Dana El Kurd explains the political implications of the Egyptian team competing at the World Cup, how their loss is being viewed by Arab audiences, and why we should free football from FIFA.

Sources:

https://www.Rebootfifa.com

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/03/egypt-world-cup-hossam-hassan-blurring-lines-football-politics-egypt

Dana El Kurd explains the political implications of the Egyptian team competing at the World Cup, how their loss is being viewed by Arab audiences, and why we should free football from FIFA.
Sources:
<a href="https://www.Rebootfifa.com" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="6d843bf9-19ca-4e20-9e51-805f193b5998">https://www.Rebootfifa.com</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/03/egypt-world-cup-hossam-hassan-blurring-lines-football-politics-egypt" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="49972a70-ee2c-47de-b3d4-7345c8c3634d">https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/03/egypt-world-cup-hossam-hassan-blurring-lines-football-politics-egypt</a>

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

Free Football from FIFA

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/9ae32470-a00a-4256-9241-b48601517574/transcript

Garrison talks with Cooper Quintin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation about a new ruling on geofence warrants extending 4th amendment protections to location data and how it may impact police surveillance and digital privacy.

Sources:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-112_0am4.pdf

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-law-enforcements-use-of-geofence-warrant-was-a-search/


https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/rayhunter-what-we-have-found-so-far


https://natlawreview.com/article/your-location-data-now-your-own

Garrison talks with Cooper Quintin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation about a new ruling on geofence warrants extending 4th amendment protections to location data and how it may impact police surveillance and digital privacy.
Sources:
<a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-112_0am4.pdf">https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-112_0am4.pdf</a> 
<a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-law-enforcements-use-of-geofence-warrant-was-a-search/">https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-rules-that-law-enforcements-use-of-geofence-warrant-was-a-search/</a> <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/rayhunter-what-we-have-found-so-far"></a>
<a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/rayhunter-what-we-have-found-so-far">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/rayhunter-what-we-have-found-so-far </a>
<a href="https://natlawreview.com/article/your-location-data-now-your-own">https://natlawreview.com/article/your-location-data-now-your-own </a>

How the Supreme Court Changed Digital Privacy Rights

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/f70b8449-6b76-4d4f-8a27-b483013fdf37/transcript

Margaret continues reading to you from a novella about a punk house in 2002 San Diego

Margaret continues reading to you from a novella about a punk house in 2002 San Diego

CZM Book Club: Locust House, by Adam Gnade (Part Two of Four)

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/975556b3-741e-4995-9451-b4850009f82f/transcript

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
Palestine in the World Cup
What's Wrong with Human Rights
What's Wrong with Human Rights, Pt. 2
A Report from the Great American State Fair
Executive Disorder: Platner Allegations, Return of the Tariffs, ICE Shootings

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Sources/Links:

Palestine in the World Cup

https://jewishcurrents.org/de-normalizing-israeli-normalization-at-the-world-cup 

https://agsi.org/analysis/palestine-activism-in-the-world-cup/

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/6/12/activists-form-human-palestine-flag-at-world-cup-opener-in-mexico-city

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/world-cup/palestinian-head-soccer-says-denied-us-visa-attend-world-cup/6512472/

https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/bosnia-advances-world-cup-free-palestine-chants-fans-go-viral-once-again

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/6/22/football-war-and-solidarity-why-gaza-fans-turned-to-spain-this-world-cup

https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/6/12/palestine-football-chief-says-he-wasnt-granted-us-visa-to-attend-world-cup

What's Wrong with Human Rights

Human Rights as Moral Progress? A Critique by Jarett Zigon
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Vol. 28, Issue 4, pp. 716–736. ISSN 0886-7356, online ISSN 1548-1360. C 2013 by the American Anthropological Association. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.1111/cuan.12034

Agamben, Arendt and Human Rights: Bearing Witness to the Human. 2012
John Lechte & Saul Newman

State of Exception. 2005
Giorgio Agamben, translated by Kevin Attell

The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind

Simone Weil. Routledge Classics 2002

Philosophize This! - Episode #191: The Modern Day Concentration Camp and the Failure of Human Rights by Stephen West

Executive Disorder: Platner’s Allegations, Return of the Tariffs, ICE Shootings

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/3/iran-war-live-tehran-slams-us-ahead-of-huge-funeral-for-ali-khamenei?update=4731595

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5955865-mitch-mcconnell-senate-health-status/


https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/06/us/graham-platner-racicot-allegation-maine-invs

