It Could Happen Here

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 is a news podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 1,000 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  How AI Companies are Monetizing Intimacy, Ft. Bridget Todd

  Aug 18, 202632 minS2

  Garrison talks with Bridget Todd about how personally intimate AI chatbots are creating a new form of emotional surveillance and why focusing just on “AI girlfriends” overlooks the need to regulate emotionally manipulative AI and for-profit tech companies. Sources:  https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Love-at-First-Prompt/Bridget-Todd/9781668179826   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  The Dangers of Silica ft. Kim Kelly

  Aug 17, 202618 minS2

  Labor journalist and author, Kim Kelly discusses silica and why it is so dangerous in the workplace. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Who Is Behind America's Cyclospora Summer?

  Aug 17, 202625 min

  James looks into the recent Cyclospora outbreak and what it can tell us about solidarity, food safety, and where our food comes from. Sources: https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/magazine/spring-2026/taylor-farms/    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/23/billion-dollar-california-salad-company-exploits-undocumented-migrants-say-workers-and-teamsters   https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-economist-interview-2000790016   https://www.thefp.com/p/cyclosporiasis-outbreak-lettuce-media?utm_source=publication-search   https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-report-e-coli-outbreak-onions-taylor-farms/   https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/imo/media/doc/2026-07-27garciatotaylorfarmsrecyclosporacontaminatedlettuce.pdf   https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=Bruce+Taylor&contributor_employer=Taylor+Farms+   https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/07/2025-14967/requirements-for-additional-traceability-records-for-certain-foods-compliance-date-extension   https://bsky.app/profile/ufw.bsky.social/post/3msj3j7ordt2w   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  No Golf No Masters: Celebrating Our Ungovernable Peccary Friends

  Aug 17, 202630 min

  James talks with Molly Conger about the javelina and their installable appetite for golf courses. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65x0RvhJNa8   https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/nov/05/conservation.sciencenews     https://zoologicalbulletin.de/BzB_Volumes/Volume_56_1_2/049_054_BzB56_1_2_Moraves_Jiri_and_B%C3%B6hme_Wolfgang.pdf    https://www.azgfd.com/wildlife-conservation/living-with-wildlife/living-with-javelina/    https://content.civicplus.com/api/assets/8e8abbf4-6775-4575-9a10-fedacb7cb2c1   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 1

  Aug 16, 202641 minS2

  Journalist Carlos Berríos Polanco talks with James, outlining the United States' overseas colonial empire and how it was started by a quest for bird poop.  Sources: How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr Colonial Crucible: Empire in the Making of the Modern American State edited by Alfred W. McCoy and Francisco A. Scarano https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23780231241274187 https://fortune.com/2026/07/27/hormuz-fertilizer-guano-islands-act-fertilizer-empire/   https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/navassa-island-the-uss-160-year-forgotten-tragedy https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-09-26/almost-half-of-americans-dont-know-puerto-ricans-are-us-citizens-poll   https://www.doi.gov/oia/islands/politicatypes   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/puerto-rico-independence-movement   https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-CARIBBEAN/MILITARY-BUILDUP/egpbbnzyrpq/   https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/   https://apnews.com/article/american-samoa-voting-citizenship-alaska-trump-eda6c32ce0fcdca6edb22efac26e403d   https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/   https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/how-us-controls-iraqs-oil-revenues-2026-01-23/   https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/magazine/venezuela-empires-colony.html   https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-state-trump-rodriguez-chavismo-silence-634203c885803b018ecd8ac012bb249d   https://time.com/article/2026/06/02/trump-annex-canada-51st-state-rhetoric-carney-us-partnership-message/   https://theconversation.com/us-territories-have-a-voice-in-congress-but-no-vote-heres-why-283547 https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheets-View/Article/4463352/154-the-longe st-blackout-in-us-history-hurricane-maria/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-was-serious-about-trading-hurricane-stricken-puert o-rico-greenland-n1237336 https://www.democracynow.org/2001/8/3/as_navy_pounds_vieques_with_largest “Nationals” but not “Citizens” https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/nationals-but-not-citizens-how-the-u-s-denies-citizenship -to-american-samoans See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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