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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.

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

The American Refugee Crisis

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/bd356d00-7ae1-4583-8c1c-ae2d01576384/transcript

Happy Valentine's Day! Margaret reads you a story about codependent lesbian mushroom parasites.

Happy Valentine's Day! Margaret reads you a story about codependent lesbian mushroom parasites.

CZM Book Club: Black Hole, by November Rush

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/5251d4de-dd59-4fdc-8aac-b3f10168264a/transcript

Why Fascists Adopted A Suicidal Penguin Mascot

Normalcy feat. Andrew

Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons

The Art of Petty with Prop & Amanda Nelson

Executive Disorder

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

- Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot

- Normalcy feat. Andrew

- Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons

- The Art of Petty with Prop & Amanda Nelson

- Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime Show, Pam Bondi’s Epstein Hearing & ICE Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos

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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Sources/Links:

Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot

Paul Virilio, “The Suicidal State,” in J. DerDerian, ed. The Virilio Reader

https://files.libcom.org/files/A%20Thousand%20Plateaus.pdf 

https://contactos.tome.press/welcome-to-the-suicidal-state/ 

https://jacobin.com/2024/10/death-drive-trump-freud-liberalism 

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-penguin-breaks-internet-sends-left-frenzy

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/penguin-walking-toward-mountain-nihilist-penguin

https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-the-nihilist-penguin-meme-why-a-video-of-a-penguin-walking-toward-a-mountain-from-a-werner-herzog-film-is-going-viral-explained 

https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2014869279850496358 

https://x.com/HHSGov/status/2014772131242877320?s=20 

https://x.com/policylaila/status/2015359679279337808 

https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2015068422980182214 

https://x.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1954555969515450790

Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/24/ice-immigrants-detention-warehouses-deportation-trump/?itid=lk_inline_manual_7

Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime Show, Pam Bondi’s Epstein Hearing & ICE Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos

https://rumble.com/v75hvqg-tpusa-presents-the-all-american-halftime-show.html?e9s=rel_v2_ep

https://www.thebiglead.com/most-watched-super-bowl-halftime-shows-bad-bunny-v/


https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/television/2026/02/09/how-many-people-watched-the-halftime-show-2026-bad-bunny-super-bowl/88586255007/

https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2321.pdf?q=20260210145058 

https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Gatalog%20Complaint_FINAL.pdf 

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977.67.0_1.pdf 

https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2021292068065153476 

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/hisd/article/hisd-loses-immigrant-students-21307427.php 

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-26/family-of-student-arrested-outside-arlete-high-allege-racial-profiling-trump-administration 

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family 

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26708008-us-district-judge-fred-bierys-opinion-ordering-release-of-5-year-old-liam-arias-and-father/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family 

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/g-s1-109413/maxwell-appeals-for-clemency 

https://x.com/domarkus/status/2020882509525893536?s=46

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/casey-wasserman-epstein-fallout-1236500784/

https://www.foxla.com/news/la28-casey-wasserman-epstein-maxwell-investigation-results

https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-s-opening-statement-at-hearing-slamming-attorney-general-bondi-s-epstein-cover-up-betrayal-of-the-principle-of-justice-for-all

https://apnews.com/live/trump-bondi-epstein-updates-2-11-2026 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcEXpOSBE7I

https://x.com/calltoactivism/status/2021617879750455415?s=46

https://x.com/antunes1/status/2021625934919369208?s=46

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021661313429082564?s=46

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021629409606676989?s=46

 

