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They're Trying to Put Women Into Men's Prisons Jan 29, 2025

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Margaret talks with former prisoner Eric King about conditions for trans people in prison, what the new policies can mean, and how you can help advocate for people on the inside.

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Nut Country Revisited feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips Jan 28, 2025

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Since before the fall of the Alamo, Texas has served as an incubator for unhinged conspiracy theories about the motives behind the Texas Revolution, feared rebellions by the enslaved, Mexican plans to retake Texas, the supposed plot by Franklin Roosevelt to impose communism in the United States, why water is being fluoridated, who killed Kennedy, and the various fever dreams of the QAnon movement. In this episode, we explore what makes Texans, and Americans in general, particularly susceptible to conspiracy theories and what emotional comfort these ideas give believers.

Sources:

Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America https://www.ucpress.edu/books/a-culture-of-conspiracy/paper

Mark Fenster, Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture https://www.upress.umn.edu/9780816654949/conspiracy-theories/

Edward H. Miller, Nut Country: Right-Wing Dallas and the Birth of the Southern Strategy https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo19197692.html

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The Decline and Fall of the American Post Office Jan 27, 2025

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Mia talks with Bad Mouth, a letter carrier and organizer, and Tommy Espinoza, a former union steward, about the new awful Post Office union contract and the campaign to privatize the Post Office through sabotaging service.

Sources:

https://www.nalc.org

https://www.fightingnalc.com

https://concernedlettercarriers.com

https://www.nalc.org/member-benefits/nalc-disaster-relief-foundation

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CZM Book Club: Cool Zone 2055: The Battle of Ogre Hill Jan 26, 2025

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Margaret from the future describes the terrifying battle of ogre hill.

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 166 Jan 25, 2025

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

The Lost Post Office Union Episode
The Age of Cowards and What Happens Next
How to Evacuate Your Home
A Firsthand Account of the Inauguration & Trump's First Days
About That Nazi Salute

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Sources/Links:

The Age of Cowards and What Happens Next

https://emilygorcenski.com/

How to Evacuate Your Home

https://www.fire.ca.gov/prepare/get-ready-to-go

https://www.liveliketheworldisdying.com/

About That Nazi Salute

https://apnews.com/article/jair-bolsonaro-politics-brasilia-united-states-government-florida-state-29fad1e6c79a5737641932c939021e62

https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch01.htm

https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/the-invisible-committe-to-our-friends

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About That Nazi Salute Jan 24, 2025

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Mia discusses Elon Musk's Nazi salute, why everything feels like this, and how to get out.

Sources:

https://apnews.com/article/jair-bolsonaro-politics-brasilia-united-states-government-florida-state-29fad1e6c79a5737641932c939021e62

https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch01.htm

https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/the-invisible-committe-to-our-friends

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A Firsthand Account of the Inauguration & Trump's First Days Jan 23, 2025

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Robert and Gare sit down with D.C. resident, Bridget Todd to discuss her experiences at the inauguration, the return of the Proud Boys, and what it all means for everyone in and out of the District.

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How to Evacuate Your Home Jan 22, 2025

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James is joined by Margaret Killjoy to talk about evacuating from wildfires and what to put in your go bag.

You can hear Margaret and James talk about prepper stuff more on the Live Like The World is Dying podcast: https://www.liveliketheworldisdying.com/

Sources:

https://www.fire.ca.gov/prepare/get-ready-to-go

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The Age of Cowards and What Happens Next Jan 21, 2025

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The fascists have won. Where do we go from here, and how can we turn the tide? Robert reads an essay on just that, and Emily Gorcenski debuts a poem about the moment we've just entered.

https://emilygorcenski.com/

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The Lost Post Office Union Episode Jan 20, 2025

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Somehow this episode vanished into the ether, so enjoy early 2024 Mia and now former letter carrier and union steward Tommy Espinoza discussing the state of workers rights at the Post Office.

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