Mia talks with Raisa, Tabby, and Daniel from the IWW about industrial and solidarity unionism, the history of the IWW, and the IWW's upcoming Fire Your Boss Tour.

https://industrialworker.carrd.co

https://linktr.ee/raisaf161

Sources:

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/need-for-solidarity-unionism

Mia talks with Raisa, Tabby, and Daniel from the IWW about industrial and solidarity unionism, the history of the IWW, and the IWW's upcoming Fire Your Boss Tour.
<a href="https://industrialworker.carrd.co">https://industrialworker.carrd.co</a>
<a href="https://linktr.ee/raisaf161">https://linktr.ee/raisaf161</a>
Sources:
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/need-for-solidarity-unionism">https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/need-for-solidarity-unionism</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

 How to Fire Your Boss

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Labor journalist and author Kim Kelly discusses the impact of deadly silica dust in the workplace, from coal mines to coffee shops

Labor journalist and author Kim Kelly discusses the impact of deadly silica dust in the workplace, from coal mines to coffee shops

The Dangers of Silica ft. Kim Kelly

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Journalist Carlos Berríos Polanco talks with James, outlining the United States' overseas colonial empire and how it was started by a quest for bird poop. 

Sources:

How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr

Colonial Crucible: Empire in the Making of the Modern American State edited by Alfred W. McCoy and Francisco A. Scarano

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23780231241274187

https://fortune.com/2026/07/27/hormuz-fertilizer-guano-islands-act-fertilizer-empire/ 

https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/navassa-island-the-uss-160-year-forgotten-tragedy

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-09-26/almost-half-of-americans-dont-know-puerto-ricans-are-us-citizens-poll 

https://www.doi.gov/oia/islands/politicatypes 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/puerto-rico-independence-movement 

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-CARIBBEAN/MILITARY-BUILDUP/egpbbnzyrpq/ 

https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/ 

https://apnews.com/article/american-samoa-voting-citizenship-alaska-trump-eda6c32ce0fcdca6edb22efac26e403d 

https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/how-us-controls-iraqs-oil-revenues-2026-01-23/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/magazine/venezuela-empires-colony.html 

https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-state-trump-rodriguez-chavismo-silence-634203c885803b018ecd8ac012bb249d 

https://time.com/article/2026/06/02/trump-annex-canada-51st-state-rhetoric-carney-us-partnership-message/ 

https://theconversation.com/us-territories-have-a-voice-in-congress-but-no-vote-heres-why-283547

https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheets-View/Article/4463352/154-the-longe
st-blackout-in-us-history-hurricane-maria/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-was-serious-about-trading-hurricane-stricken-puert
o-rico-greenland-n1237336

https://www.democracynow.org/2001/8/3/as_navy_pounds_vieques_with_largest
“Nationals” but not “Citizens”

https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/nationals-but-not-citizens-how-the-u-s-denies-citizenship
-to-american-samoans

