It Could Happen Here

James is joined by Molly Conger to talk about what to wear this winter to stay warm in the outdoors, and to discuss how the outdoor media talks about equipment and the issues with that model. Here are some of the things James mentioned in the episode, all with non affiliate links!
https://armsofandes.com/
https://darntough.com/
https://www.sitkagear.com/collection/equinox-guard-collection
https://www.royalrobbins.com/us/en-us/men/featured/mosquito-protection-technology/
https://nuyarn.com/
https://www.polartec.com/fabrics/insulation/alpha
https://www.primaloft.com/insulation-products/active-series/active-evolve
https://pertex.com/fabrics-technologies/quantum-air
https://kahtoola.com/gaiters/navagaiter-gtx/
https://auclairgloves.us/products/hybrid-xc-2-finger-mitts-adult-new-fall-2023
https://skida.com/products/limoncello-alpine-hat
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Robert reads an essay by Brazilian activist and podcaster Caio Almendra, about Caio's personal experience helping rally 2 million voters to save Brazilian democracy.
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Margaret reads you a comfy, cozy story about a robot colony on the moon, and one robot's journey to find a new home--and have her tarot cards read
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file:
Israeli Elections and the Palestinians
2026 Elections (The Union Ones)
¡El Chupacabras!
Kim Kelly's Morbid Labor Tales
Executive Disorder: Lula’s Victory, AI Election Ads, Voter Fraud, Revolt in Albania
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Sources/Links:
Israeli Elections and the Palestinians
Israel's Elections: What's at Stake?, International Crisis Group (Max Rodenbeck, Mairav Zonszein, Amjad Iraqi), 15 October 2026
A Jewish Currents Guide to the Israeli Elections, Josh Nathan-Kazis, Jewish Currents, 20 October 2026
Occupied Thoughts interview with Sami Abu Shehadeh https://fmep.org/resource/barred-from-knesset-elections-sami-abu-shehadeh-on-the-state-of-israeli-democracy/
Prospect magazine op-ed on the settlers and the state - https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle-east/75279/settler-rioters-are-israeli-state-policythrough-deniable-means
2026 Elections (The Union Ones)
https://linktr.ee/PamelaSH
¡El Chupacabras!
Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction and Folklore by Benjamin
Radford
Governing Spirits: Religion, Miracles, and Spectacle in Cuba and Puerto Rico,
1898-1956 by Reinaldo L. Román
En Qué Quedó Ep. 6 “El Chupacabras”
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2r9ISXwgY7zTpWj2EJWcF1
Radio Ambulante “El vampiro entre nosotros”
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hvdSD4aXHwoOWoMYAdN9x
Sucking Vulnerability: Neoliberalism, the Chupacabras, and the Post-Cold War Years by
William A Calvo-Quirós
https://web.archive.org/web/20230814111741/http://www.barriology.com/uploads/2/3/2/7/
23276452/calvo-quiros_sucking_vulnerability_rev.pdf
El Chupacabra: Icon of Resistance to US Imperialism
Species (1995) dir. Roger Donaldson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MGZnLsPSRc
La Operación (1982) dir. Ana María García https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoJoWMbRxvM&t=36s
La Operación -Background https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6XEuu_auR8&t=8s
https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/se-registran-dos-ataques-del-chupac
abras/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/30/vieques-puerto-rico-us-navy-base-traini
ng
https://www.navfac.navy.mil/Portals/68/Documents/Business-Lines/Environmental/Enviro
nmental-Restoration/NAVFAC-Atlantic/Vieques/Vieques_Fact_Sheet_03_Depleted_Uran
ium_in_LIA_Eng.pdf
https://www.fs.usda.gov/r08/elyunque/recreation/discover-history/us-military-and-el-yunq
ue-national-forest
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24816374-the-history-of-the-us-department-
of-defense-programs-for-the-testing-evaluation-and-storage-of-tactical-herbicides-agent-
orange-in-pr/?q=puerto+rico&mode=document#document/p5
https://www.elvocero.com/actualidad/otros/las-grandes-sequ-as-que-marcaron-a-puerto-
rico-durante-el-siglo-xx/article_e6a37bce-5269-4040-836d-799a04358fc2.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/12/26/mystery-creature-ravages-p
uerto-rican-livestock/b7704250-dae0-4fa3-a886-561db637b463/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-03-mn-9730-story.html
“Monsters and Messiahs by Mike Davis”
“Beast of Borikén" by Julio Anta, Daniel IriZarri, Patricio Delpeche, and Lucas Gattoni
Kim Kelly's Morbid Labor Tales
https://proteanmag.com/2021/10/31/picket-lines-in-the-graveyard-a-history-of-cemetery-workers-strikes/
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67168074
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/dc33-strike-philadelphia-medical-examiners-injunction-20250703.html
