Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - The Prior Authorizations Conspiracy: EviCore

It's a story sadly all-too familiar with so many people in the United States: you're on the cusp of receiving medication, surgery or treatment that could save your life -- only for your insurance company to deny the treatment you've paid for. Through the practice of "prior authorization," private insurance companies bypass doctors to decide whether or not a patient is allowed to receive medical treatment. In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore the controversy surrounding the nation's largest manufacturer of "prior approvals" -- and learn the nuts and bolts of a conspiracy built on endangering innocent people in pursuit of profit.

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It Could Happen Here - How ICE Kidnapped A Farmworker Union Organizer

Mia talks with Coalition of Independent Unions organizer Mark Medina about ICE's kidnapping of Familias Unidas por la Justicia organizer Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez, Lelo's work, and the April 12th rally at Portland City Hall to free him.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: Interview: Dark Waters: Corporations, Corruption and Pollution with Rob Bilott

When corporate defense lawyer Rob Bilott first learned about Wilbur Tennant's dying livestock, the frustrated West Virginian farmer was at his wits' end. He'd sought help from numerous local authorities to no avail, but he was certain DuPont was poisoning his livestock, as well as the surrounding area. Bilott's investigation led him down the rabbithole, deep into a web of contamination, chemical pollution and corporate cover-ups. Join the guys as they speak with Mr. Bilott to learn more about his first-hand experience bringing this mighty company to justice.

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It Could Happen Here - Why Watching Actors Get Maimed By Big Cats Gives Me Hope For The Future

Robert explains why he repeatedly returns to Roar, a movie where the cast and crew are repeatedly for-real maimed by giant cats, when he needs to feel optimistic about the future of the human race.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: The Massive Tennessee Meat Heist, Roblox and Privacy, the CIA and the Ark of Covenant, Chemicals in Your Food and More

A massive meat heist in Tennessee leaves Ben, Matt and Dylan asking: "Who needs 80,000 pounds of off-the-books meat?" A babysitter learns there really is a monster under the bed. Back in the day, the CIA seemed genuinely convinced they discovered the Ark of the Covenant. Sucralose conspires against you! The US abducts an innocent US resident and sends him to a prison in El Salvador. All this and more in this week's strange news segment.

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It Could Happen Here - Behind the Scenes of that Teen Vogue Article on Vivian Wilson, Elon Musk’s Daughter

Ella Yurman and Teen Vogue news and politics editor Lex McMenamin talk about interviewing Elon Musk’s trans daughter and how news outlets cover trans issues. 

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https://www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian-jenna-wilson-elon-musk-trans-youth

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It Could Happen Here - CZM Book Club: Escape, part two

Margaret reads the second half of an anonymously authored speculative fiction story about what people could do if large scale roundups began, and discusses it with an anarchist technology enthusiast.

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It Could Happen Here - It Could Happen Here Weekly 176

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

  1. The Library Funding Cliff

  2. Anarchism In Uruguay feat. Andrew, Pt. 2

  3. RFK Jr. Breaks the Medical System

  4. How ICE Is Targeting Students for Deportation
  5. Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #10

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Sources/Links:

RFK Jr. Breaks the Medical System

https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/autism/114853

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/health/fda-vaccine-peter-marks-resigns/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/trump-administration-hiv-research-grant-cuts

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-to-gut-vaccine-promotion-and-hiv-prevention-office-sources-say/

https://archive.ph/z2Fyx

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1839225/

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/29/rfk-jr-body-shames-west-virginia-governor

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hhs-taps-anti-vaccine-activist-look-debunked-links-autism-vaccines-sou-rcna198214

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/health/vaccine-grants-cancelled-pediatricians/index.html

https://taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data/HHS_Grants_Terminated.pdf

https://archive.ph/48Ua1

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-jr-wants-to-let-bird-flu-spread-on-poultry-farms-why-experts-are/

How ICE Is Targeting Students for Deportation

https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8 

https://archive.ph/20250316111414/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/nyregion/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/nyregion/columbia-student-kristi-noem-video.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/columbia-university-protester-chung-deportation.html 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/columbia-gaza-protester-yunseo-chung-lawsuit 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/nyregion/columbia-student-ice-suit-yunseo-chung.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/politics/cornell-student-momodou-taal.html 

https://apnews.com/article/social-media-immigration-applicants-handles-dhs-f67b480abebff7e451056be17572593d 

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-trump-admin-spies-on-social?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=7677&post_id=160081190&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1aiy5i&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email 

https://apnews.com/article/georgetown-trump-deportation-immigration-homeland-security-21fc205cebbbbba2ed260050df04702a 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/us/rumeysa-ozturk-tufts-student-detained.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/israel-gaza-student-protests-canary-mission.html 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/14/israel-betar-deportation-list-trump 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-administration-takes-aim-immigrant-students-rcna198346 

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-detainees-students-ozturk-khalil-78f544fb2c8b593c88a0c1f0e0ad9c5f 

https://x.com/janashortal/status/1905759411248734353 

 https://dailyegyptian.com/120974/news/international-siu-student-has-visa-revoked-confirms-university-admin/ 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SGz224raVR8mHMzC6q-6EUiNcBKD6BSK/view 

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #10

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-stokes-trade-war-world-reels-tariff-shock-2025-04-03/

https://www.theverge.com/news/642620/trump-tariffs-formula-ai-chatgpt-gemini-claude-grok

https://www.reuters.com/markets/frances-macron-calls-suspension-investment-us-after-tariffs-2025-04-03/

https://x.com/USBPChief/status/1907398210064437404

https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1907488012239302953 

https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1907411257927311619

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.11.0.pdf

https://x.com/JDVance/status/1906934067607556440

https://t.co/dFXNSbOyiy

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/01/us/elections/results-wisconsin-supreme-court.html 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/business/tesla-sales/index.html

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Big Chicken: A Fowl Conspiracy

Chicken! It's one of the world's most popular food stuffs, and nowadays it's a global, multibillion dollar industry. But a dark side comes with all that success -- including problems that, one day, may threaten civilization as we know it. Join Ben, Matt and Noel as they explore the Stuff They Don't Want You To Know about Big Chicken.

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It Could Happen Here - How ICE Is Targeting Students for Deportation

Garrison and James discuss how a doxing campaign is targeting student visa and green card holders for alleged ties to pro-Palestine protests.

Sources: 

https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8 

https://archive.ph/20250316111414/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/nyregion/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/nyregion/columbia-student-kristi-noem-video.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/columbia-university-protester-chung-deportation.html 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/columbia-gaza-protester-yunseo-chung-lawsuit 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/nyregion/columbia-student-ice-suit-yunseo-chung.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/politics/cornell-student-momodou-taal.html 

https://apnews.com/article/social-media-immigration-applicants-handles-dhs-f67b480abebff7e451056be17572593d 

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-trump-admin-spies-on-social?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=7677&post_id=160081190&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1aiy5i&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email 

https://apnews.com/article/georgetown-trump-deportation-immigration-homeland-security-21fc205cebbbbba2ed260050df04702a 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/us/rumeysa-ozturk-tufts-student-detained.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/israel-gaza-student-protests-canary-mission.html 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/14/israel-betar-deportation-list-trump 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-administration-takes-aim-immigrant-students-rcna198346 

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-detainees-students-ozturk-khalil-78f544fb2c8b593c88a0c1f0e0ad9c5f 

https://x.com/janashortal/status/1905759411248734353 

 https://dailyegyptian.com/120974/news/international-siu-student-has-visa-revoked-confirms-university-admin/ 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SGz224raVR8mHMzC6q-6EUiNcBKD6BSK/view 

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