James begins a 4 part series looking at the history and future of the low lying atoll nation of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. This episode looks at the islands’ nuclear legacy.

James begins a 4 part series looking at the history and future of the low lying atoll nation of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. This episode looks at the islands’ nuclear legacy.

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, James Stout and Shereen Lani Younes 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, James Stout and Shereen Lani Younes 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 Marshall Islands Part One: For the Good of Humanity and to End All Wars

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/61efe1aa-d65e-486e-b68b-b073017b8a9d/transcript

Garrison dissociates at a Charlie Kirk x Vivek Ramaswamy rally and wonders if it's even worth it anymore.

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/11/us/politics/elon-musk-donald-trump-pennsylvania.html

https://www.9news.com/article/news/verify/immigration/new-york-city-free-one-way-plane-tickets-migrants-fact-check/536-c6e7168f-7f16-4bf9-97cd-33389729869c
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/nyregion/nyc-hotels-homeless-shelters.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/09/kamala-harris-afghanistan-withdrawal-report
https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/undocumented-immigrant-offending-rate-lower-us-born-citizen-rate
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1237103158/immigrants-are-less-likely-to-commit-crimes-than-us-born-americans-studies-find

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/oct/15/byron-donalds/fact-checking-misleading-claims-about-black-wage-g/

https://www.tampabay.com/news/2024/07/02/how-did-black-americans-do-economically-under-trump-biden/

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/the-trump-administration-embraces-the-saudi-led-war-yemen

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/saudi-arabia-arms-deal-trump-what-to-know/

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/01/20/trump-the-anti-war-president-was-always-a-myth/

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/22/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/

https://www.wabe.org/charlie-kirk-vivek-ramaswamy-tangle-with-georgia-state-students-at-tour-stop-in-support-of-trump/

https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/NLP-Teen-Survey-Report-2024.pdf

Garrison dissociates at a Charlie Kirk x Vivek Ramaswamy rally and wonders if it's even worth it anymore.
Sources:
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/11/us/politics/elon-musk-donald-trump-pennsylvania.html" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="3505267d-ece2-4e6e-87a4-2ca291c6d6fe">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/11/us/politics/elon-musk-donald-trump-pennsylvania.html</a> 
<a href="https://www.9news.com/article/news/verify/immigration/new-york-city-free-one-way-plane-tickets-migrants-fact-check/536-c6e7168f-7f16-4bf9-97cd-33389729869c" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="140316f2-f749-4394-b89a-072bdfa8b967">https://www.9news.com/article/news/verify/immigration/new-york-city-free-one-way-plane-tickets-migrants-fact-check/536-c6e7168f-7f16-4bf9-97cd-33389729869c</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/nyregion/nyc-hotels-homeless-shelters.html" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="ea7b6eae-aced-4ee4-8bf5-3bf2a3c3c010">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/nyregion/nyc-hotels-homeless-shelters.html</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/09/kamala-harris-afghanistan-withdrawal-report" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="c40b0625-76ec-439a-aa0f-538853c075f5">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/09/kamala-harris-afghanistan-withdrawal-report</a> <a href="https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/undocumented-immigrant-offending-rate-lower-us-born-citizen-rate" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="c202a39f-9c51-4ed8-890f-3dcb93dc8b81">https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/undocumented-immigrant-offending-rate-lower-us-born-citizen-rate</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1237103158/immigrants-are-less-likely-to-commit-crimes-than-us-born-americans-studies-find" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="37b0792e-0f1b-4e7e-a3ce-09d14956ff0a">https://www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1237103158/immigrants-are-less-likely-to-commit-crimes-than-us-born-americans-studies-find</a>
<a href="https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/oct/15/byron-donalds/fact-checking-misleading-claims-about-black-wage-g/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="ddf6c11e-c0ff-487d-9ede-b4a6651ae142">https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/oct/15/byron-donalds/fact-checking-misleading-claims-about-black-wage-g/</a>
<a href="https://www.tampabay.com/news/2024/07/02/how-did-black-americans-do-economically-under-trump-biden/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="8e7e2659-3501-4125-bd88-80b02adf6fb8">https://www.tampabay.com/news/2024/07/02/how-did-black-americans-do-economically-under-trump-biden/</a>
<a href="https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/the-trump-administration-embraces-the-saudi-led-war-yemen" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="c0f1698d-33d2-4df7-956e-6a26d51c0131">https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/the-trump-administration-embraces-the-saudi-led-war-yemen</a>
<a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/saudi-arabia-arms-deal-trump-what-to-know/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="e9e14dd7-b49c-4ce2-a0a2-ca83da91e410">https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/saudi-arabia-arms-deal-trump-what-to-know/</a>
<a href="https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/01/20/trump-the-anti-war-president-was-always-a-myth/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="5e4127b5-b914-4680-8384-e80053d5d547">https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/01/20/trump-the-anti-war-president-was-always-a-myth/</a>
<a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/22/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="30bb31d7-9f1d-4efa-99d2-cc22649a3cff">https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/22/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/</a>
<a href="https://www.wabe.org/charlie-kirk-vivek-ramaswamy-tangle-with-georgia-state-students-at-tour-stop-in-support-of-trump/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="e3a0b31f-f38d-4f71-874c-c81a8758654b">https://www.wabe.org/charlie-kirk-vivek-ramaswamy-tangle-with-georgia-state-students-at-tour-stop-in-support-of-trump/</a> 
<a href="https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/NLP-Teen-Survey-Report-2024.pdf" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="9c745fa5-1609-4aab-bae3-aaccaf55132c">https://newslit.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/NLP-Teen-Survey-Report-2024.pdf</a>

