Mia and Gare talk to Wired staff writer Dhruv Mehrotra and freelance journalist Joey Scott about their recent piece on leaked data showing the locations of ShotSpotter sensors

Mia and Gare talk to Wired staff writer Dhruv Mehrotra and freelance journalist Joey Scott about their recent piece on leaked data showing the locations of ShotSpotter sensors

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 ShotSpotter Leaks

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/d27fcea3-4698-45d6-bc92-b12b0002cc11/transcript

Mia is joined by writer Vicky Osterweil to discuss the rollercoaster of the Korean stock market and how it’s gambling all the way down

Sources:
https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmale.bsky.social/post/3mp7473bzrs2e 
https://www.investopedia.com/single-stock-etf-5667162 
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-kospi-plunges-nearly-10-after-regulator-cautions-leveraged-etfs-2026-06-23/ 
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-watchdog-regrets-rushed-launch-leveraged-etfs-considering-measures-2026-06-22/ 
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/south-korea-market-watchdog-issues-warning-leveraged-stock-investments-2026-06-18/ 
https://www.barrons.com/articles/sk-hynix-stock-kospi-2503fa2d 
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260626005600320 
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/investing/tech-stocks-nasdaq-kospi 
https://www.businessinsider.com/korea-kospi-stock-market-price-today-nikkei-softbank-tech-selloff-2026-6 

Mia is joined by writer Vicky Osterweil to discuss the rollercoaster of the Korean stock market and how it&rsquo;s gambling all the way down
Sources: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmale.bsky.social/post/3mp7473bzrs2e">https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmale.bsky.social/post/3mp7473bzrs2e</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.investopedia.com/single-stock-etf-5667162">https://www.investopedia.com/single-stock-etf-5667162</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-kospi-plunges-nearly-10-after-regulator-cautions-leveraged-etfs-2026-06-23/">https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-kospi-plunges-nearly-10-after-regulator-cautions-leveraged-etfs-2026-06-23/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-watchdog-regrets-rushed-launch-leveraged-etfs-considering-measures-2026-06-22/">https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-watchdog-regrets-rushed-launch-leveraged-etfs-considering-measures-2026-06-22/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/south-korea-market-watchdog-issues-warning-leveraged-stock-investments-2026-06-18/">https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/south-korea-market-watchdog-issues-warning-leveraged-stock-investments-2026-06-18/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/sk-hynix-stock-kospi-2503fa2d">https://www.barrons.com/articles/sk-hynix-stock-kospi-2503fa2d</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260626005600320">https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260626005600320</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/investing/tech-stocks-nasdaq-kospi">https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/investing/tech-stocks-nasdaq-kospi</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/korea-kospi-stock-market-price-today-nikkei-softbank-tech-selloff-2026-6">https://www.businessinsider.com/korea-kospi-stock-market-price-today-nikkei-softbank-tech-selloff-2026-6</a>&nbsp;

The Fakest Economy of All Time

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/47ffa487-c03b-473b-a85b-b4780179df0e/transcript

James is joined by Elia Ayoub to talk about how British media framing paved the way to a Pogrom in Northern Ireland. 

Sources:

https://chuffed.org/project/185445-support-people-and-groups-impacted-by-racist-attacks  
https://shado-mag.com/articles/opinion/the-belfast-pogrom-was-predictable/  
https://eliaayoub.com/  

 

James is joined by Elia Ayoub to talk about how British media framing paved the way to a Pogrom in Northern Ireland.&nbsp;
Sources:
<a href="https://chuffed.org/project/185445-support-people-and-groups-impacted-by-racist-attacks">https://chuffed.org/project/185445-support-people-and-groups-impacted-by-racist-attacks</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://shado-mag.com/articles/opinion/the-belfast-pogrom-was-predictable/">https://shado-mag.com/articles/opinion/the-belfast-pogrom-was-predictable/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://eliaayoub.com/">https://eliaayoub.com/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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The Media Context for the Belfast Pogrom

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/d49d0c66-d7df-4729-aaad-b4700187cfed/transcript

Margaret reads you two stories and a poem from an anthology of young, Palestinian authors

Margaret reads you two stories and a poem from an anthology of young, Palestinian authors

CZM Book Club: Two Stories from Gaza Writes Back, edited by Refaat Alareer

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/8297cec2-7940-4015-aa53-b47400c92334/transcript

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