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

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

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.

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There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 64

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/796c54d4-4cfd-4123-a791-af7500173d17/transcript

Andrew and Garrison talk about the politics of assassination as a symbolic act from Luigi Mangione and United Healthcare to Gaetano Bresci and the king of Italy. 

 

Sources:
https://abcnews.com/US/luigi-mangione-charged-murder
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/10/luigi-mangione-life-school-family-back/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/14/luigi-mangione-guilty-plea-brian-thompson-killing
America's Forgotten Terrorists: The Rise and Fall of the Galleanists by Jeffrey D. Simon
Assassins against the Old Order: Italian Anarchist Violence in Fin de Siecle Europe by Nunzio Pernicone, Fraser Ottanelli
The Anarchist Assassin and Italian History, 1870s to 1930s by Carl Levy
The Monza Tragedy by Errico Malatesta - https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-the-monza-tragedy

Andrew and Garrison talk about the politics of assassination as a symbolic act from Luigi Mangione and United Healthcare to Gaetano Bresci and the king of Italy.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Sources:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://abcnews.com/US/luigi-mangione-charged-murder">https://abcnews.com/US/luigi-mangione-charged-murder</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/10/luigi-mangione-life-school-family-back/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/10/luigi-mangione-life-school-family-back/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/14/luigi-mangione-guilty-plea-brian-thompson-killing">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/14/luigi-mangione-guilty-plea-brian-thompson-killing</a></li>
<li>America's Forgotten Terrorists: The Rise and Fall of the Galleanists by Jeffrey D. Simon</li>
<li>Assassins against the Old Order: Italian Anarchist Violence in Fin de Siecle Europe by Nunzio Pernicone, Fraser Ottanelli</li>
<li>The Anarchist Assassin and Italian History, 1870s to 1930s by Carl Levy</li>
<li>The Monza Tragedy by Errico Malatesta - <a href="https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-the-monza-tragedy">https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-the-monza-tragedy</a></li>
</ul>

A Tale of Two Assassinations with Andrew

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/5a4c0083-8370-4bb7-bff6-b4ff0153f184/transcript

Kevin Foster dives into the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger and the consequences for labor, press freedom, and history.

 

Sources:
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/warner-bros-signs-110-billion-deal-with-paramount-its-executive-discloses-2026-02-27/
https://www.skydance.com/news/press/paramount-completes-acquisition-of-warner-bros-discovery-creating-a-new-global-entertainment-leader-skydance
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/12-states-challenge-paramounts-takeover-of-warner-say-merger-would-extinguish-competition
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/paramount-pledges-release-30-films-year-how-will-that-add-up-2026-09-23/
https://fortune.com/2026/10/15/skydance-warner-media-consolidation-trust-gallup/
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/18/paramount-bonta-in-talks-to-settle-antitrust-litigation-01085072
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/trump-praises-paramount-warner-bros-skydance-merger-terrific-people-1236903643/
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/free-press-founder-bari-weiss-named-editor-cbs-news-after-deal-with-paramount-2025-10-06/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-cbs-news-chief-draws-backlash-by-pulling-60-minutes-story-on-el-salvador-prison
https://www.nilc.org/resources/tracking-the-cecot-disappearances/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/new-cnn-cbs-news-editorial-indepedence-board-who-what-why-1236707168/
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/11/oracle-tiktok-us-stake-outages.html
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tiktok-china-d5d8a1d56b5185778536874d7fc1ee62
https://csmapnyu.org/impact/news/was-there-censorship-on-tiktok-after-the-u-s-takeover

<ul></ul>
Kevin Foster dives into the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger and the consequences for labor, press freedom, and history.
&nbsp;
Sources:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/warner-bros-signs-110-billion-deal-with-paramount-its-executive-discloses-2026-02-27/">https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/warner-bros-signs-110-billion-deal-with-paramount-its-executive-discloses-2026-02-27/</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.skydance.com/news/press/paramount-completes-acquisition-of-warner-bros-discovery-creating-a-new-global-entertainment-leader-skydance">https://www.skydance.com/news/press/paramount-completes-acquisition-of-warner-bros-discovery-creating-a-new-global-entertainment-leader-skydance</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/12-states-challenge-paramounts-takeover-of-warner-say-merger-would-extinguish-competition">https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/12-states-challenge-paramounts-takeover-of-warner-say-merger-would-extinguish-competition</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/paramount-pledges-release-30-films-year-how-will-that-add-up-2026-09-23/">https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/paramount-pledges-release-30-films-year-how-will-that-add-up-2026-09-23/</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://fortune.com/2026/10/15/skydance-warner-media-consolidation-trust-gallup/">https://fortune.com/2026/10/15/skydance-warner-media-consolidation-trust-gallup/</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/18/paramount-bonta-in-talks-to-settle-antitrust-litigation-01085072">https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/18/paramount-bonta-in-talks-to-settle-antitrust-litigation-01085072</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/trump-praises-paramount-warner-bros-skydance-merger-terrific-people-1236903643/">https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/trump-praises-paramount-warner-bros-skydance-merger-terrific-people-1236903643/</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/free-press-founder-bari-weiss-named-editor-cbs-news-after-deal-with-paramount-2025-10-06/">https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/free-press-founder-bari-weiss-named-editor-cbs-news-after-deal-with-paramount-2025-10-06/</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-cbs-news-chief-draws-backlash-by-pulling-60-minutes-story-on-el-salvador-prison">https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-cbs-news-chief-draws-backlash-by-pulling-60-minutes-story-on-el-salvador-prison</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.nilc.org/resources/tracking-the-cecot-disappearances/">https://www.nilc.org/resources/tracking-the-cecot-disappearances/</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/new-cnn-cbs-news-editorial-indepedence-board-who-what-why-1236707168/">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/new-cnn-cbs-news-editorial-indepedence-board-who-what-why-1236707168/</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/11/oracle-tiktok-us-stake-outages.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/11/oracle-tiktok-us-stake-outages.html</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-tiktok-china-d5d8a1d56b5185778536874d7fc1ee62">https://apnews.com/article/trump-tiktok-china-d5d8a1d56b5185778536874d7fc1ee62</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://csmapnyu.org/impact/news/was-there-censorship-on-tiktok-after-the-u-s-takeover">https://csmapnyu.org/impact/news/was-there-censorship-on-tiktok-after-the-u-s-takeover</a></li>
</ul>

Press Freedom and the Paramount Merger

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Mia talks with David Forbes of the Asheville Blade about how Asheville's government has used Helene to exploit its people and push neoliberal economics.

Sources:

https://ashevilleblade.com/?p=5399

Mia talks with David Forbes of the Asheville Blade about how Asheville's government has used Helene to exploit its people and push neoliberal economics.
Sources:
<a href="https://ashevilleblade.com/?p=5399">https://ashevilleblade.com/?p=5399</a>

Do Not Become Addicted to Water: Asheville After Helene

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/41f10263-84db-43aa-b6d2-b4fe001b30c9/transcript

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