Charlie Kirk vs College Students

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Mia and James discuss Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson's recent fake economics Nobel won for being to first economists to discover that history exists.

Sources:

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.91.4.938

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2378023118773614
https://www.nber.org/papers/w10481
https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/117/4/1231/1875948
https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2024/10/advanced-economicsciencesprize2024.pdf
https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2024/10/advanced-economicsciencesprize2024.pdf
https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/aer.91.5.1369

Mia and James discuss Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson's recent fake economics Nobel won for being to first economists to discover that history exists.
Sources:
<a href="https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.91.4.938" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="d56f12b0-7411-42a1-b225-ed42758642ce">https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.91.4.938</a>
<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2378023118773614" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="60a958e4-274d-4181-9c75-c23df9fef851">https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2378023118773614</a> <a href="https://www.nber.org/papers/w10481" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="65dbd876-8d96-4209-b71a-33b174ae60e4">https://www.nber.org/papers/w10481</a> <a href="https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/117/4/1231/1875948" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="d5a705e9-e178-48ad-98ee-1a6b3d7db561">https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/117/4/1231/1875948</a> <a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2024/10/advanced-economicsciencesprize2024.pdf" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="71cd6c41-4211-4c83-9adc-2b099e231f60">https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2024/10/advanced-economicsciencesprize2024.pdf</a> <a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2024/10/advanced-economicsciencesprize2024.pdf" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="85028809-11db-4407-9392-2a6be877abc1">https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2024/10/advanced-economicsciencesprize2024.pdf</a> <a href="https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/aer.91.5.1369" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="7ce1b962-f141-4bdd-a102-b0e7338f5297">https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/aer.91.5.1369</a>

Economists Win Worst Nobel Prize Yet, Asked to Please Stop

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/88018431-1b96-4eba-8da4-b21300122bfc/transcript

Mia, Sophie and Robert relive the horror of the Kavanaugh hearings and discover how Trump made the FBI conduct a fake "investigation" to clear him.

Sources:

https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/KavanaughReport_final.pdf

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/donald-trump-brett-kavanaugh-misogyny.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/kavanaugh-trump-white-house-fbi-report/

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article214604235.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/us/politics/joe-biden-anita-hill.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/kavanaugh-trump-white-house-fbi-report/

Mia, Sophie and Robert relive the horror of the Kavanaugh hearings and discover how Trump made the FBI conduct a fake "investigation" to clear him.
Sources:
<a href="https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/KavanaughReport_final.pdf" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="82438f18-ee83-44fd-8daa-8e51c209b133">https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/KavanaughReport_final.pdf</a>
<a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/donald-trump-brett-kavanaugh-misogyny.html" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="e2883b9b-9780-49d0-b57c-79b656ee4231">https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/donald-trump-brett-kavanaugh-misogyny.html</a>
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/kavanaugh-trump-white-house-fbi-report/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="8e02abbf-03a6-4c9d-b008-2bb7ee07416d">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/kavanaugh-trump-white-house-fbi-report/</a>
<a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article214604235.html" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="f5aa88a9-5a49-4055-b33b-ec1306b7f8d3">https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article214604235.html</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/us/politics/joe-biden-anita-hill.html" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="36f7fd14-c134-4c85-8203-28849a815e5c">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/us/politics/joe-biden-anita-hill.html</a>
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/kavanaugh-trump-white-house-fbi-report/" data-ogsc="" data-outlook-id="e1acefe3-6fc3-4613-aeca-564c660124f9">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/kavanaugh-trump-white-house-fbi-report/</a>

How Trump Rigged an FBI Investigation for Brett Kavanaugh

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/f9317704-55c1-4838-8628-b21200051388/transcript

The Marshall Islands Part One: For the Good of Humanity and to End All Wars

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