https://6abc.com/post/retrieval-dead-bodies-is-being-delayed-due-blue-collar-union-dc33-strike-philadelphia-officials-say/16936166/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/sacrilegious-bodies-piling-up-at-cook-county-morgue/
https://6abc.com/archive/8511845/
https://abc7.com/archive/8719820/
https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/02/archives/workers-strike-funeral-homes-100-establishments-hit-in-the.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/04/archives/state-fails-to-end-embalmers-strike.html
https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2024/08/28/the-coffin-makers-strike-1872/
https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=pilot18720622-01.2.22&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-----------------------
Executive Disorder: Lula’s Victory, AI Election Ads, Voter Fraud, Revolt in Albania
https://x.com/aricnesbitt/status/2066923547964928106?a=kc7nT6MWbZZrCG5F3ho&s=20
https://x.com/reaganreese_/status/2064370476449669139?a=o_23wNhd8KJXG1_3jd8&s=20
https://x.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/2097325814689743049?a=-BXTLNGkR3wjP9lkgeE&s=20
https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2083629219980960030?a=U6bD8EFjG4McMm-xQCM&s=20
https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2096705749774631131?a=9MzOBMvGxcqDqhpGhgA&s=20
https://x.com/BlueprintFNDN/status/2078957886403670411?a=2Q_B5IADKyInPq5JQKE&s=20
https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/2076099238363005194?a=GAD-fsC8RATzjNcbr5s&s=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrw_hLs4O_0
https://x.com/JacobRubashkin/status/2113454492872045007?a=jb16JdrbsG8yhaW1ljI&s=20
https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2094800565452611646?a=wRx4Pm2YJdKDtLMz7Eo&s=20
https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2091865610233786666?a=q7ts8IGOQNOt_zkiCGE&s=20
https://x.com/AdImpact_Pol/status/2051314128468197851?lang=en
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0093650226142143
https://mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/releases-101526/
https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/artificial-intelligence-ai-in-elections-and-campaigns
https://www.ncsl.org/state-legislatures-news/details/when-ai-campaign-ads-fake-reality
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/politics/midterm-elections-ai-generated-ads.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/deciding-fake-images-candidates-are-using-ai-political-ads-get-vote-rcna605243
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-10.hjc-dems-staff-report-epstein-and-trump.pdf
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8ly097zw1xwo
https://www.daylightsandiego.org/ice-detainee-dies-at-otay-mesa-detention-center-in-san-diego/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/10/27/iraqi-court-sentences-seven-french-isis-members-to-prison/
https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2113552255576092815
https://sana.sy/en/syria/2353795/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/10/27/flavio-bolsonaro-flees-brazil-us/92462116007/
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moy4zcl3b52a
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2114740388514697527
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/netherlands-citizen-arrested-illegally-voting-2024-election
https://x.com/TheJusticeDept/status/2113703040444145701
https://apnews.com/article/california-voter-data-justice-department-lawsuit-0305190ba958051bb86741ac00da36a7
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-state-california-over-voter-list
https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1466286/
https://x.com/USAttyEssayli/status/2113794933236871180
https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-26-Order-.pdf
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-charges-28-foreign-nationals-california-election-crimes
https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/10/trump-noncitizen-voting-court/
https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2087950683831931327a=2VozR5e62ZW8NoNmfl8&s=20
https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2087950683831931327
https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2115228635326242842
https://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2026/October/election-charges
https://citizens.al/en/2026/09/07/100-days-of-the-flamingo-revolution-the-new-culture-of-civic-protest/
https://www.balkanweb.com/en/On-the-14th-day-of-student-protests--citizens-and-young-people-gather-en-masse-in-front-of-the-Ministry-of-Education./#gsc.tab=0
https://www.tiranatimes.com/albanian-government-tightens-protest-laws-as-crisis-deepens/
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The gang discuss how Brazilians organized to beat Bolsonaro, White House allegations of “likely” non-citizen voting, James O'Keefe being charged with unlawful voting, $137 million in AI campaign ads and politician deepfakes, and why there are massive protests in Albania.