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/graham-platner-sexual-assault-allegation-00987737

https://x.com/akela_lacy/status/2074604814810415293?s=20 

https://x.com/grace_panetta/status/2074266651244073227?s=20


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/us/politics/who-would-replace-graham-platner-maine.html

https://x.com/sahilkapur/status/2074678417006420067 

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/08/politics/elections/maine-democrats-want-convention-replace-graham-platner/

https://ustr.gov/about/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2026/june/ustr-makes-findings-and-proposes-action-60-section-301-investigations-relating-failures-take-action 

https://thediplomat.com/2026/06/asean-and-trumps-section-301-tariffs/ 

https://www.reuters.com/business/latin-american-countries-some-steelmakers-argue-us-tariff-exemptions-2026-07-07/ 

https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF11346/IF11346.31.pdf 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/democratic-attorneys-general-oppose-latest-172500930.html 

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/fresh-trump-tariff-threat-looms-what-is-india-s-strong-stand-on-us-section-301-probe-that-proposes-12-5-duties-explained/ar-AA27rLMq 

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/general/canada-says-there-s-no-basis-for-trump-s-forced-labour-tariffs/ar-AA27sMJy

https://www.reuters.com/world/french-lawmakers-back-police-shootings-law-dubbed-licence-kill-by-critics-2026-07-08/ 

https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/Complaint-in-IALDF-v.-Rubio.pdf

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/us/houston-ice-shooting-death


https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/fatal-ice-shooting-houston-sparks-demands-transparency-independent-investigation-2026-07-08/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/us/houston-ice-shooting.html


https://www.wgal.com/article/pa-harrisburg-ice-agent-shoots-video/71807714


https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/04/us/live-news/july-4-trump-speech-america-250?post-id=cmr792ght00053b6r6tl4lvzn


https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/04/us/live-news/july-4-trump-speech-america-250?post-id=cmr78t2tf000e3b6rxm0jppbj

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/04/g-s1-132025/mount-rushmore-speech-trump-july-4-250

