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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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13 OCT 2026 · Mia talks with Faiza, a political analyst and feminist theorist in France about the French high school student protests and breaking out of our complacency.See https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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12 OCT 2026 · For Indigenous People's Day James intorduces an episode of the Nomadcast interviewing Mato Wayuhi. NomadCast is hosted by Caleb “Moose” (White Mountain Apache Descendant) and Cheyanne (White Mountain Apache Enrolled) Endfield from the White Mountain Apache Reservation where the couple went to school, met, had children and now work and create. NomadCast is a show interested in exploring the best of Indian Country. Caleb Suggested listeners who enjoyed this episode might also enjoy:
Lilly Gladstone
One of Indian countries brightest stars. Proof we can sit comfortably at any table.
Doctor’s Orders Solo episode
Why not believe in myself a bit?
Tiio Horn Episode
In person event at Indigenous Pop Culture Expo in Oklahoma. Very fun episode where I made the deer lady laugh.
Alice Qannik Glenn Third Wheel Blues Episode
Fun conversation that flows between topics.See https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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12 OCT 2026 · Garrison and Robert chat about what it will take for Democrats to win back Congress, Iran’s letter to the American people, and midterm election polls in Texas, Maine, Florida, North Carolina, Alaska, and Michigan.
Sources:
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https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-revolutionary-guards-call-trump-big-liar-2026-09-29/
- https://img9.irna.ir/d/r2/2026/09/29/0/173138753.pdf?ts=1790679102019
- https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/midterm-elections-in-maine-october-2026/
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https://mainebeacon.com/new-polling-jackson-narrowly-leads-collins-mainers-want-affordable-childcare/
- https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/maine-senate-democratic-party-troy-jackson-graham-platner-susan-collins.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/north-carolina-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html
- https://www.semafor.com/article/10/02/2026/republicans-pull-ad-spending-from-north-carolina
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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6131462-sabatos-crystal-ball-shifts-alaska/
- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/alaska-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-its-lone-star-senate-showdown-between-talarico-paxton
- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/texas-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html
- https://x.com/AdImpact_Pol/status/2106409529512808548?s=20
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https://x.com/MediumBuying/status/2108208307550752820?s=20
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https://floridapolitics.com/archives/820643-poll-ashley-moody-45-angie-nixon-45-and-florida-now-has-two-toss-ups-at-the-top-of-the-ticket/
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https://www.miamiherald.com/news/article317496818.html
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https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ttw_fl_20260921_lv.pdf
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/michigan-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html
- https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/michigan-voter-poll-abdul-el-sayed-mike-rogers/
- https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/kff-health-tracking-poll-health-care-issues-in-the-lead-up-to-the-2026-midterm-election/
- https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/midterms
- https://gsas.harvard.edu/news/how-much-will-gerrymandering-impact-2026-midterms
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https://www.npr.org/2026/10/06/nx-s1-5989694/midterm-elections-control-congress
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https://news.gallup.com/interactives/507569/presidential-job-approval-center.aspx
- https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/house-overview/gop-track-lose-house-majority-15-race-ratings-shift-towards-dems
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11 OCT 2026 · Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond reads Margaret and Hazel a ghost story about transcendance, legacy and an unearthly river boat, by exalted ancestor Henry Dumas who was murdered by a white cop in 1968.See https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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10 OCT 2026 · All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:
- The Decline and Fall of the International Workers Movement
- How To Print Your Own Money: The Case for Local Currencies
- How the ‘Delivery Protection Act’ Takes on Amazon
- Attacking Palestinian Health
- Executive Disorder: French Student Protests, Flavio Bolsonaro, ‘Third Country’ Deportations
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! Sources/Links: The Decline and Fall of the International Workers Movement
- https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-4/endnotes-a-history-of-separation-preface
- https://libcom.org/article/utopia-rules-technology-stupidity-and-secret-joys-bureaucracy-david-graeber
- https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/maurice-brinton-the-bolsheviks-and-workers-control
- https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/mar/x03.htm
- https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-bullshit-jobs
- https://www.marxists.org/portugues/hughes/1946/mes/90.htm
How To Print Your Own Money: The Case for Local Currencies
- BerkShares Program https://berkshares.org/
- Bob Dunning's Newsletter: https://www.thewaryone.com/
- https://centerforneweconomics.org/people/peter-larochelle/
- https://centerforneweconomics.org/publications/local-currencies-in-the-21st-century-understanding-money-building-local-economies-renewing-community/
- https://centerforneweconomics.org/publications/local-currencies-in-the-21st-century-understanding-money-building-local-economies-renewing-community/
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/economics-econometrics-and-finance/alternative-currency
- https://www.collaborativefinance.org/mutual-credit/local-currency/
- https://sustainableandjust.org/initiatives/our-economy/alternative-economies/alternative-currencies/
