Molly Conger sits down with Talia Lavin to talk about her new book, Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America. Pre-order Wild Faith now, available in hardcover, audiobook, and e-book October 15.

Pre- order: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia-lavin/wild-faith/9780306829192/

Talia's Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/theswordandthesandwich

Molly Conger sits down with Talia Lavin to talk about her new book, Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America. Pre-order Wild Faith now, available in hardcover, audiobook, and e-book October 15.
Pre- order: <a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia-lavin/wild-faith/9780306829192/">https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia-lavin/wild-faith/9780306829192/</a>
Talia's Newsletter: <a href="https://buttondown.com/theswordandthesandwich">https://buttondown.com/theswordandthesandwich</a>

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.

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Wild Faith: A Conversation with Talia Lavin

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Lee Hurley, a writer and resident of Belfast, participated in relief efforts after vicious racist riots spread through the city, targeting non-white residents. In this essay he lays out what he saw and experienced.

Lee Hurley, a writer and resident of Belfast, participated in relief efforts after vicious racist riots spread through the city, targeting non-white residents. In this essay he lays out what he saw and experienced.

An Update from Belfast

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Garrison talks with Bailey Newposter about how a group of military LARPers from TikTok planned to spark a second American revolution by attacking UFC Freedom 250 at the White House.

Sources:

https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/white-house-ufc-fighters-crypto

https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/18/white-house-fight-ticket-breakdown/

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending


https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline


https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446011/dl?inline

https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCLN9psHjxY


https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/06/18/alleged-ringleader-ufc-terrorist-plot-mexican-illegal-alien 

Garrison talks with Bailey Newposter about how a group of military LARPers from TikTok planned to spark a second American revolution by attacking UFC Freedom 250 at the White House.
Sources:
<a href="https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/">https://time.com/article/2026/06/15/ufc-fight-white-house-hokit-obama/ </a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/white-house-ufc-fighters-crypto">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/14/white-house-ufc-fighters-crypto</a> 
<a href="https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/18/white-house-fight-ticket-breakdown/">https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/18/white-house-fight-ticket-breakdown/ </a><a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-men-arrested-and-charged-plot-attack-and-kill-government-officials-and-others-attending </a>
<a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline">https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446021/dl?inline </a>
<a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446011/dl?inline">https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446011/dl?inline</a> 
<a href="https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf">https://cnycentral.com/resources/pdf/99a48b49-11dc-4b9c-a158-6487087ab779-Propercomplaint.pdf </a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rSE1tw7lI0 </a><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/">https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5927733-ufc-white-house-attack-plot/ </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCLN9psHjxY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCLN9psHjxY </a><a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/06/18/alleged-ringleader-ufc-terrorist-plot-mexican-illegal-alien"></a>
<a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/06/18/alleged-ringleader-ufc-terrorist-plot-mexican-illegal-alien">https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/06/18/alleged-ringleader-ufc-terrorist-plot-mexican-illegal-alien</a>&nbsp;

The Truth Behind the Alleged Terror Plot at the White House UFC Fight

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Margaret reads you several short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution

Original Air Date: 6.1.2025

Margaret reads you several short stories written by the one of the ideological leaders of the Mexican Revolution
Original Air Date: 6.1.2025

CZM Rewind: CZM Book Club: CZM Book Club Presents: The Revolutionary Fables of Ricardo Flores Magón

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Wild Faith: A Conversation with Talia Lavin

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