James is joined by Meghan Bodette to discuss how the AANES has been left to deal with the thousands of ISIS fighters in its territory after the defeat of the territorial ‘caliphate’ and the impact of drone strikes on the region.

@kurdishpeaceorg onTwitter 

James is joined by Meghan Bodette to discuss how the AANES has been left to deal with the thousands of ISIS fighters in its territory after the defeat of the territorial ‘caliphate’ and the impact of drone strikes on the region.
@kurdishpeaceorg onTwitter

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 ISIS Detainees in AANES and Why the International Community Won’t Help

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/e8a400c5-435d-40c3-b949-b061002d6399/transcript

The gang discuss Trump’s deployment of ICE to more than a dozen airports, OpenAI shutting down its AI generated video app, continuing negotiations with Iran to end the war, and DHS Sec Mullin’s comments during confirmation hearings.

Sources:

https://x.com/Holden_Culotta/status/2034419794099777620?s=20

https://www.semafor.com/article/03/18/2026/fbi-investigates-national-security-aide-who-resigned-over-war

https://abcnews.com/Politics/pentagon-plans-national-guard-dc-2029-2-us/story?id=131234530


https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/openai-shutting-down-sora-ai-video-app-1236546187/


https://x.com/cspan/status/2036514340896121179?s=20

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036105325326016658?s=20

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036083777164775452

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036253584090685709?s=20

https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/5799345-ice-deployment-tsa-criticism/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/tsa-data-ice-deportation-san-francisco-airport.html

https://punchbowl.news/archive/32326-am/

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116275668825285445

https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2036511652275703864?s=20

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/gregory-bovino-border-patrol.html

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2031414203920077123

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Fh_K2gxDA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fW9E2zneDg

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/18/politics/mullin-confirmation-hearing-senate-paul-dhs

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036510924173963558?s=20

https://archive.ph/SmBos

https://archive.vn/Xg3zP#selection-717.162-717.174 

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/25/iran-war-us-trump.html 

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/23/trump-iran-war-power-plants-energy-infrastructure-middle-east.html 

https://time.com/article/2026/03/25/trump-peace-proposal-us-iran-war-israel-pakistan/ 

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/indias-reliance-buys-5-million-barrels-iranian-oil-after-us-waiver-sources-say-2026-03-24/ 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1450zj6n48o 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrzr9ynpn1o 

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/23/oil-prices-trump-iran-strait-of-hormuz-wti-crude-middle-east-lng-gas.html 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-gets-daily-video-montage-briefing-iran-war-rcna263912 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/thai-tanker-strait-hormuz-iran-6015671

