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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.

It Could Happen Here

Mia teaches Molly what shadow banking is, how it caused the 2008 financial collapse, and how they’re threatening to do it all again
 
Sources: 
 
https://www.fsb.org/work-of-the-fsb/financial-innovation-and-structural-change/non-bank-financial-intermediation/
 
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/11/shadow-banking-is-now-a-52-trillion-industry-and-posing-risks.html
 
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7992100/
 
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2013/06/basics.htm
 
https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/inside-the-cdo-market-that-catalyzed-the-financial-crisis
 
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48512#ifn146
 
https://www.jstor.org/stable/26153238
 
https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/economists/adrian/1306adri_map.pdf
 
https://tellerwindow.newyorkfed.org/2025/10/17/nbfis-in-focus-the-basics-of-private-credit/
 
https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/bank-lending-to-private-credit-size-characteristics-and-financial-stability-implications-20250523.html
 
https://libcom.org/article/debt-first-5000-years-david-graeber

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Shadow Banking: The Once and Future Economic Apocalypse

Dana El Kurd speaks to Elia Ayoub, UK-based Lebanese-Palestinian historian, anti-authoritarian writer, and host of The Fire These Times. They talk about Israel’s attacks on Lebanon in recent weeks, what this means for the Lebanese people, the impact on Hezbollah, and broader implications for the world. 
 
Sources:
 
Lebanese news source Megaphone news – https://megaphone.news
 
Elia at +972mag - https://www.972mag.com/israels-renewed-war-on-lebanon-is-about-more-than-just-hezbollah/
 
Death toll and displacement numbers in Lebanon - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/22/hezbollah-attack-kills-one-in-north-israel-as-assault-on-lebanon-continues
 
Nathan Brown on “Israel’s Forever Wars” - https://carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/diwan/2026/03/dominance-degradation-and-debilitation
 
Land for peace concept - https://archive.unescwa.org/land-peace-principle
 
Foundation for Defense of Democracy on “Peace for Land” - https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2026/01/23/peace-for-land-not-land-for-peace/
 
The book Beware of Small States - https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-hirst/beware-of-small-states/9780786744411/?lens=bold-type-books
 
The Fire These Times podcast - https://thefirethesetimes.com/

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Israel’s Attack on Lebanon

During the Civil Rights Era, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans was one of the most liberal courts in the United States. It became an ally of the Civil Rights Movement that knocked down Jim Crow laws across the Deep South. But because of a string of appointments by conservative presidents starting with Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, it has transformed into one of the country’s most reactionary judicial bodies, with rulings that banned drag shows, endangered nationwide access to the so-called “abortion pill,” and threatened to give domestic abusers access to handguns. This episode looks at how the Fifth Circuit turned into the scariest court in America -- and in particular the career of one extremist judge, James Ho, who one day might end up on the United States Supreme Court. 
 
Sources: 
 
Jack Bass, “John Minor Wisdom, Appeals Court Judge Who Helped to End Segregation, Dies at 93,” New York Times, May 16, 1999, https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/16/us/john-minor-wisdom-appeals-court-judge-who-helped-to-end-segregation-dies.html
 
Jonathan Entin, “The Surprising History of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals,” Governing, January 23, 2024, https://www.governing.com/policy/the-surprising-history-of-the-5th-circuit-court-of-appeals.
 
Eleanor Klibanoff, “Again and again, U.S. Supreme Court slaps down 5th Circuit,” The Texas Tribune, July 3, 2024, https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/supreme-court-5th-circuit-court-rulings-texas-overturned/
 
Mattathias Schwartz, “This Federal Judge Is the ‘Tip of the Spear’ of Trump-Era Conservatism,” New York Times, August 9, 2025, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/us/judge-ho-trump-border.html

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The Scariest Court in America feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips

Garrison and Robert discuss a trial stemming from a protest and shooting outside an ICE facility in Prairieland Texas, how the government secured convictions, and the possible precedent this case sets.
 