Journalist Carlos Berr&iacute;os Polanco talks with James, outlining the United States' overseas colonial empire and how it was started by a quest for bird poop.&nbsp;
Sources:
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr
Colonial Crucible: Empire in the Making of the Modern American State edited by Alfred W. McCoy and Francisco A. Scarano
<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23780231241274187" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23780231241274187&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1786734345995000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3xCNKFICrgdO9ZmPWVLQyw">https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23780231241274187</a>
<a href="https://fortune.com/2026/07/27/hormuz-fertilizer-guano-islands-act-fertilizer-empire/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://fortune.com/2026/07/27/hormuz-fertilizer-guano-islands-act-fertilizer-empire/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1786734345995000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1pgyCNVE5BsSQ_wleftfYe">https://fortune.com/2026/07/27/hormuz-fertilizer-guano-islands-act-fertilizer-empire/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/navassa-island-the-uss-160-year-forgotten-tragedy" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/navassa-island-the-uss-160-year-forgotten-tragedy&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1786734345995000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2uvGY-4o_xpwEnRahHm8HH">https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/navassa-island-the-uss-160-year-forgotten-tragedy</a>
<a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-09-26/almost-half-of-americans-dont-know-puerto-ricans-are-us-citizens-poll" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-09-26/almost-half-of-americans-dont-know-puerto-ricans-are-us-citizens-poll&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1786734345995000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3ymStmx-Osy2jsXl-C8bYw">https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-09-26/almost-half-of-americans-dont-know-puerto-ricans-are-us-citizens-poll</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.doi.gov/oia/islands/politicatypes" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.doi.gov/oia/islands/politicatypes&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1786734345995000&amp;usg=AOvVaw36hkJ9BndmpMj3sWzeVwhp">https://www.doi.gov/oia/islands/politicatypes</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/puerto-rico-independence-movement" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/puerto-rico-independence-movement&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1786734345995000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2MHs2JeW5iZ80upB2YK0Yy">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/puerto-rico-independence-movement</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-CARIBBEAN/MILITARY-BUILDUP/egpbbnzyrpq/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-CARIBBEAN/MILITARY-BUILDUP/egpbbnzyrpq/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1786734345995000&amp;usg=AOvVaw29xepVF-7zhLE7fqcs9ire">https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-CARIBBEAN/MILITARY-BUILDUP/egpbbnzyrpq/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1786734345995000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0kNdeT5uXz6ZBzKr6RFr80">https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://apnews.com/article/american-samoa-voting-citizenship-alaska-trump-eda6c32ce0fcdca6edb22efac26e403d" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://apnews.com/article/american-samoa-voting-citizenship-alaska-trump-eda6c32ce0fcdca6edb22efac26e403d&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1786734345995000&amp;usg=AOvVaw30Uy1JdkPz3-QflltzBllO">https://apnews.com/article/american-samoa-voting-citizenship-alaska-trump-eda6c32ce0fcdca6edb22efac26e403d</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1786734345995000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0kNdeT5uXz6ZBzKr6RFr80">https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/how-us-controls-iraqs-oil-revenues-2026-01-23/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/how-us-controls-iraqs-oil-revenues-2026-01-23/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1786734345995000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2df8vMfYkCKJAElupqVGfY">https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/how-us-controls-iraqs-oil-revenues-2026-01-23/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/magazine/venezuela-empires-colony.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/magazine/venezuela-empires-colony.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1786734345995000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1SGzqa5qcjaHJb_-DDTbng">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/magazine/venezuela-empires-colony.html</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-state-trump-rodriguez-chavismo-silence-634203c885803b018ecd8ac012bb249d" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-state-trump-rodriguez-chavismo-silence-634203c885803b018ecd8ac012bb249d&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1786734345995000&amp;usg=AOvVaw22q-8DAaUYmaxYu7J_ik23">https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-state-trump-rodriguez-chavismo-silence-634203c885803b018ecd8ac012bb249d</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://time.com/article/2026/06/02/trump-annex-canada-51st-state-rhetoric-carney-us-partnership-message/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://time.com/article/2026/06/02/trump-annex-canada-51st-state-rhetoric-carney-us-partnership-message/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1786734345995000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1y_dF_MWcpnPRSNasMjOYF">https://time.com/article/2026/06/02/trump-annex-canada-51st-state-rhetoric-carney-us-partnership-message/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://theconversation.com/us-territories-have-a-voice-in-congress-but-no-vote-heres-why-283547">https://theconversation.com/us-territories-have-a-voice-in-congress-but-no-vote-heres-why-283547</a>
<a href="https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheets-View/Article/4463352/154-the-longe%20st-blackout-in-us-history-hurricane-maria/">https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheets-View/Article/4463352/154-the-longe</a> <a href="https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheets-View/Article/4463352/154-the-longe%20st-blackout-in-us-history-hurricane-maria/">st-blackout-in-us-history-hurricane-maria/</a> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-was-serious-about-trading-hurricane-stricken-puert%20o-rico-greenland-n1237336">https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-was-serious-about-trading-hurricane-stricken-puert</a> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-was-serious-about-trading-hurricane-stricken-puert%20o-rico-greenland-n1237336">o-rico-greenland-n1237336</a> <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2001/8/3/as_navy_pounds_vieques_with_largest%20&ldquo;Nationals&rdquo;%20but%20not%20&ldquo;Citizens&rdquo;">https://www.democracynow.org/2001/8/3/as_navy_pounds_vieques_with_largest</a> <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2001/8/3/as_navy_pounds_vieques_with_largest%20&ldquo;Nationals&rdquo;%20but%20not%20&ldquo;Citizens&rdquo;">&ldquo;Nationals&rdquo; but not &ldquo;Citizens&rdquo;</a>
<a href="https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/nationals-but-not-citizens-how-the-u-s-denies-citizenship%20-to-american-samoans">https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/nationals-but-not-citizens-how-the-u-s-denies-citizenship</a> <a href="https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/nationals-but-not-citizens-how-the-u-s-denies-citizenship%20-to-american-samoans">-to-american-samoans</a>

How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 1

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Margaret reads you a story about the French Revolution and the destruction of a prison

Margaret reads you a story about the French Revolution and the destruction of a prison

CZM Book Club: The Storming of the Bastille, by Alexandre Dumas

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