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

- A Medical Perspective On Protest Safety

- Dividing the World, Pt. 1 feat. Andrew

- Dividing the World, Pt. 2: Externalization feat. Andrew

- Zohran Mamdani Wins NYC Dem. Primary

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #22

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Sources/Links:

A Medical Perspective On Protest Safety

https://lapdonlinestrgeacc.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/lapdonlinemedia/2021/12/Directive_17.1_40mm_Less_Lethal_Launcher_Oct-.pdf

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1310-live-like-the-world-is-dy-85677729/

Dividing the World, Pt. 1 feat. Andrew

Rome: https://europe.factsanddetails.com/article/entry-1087.html

China: Rome, China, and the Barbarians Ethnographic Traditions and the Transformation of Empires by Randolph B. Ford

European Colonialism: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1mf71b8.7?seq=1

Edward Said - Orientalism

Benedict Anderson - Imagined Communities

John Lewis Gaddis - The Cold War: A New History Samuel Huntington - Clash of Civilisations

Immanuel Wallerstein - The Modern World System

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/elia-j-ayoub-the-periphery-has-no-time-for-binaries

Dividing the World, Pt. 2: Externalization feat. Andrew

David Graeber - Debt: The First 5000 Years

Karl Polanyi - The Great Transformation

Immanuel Wallerstein - The Modern World System

Zohran Mamdani Wins NYC Dem. Primary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxyXXVoi514


https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/24/nyregion/nyc-democratic-primary-election-mayor

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/24/us/elections/nyc-mayor-primary-results-precinct-map.html

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKvdChiOFLv/

https://gothamist.com/news/nearly-a-quarter-of-nycs-early-voters-hadnt-voted-in-a-democratic-primary-since-2012

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #22

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David Berg starts the 1970s as a wildly popular cult leader and immediately goes insane. Robert walks Ed Helms through the invention of "flirty fishing" AKA prostitution for Jesus and a bunch of other nightmare fuel.

Sources;

Children of God

Children of God cult was 'hell on earth'

'Children of God': Life and Death of the Messiah

The Children of God: Joaquin Phoenix, Rose McGowan Among Former Members of This Notorious Cult

Murder and Suicide Reviving Claims of Child Abuse in Cult - The New York Times

Life With Grandpa (1985) - more perverse puppetry from The Family International

"Everybody can be happy" - The Luvvets 1980s - The Family International Puppet Show

Treasure Attic: Let's Have Fun

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(PDF) Lustful prophet: A psychosexual historical study of the children of God's leader, David Berg.

The Children of God \\ History \ Revolution for Jesus

https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Main_Page

https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Flirty_Fishing

https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Love_bombing0

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Robert sits down with Ed Helms to discuss one of our worst monsters: David Berg, founder of the Children of God cult.

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Originally aired June 2022

Robert is joined by Matt Lieb to discuss Harlon Carter and NRA.

SOURCES:

1. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dallasnews.com/news/2018/04/27/meet-the-2-texans-who-took-over-the-nra-and-made-the-gun-rights-group-a-feared-and-powerful-force/%3foutputType=amp
2. https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/22/us/harlon-b-carter-longtime-head-of-rifle-association-dies-at-78.html
3. https://www.linktv.org/the-legacy-of-the-texas-rangers-a-look-at-the-long-history-of-violence-at-the-border
4. https://timeline.com/harlon-carter-nra-murder-2f8227f2434f
5. https://bostonreview.net/articles/america-as-a-tactical-gun-culture/
6. https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/04/us/hard-line-opponent-of-gun-laws-wins-new-term-at-helm-of-rifle.html
7. https://nraontherecord.org/harlon-carter/
8. https://medium.com/epic-magazine/sons-of-guns-a250e6637593
9. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/04/23/battleground-america
10. https://scholar.colorado.edu/downloads/s1784m73m
11. https://addran.tcu.edu/history/files/Dissertation-Prospectus-2.pdf
12. http://web.archive.org/web/20190331211610/http://www.davekopel.com/NRO/2000/Misfiring-at-Harlon-Carter.htm
13. https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2022/05/31/how-nra-evolved-from-backing-1934-ban-on-machine-guns-to-where-it-is-now-commentary/
14. https://www.thetrace.org/2020/01/gun-industry-legal-immunity-plcaa/
15. https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2013/02/gun-violence
16. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-02-28/how-defective-guns-became-the-only-product-that-can-t-be-recalled
17. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LW0MNW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

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Originally aired August 2020

Robert is joined by Caitlin Durante to discuss the U.S. Border Patrol.

SOURCES:

1. https://timeline.com/harlon-carter-nra-murder-2f8227f2434f
2. https://theintercept.com/2019/01/12/border-patrol-history/
3. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-civil-rights-project-harrington-retire/
4. https://www.amazon.com/Migra-History-Border-American-Crossroads/dp/0520266412
5. https://www.salon.com/2012/07/20/cruelty_on_the_border/
6. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/10/border-patrol-the-green-monster-112220
7. https://www.propublica.org/article/a-group-of-agents-rose-through-the-ranks-to-lead-the-border-patrol-theyre-leaving-it-in-crisis
8. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/us/border-patrol-culture.html
9. https://books.google.com/books?id=mFQor2oScm0C&pg=PA29&dq=kicking+a+Mexican+male+who+was+handcuffed+and+lying+facedown+on+the+ground&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwinlJqK0r3fAhUSnFkKHdzJDD4Q6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=kicking%20a%20Mexican%20male%20who%20was%20handcuffed%20and%20lying%20facedown%20on%20the%20ground&f=false

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

• Reportback from the West Bank
• The LA Anti-ICE Protests
• Migrant Detention in Libya
• On The Ground In LA
• Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #20

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Sources/Links:

The LA Anti-ICE Protests

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/09/democrats-california-new-york-detention-facilities

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigrants-at-ice-check-ins-detained-and-held-in-basement-of-federal-building-in-los-angeles/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=828415694

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-los-angeles-immigration-protests-trump/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/paramount-california-home-depot-protest-rcna211650

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1kv1lgdpkjo

Migrant Detention in Libya

https://missingmigrants.iom.int/region/mediterranean

https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/61570/libyas-coast-guard-has-intercepted-and-returned-nearly-21000-migrants-in-2024

https://apnews.com/article/italy-libya-ossama-almasri-icc-arrest-hague-305b5eed193ef7774e6591d4f0a256fc 



European Commission Financial Transparency System
Andrea Beck, 2024

Italian and EU Funding of the Libyan Coast Guard: How Italian External Border Immigration Policies Have Created Crimes Against Humanity, Public Ignorance, and Legal Accountability Issues

Ronald Bruce. Libya: From Colony to Revolution

Ship of Humanity: Witness to Rescue in the Mediterranean by Judith Sunderland

Capitivity, Migration and Power in Libya. Nadia Al-Dayel, Aaron Anfinson & Graeme Anfinson 2021.

Tilley: War Making and State Making as organized crime

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #20

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Robert tells Jack about the 'rescue' of Eliza Fraser and how her lies about what happened on K'gari Island helped to fuel decades of colonial war and genocide.

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