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The race toward de-extincting mammoths (and other creatures) continues apace, here at what Ben calls "the end of history." The newest step toward this furry resurrection? WOOLY MICE. An unidentified bird drops a severed hand at a school. Also schoolteachers are getting in trouble for "pretending" to sell pills, and forcing kids to fight each other in Juvie. Hoping to end on a positive note, the guys come through with some fantastic space updates (side note: spacedates?) -- anyhow, all this and more in this week's strange news segment.

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Mia and James discuss how the neoliberal state created the markets that made Elon Musk the richest man alive and how the structure of global capitalism ensured his rise.

Sources:

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

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Margaret reads Robert the second novella of the 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. The Future of Peacekeeping In Africa

2. The Last Trial of the Fight Against Mountain Valley Pipeline

3. The USA's Impending Telemedicine Cliff

4. King Trump Yells at Congress

5. Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #6

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Sources/Links:

King Trump Yells at Congress

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/05/nx-s1-5318104/trump-joint-address-congress-takeaways
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/04/nx-s1-5318102/trump-joint-session-al-green-protest
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/03/05/january-littlejohn-donald-trump/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/05/trump-social-security-fraud-claims/81508815007/

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #6

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4086787/pentagon-deploys-stryker-brigade-aviation-battalion-to-southern-border/

https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4086539/dod-statement-on-deployment-of-stryker-brigade-combat-team-to-help-secure-our-s/

https://www.northcom.mil/Newsroom/Press-Releases/Article/4086531/additional-troops-to-enhance-border-security-operations/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-ukraine-minerals-deal-trump-zelenskyy/

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-643086a6dc7ff716d876b3c83e3255b0

https://apnews.com/article/trudeau-trump-canada-tariffs-us-5d5ef8bd41c4567926d543a9526b2e84

https://www.mining.com/web/copper-prices-surge-as-trump-signals-25-tariff-on-imports/

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/05/trump-tariffs-live-updates-china-says-its-ready-to-fight-any-type-of-war-us-wants-till-the-end.html

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-lutnick-2b269614084027a4894aa14f3dc16227

https://www.kob.com/news/top-news/wipp-in-carlsbad-under-doge-cuts/

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It's a harrowing story, often untold in the West: while everyone's tired of scam calls and texts, we rarely ask about the lives of people on the other side of the call. While it's devilishly easy to make light of the scammers and the con artists, the harsh reality is that thousands of people pushing scams are being forced to do so, often held against their will in what amounts to modern-day slavery. Following up on their earlier episode investigating the terrifying scam compounds in Myanmar, Ben, Matt and Noel welcome special guest, the award-winning journalist Denise Chan, to learn more about the continuing catastrophe in her newest project, Scam Factory, by Wondery.

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War on three fronts! The gang talks about Volodymyr Zelenskyy's public humiliation ritual, military deployment at the southern border, and Trump's flip-flopping global trade war.

Sources:

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4086787/pentagon-deploys-stryker-brigade-aviation-battalion-to-southern-border/

https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4086539/dod-statement-on-deployment-of-stryker-brigade-combat-team-to-help-secure-our-s/

https://www.northcom.mil/Newsroom/Press-Releases/Article/4086531/additional-troops-to-enhance-border-security-operations/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-ukraine-minerals-deal-trump-zelenskyy/

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-643086a6dc7ff716d876b3c83e3255b0

https://apnews.com/article/trudeau-trump-canada-tariffs-us-5d5ef8bd41c4567926d543a9526b2e84

https://www.mining.com/web/copper-prices-surge-as-trump-signals-25-tariff-on-imports/

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/05/trump-tariffs-live-updates-china-says-its-ready-to-fight-any-type-of-war-us-wants-till-the-end.html

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-lutnick-2b269614084027a4894aa14f3dc16227

https://www.kob.com/news/top-news/wipp-in-carlsbad-under-doge-cuts/

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Look around you as you listen to tonight's episode -- how far did these objects travel to meet you here? In centuries past, the average person would be surrounded by local objects. Today, the most mundane of possessions may have traveled more than halfway across the world to become your fabrics, your electronic components, your favorite snacks. Make no mistake: The world as we know it will collapse if our species stops shipping things across the planet. Global trade is dangerously close to a religion -- literally every nation has a set of laws applying to the passage of goods. So why are these laws so easily broken? Why do the same nations and conglomerates touting 'rule of law' seem to obey another set of rules?

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Garrison, James, and producer Sophie discuss Trump’s first joint congressional speech declaring WOKE dead, and the lackluster response from Democrats.

Sources:

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/05/nx-s1-5318104/trump-joint-address-congress-takeaways
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/04/nx-s1-5318102/trump-joint-session-al-green-protest
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/03/05/january-littlejohn-donald-trump/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/05/trump-social-security-fraud-claims/81508815007/

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True story: throughout China's Sichuan province right along the border with Tibet, the land is riddled with ancient towers of unknown origin. No one knows who built them, nor why. In tonight's episode, Ben and Noel explore the fascinating hidden history of architecture that withstood millennia of chaos -- and how an ancient series of towers survived the rise and fall of empires into the modern day.

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The majority of human beings currently live in urban areas -- and this trend seems set to continue. According to the most recent estimates, two-thirds of humanity will live in urban areas by 2050. However, not all cities are created equally. In fact, countries throughout the world are home to cities that, in one sense or another, do not officially exist. So what exactly are these secret, closed cities. What goes on there? Why are these areas hotbeds of the stuff they don't want you to know? Join Ben, Matt and Noel as they unravel the mystery in today's Classic episode from 2019.

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