- https://www.theselc.org/california-community-currencies-act
- https://reasonstobecheerful.world/towns-invent-community-currencies/
- https://www.paulglover.org/hours.html
- https://www.paulglover.org/hourcurrency.html
- https://www.paulglover.org/atwood.html
- https://localwiki.org/davis/Davis_Dollars
- https://www.opb.org/artsandlife/series/history/myrtlewood-money-north-bend-oregon-great-depression/
- https://www.davisenterprise.com/users/profile/bob%20dunning/
How the ‘Delivery Protection Act’ Takes on Amazon
- https://act.socialists.nyc/dpa-letter
- https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-to-pass-the-delivery-protection-act-3
- https://www.instagram.com/nycdsa/
- https://www.instagram.com/nycdsalabor/
- https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/workers/workersrights/Delivery-Workers.page
- https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/08/mayor-mamdani-backs--delivery-protection-act--to-rein-in-amazon-
- https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/mayor-mamdani-wins-record--131-5-million-from-doordash-for-deliv
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-02/amazon-trump-settlement-win-showed-just-how-tough-delivery-drivers-have-it
- https://hearinghearings.nyc/hearings/committee-on-consumer-and-worker-protection-requiring-the-licensing-of-last-mile-facilities/
- https://teamster.org/2026/08/amazon-teamsters-and-allies-picket-city-hall-for-the-delivery-protection-act/
- https://teamster.org/2025/09/amazon-teamsters-rally-after-attack-on-workers-in-queens/
- https://teamster.org/2026/08/teamsters-allies-release-report-on-amazon-violations-of-new-york-warn-act/
- https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/10424UPSNATIONALMASTERFINAL.pdf
- https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/fast-shipping-slow-justice-traffic-worker-and-climate-hazards-in-last-mile-delivery/
- https://www.staffingindustry.com/news/global-daily-news/nycs-delivery-protection-act-would-make-last-mile-delivery-workers-employees
- https://www.wsj.com/business/new-jersey-sues-amazon-alleging-delivery-network-illegally-suppresses-wages-f6d6faa7
- https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/policy-news-views/amazon-testimony-delivery-protection-act-new-york-city
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2026/08/15/delivery-protection-act-pits-nyc-mayor-mamdani-and-the-teamsters-against-amazon/
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9 OCT 2026 · The gang discuss a tree-sit on the border, massive student protests in France, a Supreme Court ruling on rendition, the Brazilian election, a Russian researcher who was accidentally exposed to the pneumonic plague, and the death of former House Speaker and pedophile Dennis Hastert. Sources:
- https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-curo-churata-is-the-37th-person
- https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/government-affairs/pdfs/ORDER%20GRANTING%2034%20Motion%20for%20Preliminary%20Injunction%20Signed%20by%20Judge%20Kathleen%20Cardone.pdf
- https://acampada26s.net/
- https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/crocodile-dies-of-lead-poisoning-first-time-in-florida-fwc/
- https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2107444098806546566?s=20
- https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2107171768121311518?s=20
- https://apnews.com/article/warner-bros-skydance-ellison-studio-hollywood-5f4326c083ca2fc084ff399c1b8aa035?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share
- https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/092926zr2_1a7d.pdf
- https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/05/third-country-deportations-ice-dhs-26-federal-plaza-west-africa/
- https://www.thirdcountrydeportationwatch.org/eswatini
- https://www.camp-oshad.org/
- https://crimethinc.com/2026/10/06/french-youth-fight-against-a-bleak-future
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/2/protests-shutter-hundreds-of-french-schools-as-violence-flares?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialPulse
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/french-public-workers-strike-over-pay-as-student-protests-turn-violent
- https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2026/10/06/vincent-tiberj-politiste-la-reaction-du-gouvernement-a-la-mobilisation-lyceenne-en-dit-beaucoup-sur-la-facon-dont-une-partie-des-medias-et-des-politiques-considerent-la-jeunesse_6788833_3232.html
- https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-10-05/former-us-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-dies-cbs-news-reports
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/fox-news-runs-memoriam-serial-233040454.html
- https://apnews.com/article/dennis-hastert-dead-obituary-4a04ca4b4c0741a38f4b4a7e0f2bc78c
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/fox-news-runs-memoriam-serial-233040454.html
- https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-10-05/former-us-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-dies-cbs-news-reports
- https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-ex-president-bolsonaro-wins-big-without-his-name-ballot-2026-10-06/
- https://archive.is/6j85h
- https://archive.is/DqaJi
- https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/world/video/worker-at-russian-plague-lab-dies-of-unknown-infection
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8 OCT 2026 · In this episode Dana El Kurd talks with Yara Asi, Palestinian scholar, author, and public health researcher studying how conflict, structural violence, and political systems shape health and human security. Yara describes the attacks on Palestinian health in Gaza and the West Bank, and the Israeli policies and objectives driving these attacks. Sources:
- https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/sexual-violence-as-a-tool-of-domination-and-displacement-in-palestine/
- https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/israeli-settler-violence-a-strategy-to-displace-palestinians-from-their-land/
- https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/israels-restrictions-on-medical-evacuations-from-gaza-and-the-west-bank/
- https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/another-step-in-the-weaponization-of-aid-israel-bans-humanitarian-agencies-in-gaza/
- https://www.hudassalon.movie/
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7 OCT 2026 · Garrison talks with Matt and Olivia from the NYC-DSA Labor Working Group about how Amazon uses subcontractors to exploit “last mile” delivery drivers and how a new bill could hold Amazon accountable and strengthen workers' ability to organize.