Sources:
https://x.com/aricnesbitt/status/2066923547964928106?a=kc7nT6MWbZZrCG5F3ho&s=20

https://x.com/reaganreese_/status/2064370476449669139?a=o_23wNhd8KJXG1_3jd8&s=20

https://x.com/KenPaxtonTX/status/2097325814689743049?a=-BXTLNGkR3wjP9lkgeE&s=20

https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2083629219980960030?a=U6bD8EFjG4McMm-xQCM&s=20

https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2096705749774631131?a=9MzOBMvGxcqDqhpGhgA&s=20

https://x.com/BlueprintFNDN/status/2078957886403670411?a=2Q_B5IADKyInPq5JQKE&s=20

https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/2076099238363005194?a=GAD-fsC8RATzjNcbr5s&s=20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrw_hLs4O_0

https://x.com/JacobRubashkin/status/2113454492872045007?a=jb16JdrbsG8yhaW1ljI&s=20

https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2094800565452611646?a=wRx4Pm2YJdKDtLMz7Eo&s=20

https://x.com/NassauExec/status/2091865610233786666?a=q7ts8IGOQNOt_zkiCGE&s=20

https://x.com/AdImpact_Pol/status/2051314128468197851?lang=en

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0093650226142143

https://mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/releases-101526/
https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/artificial-intelligence-ai-in-elections-and-campaigns
https://www.ncsl.org/state-legislatures-news/details/when-ai-campaign-ads-fake-reality
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/politics/midterm-elections-ai-generated-ads.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/deciding-fake-images-candidates-are-using-ai-political-ads-get-vote-rcna605243
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026-10.hjc-dems-staff-report-epstein-and-trump.pdf

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8ly097zw1xwo

https://www.daylightsandiego.org/ice-detainee-dies-at-otay-mesa-detention-center-in-san-diego/

https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/10/27/iraqi-court-sentences-seven-french-isis-members-to-prison/

https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2113552255576092815
https://sana.sy/en/syria/2353795/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/10/27/flavio-bolsonaro-flees-brazil-us/92462116007/

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3moy4zcl3b52a

https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2114740388514697527
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/netherlands-citizen-arrested-illegally-voting-2024-election
https://x.com/TheJusticeDept/status/2113703040444145701
https://apnews.com/article/california-voter-data-justice-department-lawsuit-0305190ba958051bb86741ac00da36a7
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-state-california-over-voter-list
https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1466286/
https://x.com/USAttyEssayli/status/2113794933236871180
https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-26-Order-.pdf
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-charges-28-foreign-nationals-california-election-crimes
https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/10/trump-noncitizen-voting-court/

https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2087950683831931327a=2VozR5e62ZW8NoNmfl8&s=20

https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2087950683831931327
https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/2115228635326242842
https://www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/2026/October/election-charges

https://citizens.al/en/2026/09/07/100-days-of-the-flamingo-revolution-the-new-culture-of-civic-protest/
https://www.balkanweb.com/en/On-the-14th-day-of-student-protests--citizens-and-young-people-gather-en-masse-in-front-of-the-Ministry-of-Education./#gsc.tab=0
https://www.tiranatimes.com/albanian-government-tightens-protest-laws-as-crisis-deepens/
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