Sources: 
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488.367.0.pdf 
 
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488.366.0.pdf

 
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/antifa-cell-members-convicted-prairieland-ice-detention-center-shooting

 
https://www.nacdl.org/getattachment/f536e696-072c-4982-bc47-d2dc7f42f766/gov-uscourts-txnd-411041-89-0_1.pdf

 
https://prairielanddefendants.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Superseding-Indictment-2.pdf

 
https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2026-03-03/prairieland-ice-detention-center-shooting-trial-defendants-self-defense-third-party-defense-theory-judge-mark-pittman 

 
https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-3rd-federal-trial-day-7/ 

 
https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-6th-federal-trial-day-10/

 
https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-10-federal-trial-day-12/

 
https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-10-federal-trial-day-12/#kyle-shideler-prosecutions-antifa-expert-redirect 

 
https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/february-26-federal-trial-day-5/
 
https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/february-27th-federal-trial-day-6/

 
https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-9th-federal-trial-day-11/ 

 
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R41333 

 
https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2026-03-10/dario-sanchez-prairieland-ice-shooting

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Prairieland and Antifa Terrorism

Margaret reads you a story about mushrooms, trash, and coming to terms with an imperfect utopia

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CZM Book Club: St. Juju, by Rivers Solomon

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 
 
- Shipping Security in the Strait of Hormuz
 
- Palestinians Debate Armed Tactics
 
- Venture Capital: The Monster Fueling Tech Fascism
 
- The Network State: A Tech Fascist Empire
 
- Executive Disorder: Bovino Calls It Quits, Prairieland Trial, War on Iran Continues
 
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Sources/Links:
 
Shipping Security in the Strait of Hormuz
 
https://www.register-iri.com/wp-content/uploads/MN-2-011-39.pdf
 
https://en.mercopress.com/2009/04/26/cruise-ship-melody-fended-off-a-pirate-attack 
 
https://www.jstor.org/stable/48821900?searchText=&searchUri=&ab_segments=&searchKey=&refreqid=fastly-default%3Aa5c02fb4e4aea98208bb9f0b37780d3b&initiator=recommender&seq=1 
 
https://abcnews.com/Business/International/pirates-attack-us-flagged-maersk-alabama/story?id=9114429 
 
https://www.ospreyobserver.com/2011/11/riverview-resident-receives-commemorative-knife-after-surviving-pirate-attack/
 
Palestinians Debate Armed Tactics
 
Moral Matters in Hard Times - https://www.dohainstitute.org/en/Lists/ACRPS-PDFDocumentLibrary/moral-matters-in-hard-times.pdf
 
October 2025 poll of Palestinians - https://www.pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Poll%2096%20press%20release%20FINAL%20ENGLISH%2028%20Oct%202025.pdf
 
Disarmament reporting - https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2020639164602200358
 
Khaled Meshaal interview with Drop Site News - https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/hamas-leader-khaled-meshaal-interview-trump-maga-united-states-support-israel-gaza-netanyahu
 
Reconstruction of Gaza reporting - https://www.dw.com/en/trump-board-of-peace-backers-pledge-5-billion-for-gaza/a-75982195
 
Aljazeera reporting on Israeli backed gangs in Gaza - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/6/armed-militia-members-are-serving-as-israeli-agents-in-gaza-investigation
 
Panel interview in Gaza - https://youtu.be/gbG2HxwLHgk?si=im4SHWm6v0g60t75
 
Venture Capital: The Monster Fueling Tech Fascism / The Network State: A Tech Fascist Empire
 
https://www.vcinfodocs.com/
 
Executive Disorder: 
 
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/iran-attack-damage-wipes-out-17-qatars-lng-capacity-three-five-years-qatarenergy-2026-03-19/
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-vows-no-more-attacks-by-israel-iran-gas-field-after-it-violently-lashed-2026-03-19/
 
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/19/strike-on-key-iranian-gas-field-is-a-new-phase-of-the-war-trump-blames-israel-00837052
 
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/19/why-targeting-kharg-island-could-backfire-on-trump-00834972?nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nname=playbook-pm&nrid=9f5c80e5-432f-4eff-99b5-c830ad9d5d94
 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/19/iran-war-live-updates-oil-prices-gas-field-strikes-pentagon-more-funds-trump-news
 