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.&nbsp;
- Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot
- Normalcy feat. Andrew
- Fighting ICE&rsquo;s Warehouse Prisons
- The Art of Petty with Prop &amp; Amanda Nelson
- Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime Show, Pam Bondi&rsquo;s Epstein Hearing &amp; ICE Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos
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/Links:
Why Fascists Have Adopted A Suicidal Penguin as a Mascot
Paul Virilio, &ldquo;The Suicidal State,&rdquo; in J. DerDerian, ed. The Virilio Reader
<a href="https://files.libcom.org/files/A%20Thousand%20Plateaus.pdf">https://files.libcom.org/files/A%20Thousand%20Plateaus.pdf</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://contactos.tome.press/welcome-to-the-suicidal-state/">https://contactos.tome.press/welcome-to-the-suicidal-state/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://jacobin.com/2024/10/death-drive-trump-freud-liberalism">https://jacobin.com/2024/10/death-drive-trump-freud-liberalism</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-penguin-breaks-internet-sends-left-frenzy">https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-penguin-breaks-internet-sends-left-frenzy</a>
<a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/penguin-walking-toward-mountain-nihilist-penguin">https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/penguin-walking-toward-mountain-nihilist-penguin</a>
<a href="https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-the-nihilist-penguin-meme-why-a-video-of-a-penguin-walking-toward-a-mountain-from-a-werner-herzog-film-is-going-viral-explained">https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-the-nihilist-penguin-meme-why-a-video-of-a-penguin-walking-toward-a-mountain-from-a-werner-herzog-film-is-going-viral-explained</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2014869279850496358">https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2014869279850496358</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/HHSGov/status/2014772131242877320?s=20">https://x.com/HHSGov/status/2014772131242877320?s=20</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/policylaila/status/2015359679279337808">https://x.com/policylaila/status/2015359679279337808</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2015068422980182214">https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2015068422980182214</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1954555969515450790">https://x.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1954555969515450790</a>
Fighting ICE&rsquo;s Warehouse Prisons
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/24/ice-immigrants-detention-warehouses-deportation-trump/?itid=lk_inline_manual_7">https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/24/ice-immigrants-detention-warehouses-deportation-trump/?itid=lk_inline_manual_7</a>
Executive Disorder: Turning Point Halftime Show, Pam Bondi&rsquo;s Epstein Hearing &amp; ICE Detention of Liam Conejo Ramos
<a href="https://rumble.com/v75hvqg-tpusa-presents-the-all-american-halftime-show.html?e9s=rel_v2_ep">https://rumble.com/v75hvqg-tpusa-presents-the-all-american-halftime-show.html?e9s=rel_v2_ep</a>
<a href="https://www.thebiglead.com/most-watched-super-bowl-halftime-shows-bad-bunny-v/">https://www.thebiglead.com/most-watched-super-bowl-halftime-shows-bad-bunny-v/ </a>
<a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/television/2026/02/09/how-many-people-watched-the-halftime-show-2026-bad-bunny-super-bowl/88586255007/">https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/television/2026/02/09/how-many-people-watched-the-halftime-show-2026-bad-bunny-super-bowl/88586255007/</a>
<a href="https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2321.pdf?q=20260210145058">https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2321.pdf?q=20260210145058</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Gatalog%20Complaint_FINAL.pdf">https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Gatalog%20Complaint_FINAL.pdf</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977.67.0_1.pdf">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977.67.0_1.pdf</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2021292068065153476">https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2021292068065153476</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/hisd/article/hisd-loses-immigrant-students-21307427.php">https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/hisd/article/hisd-loses-immigrant-students-21307427.php</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-26/family-of-student-arrested-outside-arlete-high-allege-racial-profiling-trump-administration">https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-26/family-of-student-arrested-outside-arlete-high-allege-racial-profiling-trump-administration</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family">https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26708008-us-district-judge-fred-bierys-opinion-ordering-release-of-5-year-old-liam-arias-and-father/">https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26708008-us-district-judge-fred-bierys-opinion-ordering-release-of-5-year-old-liam-arias-and-father/</a> <a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family">https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/g-s1-109413/maxwell-appeals-for-clemency">https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/g-s1-109413/maxwell-appeals-for-clemency</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/domarkus/status/2020882509525893536?s=46">https://x.com/domarkus/status/2020882509525893536?s=46</a>
<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/casey-wasserman-epstein-fallout-1236500784/">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/casey-wasserman-epstein-fallout-1236500784/</a>
<a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/la28-casey-wasserman-epstein-maxwell-investigation-results">https://www.foxla.com/news/la28-casey-wasserman-epstein-maxwell-investigation-results</a>
<a href="https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-s-opening-statement-at-hearing-slamming-attorney-general-bondi-s-epstein-cover-up-betrayal-of-the-principle-of-justice-for-all">https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-s-opening-statement-at-hearing-slamming-attorney-general-bondi-s-epstein-cover-up-betrayal-of-the-principle-of-justice-for-all</a>
<a href="https://apnews.com/live/trump-bondi-epstein-updates-2-11-2026">https://apnews.com/live/trump-bondi-epstein-updates-2-11-2026</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcEXpOSBE7I">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcEXpOSBE7I</a>
<a href="https://x.com/calltoactivism/status/2021617879750455415?s=46">https://x.com/calltoactivism/status/2021617879750455415?s=46</a>
<a href="https://x.com/antunes1/status/2021625934919369208?s=46">https://x.com/antunes1/status/2021625934919369208?s=46</a>
<a href="https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021661313429082564?s=46">https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021661313429082564?s=46</a>
<a href="https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021629409606676989?s=46">https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021629409606676989?s=46</a>
&nbsp;

It Could Happen Here Weekly 219

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/5feb0e0e-49c0-436b-93b2-b3ef0142bc5a/transcript

The gang discuss the All American Halftime Show featuring Kid Rock and Friends, a student walkout in Chicago protesting ICE, a Washington State bill restricting 3D printers, Pam Bondi’s congressional testimony on the mishandling of the Epstein files, and immigration updates. 