The gang discuss Trump&rsquo;s deployment of ICE to more than a dozen airports, OpenAI shutting down its AI generated video app, continuing negotiations with Iran to end the war, and DHS Sec Mullin&rsquo;s comments during confirmation hearings.
Sources:
<a href="https://x.com/Holden_Culotta/status/2034419794099777620?s=20">https://x.com/Holden_Culotta/status/2034419794099777620?s=20</a> 
<a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/03/18/2026/fbi-investigates-national-security-aide-who-resigned-over-war">https://www.semafor.com/article/03/18/2026/fbi-investigates-national-security-aide-who-resigned-over-war</a> 
<a href="https://abcnews.com/Politics/pentagon-plans-national-guard-dc-2029-2-us/story?id=131234530">https://abcnews.com/Politics/pentagon-plans-national-guard-dc-2029-2-us/story?id=131234530 </a><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/openai-shutting-down-sora-ai-video-app-1236546187/"></a>
<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/openai-shutting-down-sora-ai-video-app-1236546187/">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/openai-shutting-down-sora-ai-video-app-1236546187/ </a>
<a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/2036514340896121179?s=20">https://x.com/cspan/status/2036514340896121179?s=20</a>
<a href="https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036105325326016658?s=20">https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036105325326016658?s=20</a>
<a href="https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036083777164775452">https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036083777164775452</a>
<a href="https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036253584090685709?s=20">https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036253584090685709?s=20</a>
<a href="https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/5799345-ice-deployment-tsa-criticism/">https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/5799345-ice-deployment-tsa-criticism/</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/tsa-data-ice-deportation-san-francisco-airport.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/tsa-data-ice-deportation-san-francisco-airport.html</a>
<a href="https://punchbowl.news/archive/32326-am/">https://punchbowl.news/archive/32326-am/</a>
<a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116275668825285445">https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116275668825285445</a>
<a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2036511652275703864?s=20">https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2036511652275703864?s=20</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/gregory-bovino-border-patrol.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/gregory-bovino-border-patrol.html</a>
<a href="https://x.com/atrupar/status/2031414203920077123">https://x.com/atrupar/status/2031414203920077123</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Fh_K2gxDA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Fh_K2gxDA</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fW9E2zneDg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fW9E2zneDg</a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/18/politics/mullin-confirmation-hearing-senate-paul-dhs">https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/18/politics/mullin-confirmation-hearing-senate-paul-dhs</a>
<a href="https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036510924173963558?s=20">https://x.com/atrupar/status/2036510924173963558?s=20</a>
<a href="https://archive.ph/SmBos">https://archive.ph/SmBos</a>
<a href="https://archive.vn/Xg3zP#selection-717.162-717.174">https://archive.vn/Xg3zP#selection-717.162-717.174</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/25/iran-war-us-trump.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/25/iran-war-us-trump.html</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/23/trump-iran-war-power-plants-energy-infrastructure-middle-east.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/23/trump-iran-war-power-plants-energy-infrastructure-middle-east.html</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://time.com/article/2026/03/25/trump-peace-proposal-us-iran-war-israel-pakistan/">https://time.com/article/2026/03/25/trump-peace-proposal-us-iran-war-israel-pakistan/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/indias-reliance-buys-5-million-barrels-iranian-oil-after-us-waiver-sources-say-2026-03-24/">https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/indias-reliance-buys-5-million-barrels-iranian-oil-after-us-waiver-sources-say-2026-03-24/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1450zj6n48o">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1450zj6n48o</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrzr9ynpn1o">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrzr9ynpn1o</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/23/oil-prices-trump-iran-strait-of-hormuz-wti-crude-middle-east-lng-gas.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/23/oil-prices-trump-iran-strait-of-hormuz-wti-crude-middle-east-lng-gas.html</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-gets-daily-video-montage-briefing-iran-war-rcna263912">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-gets-daily-video-montage-briefing-iran-war-rcna263912</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/thai-tanker-strait-hormuz-iran-6015671">https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/thai-tanker-strait-hormuz-iran-6015671</a>

Executive Disorder: ICE at Airports, New DHS Secretary, Iran Negotiations

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/d7df85cf-d60a-4090-81b4-b4190131462b/transcript

Mia teaches Molly what shadow banking is, how it caused the 2008 financial collapse, and how they’re threatening to do it all again

Sources:

https://www.fsb.org/work-of-the-fsb/financial-innovation-and-structural-change/non-bank-financial-intermediation/

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/11/shadow-banking-is-now-a-52-trillion-industry-and-posing-risks.html

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7992100/

https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/06/basics.htm

https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/inside-the-cdo-market-that-catalyzed-the-financial-crisis

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48512#ifn146

https://www.jstor.org/stable/26153238

https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/economists/adrian/1306adri_map.pdf

https://tellerwindow.newyorkfed.org/2025/10/17/nbfis-in-focus-the-basics-of-private-credit/

https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/bank-lending-to-private-credit-size-characteristics-and-financial-stability-implications-20250523.html