Sources:
- https://act.socialists.nyc/dpa-letter
- https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-to-pass-the-delivery-protection-act-3
- https://www.instagram.com/nycdsa/
- https://www.instagram.com/nycdsalabor/
- https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/workers/workersrights/Delivery-Workers.page
- https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/08/mayor-mamdani-backs--delivery-protection-act--to-rein-in-amazon-
- https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/mayor-mamdani-wins-record--131-5-million-from-doordash-for-deliv
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-02/amazon-trump-settlement-win-showed-just-how-tough-delivery-drivers-have-it
- https://hearinghearings.nyc/hearings/committee-on-consumer-and-worker-protection-requiring-the-licensing-of-last-mile-facilities/
- https://teamster.org/2026/08/amazon-teamsters-and-allies-picket-city-hall-for-the-delivery-protection-act/
- https://teamster.org/2025/09/amazon-teamsters-rally-after-attack-on-workers-in-queens/
- https://teamster.org/2026/08/teamsters-allies-release-report-on-amazon-violations-of-new-york-warn-act/
- https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/10424UPSNATIONALMASTERFINAL.pdf
- https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/fast-shipping-slow-justice-traffic-worker-and-climate-hazards-in-last-mile-delivery/
- https://www.staffingindustry.com/news/global-daily-news/nycs-delivery-protection-act-would-make-last-mile-delivery-workers-employees
- https://www.wsj.com/business/new-jersey-sues-amazon-alleging-delivery-network-illegally-suppresses-wages-f6d6faa7
- https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/policy-news-views/amazon-testimony-delivery-protection-act-new-york-city
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2026/08/15/delivery-protection-act-pits-nyc-mayor-mamdani-and-the-teamsters-against-amazon/
- https://nysfocus.com/2026/07/23/amazon-new-york-last-mile-delivery-bill
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6 OCT 2026 · Guest host Zaron Burnett investigates the curious question: Can we print our own money? The short answer is: yes, yes we can. To consider the more nuanced aspects of that question, Burnett spoke with Peter LaRochelle from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. LaRochelle administers a local currency called BerkShares, which is available in the tourist-friendly Berkshire region of western Massachusetts. The alternative currency was created 20 years ago and serves as a successful model for how to create your own local currency. LaRochelle spoke to the various challenges and benefits as well as the financial freedom a community enjoys once you start printing your own money.
Sources/Links:
- BerkShares Program https://berkshares.org/
- Bob Dunning's Newsletter: https://www.thewaryone.com/
- https://centerforneweconomics.org/people/peter-larochelle/
- https://centerforneweconomics.org/publications/local-currencies-in-the-21st-century-understanding-money-building-local-economies-renewing-community/
- https://centerforneweconomics.org/publications/local-currencies-in-the-21st-century-understanding-money-building-local-economies-renewing-community/
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/economics-econometrics-and-finance/alternative-currency
- https://www.collaborativefinance.org/mutual-credit/local-currency/
- https://sustainableandjust.org/initiatives/our-economy/alternative-economies/alternative-currencies/
- https://www.theselc.org/california-community-currencies-act
- https://reasonstobecheerful.world/towns-invent-community-currencies/
- https://www.paulglover.org/hours.html
- https://www.paulglover.org/hourcurrency.html
- https://www.paulglover.org/atwood.html
- https://localwiki.org/davis/Davis_Dollars
- https://www.opb.org/artsandlife/series/history/myrtlewood-money-north-bend-oregon-great-depression/
- https://www.davisenterprise.com/users/profile/bob%20dunning/
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5 OCT 2026 · James looks into the DOJ investigation into egg price fixing and what it can tell us about the way our food system treats animals and people. Sources: https://www.justice.gov/atr/media/1450281/dl?inline
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-unscrambling-the-egg-ma/204490574/
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076.77.0.pdf
https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/trump-administration-cancels-contract-bird-flu-vaccine-development
https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/02/26/usda-invests-1-billion-combat-avian-flu-and-reduce-egg-prices
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Poultry/chickegg.php
https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20231204
https://www.dol.gov/index.php/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20240502
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6248715/1/united-states-v-ramirez/
https://www.versova.com/trillium-farms/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/labor-trafficker-sentenced-encouraging-illegal-entry-guatemalan-nationals-including
https://u.osu.edu/osuhtblog/2018/03/02/failed-by-the-government-guatemalan-minors-placed-into-custody-of-traffickers/
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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,...
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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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