Sources:

https://rumble.com/v75hvqg-tpusa-presents-the-all-american-halftime-show.html?e9s=rel_v2_ep

https://www.thebiglead.com/most-watched-super-bowl-halftime-shows-bad-bunny-v/


https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/television/2026/02/09/how-many-people-watched-the-halftime-show-2026-bad-bunny-super-bowl/88586255007/

https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2321.pdf?q=20260210145058 

https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Gatalog%20Complaint_FINAL.pdf 

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977.67.0_1.pdf 

https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2021292068065153476 

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/hisd/article/hisd-loses-immigrant-students-21307427.php 

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-26/family-of-student-arrested-outside-arlete-high-allege-racial-profiling-trump-administration 

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family 

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26708008-us-district-judge-fred-bierys-opinion-ordering-release-of-5-year-old-liam-arias-and-father/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family 

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/g-s1-109413/maxwell-appeals-for-clemency 

https://x.com/domarkus/status/2020882509525893536?s=46

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/casey-wasserman-epstein-fallout-1236500784/

https://www.foxla.com/news/la28-casey-wasserman-epstein-maxwell-investigation-results

https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-s-opening-statement-at-hearing-slamming-attorney-general-bondi-s-epstein-cover-up-betrayal-of-the-principle-of-justice-for-all

https://apnews.com/live/trump-bondi-epstein-updates-2-11-2026 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcEXpOSBE7I

https://x.com/calltoactivism/status/2021617879750455415?s=46

https://x.com/antunes1/status/2021625934919369208?s=46

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021661313429082564?s=46

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2021629409606676989?s=46

The gang discuss the All American Halftime Show featuring Kid Rock and Friends, a student walkout in Chicago protesting ICE, a Washington State bill restricting 3D printers, Pam Bondi&rsquo;s congressional testimony on the mishandling of the Epstein files, and immigration updates.&nbsp;
Sources:
<a href="https://rumble.com/v75hvqg-tpusa-presents-the-all-american-halftime-show.html?e9s=rel_v2_ep">https://rumble.com/v75hvqg-tpusa-presents-the-all-american-halftime-show.html?e9s=rel_v2_ep</a> 
<a href="https://www.thebiglead.com/most-watched-super-bowl-halftime-shows-bad-bunny-v/">https://www.thebiglead.com/most-watched-super-bowl-halftime-shows-bad-bunny-v/ </a>
<a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/television/2026/02/09/how-many-people-watched-the-halftime-show-2026-bad-bunny-super-bowl/88586255007/">https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/television/2026/02/09/how-many-people-watched-the-halftime-show-2026-bad-bunny-super-bowl/88586255007/</a>
<a href="https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2321.pdf?q=20260210145058">https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2321.pdf?q=20260210145058</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Gatalog%20Complaint_FINAL.pdf">https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Gatalog%20Complaint_FINAL.pdf</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977.67.0_1.pdf">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977/gov.uscourts.miwd.116977.67.0_1.pdf</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2021292068065153476">https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2021292068065153476</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/hisd/article/hisd-loses-immigrant-students-21307427.php">https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/hisd/article/hisd-loses-immigrant-students-21307427.php</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-26/family-of-student-arrested-outside-arlete-high-allege-racial-profiling-trump-administration">https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-26/family-of-student-arrested-outside-arlete-high-allege-racial-profiling-trump-administration</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family">https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26708008-us-district-judge-fred-bierys-opinion-ordering-release-of-5-year-old-liam-arias-and-father/">https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26708008-us-district-judge-fred-bierys-opinion-ordering-release-of-5-year-old-liam-arias-and-father/</a> <a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family">https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/g-s1-109413/maxwell-appeals-for-clemency">https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/g-s1-109413/maxwell-appeals-for-clemency</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://x.com/domarkus/status/2020882509525893536?s=46">https://x.com/domarkus/status/2020882509525893536?s=46</a>
<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/casey-wasserman-epstein-fallout-1236500784/">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/casey-wasserman-epstein-fallout-1236500784/</a>
<a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/la28-casey-wasserman-epstein-maxwell-investigation-results">https://www.foxla.com/news/la28-casey-wasserman-epstein-maxwell-investigation-results</a>
<a href="https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-s-opening-statement-at-hearing-slamming-attorney-general-bondi-s-epstein-cover-up-betrayal-of-the-principle-of-justice-for-all">https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-s-opening-statement-at-hearing-slamming-attorney-general-bondi-s-epstein-cover-up-betrayal-of-the-principle-of-justice-for-all</a>
<a href="https://apnews.com/live/trump-bondi-epstein-updates-2-11-2026">https://apnews.com/live/trump-bondi-epstein-updates-2-11-2026</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcEXpOSBE7I">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcEXpOSBE7I</a>
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