Mia talks with Cornell professor Eli Friedman about the last 30 years of workers protest in China leading up to the current protests.

Mia talks with Cornell professor Eli Friedman about the last 30 years of workers protest in China leading up to the current protests.

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

Workers Protest in Modern China, Part 1

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/1969bb36-c89e-4616-80d2-af650007f761/transcript

Mia finishes her interview with Yahoo Sports writer Charles McDonald with the disturbing realization that the NFL might have paid a guy to keep the current leadership in power.

Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th or we'll hunt down your family.  

Behind the Bastards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation 

It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics 

Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary   

Sources: 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45769802/ex-nflpa-boss-lloyd-howell-strip-club-expenses-sent-investigator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P42Wq3fmTYg

https://youtu.be/SwVNM266nCM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjOpA-N24Cc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-dN5xO7r

Mia finishes her interview with Yahoo Sports writer Charles McDonald with the disturbing realization that the NFL might have paid a guy to keep the current leadership in power.
Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th or we'll hunt down your family.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Behind the Bastards - <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation">https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation</a>&nbsp;
It Could Happen Here - <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics">https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics</a>&nbsp;
Migrating to America - <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary">https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;
Sources:&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45769802/ex-nflpa-boss-lloyd-howell-strip-club-expenses-sent-investigator">https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45769802/ex-nflpa-boss-lloyd-howell-strip-club-expenses-sent-investigator</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P42Wq3fmTYg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P42Wq3fmTYg</a>
<a href="https://youtu.be/SwVNM266nCM">https://youtu.be/SwVNM266nCM</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjOpA-N24Cc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjOpA-N24Cc</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-dN5xO7r">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-dN5xO7r</a>

How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Association, Pt. 2

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/3cb05995-cacf-4afb-a57e-b424016d41f4/transcript

Mia talks with Yahoo Sports writer Charles McDonald about the history of the NFLPA and how it installed a corporate consultant as its Executive Director.

Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th or we'll hunt down your family.  

Behind the Bastards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation 

It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics 

Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary   

Sources:

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45769802/ex-nflpa-boss-lloyd-howell-strip-club-expenses-sent-investigator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P42Wq3fmTYg

https://youtu.be/SwVNM266nCM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjOpA-N24Cc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-dN5xO7r

Mia talks with Yahoo Sports writer Charles McDonald about the history of the NFLPA and how it installed a corporate consultant as its Executive Director.
Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th or we'll hunt down your family.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Behind the Bastards - <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation">https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation</a>&nbsp;
It Could Happen Here - <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics">https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics</a>&nbsp;
Migrating to America - <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary">https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Sources:
<a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45769802/ex-nflpa-boss-lloyd-howell-strip-club-expenses-sent-investigator">https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45769802/ex-nflpa-boss-lloyd-howell-strip-club-expenses-sent-investigator</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P42Wq3fmTYg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P42Wq3fmTYg</a>
<a href="https://youtu.be/SwVNM266nCM">https://youtu.be/SwVNM266nCM</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjOpA-N24Cc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjOpA-N24Cc</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-dN5xO7r">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-dN5xO7r</a>

How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Association, Pt. 1

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/04d9107a-da68-4193-9dff-b424000c4201/transcript

Margaret reads you some golden-age pulp sci-fi about a hypercompetant space captain and her trusty cat

Margaret reads you some golden-age pulp sci-fi about a hypercompetant space captain and her trusty cat

CZM Book Club: All Cats Are Grey, by Andre Alice Norton

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/363a7ef9-9bca-43b2-af61-b423001fbc1b/transcript

Workers Protest in Modern China, Part 1

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