As construction for Cop City is set to begin imminently, a referendum to let Atlanta voters decide the fate of the facility faces voter suppression.

As construction for Cop City is set to begin imminently, a referendum to let Atlanta voters decide the fate of the facility faces voter suppression.

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

As the country grappled with the aftermath of the 2020 uprising, a new anti-police struggle emerged in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2022, Garrison Davis traveled to Atlanta to report on protests surrounding the construction of a controversial police training facility being built in the Weelaunee Forest on the edge of the city. Over three years, Atlanta ironically became a training ground for anarchists, while the state tested strategies for the next generation of counterinsurgency tactics.

As the country grappled with the aftermath of the 2020 uprising, a new anti-police struggle emerged in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2022, Garrison Davis traveled to Atlanta to report on protests surrounding the construction of a controversial police training facility being built in the Weelaunee Forest on the edge of the city. Over three years, Atlanta ironically became a training ground for anarchists, while the state tested strategies for the next generation of counterinsurgency tactics.

Stop Cop City: To Defend A Forest

Stop Cop City, Dispatch from Weelaunee Summer: Part Three

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/181c763c-3068-4011-8aa9-b06801549f48/transcript

Mia talks with David Forbes, editor and journalist with the Trans News Network, about her work covering the Catholic Church’s draconian trans healthcare ban and how Catholic hospitals spread across the healthcare system.

Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th or we'll hunt down your family.  

Behind the Bastards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation 

It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics 

Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary  

Sources:

https://transnews.network/p/u-s-catholic-bishops-launch-attack-on-trans-healthcare-it-s-time-to-fight-back

https://transnews.network/p/it-s-a-nightmare-the-human-toll-of-the-catholic-church-s-trans-healthcare-ban

Mia talks with David Forbes, editor and journalist with the Trans News Network, about her work covering the Catholic Church&rsquo;s draconian trans healthcare ban and how Catholic hospitals spread across the healthcare system.
Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th or we'll hunt down your family.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Behind the Bastards - <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation">https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation</a>&nbsp;
It Could Happen Here - <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics">https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics</a>&nbsp;
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Sources:
<a href="https://transnews.network/p/u-s-catholic-bishops-launch-attack-on-trans-healthcare-it-s-time-to-fight-back">https://transnews.network/p/u-s-catholic-bishops-launch-attack-on-trans-healthcare-it-s-time-to-fight-back</a>
<a href="https://transnews.network/p/it-s-a-nightmare-the-human-toll-of-the-catholic-church-s-trans-healthcare-ban">https://transnews.network/p/it-s-a-nightmare-the-human-toll-of-the-catholic-church-s-trans-healthcare-ban</a>

The Most Extremely Trans Healthcare Ban You've Never Heard Of

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/f4cbd27d-3d5b-4913-ad2c-b42b00175bf1/transcript

Happy National Poetry Month! Margaret reads some poems from a "Classic Age" anarchist poet and agitator

Happy National Poetry Month! Margaret reads some poems from a "Classic Age" anarchist poet and agitator

CZM Book Club: Selected Poems of Voltairine de Cleyre

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/e5e0c8dd-1538-4d9a-bb36-b42a000bf9dc/transcript

The NFL Players Association, Pt. 1

The NFL Players Association, Pt. 2

The Jewish Bund and Political Imagination

Nigeria with Andrew

Executive Disorder

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

- How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Association, Pt. 1

- How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Association, Pt. 2

- The Jewish Bund and Political Imagination

- Nigeria with Andrew

- Executive Disorder: FEMA Teleportation, Pam Bondi Fired, Iran Ceasefire?

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 “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today!

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It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics 

Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary 

Sources/Links:

How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Association

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45769802/ex-nflpa-boss-lloyd-howell-strip-club-expenses-sent-investigator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P42Wq3fmTYg

https://youtu.be/SwVNM266nCM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjOpA-N24Cc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-dN5xO7r

The Jewish Bund and Political Imagination

Here Where We Live is Our Country - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320/here-where-we-live-is-our-country-by-molly-crabapple/

We Need New Jewish Institutions by Arielle Angel -  https://jewishcurrents.org/we-need-new-jewish-institutions

Jewish Federations of North America polling - https://www.inss.org.il/social_media/jfna-survey-finds-just-37-of-jewish-americans-identify-as-zionists/

Executive Disorder: FEMA Teleportation, Pam Bondi Fired, Iran Ceasefire?

