It Could Happen Here

Joey Ayoub joins us to discuss living in the periphery of empires, the crumbles in Lebanon, and the challenges of organizing in the face of weaponized unreality. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eve Ettinger and Kieryn Darkwater comes on to discuss the (short) history of the evangelical fight against abortion access and birth control. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How you can help people in your community gain access to reproductive healthcare and flip off the Texas legislature. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk with folks from the Defend the Atlanta Forest Coalition about the city’s ongoing efforts to tear down 300 acres of forest to build a massive police trading facility. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the wake of the Supreme Court's shadow ruling to block the eviction moratorium and allow mass evictions to proceed, Robert, Mia, and Garrison discuss historical and contemporary eviction defense. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Researcher, scholar and activist JN joins us to discuss the tactics, strategies, and difficulties of the Hong Kong protests and what we can learn from common struggles Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Upon returning to the Earth First! camp we discover more about why sheriffs were blocking the Namewag camp driveway, and then learn about the long history of the StopLine3 movement. Finally, Garrison recaps a Direct Action at the pipeline construction site in northern Minnesota. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Garrison travels to Northern Minnesota to attend an Earth Firsth! gathering in the woods to learn about the history of green resistance. While there they end up tagging along with a support caravan to a nearby StopLine3 camp under attack from the cops. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Network Security expert Chelsea Manning comes on to talk about surveillance, online security, and steps we can take to protect our privacy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We conclude with Part two of our interview with David Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part one of our chat with journalist and author of the book The Uninhabitable Earth, David Wallace-Wells. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On August 22nd, for the second year in a row, Proud Boys and other Far Right associates descended on Portland Oregon. Here is our field report. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We sit down to talk with Geoff Mann, a Professor of Geography and Political Economy who also co-authored the book Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory For Our Planetary Future. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we introduce you to our team (Robert Evans, Sophie Lichterman, Mia Wong, & Garrison Davis) and discuss the future. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If we're going to build a better future, we have to believe things can improve. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Let's look at a few likely climate change 'solutions' the people who got us into this mess will try to push. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the climate changes, more and more of us will fall through the cracks. Here's a look at your future. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Let's talk about what our future has to offer. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our world is falling apart. What comes next? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Collapse is all around us. Find out what's coming next, and what you can do to build a new world from the ashes of the old, every day on this show. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One way or another, the United States as we know it is going to end. How can we make sure what comes next is better than what came before? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wars mean refugees. And when Americans find themselves fleeing for the safety of other nations, they may be shocked at the reception they face. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Second American Civil War opens the door for the next great American genocide. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For years the United States military has practiced saturation bombing on its enemies: today we talk about what would happen if those enemies were American cities. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most of what we've talked about in this podcast has been distinctly dark and depressing, but on this episode we talk about how violent war might make life better. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here's how an American insurgency could defeat the American military. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now that you're scared, let's talk about how to save America. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've talked about how the violence might start: what happens when the State strikes back? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rural America is fed up and falling apart: what happens if they fight back? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are you worried about the possibility of The Second American Civil War? In Episode 1 of, 'It Could Happen Here,' Robert explains why 2016 was the first time he started to seriously worry about it. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this nine-part series Robert Evans will walk listeners through exactly how a second American Civil War could happen. Using hard facts, historical anecdotes and his own experiences reporting from two real civil wars, he’ll leave you believing it COULD happen here.Each episode reveals more of our possible future, covering the mix of protests and terrorism that might spark such a conflict and walking through how the government would try to stop it. From drone bombs assassinating police officers, to a rural insurgency starving America’s cities, everything he will talk about is backed by real-world examples and the opinions of worried experts.This is not conspiracy-mongering or a panicked shout into the abyss. This is a sober dissection of the Second American Civil War, before it happens. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.