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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

Migrants face life-threatening jungles, rivers, mountains, and deserts on their way to the USA. Reporter James Stout travelled from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas to the mountains of Southern California and the jungles of the Darién Gap to hear from them about the journey, their American dreams, and the people who helped them during their travels. Along the way, he interviews migrants, experts, and is joined by conflict reporter Robert Evans to discuss anti-migrant conspiracy theories. 

Migrants face life-threatening jungles, rivers, mountains, and deserts on their way to the USA. Reporter James Stout travelled from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas to the mountains of Southern California and the jungles of the Dari&eacute;n Gap to hear from them about the journey, their American dreams, and the people who helped them during their travels. Along the way, he interviews migrants, experts, and is joined by conflict reporter Robert Evans to discuss anti-migrant conspiracy theories.&nbsp;

Migrating to America: A Dream Worth Dying For 

The Importance of Mutual Aid Work on the Border

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Garrison outlines various proposals for a regulatory “slowdown” of frontier AI models, Trump’s push against regulation, the risk of regulatory capture, legislation for public ownership of AI companies and control of this technology, and the organizing limits of AI-denialism.

Sources:
https://x.com/hilbertspaess/status/2097476196791709843

https://x.com/sama/status/2098811563415150910?s=20
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/glossary/frontier-models/

https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybersecurity-101/artificial-intelligence/frontier-ai/
https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier
https://www.anthropic.com/constitution

https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3mvg527c3k22n

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117269745153543631

https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099597928142688610?s=20
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099648450069512426?s=20
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2099132465612828964?s=20
https://x.com/cspan/status/2099878657174941991?s=20
https://x.com/benitoz/status/2099572926865715548?s=20

https://x.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460?s=20

https://x.com/Jason/status/2098817101628600383?s=20

https://x.com/daniel_koss/status/2099751931400847840?s=20

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/12/anthropics-amodei-proposes-plan-to-slow-the-pace-of-advancing-ai-capabilities.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/anthropic-walks-tightrope-to-nasdaq-pushing-slowdown-and-pursuing-ipo.html 
https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-casar-introduce-legislation-to-ban-artificial-superintelligence-and-temporarily-pause-advanced-ai-development/ 
https://abdulforsenate.com/2026/06/first-do-no-harm-ai-under-democracy/
https://geesemag.com/articles/stop-the-ai-arms-race
https://x.com/linamkhan/status/2099204390548639960?s=20

https://www.kirosforco.com/priorities-2 
https://reports.verasight.io/r/june-2026-ai-survey#key-takeaways
https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-introduces-legislation-to-create-7-trillion-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund/
https://council.nyc.gov/press/2026/09/16/3240/ 