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-50-percent-tariffs-on-iran-arms-supplies-

Sources:

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-50-percent-tariffs-on-iran-arms-supplies-his-legal-path-is-murky-00863519

https://www.wisn.com/article/author-of-banned-book-calls-out-menomonee-falls-district/45840156

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-announces-50-tariffs-nations-supplying-iran-with-weapons-2026-04-08/

https://aomeara.com/section-338-and-the-ghost-of-smoot-hawley/

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF13006

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-tariffs-countries-supplying-weapons-iran-ceasefire.html

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11346

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/elections/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-polls.html

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-scores-f-accurate-pollster-11797710

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5819659-trump-approval-rating-democrats/

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5810850-trump-approval-hits-new-low/

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/08/nx-s1-5770114/democrats-wisconsin-georgia-election-shift-overperformance-trump

https://x.com/Kalshi/status/2041503849991516661?s=20

https://www.imeupolicyproject.org/polls/tx-primary

https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/impd-shots-fired-into-indianapolis-city-county-councilors-home/

https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041938354858582151?s=20

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/world/middleeast/shelly-kittleson-journalist-iraq.html

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=456810#text=Dignidad

https://truthsocial.com/@greggphillips/posts/116329963429212640

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/fema-gregg-phillips-waffle-house-teleportation.html

https://x.com/ElizLanders/status/2041878299454955640/photo/1

https://x.com/jonkarl/status/2041839012097229086?s=20

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-news-conference-iran/

https://www.cbsnews.com/projects/2026/us-military-rescue-iran/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/6/trump-says-us-armed-iranian-dissidents-via-kurds-kurdish-groups-deny-claim

https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041422908166127898?s=20

https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041429864335446102?s=20

https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041073575273156670?s=20

https://theaviationist.com/2026/04/05/u-s-rescues-downed-f-15e-wso-deep-inside-iran/

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-threatens-jail-time-over-f-15-story-leak-260769349590

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116351998782539414

https://abcnews.com/US/fbi-scene-ice-involved-shooting-patterson-california/story?id=131812411

https://x.com/DaniellaMicaela/status/2041886308964913229

https://x.com/OversightDems/status/2041900181977718843

https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/lee-m-zeldin/about

https://www.cityandstateny.com/personality/2026/04/5-things-know-about-lee-zeldin-he-tops-trumps-list-ag/412647/

https://nynow.wmht.org/blogs/politics/why-rep-zeldin-now-running-for-governor-says-he-voted-against-the-2020-election-results/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/politics/pam-bondi-attorney-general-trump.html

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/politics/todd-blanche-nobody-knows-why-bondi-was-fired

