James is joined by Venktesh Ramnath and Kaveh Hoda to discuss the potential for an end to Medicare funding for Telemedicine and challenges for healthcare under Trump.

James is joined by Venktesh Ramnath and Kaveh Hoda to discuss the potential for an end to Medicare funding for Telemedicine and challenges for healthcare under Trump.

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 USA's Impending Telemedicine Cliff

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/9f4e4b0c-253a-4461-a5f7-b29601842717/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>
<a href="https://x.com/calltoactivism/status/2021617879750455415?s=46">https://x.com/calltoactivism/status/2021617879750455415?s=46</a>
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