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Updates on space exploration. A seemingly-symbolic quarrel between an eagle and a goose. Large language models try out religion and pre-crime, all as a recent graduate gets deported for his political views. In other news, light becomes solid, prompting Ben and the gang to call for input from a physicist. All this and more in this week's strange news segment.

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In an episode recorded before the agreement between the Syrian government and the SDF, James talks with Jenni Keasden (@jkeasden) about the situation in Rojava and the resistance at Tishrin Dam. 

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Margaret reads Robert Evans the second book in her Danielle Cain series

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

1. How the State Created Elon Musk

2. Candace Owens' Hollywood Tabloid Pivot feat. Bridget Todd

3. Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest and What Comes Next

4. Nate Silver: The Smoothest Brain On The Internet

5. Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #7

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Sources/Links:

How the State Created Elon Musk

https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0sg0782h

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/09/tesla-clean-credits-trump

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/tesla-racked-up-greenhouse-emissions-credits-2023-other-automakers-lagged-2024-11-25/

https://www.aol.com/report-says-elon-musks-businesses-170042735.html?

https://archive.is/QyXuK

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-28/wealthy-americans-fuel-half-of-us-economy-consumer-spending

Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest and What Comes Next

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

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/additional-measures-to-combat-anti-semitism/

https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1388516/dl?inline

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-takes-forceful-and-unprecedented-steps-to-combat-anti-semitism/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-education-accessible-and-ending-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-in-schools/

https://forward.com/fast-forward/689866/biden-team-resolves-its-final-title-vi-antisemitism-and-anti-arab-cases/

https://theintercept.com/2025/02/15/columbia-alumni-israel-whatsapp-deport-gaza-protesters/

https://x.com/dhsgov/status/1898908955675357314?s=46&t=F-n6cTZFsKgvr1yQ7oHXRg

https://x.com/SecRubio/status/1897776709778211044

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114139222625284782

https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/can-trump-deport-a-green-card-holding-pro-hamas-columbia-grad/

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/10/11/cornell-international-grad-student-says-he-wont-be-deported

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #7

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-tariffs-steel-aluminum-levies-imports-europe-china-uk-japan-rcna195810

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/business/china-tariffs-us.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-beijing-trump-npc-xi-trade-growth-defense-nato-communist-tariffs-rcna195271

https://fortune.com/2025/03/11/goldman-sachs-chief-economist-downgrades-entire-us-economy-trump-tariffs-markets/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trade-tensions-china-canada-retaliate-us-tariffs-rcna194645

https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1067709/us-stocks-downgraded-by-investment-banks-amid-pause-on-us-exceptionalism-1067709.html

https://apnews.com/article/trump-economy-tariffs-stock-musk-business-8a5f28d9bb16e0b8a924d99ead0907fa

https://apnews.com/article/trump-eu-tariffs-countermeasures-806a3b9bcc9cd4e45817e672d95f0070

https://fortune.com/asia/2025/03/11/citi-downgrades-us-upgrades-china-trump-recession/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/politics/trump-tariffs-house-gop-vote.html

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While astrology is often portrayed as a belief system of ancient empires and ages past, the popular assumption could not be further from the truth. In the second episode of this series, Ben, Matt and Noel explore the times U.S. Presidents looked for guidance from the stars.

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Unhinged Tariff news! Deportation and detention updates! The gang discusses this and much more and also has a musical guest.

Sources:

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-tariffs-steel-aluminum-levies-imports-europe-china-uk-japan-rcna195810

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/business/china-tariffs-us.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-beijing-trump-npc-xi-trade-growth-defense-nato-communist-tariffs-rcna195271

https://fortune.com/2025/03/11/goldman-sachs-chief-economist-downgrades-entire-us-economy-trump-tariffs-markets/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trade-tensions-china-canada-retaliate-us-tariffs-rcna194645

https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1067709/us-stocks-downgraded-by-investment-banks-amid-pause-on-us-exceptionalism-1067709.html

https://apnews.com/article/trump-economy-tariffs-stock-musk-business-8a5f28d9bb16e0b8a924d99ead0907fa

https://apnews.com/article/trump-eu-tariffs-countermeasures-806a3b9bcc9cd4e45817e672d95f0070

https://fortune.com/asia/2025/03/11/citi-downgrades-us-upgrades-china-trump-recession/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/politics/trump-tariffs-house-gop-vote.html

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Is the world genuinely witnessing the unfolding Prophecy of the Popes? The Wondering Wizard wants to know. Alpha Flight comments on the growing tension between the United States and Canada. Aaron A Aaronson inspires a future episode on sovereign wealth funds. All this and more in this week's listener mail segment.

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Robert, James, and Gare discuss Nate Silver’s theory that tweets are proof that Elon Musk is a ‘spiky’ genius.

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Astrology! To true believers, this genre of divination provides deep inside to the secret mechanicisms of the Heavens and the Earth. To skeptics, it's bunk -- another mistaken set of beliefs best left to benighted empires of old. And yet, as Ben, Matt and Noel discover in the first part of this special two-part series, astrology still can play a massive role in the modern world. In Chapter One, the guys explore the origins of astrology before traveling to Myanmar, where multiple rulers made extreme decisions based on what they believed was guidance from the stars.

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Gare, James, and Robert discuss the ICE arrest of Mahmoud Khalil and what it means for Permanent Residents and freedom of speech.

Sources:

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

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/additional-measures-to-combat-anti-semitism/
https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1388516/dl?inline
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-takes-forceful-and-unprecedented-steps-to-combat-anti-semitism/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-education-accessible-and-ending-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-in-schools/
https://forward.com/fast-forward/689866/biden-team-resolves-its-final-title-vi-antisemitism-and-anti-arab-cases/
https://theintercept.com/2025/02/15/columbia-alumni-israel-whatsapp-deport-gaza-protesters/
https://x.com/dhsgov/status/1898908955675357314?s=46&t=F-n6cTZFsKgvr1yQ7oHXRg
https://x.com/SecRubio/status/1897776709778211044
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114139222625284782
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/can-trump-deport-a-green-card-holding-pro-hamas-columbia-grad/
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/10/11/cornell-international-grad-student-says-he-wont-be-deported

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