https://x.com/RepNancyMace/status/2041906771074138402

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.&nbsp;
- How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Association, Pt. 1
- How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Association, Pt. 2
- The Jewish Bund and Political Imagination
- Nigeria with Andrew
- Executive Disorder: FEMA Teleportation, Pam Bondi Fired, Iran Ceasefire?
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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Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th!
Behind the Bastards - <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation">https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation</a>&nbsp;
It Could Happen Here - <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics">https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics</a>&nbsp;
Migrating to America - <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary">https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary</a>&nbsp;
Sources/Links:
How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Association
<a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45769802/ex-nflpa-boss-lloyd-howell-strip-club-expenses-sent-investigator">https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45769802/ex-nflpa-boss-lloyd-howell-strip-club-expenses-sent-investigator</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P42Wq3fmTYg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P42Wq3fmTYg</a>
<a href="https://youtu.be/SwVNM266nCM">https://youtu.be/SwVNM266nCM</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjOpA-N24Cc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjOpA-N24Cc</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-dN5xO7r">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-dN5xO7r</a>
The Jewish Bund and Political Imagination
Here Where We Live is Our Country - <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320/here-where-we-live-is-our-country-by-molly-crabapple/">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320/here-where-we-live-is-our-country-by-molly-crabapple/</a>
We Need New Jewish Institutions by Arielle Angel -&nbsp; <a href="https://jewishcurrents.org/we-need-new-jewish-institutions">https://jewishcurrents.org/we-need-new-jewish-institutions</a>
Jewish Federations of North America polling - <a href="https://www.inss.org.il/social_media/jfna-survey-finds-just-37-of-jewish-americans-identify-as-zionists/">https://www.inss.org.il/social_media/jfna-survey-finds-just-37-of-jewish-americans-identify-as-zionists/</a>
Executive Disorder: FEMA Teleportation, Pam Bondi Fired, Iran Ceasefire?
<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-50-percent-tariffs-on-iran-arms-supplies-his-legal-path-is-murky-00863519">https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-50-percent-tariffs-on-iran-arms-supplies-</a>
Sources:
<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-50-percent-tariffs-on-iran-arms-supplies-his-legal-path-is-murky-00863519">https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-50-percent-tariffs-on-iran-arms-supplies-his-legal-path-is-murky-00863519</a>
<a href="https://www.wisn.com/article/author-of-banned-book-calls-out-menomonee-falls-district/45840156">https://www.wisn.com/article/author-of-banned-book-calls-out-menomonee-falls-district/45840156</a>
<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-announces-50-tariffs-nations-supplying-iran-with-weapons-2026-04-08/">https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-announces-50-tariffs-nations-supplying-iran-with-weapons-2026-04-08/</a>
<a href="https://aomeara.com/section-338-and-the-ghost-of-smoot-hawley/">https://aomeara.com/section-338-and-the-ghost-of-smoot-hawley/</a>
<a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF13006">https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF13006</a>
<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-tariffs-countries-supplying-weapons-iran-ceasefire.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-tariffs-countries-supplying-weapons-iran-ceasefire.html</a>
<a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11346">https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11346</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/elections/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-polls.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/elections/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-polls.html</a>
<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-scores-f-accurate-pollster-11797710">https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-scores-f-accurate-pollster-11797710</a>
<a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5819659-trump-approval-rating-democrats/">https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5819659-trump-approval-rating-democrats/</a>
<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5810850-trump-approval-hits-new-low/">https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5810850-trump-approval-hits-new-low/</a>
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/04/08/nx-s1-5770114/democrats-wisconsin-georgia-election-shift-overperformance-trump">https://www.npr.org/2026/04/08/nx-s1-5770114/democrats-wisconsin-georgia-election-shift-overperformance-trump</a>
<a href="https://x.com/Kalshi/status/2041503849991516661?s=20">https://x.com/Kalshi/status/2041503849991516661?s=20</a>
<a href="https://www.imeupolicyproject.org/polls/tx-primary">https://www.imeupolicyproject.org/polls/tx-primary</a>
<a href="https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/impd-shots-fired-into-indianapolis-city-county-councilors-home/">https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/impd-shots-fired-into-indianapolis-city-county-councilors-home/</a>
<a href="https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041938354858582151?s=20">https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041938354858582151?s=20</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/world/middleeast/shelly-kittleson-journalist-iraq.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/world/middleeast/shelly-kittleson-journalist-iraq.html</a>
<a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=456810#text=Dignidad">https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=456810#text=Dignidad</a>
<a href="https://truthsocial.com/@greggphillips/posts/116329963429212640">https://truthsocial.com/@greggphillips/posts/116329963429212640</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/fema-gregg-phillips-waffle-house-teleportation.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/fema-gregg-phillips-waffle-house-teleportation.html</a>
<a href="https://x.com/ElizLanders/status/2041878299454955640/photo/1">https://x.com/ElizLanders/status/2041878299454955640/photo/1</a>
<a href="https://x.com/jonkarl/status/2041839012097229086?s=20">https://x.com/jonkarl/status/2041839012097229086?s=20</a>
<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-news-conference-iran/">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-news-conference-iran/</a>
<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/projects/2026/us-military-rescue-iran/">https://www.cbsnews.com/projects/2026/us-military-rescue-iran/</a>
<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/6/trump-says-us-armed-iranian-dissidents-via-kurds-kurdish-groups-deny-claim">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/6/trump-says-us-armed-iranian-dissidents-via-kurds-kurdish-groups-deny-claim</a>
<a href="https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041422908166127898?s=20">https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041422908166127898?s=20</a>
<a href="https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041429864335446102?s=20">https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041429864335446102?s=20</a>
<a href="https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041073575273156670?s=20">https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041073575273156670?s=20</a>
<a href="https://theaviationist.com/2026/04/05/u-s-rescues-downed-f-15e-wso-deep-inside-iran/">https://theaviationist.com/2026/04/05/u-s-rescues-downed-f-15e-wso-deep-inside-iran/</a>
<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-threatens-jail-time-over-f-15-story-leak-260769349590">https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-threatens-jail-time-over-f-15-story-leak-260769349590</a>
<a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116351998782539414">https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116351998782539414</a>
<a href="https://abcnews.com/US/fbi-scene-ice-involved-shooting-patterson-california/story?id=131812411">https://abcnews.com/US/fbi-scene-ice-involved-shooting-patterson-california/story?id=131812411</a>
<a href="https://x.com/DaniellaMicaela/status/2041886308964913229">https://x.com/DaniellaMicaela/status/2041886308964913229</a>
<a href="https://x.com/OversightDems/status/2041900181977718843">https://x.com/OversightDems/status/2041900181977718843</a>
<a href="https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/lee-m-zeldin/about">https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/lee-m-zeldin/about</a>
<a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/personality/2026/04/5-things-know-about-lee-zeldin-he-tops-trumps-list-ag/412647/">https://www.cityandstateny.com/personality/2026/04/5-things-know-about-lee-zeldin-he-tops-trumps-list-ag/412647/</a>
<a href="https://nynow.wmht.org/blogs/politics/why-rep-zeldin-now-running-for-governor-says-he-voted-against-the-2020-election-results/">https://nynow.wmht.org/blogs/politics/why-rep-zeldin-now-running-for-governor-says-he-voted-against-the-2020-election-results/</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/politics/pam-bondi-attorney-general-trump.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/politics/pam-bondi-attorney-general-trump.html</a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/politics/todd-blanche-nobody-knows-why-bondi-was-fired">https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/politics/todd-blanche-nobody-knows-why-bondi-was-fired</a>
<a href="https://x.com/RepNancyMace/status/2041906771074138402">https://x.com/RepNancyMace/status/2041906771074138402</a>

It Could Happen Here Weekly 227

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