Robert sits down with author and activist Cory Doctorow to discuss his new book, the Bezzle, and how finance monsters have turned American prisons into an even crueler institution.

Robert sits down with author and activist Cory Doctorow to discuss his new book, the Bezzle, and how finance monsters have turned American prisons into an even crueler institution.

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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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Private Prisons, Finance Ghouls and The Bezzle, with Cory Doctorow

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The gang discuss the dissolution of the SDF, Lake America, MAGA influencers secretly working for the Pentagon, Trump’s oil deal in Venezuela, new US strikes in Iran, a USPS whistleblower warning about voting restrictions, and the Tupac murder case. 


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https://x.com/JohnSevenTwo/status/2095117948650172862?s=20 
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https://x.com/Acyn/status/2093087605785292936?s=20
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/honoring-the-american-history-of-the-great-lakes-and-renaming-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-3a36/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/27/mike-collinss-former-staffer-posted-kkk-nazi-imagery/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/28/business/states-prediction-markets-gambling-federal-appeals-court
https://x.com/StephenM/status/2093865962730651942?s=20
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/29/rubio-immigration-first-fifth-amendments-01056086?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2094436092422340978?s=20
https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-oil-reserves-eb0ed5a1e99602c21a7f690c3368020e
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/politics/how-marco-rubio-runs-venezuela.html
https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2094143793951838328?s=20 
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/iran-news-trump-war-israel-hormuz-august-30 
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2094186148151046199?s=20 
https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2094558750254256319?s=20 
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117196950497702512 
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117190855202153056 
https://x.com/RT_com/status/1492966810202693633?s=20 
https://x.com/trbrtc/status/2094949680777994338?s=20  
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2094826294466810366?s=20 
https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2094285318170018166?s=20

https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2093246779068137472?s=20

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/30/pentagon-secretly-installs-military-influencers-civilian-roles/
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/maga-influencer-outed-as-a-pentagon-employee-in-bizarre-turn-after-botching-scoop-state-dept-spox-gave-her/
https://x.com/UnderSecPD/status/2090922149234028711?s=20
https://x.com/AFpost/status/2090993722955567308
https://x.com/JimLaPorta/status/2091970654316700056?s=20
https://cavallette.noblogs.org/2026/08/10092

The gang discuss the dissolution of the SDF, Lake America, MAGA influencers secretly working for the Pentagon, Trump&rsquo;s oil deal in Venezuela, new US strikes in Iran, a USPS whistleblower warning about voting restrictions, and the Tupac murder case.&nbsp;
 Sources:
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<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits?CMP=share_btn_url">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits?CMP=share_btn_url</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/the_amargi/status/2094779953925456352?s=20">https://x.com/the_amargi/status/2094779953925456352?s=20</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/JohnSevenTwo/status/2095117948650172862?s=20">https://x.com/JohnSevenTwo/status/2095117948650172862?s=20</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20">https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/establishing-the-united-states-space-academy/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/establishing-the-united-states-space-academy/</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/2093060290371870948?s=20">https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/2093060290371870948?s=20</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Acyn/status/2093087605785292936?s=20">https://x.com/Acyn/status/2093087605785292936?s=20</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/honoring-the-american-history-of-the-great-lakes-and-renaming-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-3a36/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/honoring-the-american-history-of-the-great-lakes-and-renaming-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-3a36/</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/27/mike-collinss-former-staffer-posted-kkk-nazi-imagery/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/27/mike-collinss-former-staffer-posted-kkk-nazi-imagery/ </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/28/business/states-prediction-markets-gambling-federal-appeals-court">https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/28/business/states-prediction-markets-gambling-federal-appeals-court</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/StephenM/status/2093865962730651942?s=20">https://x.com/StephenM/status/2093865962730651942?s=20</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/29/rubio-immigration-first-fifth-amendments-01056086?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter">https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/29/rubio-immigration-first-fifth-amendments-01056086?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2094436092422340978?s=20">https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2094436092422340978?s=20</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-oil-reserves-eb0ed5a1e99602c21a7f690c3368020e?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&amp;taid=6a92151a0602a6000171fc7b&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+New+Content+(Feed)&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=bluesky">https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-oil-reserves-eb0ed5a1e99602c21a7f690c3368020e</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/politics/how-marco-rubio-runs-venezuela.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/politics/how-marco-rubio-runs-venezuela.html</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2094143793951838328?s=20">https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2094143793951838328?s=20</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/iran-news-trump-war-israel-hormuz-august-30">https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/iran-news-trump-war-israel-hormuz-august-30</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2094186148151046199?s=20">https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2094186148151046199?s=20</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2094558750254256319?s=20">https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2094558750254256319?s=20</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117196950497702512">https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117196950497702512</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117190855202153056">https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117190855202153056</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/RT_com/status/1492966810202693633?s=20">https://x.com/RT_com/status/1492966810202693633?s=20</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/trbrtc/status/2094949680777994338?s=20">https://x.com/trbrtc/status/2094949680777994338?s=20</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2094826294466810366?s=20">https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2094826294466810366?s=20</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20">https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2094285318170018166?s=20">https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2094285318170018166?s=20 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2093246779068137472?s=20">https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2093246779068137472?s=20 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/30/pentagon-secretly-installs-military-influencers-civilian-roles/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/30/pentagon-secretly-installs-military-influencers-civilian-roles/</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/maga-influencer-outed-as-a-pentagon-employee-in-bizarre-turn-after-botching-scoop-state-dept-spox-gave-her/">https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/maga-influencer-outed-as-a-pentagon-employee-in-bizarre-turn-after-botching-scoop-state-dept-spox-gave-her/</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/UnderSecPD/status/2090922149234028711?s=20">https://x.com/UnderSecPD/status/2090922149234028711?s=20</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/AFpost/status/2090993722955567308">https://x.com/AFpost/status/2090993722955567308</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/JimLaPorta/status/2091970654316700056?s=20">https://x.com/JimLaPorta/status/2091970654316700056?s=20</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://cavallette.noblogs.org/2026/08/10092">https://cavallette.noblogs.org/2026/08/10092</a></li>
</ul>

Executive Disorder: US Strikes Wedding in Iran, Mail-In Voting Whistleblower, Tupac Killer Convicted 

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/804359d3-19d4-4e76-99f8-b4bb0037c7a7/transcript

Andrew talks with James about the concept of civilization and how we can use it to understand our shared past and future. 

 

Sources:

Against the Grain by James C. Scott

Civilized to Death by Christopher Ryan

Wild Thought by  Claude Lévi-Strauss

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

Andrew talks with James about the concept of civilization and how we can use it to understand our shared past and future.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Sources:
Against the Grain by James C. Scott
Civilized to Death by Christopher Ryan
Wild Thought by&nbsp; Claude L&eacute;vi-Strauss
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

Civilization with Andrew

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/868879fb-3566-45fa-8ed3-b4b9017fa961/transcript

Robert reads an investigative report by French author and researcher, Stephanie Lamy, about the community of race scientists who went after Jason Arday.

 

Source:

https://share.google/VTyoNfxD04LW1B51H

Robert reads an investigative report by French author and researcher, Stephanie Lamy, about the community of race scientists who went after Jason Arday.
&nbsp;
Source:
<a href="https://share.google/VTyoNfxD04LW1B51H">https://share.google/VTyoNfxD04LW1B51H</a>

The Hunt for Jason Arday

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/4dfef6fd-ddc3-4de9-bfc7-b4b9001bba13/transcript

Private Prisons, Finance Ghouls and The Bezzle, with Cory Doctorow

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