Occulture, Technomancy & the Role of Magick

The Heart Stops Reluctantly

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

The Quality of Mercy

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #40

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

- Occulture, Technomancy vs Tradition, and the Role of Magick in 2025

- The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: The Heart Stops Reluctantly

- The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

- The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: The Quality of Mercy

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #40

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Sources:

The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: The Heart Stops Reluctantly

Corinna Barrett Lain, Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection (New York: New York University Press, 2025.)

Michael Phillips and Betsy Friauf, The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2025.) 

Austin Sarat, Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America’s Death Penalty (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2014.)

The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Corinna Barrett Lain, Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection (New York: New York University Press, 2025.)

Dick Reavis, “Charlie Brooks’ Last Words,” Texas Monthly (February 1983.)

The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: The Quality of Mercy

Breanna Ehrlich, “The Last Face Death Row Inmates See,” Rolling Stone, March 29, 2025 (https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/death-row-reverend-jeff-hood-1235305460/)

Anand Giridharadas, The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas (New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2014.) 

Corinna Barrett Lain, Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection (New York: New York University Press, 2025.)

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #40

https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-287g-ice-trump-abbott/

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832522/moreno-gonzalez-v-noem-secretary-us-department-of-homeland-security/ 

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71875910/1/tangipa-v-newsom/ 

https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/11/proposition-50-overnight-results/ 

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115492361756063244

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/11/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strikes-deal-on-economic-and-trade-relations-with-china/

https://archive.vn/rR8Ix

https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/522166327/202133199349305758/full

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-says-china-cant-have-nvidias-top-ai-chips-supreme-court-case-looms-162418765.html

https://archive.vn/BFLOe

https://archive.vn/uxkws#selection-799.0-808.0

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5588695-abbott-tariffs-new-yorkers-texas-election/

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/nyc-mayor-results-precinct-map.html 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/zohran-mamdani-victory-speech-transcript

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-says-china-cant-have-nvidias-top-ai-chips-supreme-court-case-looms-162418765.html

https://archive.vn/BFLOe

https://archive.vn/uxkws#selection-799.0-808.0

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5588695-abbott-tariffs-new-yorkers-texas-election/

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/nyc-mayor-results-precinct-map.html 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/zohran-mamdani-victory-speech-transcript

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.&nbsp;
- Occulture, Technomancy vs Tradition, and the Role of Magick in 2025
- The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: The Heart Stops Reluctantly
- The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
- The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: The Quality of Mercy
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #40
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!
<a href="http://apple.co/coolerzone">http://apple.co/coolerzone</a>
Sources:
The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: The Heart Stops Reluctantly
Corinna Barrett Lain, Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection&nbsp;(New York: New York University Press, 2025.)
Michael Phillips and Betsy Friauf,&nbsp;The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas&nbsp;(Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2025.)&nbsp;
Austin Sarat,&nbsp;Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America&rsquo;s Death Penalty&nbsp;(Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2014.)
The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Corinna Barrett Lain, Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection&nbsp;(New York: New York University Press, 2025.)
Dick Reavis, &ldquo;Charlie Brooks&rsquo; Last Words,&rdquo;&nbsp;Texas Monthly&nbsp;(February 1983.)
The Shady Business of Lethal Injection: The Quality of Mercy
Breanna Ehrlich, &ldquo;The Last Face Death Row Inmates See,&rdquo;&nbsp;Rolling Stone, March 29, 2025 (<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/death-row-reverend-jeff-hood-1235305460/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="35c42e04-42bc-4412-a200-5e6c2ad98c60">https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/death-row-reverend-jeff-hood-1235305460/</a>)
Anand Giridharadas,&nbsp;The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas&nbsp;(New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2014.)&nbsp;
Corinna Barrett Lain,&nbsp;Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection&nbsp;(New York: New York University Press, 2025.)
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #40
<a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-287g-ice-trump-abbott/">https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-287g-ice-trump-abbott/</a>
<a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832522/moreno-gonzalez-v-noem-secretary-us-department-of-homeland-security/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832522/moreno-gonzalez-v-noem-secretary-us-department-of-homeland-security/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71875910/1/tangipa-v-newsom/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71875910/1/tangipa-v-newsom/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/11/proposition-50-overnight-results/">https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/11/proposition-50-overnight-results/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115492361756063244">https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115492361756063244</a>
<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/11/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strikes-deal-on-economic-and-trade-relations-with-china/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/11/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strikes-deal-on-economic-and-trade-relations-with-china/</a>
<a href="https://archive.vn/rR8Ix">https://archive.vn/rR8Ix</a>
<a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/522166327/202133199349305758/full">https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/522166327/202133199349305758/full</a>
<a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-says-china-cant-have-nvidias-top-ai-chips-supreme-court-case-looms-162418765.html">https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-says-china-cant-have-nvidias-top-ai-chips-supreme-court-case-looms-162418765.html</a>
<a href="https://archive.vn/BFLOe">https://archive.vn/BFLOe</a>
<a href="https://archive.vn/uxkws#selection-799.0-808.0">https://archive.vn/uxkws#selection-799.0-808.0</a>
<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5588695-abbott-tariffs-new-yorkers-texas-election/">https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5588695-abbott-tariffs-new-yorkers-texas-election/</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/nyc-mayor-results-precinct-map.html">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/nyc-mayor-results-precinct-map.html</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/zohran-mamdani-victory-speech-transcript">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/zohran-mamdani-victory-speech-transcript</a>
<a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-says-china-cant-have-nvidias-top-ai-chips-supreme-court-case-looms-162418765.html">https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-says-china-cant-have-nvidias-top-ai-chips-supreme-court-case-looms-162418765.html</a>
<a href="https://archive.vn/BFLOe">https://archive.vn/BFLOe</a>
<a href="https://archive.vn/uxkws#selection-799.0-808.0">https://archive.vn/uxkws#selection-799.0-808.0</a>
<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5588695-abbott-tariffs-new-yorkers-texas-election/">https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5588695-abbott-tariffs-new-yorkers-texas-election/</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/nyc-mayor-results-precinct-map.html">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/04/us/elections/nyc-mayor-results-precinct-map.html</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/zohran-mamdani-victory-speech-transcript">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/zohran-mamdani-victory-speech-transcript</a>

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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.

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