Margaret reads you "The Open Window" by Saki and "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" by Ambrose Bierce

Margaret reads you "The Open Window" by Saki and "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" by Ambrose Bierce

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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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: Two Tales of Classic Horror, by Saki and Bierce

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Mia discusses the long arc of the Pax Americana, its roots in the US Navy, and how Trump’s war with Iran has blown it up.

Sources:
https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-2/endnotes-misery-and-debt
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/war-and-military-affairs/alfred-thayer-mahan/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-promised-economic-d-day-203113113.html

Mia discusses the long arc of the Pax Americana, its roots in the US Navy, and how Trump&rsquo;s war with Iran has blown it up. Sources:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-2/endnotes-misery-and-debt">https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-2/endnotes-misery-and-debt</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/war-and-military-affairs/alfred-thayer-mahan/">https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/war-and-military-affairs/alfred-thayer-mahan/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-promised-economic-d-day-203113113.html">https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-promised-economic-d-day-203113113.html</a></li>
</ul>

The Death of American Hegemony

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Garrison talks about the former rising star of the alt-right being deported to the UK, the beef between Milo and Laura Loomer, possible issues with his green card, and how his deportation may relate to his ongoing divorce.

 

Sources:
https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2093428821835796688?s=20

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093387128717951297?s=20
https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093491920001749378?s=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pSX84h9K8

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/at-gays-for-trump-party-the-former-fringe-celebrates-trumps 
https://hyperallergic.com/milo-yiannopoulos-manuscript-art/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/milo-yiannopoulos-deport-milo-twitter-new-sponsor-peadophilia-podcast-altright-a7600641.html

https://news.berkeley.edu/2017/02/01/yiannopoulos-event-canceled/

https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827112633224544256?s=20

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/milo-yiannopoulos-ex-gay-b1815296.html

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2033500725008081185?s=20

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2046016856184717814?s=20  
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-celebrating-milo-yiannopoulos-deportation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPcfkSWQjOk

Garrison talks about the former rising star of the alt-right being deported to the UK, the beef between Milo and Laura Loomer, possible issues with his green card, and how his deportation may relate to his ongoing divorce.
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Sources:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2093428821835796688?s=20">https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2093428821835796688?s=20 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093387128717951297?s=20">https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093387128717951297?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093491920001749378?s=20">https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2093491920001749378?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pSX84h9K8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pSX84h9K8 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/at-gays-for-trump-party-the-former-fringe-celebrates-trumps">https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/at-gays-for-trump-party-the-former-fringe-celebrates-trumps</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://hyperallergic.com/milo-yiannopoulos-manuscript-art/">https://hyperallergic.com/milo-yiannopoulos-manuscript-art/</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/milo-yiannopoulos-deport-milo-twitter-new-sponsor-peadophilia-podcast-altright-a7600641.html">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/milo-yiannopoulos-deport-milo-twitter-new-sponsor-peadophilia-podcast-altright-a7600641.html </a></li>
<li><a href="https://news.berkeley.edu/2017/02/01/yiannopoulos-event-canceled/">https://news.berkeley.edu/2017/02/01/yiannopoulos-event-canceled/ </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827112633224544256?s=20">https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827112633224544256?s=20 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/milo-yiannopoulos-ex-gay-b1815296.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/milo-yiannopoulos-ex-gay-b1815296.html </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2033500725008081185?s=20">https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2033500725008081185?s=20 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2046016856184717814?s=20">https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2046016856184717814?s=20</a>&nbsp; </li>
<li><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-celebrating-milo-yiannopoulos-deportation">https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-celebrating-milo-yiannopoulos-deportation</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPcfkSWQjOk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPcfkSWQjOk</a></li>
</ul>

What Happened with Milo Yiannopoulos?

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In this episode Dana El Kurd talks with Hossam El-Hamalawy, a journalist and socialist from Cairo, who was among the organizers of the 2011 uprising. He has been involved in the labour movement and the fight against police brutality in Egypt for many years, and holds a PhD in political science from Free University of Berlin. Hossam is author of the new book "Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi's New Republic".

 

Sources:

Hossam’s substack - https://barracks.substack.com/

Hossam’s book - https://www.versobooks.com/products/3225-counterrevolution-in-egypt?srsltid=AfmBOoo0NJfxdpH2uIJsXqXLfdSs10LtMgK9hCiKx7TeLHQO4OzTWF-L

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks with Hossam El-Hamalawy, a journalist and socialist from Cairo, who was among the organizers of the 2011 uprising. He has been involved in the labour movement and the fight against police brutality in Egypt for many years, and holds a PhD in political science from Free University of Berlin. Hossam is author of the new book "Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi's New Republic".
&nbsp;
Sources:
Hossam&rsquo;s substack - <a href="https://barracks.substack.com/">https://barracks.substack.com/</a>
Hossam&rsquo;s book - <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/products/3225-counterrevolution-in-egypt?srsltid=AfmBOoo0NJfxdpH2uIJsXqXLfdSs10LtMgK9hCiKx7TeLHQO4OzTWF-L">https://www.versobooks.com/products/3225-counterrevolution-in-egypt?srsltid=AfmBOoo0NJfxdpH2uIJsXqXLfdSs10LtMgK9hCiKx7TeLHQO4OzTWF-L</a>

Counterrevolution in Egypt

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CZM Book Club: Two Tales of Classic Horror, by Saki and Bierce

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