Garrison outlines various proposals for a regulatory &ldquo;slowdown&rdquo; of frontier AI models, Trump&rsquo;s push against regulation, the risk of regulatory capture, legislation for public ownership of AI companies and control of this technology, and the organizing limits of AI-denialism. Sources:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/hilbertspaess/status/2097476196791709843">https://x.com/hilbertspaess/status/2097476196791709843 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/sama/status/2098811563415150910?s=20">https://x.com/sama/status/2098811563415150910?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/glossary/frontier-models/">https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/glossary/frontier-models/ </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybersecurity-101/artificial-intelligence/frontier-ai/">https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/cybersecurity-101/artificial-intelligence/frontier-ai/</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier">https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.anthropic.com/constitution">https://www.anthropic.com/constitution </a></li>
<li><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3mvg527c3k22n">https://bsky.app/profile/bishonentype.bsky.social/post/3mvg527c3k22n </a></li>
<li><a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117269745153543631">https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117269745153543631 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099597928142688610?s=20">https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099597928142688610?s=20</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099648450069512426?s=20">https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2099648450069512426?s=20</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/atrupar/status/2099132465612828964?s=20">https://x.com/atrupar/status/2099132465612828964?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/2099878657174941991?s=20">https://x.com/cspan/status/2099878657174941991?s=20</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/benitoz/status/2099572926865715548?s=20">https://x.com/benitoz/status/2099572926865715548?s=20 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460?s=20">https://x.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460?s=20 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Jason/status/2098817101628600383?s=20">https://x.com/Jason/status/2098817101628600383?s=20 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/daniel_koss/status/2099751931400847840?s=20">https://x.com/daniel_koss/status/2099751931400847840?s=20 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/12/anthropics-amodei-proposes-plan-to-slow-the-pace-of-advancing-ai-capabilities.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/12/anthropics-amodei-proposes-plan-to-slow-the-pace-of-advancing-ai-capabilities.html </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/anthropic-walks-tightrope-to-nasdaq-pushing-slowdown-and-pursuing-ipo.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/anthropic-walks-tightrope-to-nasdaq-pushing-slowdown-and-pursuing-ipo.html</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-casar-introduce-legislation-to-ban-artificial-superintelligence-and-temporarily-pause-advanced-ai-development/">https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-casar-introduce-legislation-to-ban-artificial-superintelligence-and-temporarily-pause-advanced-ai-development/</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://abdulforsenate.com/2026/06/first-do-no-harm-ai-under-democracy/">https://abdulforsenate.com/2026/06/first-do-no-harm-ai-under-democracy/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://geesemag.com/articles/stop-the-ai-arms-race">https://geesemag.com/articles/stop-the-ai-arms-race</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/linamkhan/status/2099204390548639960?s=20">https://x.com/linamkhan/status/2099204390548639960?s=20 </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.kirosforco.com/priorities-2">https://www.kirosforco.com/priorities-2</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://reports.verasight.io/r/june-2026-ai-survey#key-takeaways">https://reports.verasight.io/r/june-2026-ai-survey#key-takeaways</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-introduces-legislation-to-create-7-trillion-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund/">https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-introduces-legislation-to-create-7-trillion-ai-sovereign-wealth-fund/</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://council.nyc.gov/press/2026/09/16/3240/">https://council.nyc.gov/press/2026/09/16/3240/</a>&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

The AI Regulation Debate 

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In this episode Dana El Kurd talks about how the settlers and the Israeli state are working hand in hand to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from the West Bank, and how we should understand the relationship between the two actors.   

 

Sources:

https://jewishcurrents.org/it-feels-like-a-death-sentence

https://www.972mag.com/armed-settler-hikes-west-bank/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/opinion/israel-west-bank-settlers-violence.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/29/israeli-settlers-surround-palestinian-home-in-occupied-west-banks-qusra

https://www.972mag.com/bilin-israeli-land-seizure-settler-road/

In this episode Dana El Kurd talks about how the settlers and the Israeli state are working hand in hand to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from the West Bank, and how we should understand the relationship between the two actors.&nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp;
Sources:
<a href="https://jewishcurrents.org/it-feels-like-a-death-sentence">https://jewishcurrents.org/it-feels-like-a-death-sentence</a>
<a href="https://www.972mag.com/armed-settler-hikes-west-bank/">https://www.972mag.com/armed-settler-hikes-west-bank/</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/opinion/israel-west-bank-settlers-violence.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/opinion/israel-west-bank-settlers-violence.html</a>
<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/29/israeli-settlers-surround-palestinian-home-in-occupied-west-banks-qusra">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/29/israeli-settlers-surround-palestinian-home-in-occupied-west-banks-qusra</a>
<a href="https://www.972mag.com/bilin-israeli-land-seizure-settler-road/">https://www.972mag.com/bilin-israeli-land-seizure-settler-road/</a>

West Bank Takeover

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/76cfc63b-1648-40fe-9825-b4c901234fb9/transcript

Margaret reads you a surreal story about the surreal Southwest, written by one of her favorite authors

Margaret reads you a surreal story about the surreal Southwest, written by one of her favorite authors

CZM Book Club: Ocotillo, by Madeline ffitch

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The Importance of Mutual Aid Work on the Border

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