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Palestine in the World Cup</li>
<li>What's Wrong with Human Rights</li>
<li>What's Wrong with Human Rights, Pt. 2</li>
<li>A Report from the Great American State Fair</li>
<li>Executive Disorder: Platner Allegations, Return of the Tariffs, ICE Shootings</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!
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Sources/Links:
Palestine in the World Cup
<a href="https://jewishcurrents.org/de-normalizing-israeli-normalization-at-the-world-cup" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="d5013a7e-e1ee-43a1-b0bb-4decc25b0de7">https://jewishcurrents.org/de-normalizing-israeli-normalization-at-the-world-cup</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://agsi.org/analysis/palestine-activism-in-the-world-cup/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="3d5e44f4-cce6-4fe2-aa5c-65cbc70cb394">https://agsi.org/analysis/palestine-activism-in-the-world-cup/</a>
<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/6/12/activists-form-human-palestine-flag-at-world-cup-opener-in-mexico-city">https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/6/12/activists-form-human-palestine-flag-at-world-cup-opener-in-mexico-city</a>
<a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/world-cup/palestinian-head-soccer-says-denied-us-visa-attend-world-cup/6512472/">https://www.nbcnewyork.com/world-cup/palestinian-head-soccer-says-denied-us-visa-attend-world-cup/6512472/</a>
<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/bosnia-advances-world-cup-free-palestine-chants-fans-go-viral-once-again">https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/bosnia-advances-world-cup-free-palestine-chants-fans-go-viral-once-again</a>
<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/6/22/football-war-and-solidarity-why-gaza-fans-turned-to-spain-this-world-cup">https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/6/22/football-war-and-solidarity-why-gaza-fans-turned-to-spain-this-world-cup</a>
<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/6/12/palestine-football-chief-says-he-wasnt-granted-us-visa-to-attend-world-cup">https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/6/12/palestine-football-chief-says-he-wasnt-granted-us-visa-to-attend-world-cup</a>
What's Wrong with Human Rights
Human Rights as Moral Progress? A Critique by Jarett Zigon CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Vol. 28, Issue 4, pp. 716&ndash;736. ISSN 0886-7356, online ISSN 1548-1360. C 2013 by the American Anthropological Association. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.1111/cuan.12034
Agamben, Arendt and Human Rights: Bearing Witness to the Human. 2012 John Lechte &amp; Saul Newman State of Exception. 2005 Giorgio Agamben, translated by Kevin Attell
The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind
Simone Weil. Routledge Classics 2002
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiE5rBLrIgM">Philosophize This! -&nbsp;Episode #191: The Modern Day Concentration Camp and the Failure of Human Rights by Stephen West</a>
Executive Disorder: Platner&rsquo;s Allegations, Return of the Tariffs, ICE Shootings
<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/3/iran-war-live-tehran-slams-us-ahead-of-huge-funeral-for-ali-khamenei?update=4731595">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/3/iran-war-live-tehran-slams-us-ahead-of-huge-funeral-for-ali-khamenei?update=4731595</a>
<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5955865-mitch-mcconnell-senate-health-status/">https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5955865-mitch-mcconnell-senate-health-status/ </a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/06/us/graham-platner-racicot-allegation-maine-invs">https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/06/us/graham-platner-racicot-allegation-maine-invs</a>
<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/graham-platner-sexual-assault-allegation-00987737">https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/graham-platner-sexual-assault-allegation-00987737</a>
<a href="https://x.com/akela_lacy/status/2074604814810415293?s=20">https://x.com/akela_lacy/status/2074604814810415293?s=20</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/grace_panetta/status/2074266651244073227?s=20">https://x.com/grace_panetta/status/2074266651244073227?s=20 </a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/us/politics/who-would-replace-graham-platner-maine.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/us/politics/who-would-replace-graham-platner-maine.html</a>
<a href="https://x.com/sahilkapur/status/2074678417006420067">https://x.com/sahilkapur/status/2074678417006420067</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/08/politics/elections/maine-democrats-want-convention-replace-graham-platner/">https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/08/politics/elections/maine-democrats-want-convention-replace-graham-platner/</a>
<a href="https://ustr.gov/about/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2026/june/ustr-makes-findings-and-proposes-action-60-section-301-investigations-relating-failures-take-action">https://ustr.gov/about/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2026/june/ustr-makes-findings-and-proposes-action-60-section-301-investigations-relating-failures-take-action</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://thediplomat.com/2026/06/asean-and-trumps-section-301-tariffs/">https://thediplomat.com/2026/06/asean-and-trumps-section-301-tariffs/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/latin-american-countries-some-steelmakers-argue-us-tariff-exemptions-2026-07-07/">https://www.reuters.com/business/latin-american-countries-some-steelmakers-argue-us-tariff-exemptions-2026-07-07/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF11346/IF11346.31.pdf">https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF11346/IF11346.31.pdf</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/democratic-attorneys-general-oppose-latest-172500930.html">https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/democratic-attorneys-general-oppose-latest-172500930.html</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/fresh-trump-tariff-threat-looms-what-is-india-s-strong-stand-on-us-section-301-probe-that-proposes-12-5-duties-explained/ar-AA27rLMq">https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/fresh-trump-tariff-threat-looms-what-is-india-s-strong-stand-on-us-section-301-probe-that-proposes-12-5-duties-explained/ar-AA27rLMq</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/general/canada-says-there-s-no-basis-for-trump-s-forced-labour-tariffs/ar-AA27sMJy">https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/general/canada-says-there-s-no-basis-for-trump-s-forced-labour-tariffs/ar-AA27sMJy</a>
<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/french-lawmakers-back-police-shootings-law-dubbed-licence-kill-by-critics-2026-07-08/">https://www.reuters.com/world/french-lawmakers-back-police-shootings-law-dubbed-licence-kill-by-critics-2026-07-08/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/Complaint-in-IALDF-v.-Rubio.pdf">https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/Complaint-in-IALDF-v.-Rubio.pdf</a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/us/houston-ice-shooting-death">https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/us/houston-ice-shooting-death </a><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/fatal-ice-shooting-houston-sparks-demands-transparency-independent-investigation-2026-07-08/"></a>
<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/fatal-ice-shooting-houston-sparks-demands-transparency-independent-investigation-2026-07-08/">https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/fatal-ice-shooting-houston-sparks-demands-transparency-independent-investigation-2026-07-08/</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/us/houston-ice-shooting.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/us/houston-ice-shooting.html </a>
<a href="https://www.wgal.com/article/pa-harrisburg-ice-agent-shoots-video/71807714">https://www.wgal.com/article/pa-harrisburg-ice-agent-shoots-video/71807714 </a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/04/us/live-news/july-4-trump-speech-america-250?post-id=cmr792ght00053b6r6tl4lvzn">https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/04/us/live-news/july-4-trump-speech-america-250?post-id=cmr792ght00053b6r6tl4lvzn </a><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/04/us/live-news/july-4-trump-speech-america-250?post-id=cmr78t2tf000e3b6rxm0jppbj"></a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/04/us/live-news/july-4-trump-speech-america-250?post-id=cmr78t2tf000e3b6rxm0jppbj">https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/04/us/live-news/july-4-trump-speech-america-250?post-id=cmr78t2tf000e3b6rxm0jppbj</a>
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/07/04/g-s1-132025/mount-rushmore-speech-trump-july-4-250">https://www.npr.org/2026/07/04/g-s1-132025/mount-rushmore-speech-trump-july-4-250</a>

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