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/wrapup1-iran-targets-energy-facilities-across-gulf-after-israel-struck-its-key-2026-03-19/
 
https://apnews.com/article/ships-iran-oil-china-us-trump-hormuz-82a9acb473837f1bf7a821d0c3f95205
 
https://defector.com/trump-to-world-please-help-me-un-shoot-my-own-leg-off
 
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/19/strait-hormuz-coalition-allies-statement-uk
 
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/19/european-nations-japan-to-join-appropriate-efforts-to-open-hormuz-strait
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/joint-statement-strait-hormuz-by-european-nations-japan-2026-03-19/
 
https://communityforums.atmeta.com/blog/AnnouncementsBlog/updates-to-your-meta-quest-experience-in-2026/1369435

 
https://x.com/NYCMayor/status/2033674470712353192?s=20 
 
https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2026-03-03/prairieland-ice-detention-center-shooting-trial-defendants-self-defense-third-party-defense-theory-judge-mark-pittman 

 
https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-3rd-federal-trial-day-7/ 

 
https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-6th-federal-trial-day-10/

 
https://prairielanddefendants.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Superseding-Indictment-2.pdf
 
https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/february-27th-federal-trial-day-6/

 
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/antifa-cell-members-convicted-prairieland-ice-detention-center-shooting
 
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488.366.0.pdf
 
https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-9th-federal-trial-day-11/
 
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R41333
 
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488.367.0.pdf
 
https://x.com/petrogustavo/status/2034111241409445916?s=20 
 
https://x.com/LisaDNews/status/2033996104186970532?s=20 
 
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2032460946770202725?s=20 
 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-to-retire-sources/ 
 
https://x.com/wartranslated/status/2033497141306405353?s=20 
 
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/03/16/exclusive-border-patrol-sector-chief-gregory-bovino-to-retire-after-leading-largest-interior-immigration-operations-in-u-s-history/ 
 
https://www.cbp.gov/employee-resources/retirement/leo-cbpo/cbpo-retirement 
 
https://www.cbp.gov/employee-resources/retirement/fers 
 
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/03/justices-will-hear-argument-on-trump-administrations-removal-of-protected-status-for-syrian-and-haitian-nationals/ 
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/031626zr1_5h25.pdf 
 
https://x.com/NotWoofers/status/2033733565838496020?s=20 
 
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/3/15/fpv-drone-slams-into-us-military-base-in-iraq 
 
https://hengaw.net/en/reports-and-statistics-1/2026/03/article-8 
 
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2026/03/article-17 
 
https://x.com/joekent16jan19/status/2033897242986209689?s=20 
 
https://x.com/PressSec/status/2033932810709315865

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 224

The gang discuss Polymarket gamblers harassing journalists to alter news coverage, the antifa terrorism case in Texas, threats to oil and gas infrastructure, 2,500 Marines being sent to the Middle East, and the resignation of Joe Kent.
 
Sources:
 
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/iran-attack-damage-wipes-out-17-qatars-lng-capacity-three-five-years-qatarenergy-2026-03-19/
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-vows-no-more-attacks-by-israel-iran-gas-field-after-it-violently-lashed-2026-03-19/
 
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/19/strike-on-key-iranian-gas-field-is-a-new-phase-of-the-war-trump-blames-israel-00837052
 
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/19/why-targeting-kharg-island-could-backfire-on-trump-00834972?nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nname=playbook-pm&nrid=9f5c80e5-432f-4eff-99b5-c830ad9d5d94
 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/19/iran-war-live-updates-oil-prices-gas-field-strikes-pentagon-more-funds-trump-news
 
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/wrapup1-iran-targets-energy-facilities-across-gulf-after-israel-struck-its-key-2026-03-19/
 
https://apnews.com/article/ships-iran-oil-china-us-trump-hormuz-82a9acb473837f1bf7a821d0c3f95205
 
https://defector.com/trump-to-world-please-help-me-un-shoot-my-own-leg-off
 
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/19/strait-hormuz-coalition-allies-statement-uk
 