https://libcom.org/article/debt-first-5000-years-david-graeber

Mia teaches Molly what shadow banking is, how it caused the 2008 financial collapse, and how they&rsquo;re threatening to do it all again
Sources: 
<a href="https://www.fsb.org/work-of-the-fsb/financial-innovation-and-structural-change/non-bank-financial-intermediation/">https://www.fsb.org/work-of-the-fsb/financial-innovation-and-structural-change/non-bank-financial-intermediation/</a>
<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/11/shadow-banking-is-now-a-52-trillion-industry-and-posing-risks.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/11/shadow-banking-is-now-a-52-trillion-industry-and-posing-risks.html</a>
<a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7992100/">https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7992100/</a>
<a href="https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/06/basics.htm">https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/06/basics.htm</a>
<a href="https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/inside-the-cdo-market-that-catalyzed-the-financial-crisis">https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/inside-the-cdo-market-that-catalyzed-the-financial-crisis</a>
<a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48512#ifn146">https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48512#ifn146</a>
<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/26153238">https://www.jstor.org/stable/26153238</a>
<a href="https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/economists/adrian/1306adri_map.pdf">https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/economists/adrian/1306adri_map.pdf</a>
<a href="https://tellerwindow.newyorkfed.org/2025/10/17/nbfis-in-focus-the-basics-of-private-credit/">https://tellerwindow.newyorkfed.org/2025/10/17/nbfis-in-focus-the-basics-of-private-credit/</a>
<a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/bank-lending-to-private-credit-size-characteristics-and-financial-stability-implications-20250523.html">https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/bank-lending-to-private-credit-size-characteristics-and-financial-stability-implications-20250523.html</a>
<a href="https://libcom.org/article/debt-first-5000-years-david-graeber">https://libcom.org/article/debt-first-5000-years-david-graeber</a>

Shadow Banking: The Once and Future Economic Apocalypse

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/9a411962-16e3-4856-bb61-b41801871c5f/transcript

Dana El Kurd speaks to Elia Ayoub, UK-based Lebanese-Palestinian historian, anti-authoritarian writer, and host of The Fire These Times. They talk about Israel’s attacks on Lebanon in recent weeks, what this means for the Lebanese people, the impact on Hezbollah, and broader implications for the world.   

Sources:

Lebanese news source Megaphone news – https://megaphone.news

Elia at +972mag - https://www.972mag.com/israels-renewed-war-on-lebanon-is-about-more-than-just-hezbollah/

Death toll and displacement numbers in Lebanon - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/22/hezbollah-attack-kills-one-in-north-israel-as-assault-on-lebanon-continues

Nathan Brown on “Israel’s Forever Wars” - https://carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/diwan/2026/03/dominance-degradation-and-debilitation

Land for peace concept - https://archive.unescwa.org/land-peace-principle

Foundation for Defense of Democracy on “Peace for Land” - https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2026/01/23/peace-for-land-not-land-for-peace/

The book Beware of Small States - https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-hirst/beware-of-small-states/9780786744411/?lens=bold-type-books

The Fire These Times podcast - https://thefirethesetimes.com/

Dana El Kurd speaks to Elia Ayoub, UK-based Lebanese-Palestinian historian, anti-authoritarian writer, and host of The Fire These Times. They talk about Israel&rsquo;s attacks on Lebanon in recent weeks, what this means for the Lebanese people, the impact on Hezbollah, and broader implications for the world.&nbsp; &nbsp;
Sources:
Lebanese news source Megaphone news &ndash; <a href="https://megaphone.news">https://megaphone.news</a>
Elia at +972mag - <a href="https://www.972mag.com/israels-renewed-war-on-lebanon-is-about-more-than-just-hezbollah/">https://www.972mag.com/israels-renewed-war-on-lebanon-is-about-more-than-just-hezbollah/</a>
Death toll and displacement numbers in Lebanon - <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/22/hezbollah-attack-kills-one-in-north-israel-as-assault-on-lebanon-continues">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/22/hezbollah-attack-kills-one-in-north-israel-as-assault-on-lebanon-continues</a>
Nathan Brown on &ldquo;Israel&rsquo;s Forever Wars&rdquo; - <a href="https://carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/diwan/2026/03/dominance-degradation-and-debilitation">https://carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/diwan/2026/03/dominance-degradation-and-debilitation</a>
Land for peace concept - <a href="https://archive.unescwa.org/land-peace-principle">https://archive.unescwa.org/land-peace-principle</a>
Foundation for Defense of Democracy on &ldquo;Peace for Land&rdquo; - <a href="https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2026/01/23/peace-for-land-not-land-for-peace/">https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2026/01/23/peace-for-land-not-land-for-peace/</a>
The book Beware of Small States - <a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-hirst/beware-of-small-states/9780786744411/?lens=bold-type-books">https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-hirst/beware-of-small-states/9780786744411/?lens=bold-type-books</a>
The Fire These Times podcast - <a href="https://thefirethesetimes.com/">https://thefirethesetimes.com/</a>

Israel’s Attack on Lebanon

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/0fb199a0-a194-4e90-9ad4-b417018371e1/transcript

The ISIS Detainees in AANES and Why the International Community Won’t Help

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