It Could Happen Here

Mia talks with David Forbes, editor and journalist with the Trans News Network, about her work covering the Catholic Church’s draconian trans healthcare ban and how Catholic hospitals spread across the healthcare system.
Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th or we'll hunt down your family.
Behind the Bastards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation
It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics
Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary
Sources:
https://transnews.network/p/u-s-catholic-bishops-launch-attack-on-trans-healthcare-it-s-time-to-fight-back
https://transnews.network/p/it-s-a-nightmare-the-human-toll-of-the-catholic-church-s-trans-healthcare-ban
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Happy National Poetry Month! Margaret reads some poems from a "Classic Age" anarchist poet and agitator
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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Association, Pt. 1
- How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Association, Pt. 2
- The Jewish Bund and Political Imagination
- Nigeria with Andrew
- Executive Disorder: FEMA Teleportation, Pam Bondi Fired, Iran Ceasefire?
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Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th!
Behind the Bastards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation
It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics
Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary
Sources/Links:
How to Break a Union From the Inside: The NFL Players Association
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45769802/ex-nflpa-boss-lloyd-howell-strip-club-expenses-sent-investigator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P42Wq3fmTYg
https://youtu.be/SwVNM266nCM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjOpA-N24Cc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-dN5xO7r
The Jewish Bund and Political Imagination
Here Where We Live is Our Country - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320/here-where-we-live-is-our-country-by-molly-crabapple/
We Need New Jewish Institutions by Arielle Angel - https://jewishcurrents.org/we-need-new-jewish-institutions
Jewish Federations of North America polling - https://www.inss.org.il/social_media/jfna-survey-finds-just-37-of-jewish-americans-identify-as-zionists/
Executive Disorder: FEMA Teleportation, Pam Bondi Fired, Iran Ceasefire?
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-50-percent-tariffs-on-iran-arms-supplies-
Sources:
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-50-percent-tariffs-on-iran-arms-supplies-his-legal-path-is-murky-00863519
https://www.wisn.com/article/author-of-banned-book-calls-out-menomonee-falls-district/45840156
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-announces-50-tariffs-nations-supplying-iran-with-weapons-2026-04-08/
https://aomeara.com/section-338-and-the-ghost-of-smoot-hawley/
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF13006
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-tariffs-countries-supplying-weapons-iran-ceasefire.html
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11346
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/elections/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-polls.html
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-scores-f-accurate-pollster-11797710
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5819659-trump-approval-rating-democrats/
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5810850-trump-approval-hits-new-low/
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/08/nx-s1-5770114/democrats-wisconsin-georgia-election-shift-overperformance-trump
https://x.com/Kalshi/status/2041503849991516661?s=20
https://www.imeupolicyproject.org/polls/tx-primary
https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/impd-shots-fired-into-indianapolis-city-county-councilors-home/
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041938354858582151?s=20
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/world/middleeast/shelly-kittleson-journalist-iraq.html
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=456810#text=Dignidad
https://truthsocial.com/@greggphillips/posts/116329963429212640
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/fema-gregg-phillips-waffle-house-teleportation.html
https://x.com/ElizLanders/status/2041878299454955640/photo/1
https://x.com/jonkarl/status/2041839012097229086?s=20
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-news-conference-iran/
https://www.cbsnews.com/projects/2026/us-military-rescue-iran/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/6/trump-says-us-armed-iranian-dissidents-via-kurds-kurdish-groups-deny-claim
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041422908166127898?s=20
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041429864335446102?s=20
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041073575273156670?s=20
https://theaviationist.com/2026/04/05/u-s-rescues-downed-f-15e-wso-deep-inside-iran/
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-threatens-jail-time-over-f-15-story-leak-260769349590
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116351998782539414
https://abcnews.com/US/fbi-scene-ice-involved-shooting-patterson-california/story?id=131812411
https://x.com/DaniellaMicaela/status/2041886308964913229
https://x.com/OversightDems/status/2041900181977718843
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/lee-m-zeldin/about
https://www.cityandstateny.com/personality/2026/04/5-things-know-about-lee-zeldin-he-tops-trumps-list-ag/412647/
https://nynow.wmht.org/blogs/politics/why-rep-zeldin-now-running-for-governor-says-he-voted-against-the-2020-election-results/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/politics/pam-bondi-attorney-general-trump.html
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/politics/todd-blanche-nobody-knows-why-bondi-was-fired
https://x.com/RepNancyMace/status/2041906771074138402
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The gang discuss the rescue of an US airman in Iran, ceasefire negotiations, a FEMA official who say he teleported to a Waffle House, and elections in Georgia and Wisconsin.
Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th or we'll hunt down your family.
Behind the Bastards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation
It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics
Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary
Sources:
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-50-percent-tariffs-on-iran-arms-supplies-his-legal-path-is-murky-00863519
https://www.wisn.com/article/author-of-banned-book-calls-out-menomonee-falls-district/45840156
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-announces-50-tariffs-nations-supplying-iran-with-weapons-2026-04-08/
https://aomeara.com/section-338-and-the-ghost-of-smoot-hawley/
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF13006
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/08/trump-threatens-tariffs-countries-supplying-weapons-iran-ceasefire.html
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11346
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/elections/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-polls.html
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-scores-f-accurate-pollster-11797710
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5819659-trump-approval-rating-democrats/
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5810850-trump-approval-hits-new-low/
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/08/nx-s1-5770114/democrats-wisconsin-georgia-election-shift-overperformance-trump
https://x.com/Kalshi/status/2041503849991516661?s=20

https://www.imeupolicyproject.org/polls/tx-primary

https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/impd-shots-fired-into-indianapolis-city-county-councilors-home/
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041938354858582151?s=20
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/world/middleeast/shelly-kittleson-journalist-iraq.html
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=456810#text=Dignidad
https://truthsocial.com/@greggphillips/posts/116329963429212640

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/fema-gregg-phillips-waffle-house-teleportation.html
https://x.com/ElizLanders/status/2041878299454955640/photo/1
https://x.com/jonkarl/status/2041839012097229086?s=20
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-news-conference-iran/
https://www.cbsnews.com/projects/2026/us-military-rescue-iran/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/6/trump-says-us-armed-iranian-dissidents-via-kurds-kurdish-groups-deny-claim
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041422908166127898?s=20
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041429864335446102?s=20
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2041073575273156670?s=20
https://theaviationist.com/2026/04/05/u-s-rescues-downed-f-15e-wso-deep-inside-iran/
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-threatens-jail-time-over-f-15-story-leak-260769349590
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116351998782539414

https://abcnews.com/US/fbi-scene-ice-involved-shooting-patterson-california/story?id=131812411

https://x.com/DaniellaMicaela/status/2041886308964913229

https://x.com/OversightDems/status/2041900181977718843
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/lee-m-zeldin/about

https://www.cityandstateny.com/personality/2026/04/5-things-know-about-lee-zeldin-he-tops-trumps-list-ag/412647/

https://nynow.wmht.org/blogs/politics/why-rep-zeldin-now-running-for-governor-says-he-voted-against-the-2020-election-results/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/politics/pam-bondi-attorney-general-trump.html
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/politics/todd-blanche-nobody-knows-why-bondi-was-fired
https://x.com/RepNancyMace/status/2041906771074138402
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Andrew talks to James about the USA’s military incursion into Nigeria and the reality around claims of Christian genocide in the country.
Cool Zone is nominated for 3 Webby Awards! Submit your votes by April 16th or we'll hunt down your family.
Behind the Bastards - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/experimental-innovation
It Could Happen Here - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/news-politics
Migrating to America - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/limited-series-specials/documentary
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