Episodes

  • The Darién Gap: Where Dreams Die
    Nov 2 2024

    In this series, James describes his journey into the Darién Gap, one of the most remote and dangerous migration routes on earth. We hear from migrants from around the world about the dangers of the journey, their fears that forced them to take it, and their dreams for America.

    It Could Happen Here Weekly 154

    Sources can be found in the descriptions of each individual episode.

    1. The Green Hell: Migration Through the Darién Gap

    2. We Are All Brothers: How the Emberá Community of Bajo Chiquito Welcomes Migrants in the Darién Gap
    3. They Don’t Care About Us: What Migrants Leave Behind
    4. As If We Had Been Imprisoned: The Migrant Reception Center
    5. What Can You Do? Mutual Aid Along the Migrant Journey

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    3 hrs and 13 mins
  • Part Two: How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy
    Oct 31 2024

    We discuss Peter Thiel's rise to PayPal CEO, his betrayal of Elon Musk, and the birth of the technology that became Palantir.

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Part One: How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy
    Oct 29 2024
    Robert sits down with Noah Shachtman to discuss the life and times of Peter Thiel, the demon investor of Silicon Valley and would-be assassin of democracy. (4 Part Series) Sources: https://www.newser.com/story/235229/peter-thiel-wanted-innovation-he-got-networking-instead.html https://www.edsurge.com/nhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdrange/2017/01/03/what-happened-to-the-original-class-of-peter-thiels-college-skipping-fellows-nowelcome1/ ews/2023-12-12-how-a-billionaire-s-fellowship-spread-skepticism-about-college-s-value https://theintercept.com/2019/05/02/peter-thiels-palantir-was-used-to-bust-hundreds-of-relatives-of-migrant-children-new-documents-show/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/22/war-inside-palantir-data-mining-firms-ties-ice-under-attack-by-employees/ https://responsiblestatecraft.org/peter-thiel-israel-palantir/ https://www.evernote.com/shard/s542/client/snv?isnewsnv=true¬eGuid=46c636b6-b404-45df-ab0a-1f84c6fdc8c2¬eKey=7c94233539b8258d72b395a063f3c589&sn=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.evernote.com%2Fshard%2Fs542%2Fsh%2F46c636b6-b404-45df-ab0a-1f84c6fdc8c2%2F7c94233539b8258d72b395a063f3c589&title=That%2BEssay https://archive.is/ZmTHu https://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-childhood-11-surprising-details-the-contrarian-max-chafkin-2021-9 https://archive.is/ZmTHu https://www.quora.com/How-was-Peter-Thiel-in-high-school https://archive.is/ncwwe#selection-887.0-891.775 https://medium.com/indian-thoughts/my-conversation-with-peter-thiel-about-apartheid-and-its-aftermath-3fdf4249b08d#.xz4kamaam https://newcriterion.com/article/the-diversity-myth/ https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-peter-thiel-20161026-story.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/peter-thiel-silicon-valley-contrarian-max-chafkin.html https://archive.is/0CtR2#selection-487.0-509.305 https://archive.is/QPFbm#selection-1173.0-1189.97 https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/19/jp-morgan-reportedly-had-to-oust-a-security-chief-backed-by-palantir.html https://archive.is/WCWeQ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/peter-thiel-republican-megadonor-wont-fund-candidates-2024-sources-2023-04-26/ https://archive.is/ncwwe#selection-1933.0-1933.1393 https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-bets https://archive.is/ncwwe#selection-2085.0-2085.515 https://archive.is/ncwwe https://archive.is/ncwwe#selection-1913.0-1913.1159 https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-09-17/contrarian-review Chafkin, Max. The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power (p. 11). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • It Could Happen Here Weekly 153
    Oct 26 2024

    All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Sources can be found in the descriptions of each individual episode.

    1. An Alex Jones Update feat. Knowledge Fight

    2. Infiltrating Local Nazi Groups
    3. How Trump Rigged an FBI Investigation for Brett Kavanaugh
    4. Economists Win Worst Nobel Prize Yet, Asked to Please Stop
    5. Charlie Kirk vs College Students

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    2 hrs and 58 mins
  • Part Two: The History of American Masculinity Grifters
    Oct 24 2024

    Robert and Miles talk about the mid-century crisis in American masculinity and then catch up to the modern era, and Gamergate.

    https://www.sandboxx.us/news/alpha-male-boot-camps-are-a-joke/

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-are-man-warrior-camps/

    https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/01/fashion/01Fitness.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2024/01/22/modern-day-knight-project-videos-men-man-camps/72290454007/

    https://nypost.com/2018/11/15/masculinity-guru-wants-guys-to-stop-being-so-nice-to-women/

    https://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/1/23/14238530/self-help-advice-bogus

    https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2023/09/manosphere-poisoning-conservatism

    https://www.motherjones.com/politics

    2023/08/boy-problems-andrew-tate-masculinity-crisis-manosphere/

    https://medium.com/sexstories/the-right-faces-its-cuckholding-sex-fantasies-1351ed88a8ae

    https://classic.esquire.com/article/1958/11/1/the-crisis-of-american-masculinity

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGy1SaXKxqA

    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0276146719897107

    https://www.tesble.com/10.1177/0276146719897107

    https://www.mybootcampchallenge.com/

    https://classic.esquire.com/article/1958/11/1/the-crisis-of-american-masculinity

    https://www.tesble.com/10.1177/0276146719897107

    https://www.themdkproject.com/flip-the-switch

    https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/fac_other_pubs/118/

    https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/09/new-chat-logs-show-how-4chan-users-pushed-gamergate-into-the-national-spotlight/

    https://www.wired.com/story/gamergates-aggrieved-men-still-haunt-the-internet/

    https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/history-did-you-know/moral-and-medical-panic-over-bicycles

    https://abcnews.go.com/Health/cosmetic-leg-lengthening-surgeries-luring-patients-courting-controversy/story?id=106826824

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/why-us-men-voluntarily-undergo-limb-lengthening-procedure/LNLGCLEFKY27BA2NTYGNIO5OKA/?ref=readmore

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    49 mins
  • Part One: The History of American Masculinity Grifters
    Oct 22 2024

    Robert sits down with Miles Gray to give a history of American Masculinity Grifters, and the media-created fears of a 'crisis' in masculinity.

    (2 Part Series)

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • It Could Happen Here Weekly 152
    Oct 19 2024

    All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Sources can be found in the descriptions of each individual episode.

    1. Hurricane Conspiracy Theories

    2. The 2028 General Strike and Climate Change
    3. Israel's History with UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon
    4. Anarchism In Argentina, Pt. 1 feat. Andrew
    5. Anarchism In Argentina, Pt. 2 feat. Andrew

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    2 hrs and 51 mins
  • Part Four: America's First Fascist Governor
    Oct 17 2024

    Garrison is joined by Robert to conclude the story of Eugene Talmadge and how his campaign for a White Supremacist Georgia lead to his death.

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    1 hr and 11 mins