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Margaret brings you further along into the tale of Hermetica, the generation ship.
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- The Federalization of DC Police feat. Bridget Todd
- Elon Musk and the Rebirth of Company Towns feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips
- Alienation and AI feat. Andrew
- Objectivity in Journalism
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #30
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Sources/Links:
Elon Musk and the Rebirth of Company Towns feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips
Margaret Crawford, Building the Workingman's Paradise: The Design of American Company Towns
Alan Dawley, Struggles for Justice: Social Responsibility and the Liberal State
Hardy Green, The Company Town: The Industrial Edens and Satanic Mills That Shaped the American Economy
Chad Pearson, Capitalism’s Terrorists: Klansmen, Lawmen, and Employers in the Long Nineteenth Century
Objectivity in Journalism
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/opinion/objectivity-black-journalists-coronavirus.html
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #30
https://www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-journalists-hamas-hasbara/
https://x.com/IDF/status/1954652255199887516
https://cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-calls-for-anas-al-sharifs-protection-in-face-of-israeli-smears/
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16tQckcrui/
https://www.icrc.org/en/article/international-humanitarian-law-protect-journalists-armed-conflict
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1424&num=0&edition=prelim
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26054451-20-1/#document/p17/a2667744
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/us/politics/ice-bonuses-immigrants-deportations.html
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
array(3) { [0]=> string(150) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/image.jpg?t=1751824393&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }The gang discuss the Israeli cybersecurity official who bailed out and went home after being charged with sex crimes against children, the IDF's murder of journalists in Gaza, changes in USCIS guidance and Federal Agents opening fire on a California family.
Sources:
https://www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-journalists-hamas-hasbara/
https://x.com/IDF/status/1954652255199887516
https://cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-calls-for-anas-al-sharifs-protection-in-face-of-israeli-smears/
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16tQckcrui/
https://www.icrc.org/en/article/international-humanitarian-law-protect-journalists-armed-conflict
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1424&num=0&edition=prelim
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26054451-20-1/#document/p17/a2667744
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/us/politics/ice-bonuses-immigrants-deportations.html
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array(3) { [0]=> string(184) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/408f9aea-29c4-4921-a6bc-b3400116bd59/image.jpg?t=1755810331&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }James, Gare, and Robert discuss the concept of objectivity in legacy media and the issues it raises.
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/opinion/objectivity-black-journalists-coronavirus.html
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array(3) { [0]=> string(150) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/image.jpg?t=1751824393&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }Andrew and James talk about how artificial intelligence has created alienation in society
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
array(3) { [0]=> string(150) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/image.jpg?t=1751824393&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }In Texas, the world’s richest man is bringing back to life one of the worst ideas of the Gilded Age, local Robber Baron-owned dictatorships called company towns. Elon Musk has already established two in Texas and other high-tech oligarchs like Peter Theil hope to create more. In this episode, journalist Steven Monacelli and historian Dr. Michael Phillips explore the history of company towns in the United States and their disturbing rebirth.
Sources:
Margaret Crawford, Building the Workingman's Paradise: The Design of American Company Towns
Alan Dawley, Struggles for Justice: Social Responsibility and the Liberal State
Hardy Green, The Company Town: The Industrial Edens and Satanic Mills That Shaped the American Economy
Chad Pearson, Capitalism’s Terrorists: Klansmen, Lawmen, and Employers in the Long Nineteenth Century
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
array(3) { [0]=> string(150) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/image.jpg?t=1751824393&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }DC resident Bridget Todd talks with Garrison about Trump’s police takeover in Washington DC, the manufacturing of crime panics, and how federal police are effecting the city.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
array(3) { [0]=> string(150) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/image.jpg?t=1751824393&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }Margaret brings you further along into the tale of Hermetica, the generation ship.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
array(3) { [0]=> string(150) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/image.jpg?t=1751824393&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- Infrastructure as Control feat. Andrew
- Why Trump is Obsessed with the Autopen
- How Tucson Beat Amazon’s Data Center
- Tariffs and the Corruption State
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #29
You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today!
Sources/Links:
Why Trump is Obsessed with the Autopen
https://www.shapell.org/behind-the-scenes/the-robot-pen/
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1908354
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/05/politics/autopen-trump-biden-analysis
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/us/politics/biden-pardon-autopen-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/us/politics/biden-clemency-interview.html
How Tucson Beat Amazon’s Data Center
https://apnews.com/article/electricity-prices-data-centers-artificial-intelligence-fbf213a915fb574a4f3e5baaa7041c3a
Tariffs and the Corruption State
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/economy/tariff-more-expensive
https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nvidia-amd-chip-sales-china-15-percent-h20-mi308/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/business/tariffs-switzerland-trump.html
https://www.tradecomplianceresourcehub.com/2025/08/12/trump-2-0-tariff-tracker/
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/07/business/trade-exemptions-tariffs-trump
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg7jjkvzmkxo
https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25#cme17o5l400003b6ns7mwdwnv
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/tech/apple-investment-us-trump
https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/us-tariffs-take-effect-08-07-25
https://restofworld.org/2023/foxconn-iphone-factory-china/
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/tech/apple-investment-us-trump
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #29
https://www.cvesd.org/parents/family-and-community-resources
lausd.org
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/business/trump-bls-ej-antoni.html
https://x.com/AngulusTerrarum/status/1955320816855294169
https://x.com/JosephPolitano/status/1955041060197114136
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/stephen-miran-federal-reserve-board-e7855877
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-bls-appointment-ej-antoni-alarms-economists-2112440
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/business/bls-nominee-trump
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/ej-antoni-trumps-pick-lead-bls/story?id=124579471
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8600x7dnn4o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5loldo4Vmno
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-help-for-bukets-asylum-case
Sources:
https://www.cvesd.org/parents/family-and-community-resources
lausd.org
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/business/trump-bls-ej-antoni.html
https://x.com/AngulusTerrarum/status/1955320816855294169
https://x.com/JosephPolitano/status/1955041060197114136
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/stephen-miran-federal-reserve-board-e7855877
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-bls-appointment-ej-antoni-alarms-economists-2112440
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/business/bls-nominee-trump
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/ej-antoni-trumps-pick-lead-bls/story?id=124579471
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8600x7dnn4o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5loldo4Vmno
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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