/ilr-content/articles/2008/3/Cherry.pdf">https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/ilr-content/articles/2008/3/Cherry.pdf</a>
<a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/time-galactic-prediction-market">https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/time-galactic-prediction-market</a>
<a href="https://dune.com/datadashboards/prediction-markets">https://dune.com/datadashboards/prediction-markets</a>
<a href="https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/behnamstatement051024">https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/behnamstatement051024 </a>
<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/appeals-court-allows-kalshi-election-betting/index.html">https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/appeals-court-allows-kalshi-election-betting/index.html</a>
<a href="https://www.datawallet.com/crypto/polymarket-restricted-countries">https://www.datawallet.com/crypto/polymarket-restricted-countries</a>
<a href="https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/are-the-walls-closing-in-on-polymarket-after-latest-european-ban-2837953/">https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/are-the-walls-closing-in-on-polymarket-after-latest-european-ban-2837953/</a>
<a href="https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/polymarket-banned-romania-for-operating-without-a-licence/">https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/polymarket-banned-romania-for-operating-without-a-licence/</a>
<a href="https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2025/08/18/114882-polymarket-banned-in-australian-amid-crackdown-on-illegal-betting-election-wagering-concerns">https://www.yogonet.com/international/news/2025/08/18/114882-polymarket-banned-in-australian-amid-crackdown-on-illegal-betting-election-wagering-concerns</a>
<a href="https://dune.com/rchen8/polymarket">https://dune.com/rchen8/polymarket</a>
<a href="https://blog.uma.xyz/articles/unpacking-polymarkets-meteoric-rise-in-numbers">https://blog.uma.xyz/articles/unpacking-polymarkets-meteoric-rise-in-numbers</a>
<a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/polymarket-authorized-for-u-s-return-days-after-donald-trump-jr-joins-as-advisor-c3c8b348">https://www.marketwatch.com/story/polymarket-authorized-for-u-s-return-days-after-donald-trump-jr-joins-as-advisor-c3c8b348</a>
<a href="https://truthpredict.net/">https://truthpredict.net/</a>
<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2025/12/04/alleged-insider-nets-1-million-on-polymarket-in-24-hours/">https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2025/12/04/alleged-insider-nets-1-million-on-polymarket-in-24-hours/ </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPwUiMPj6w"></a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPwUiMPj6w">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPwUiMPj6w</a>
<a href="https://news.kalshi.com/p/zohran-mamdani-cites-kalshi-election-odds">https://news.kalshi.com/p/zohran-mamdani-cites-kalshi-election-odds </a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/tennessee-us-house-7-special-election-polls-2025.html">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/tennessee-us-house-7-special-election-polls-2025.html </a>
<a href="https://www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do-prediction-markets-make">https://www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do-prediction-markets-make</a>
<a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/nate-silver-polymarket">https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/nate-silver-polymarket</a>
<a href="https://www.legalsportsreport.com/sports-betting-states/">https://www.legalsportsreport.com/sports-betting-states/ </a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/23501236/supreme-court-strikes-federal-law-prohibiting-sports-gambling">https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/23501236/supreme-court-strikes-federal-law-prohibiting-sports-gambling </a>
<a href="https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1996978855538823522?s=20">https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1996978855538823522?s=20</a>

CZM Rewind: Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/451583b0-b31d-460c-a2e6-b48d0141f6c0/transcript

James and Robert are joined by Karl Kasarda of InRangeTV to discuss a sensible approach to gun ownership after the election.

Original Air Date: 11.22.2024

Resources:

inrange.tv

https://theliberalgunclub.com/

https://www.instagram.com/armedequality/

James and Robert are joined by Karl Kasarda of InRangeTV to discuss a sensible approach to gun ownership after the election.
Original Air Date: 11.22.2024
Resources:
<a href="inrange.tv" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="40cf5f3e-2726-420c-bc1c-bb1aea072a20">inrange.tv</a>
<a href="https://theliberalgunclub.com/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="fa31c042-77ed-4559-8f27-201b8380bc72">https://theliberalgunclub.com/</a><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Farmedequality%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CIanJohnson%40iheartmedia.com%7C9136fa949d9245c6392608dd09a4e454%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638677326007095336%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2Fpjm7vGQ4AIF4yPDhPkwjDm%2Bhz3miMcT6Kzuvqj44PM%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="c4e9f8c7-b989-4832-a4b5-1c3adbd823d0"></a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/armedequality/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="c4e9f8c7-b989-4832-a4b5-1c3adbd823d0">https://www.instagram.com/armedequality/</a>

CZM Rewind: Safe Gun Ownership

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/1d9b48b7-c5e7-43e8-b110-b48d00137f42/transcript

CZM Book Club: The End, Like Sand, by Margaret Killjoy

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