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/19/european-nations-japan-to-join-appropriate-efforts-to-open-hormuz-strait
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/joint-statement-strait-hormuz-by-european-nations-japan-2026-03-19/
 
https://communityforums.atmeta.com/blog/AnnouncementsBlog/updates-to-your-meta-quest-experience-in-2026/1369435

 
https://x.com/NYCMayor/status/2033674470712353192?s=20 
 
https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2026-03-03/prairieland-ice-detention-center-shooting-trial-defendants-self-defense-third-party-defense-theory-judge-mark-pittman 

 
https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-3rd-federal-trial-day-7/ 

 
https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-6th-federal-trial-day-10/

 
https://prairielanddefendants.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Superseding-Indictment-2.pdf
 
https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/february-27th-federal-trial-day-6/

 
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/antifa-cell-members-convicted-prairieland-ice-detention-center-shooting
 
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488.366.0.pdf
 
https://prairielanddefendants.com/court-notes/march-9th-federal-trial-day-11/ 
 
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R41333 
 
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488/gov.uscourts.txnd.410488.367.0.pdf 
 
https://x.com/petrogustavo/status/2034111241409445916?s=20 
 
https://x.com/LisaDNews/status/2033996104186970532?s=20 
 
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2032460946770202725?s=20 
 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-to-retire-sources/ 
 
https://x.com/wartranslated/status/2033497141306405353?s=20 
 
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/03/16/exclusive-border-patrol-sector-chief-gregory-bovino-to-retire-after-leading-largest-interior-immigration-operations-in-u-s-history/ 
 
https://www.cbp.gov/employee-resources/retirement/leo-cbpo/cbpo-retirement 
 
https://www.cbp.gov/employee-resources/retirement/fers 
 
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/03/justices-will-hear-argument-on-trump-administrations-removal-of-protected-status-for-syrian-and-haitian-nationals/ 
 
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/031626zr1_5h25.pdf 
 
https://x.com/NotWoofers/status/2033733565838496020?s=20 
 
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/3/15/fpv-drone-slams-into-us-military-base-in-iraq 
 
https://hengaw.net/en/reports-and-statistics-1/2026/03/article-8 
 
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2026/03/article-17 
 
https://x.com/joekent16jan19/status/2033897242986209689?s=20 
 
https://x.com/PressSec/status/2033932810709315865

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Executive Disorder: Bovino Calls It Quits, Prairieland Trial, War on Iran Continues

Mia is once again joined by Shanley of vcinfodocs to discuss how the network state is spreading tech fascism worldwide from El Salvador to Saudi Arabia.
 
Sources:
 
https://www.vcinfodocs.com

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The Network State: A Tech Fascist Empire

Mia talks with Shanley from the anti-tech fascism resource vcinfodocs about the venture capital firms backing everything from cryptocurrency to drone manufacturers.
 
https://www.vcinfodocs.com/

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Venture Capital: The Monster Fueling Tech Fascism

Dana El Kurd breaks down the ongoing debate among Palestinians about what should happen in Gaza, whether Hamas should disarm, and the role of armed tactics more generally.
 
(Please note this episode was recorded prior to the 2026 Iran War)
 
Sources:
 
Moral Matters in Hard Times - https://www.dohainstitute.org/en/Lists/ACRPS-PDFDocumentLibrary/moral-matters-in-hard-times.pdf
 
October 2025 poll of Palestinians - https://www.pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Poll%2096%20press%20release%20FINAL%20ENGLISH%2028%20Oct%202025.pdf
 
Disarmament reporting - https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2020639164602200358
 
Khaled Meshaal interview with Drop Site News - https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/hamas-leader-khaled-meshaal-interview-trump-maga-united-states-support-israel-gaza-netanyahu
 
Reconstruction of Gaza reporting - https://www.dw.com/en/trump-board-of-peace-backers-pledge-5-billion-for-gaza/a-75982195
 
Aljazeera reporting on Israeli backed gangs in Gaza - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/6/armed-militia-members-are-serving-as-israeli-agents-in-gaza-investigation
 
Panel interview in Gaza - https://youtu.be/gbG2HxwLHgk?si=im4SHWm6v0g60t75

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Palestinians Debate Armed Tactics

Mia is joined by writer and activist Vicky Osterweil to talk about Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and the grim, shockingly violent history of media monopolies.
 
@vickyacab.bsky.social

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Paramount, Warner Bros. and How Monopolies Ruin Everything

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