Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Why are so many spies getting busted?

Forget pretty much everything you've heard about James Bond. While loosely based on espionage tactics of yesteryear, actual human-based tradecraft is far less glamorous -- around the globe, intelligence organizations make long-term investments in games that run for decades, carefully cultivating assets with such secrecy that, true story, some folks genuinely don't know who they're working for. In recent years, an extraordinary amount of these individuals have been arrested, tortured, murdered, or simply... disappeared. So what's going on? Why are so many spies getting busted? Tonight, Ben, Matt and Noel aim to find out.

They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/stuff-you-should-read/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

array(3) { [0]=> string(150) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/2e824128-fbd5-4c9e-9a57-ae2f0056b0c4/image.jpg?t=1749831085&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }

It Could Happen Here - Should You Flee the United States?

Robert, James, and Gare discuss the question of fleeing the country, various demographics under threat, and the politics of escape.

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=1749835422&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: What are “Black Sites”?

In the United States, people accused of crimes are entitled to certain well-known protections under the law. And, in the international sphere, global agreements theoretically guarantee certain rights to prisoners of war. However, in the wake of 9/11 elements of the US government felt these protections were preventing them from obtaining justice. They needed locations off the books. Places where the normal rules didn't apply -- places that, officially speaking, did not exist. Tune in to learn more about the rise of black sites.

They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/stuff-you-should-read/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

array(3) { [0]=> string(150) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/2e824128-fbd5-4c9e-9a57-ae2f0056b0c4/image.jpg?t=1749831085&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }

It Could Happen Here - Miniature Ethnic Cleansing: Encampment Sweeps in Oakland

Mia talks with Emma and Sathya, who do advocacy and support work for unhoused people, about Oakland's brutal regime of encampment sweeps.

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=1749835422&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: “Freedom Cities” are the New Company Towns, Sackler Family Doesn’t Go To Jail

A phenomenally powerful international lobbying group -- Freedom Cities -- pushes the idea of US communities run by corporations. An opioid update reveals the Sackler family will pay money rather than prison time. A threat in Antarctica, while astronauts finally return home. All this and more in this week's strange news segment.

They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/stuff-you-should-read/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

array(3) { [0]=> string(150) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/2e824128-fbd5-4c9e-9a57-ae2f0056b0c4/image.jpg?t=1749831085&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }

It Could Happen Here - Rendition to El Salvador: How the Trump Administration Is Sending Asylum Seekers to Labor Camps

James and Gare discuss the rendition of 238 Venezuelan migrants to a prison labor camp in El Salvador.

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=1749835422&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }

It Could Happen Here - CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Three

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

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=1749835422&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }

It Could Happen Here - It Could Happen Here Weekly 174

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

  1. Understanding Rojava’s Tishrin Dam Resistance

  2. Anarchism In Uruguay feat. Andrew, Pt. 1

  3. Chuck Schumer and the Collaborators

  4. Behind the Tesla Attacks
  5. Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #8

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!

http://apple.co/coolerzone 

Sources/Links:

Chuck Schumer and the Collaborators

https://apnews.com/article/dc-budget-trump-congress-gop-29738c7281955d77075c8b98009f860e

https://archive.ph/35bXs

https://apnews.com/article/house-gop-budget-trump-tax-cuts-agenda-7d29a6840fa474b841228d20e5e96b55

https://time.com/7268499/senate-democrats-budget-vote/

https://www.commondreams.org/news/republican-spending-bill

https://nlihc.org/resource/congress-passes-and-president-trump-signs-law-year-long-stopgap-funding-bill-underfunding

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/schumer-trump-budget-senate-dems-aoc/

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/250308_johnsons_yearlong_crpdf.pdf

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/politics/democrats-gop-government-funding-bill/index.html

Behind the Tesla Attacks

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-will-buy-new-tesla-show-support-musk-2025-03-11/

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-musk/trump-musk-tesla-white-house-showroom-buys-car-rcna195905 

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114141854575248527 
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/01/business/tesla-takedown-musk-doge/index.html
https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/teslatakedown
https://abcnews.go.com/US/tesla-vehicles-destroyed-vandalized-musk-began-role-white/story?id=119677836
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/03/14/tesla-boycotts-turn-violent-reports-of-vandalism-and-worse-timeline/
https://www.jalopnik.com/1804358/thieves-steel-44-wheels-tesla-storage-lot/
https://southtahoenow.com/03/13/2025/tesla-superchargers-vandalized-again-in-meyers#:~:text=Damaged%20Tesla%20supercharger%20in%20Meyers,6600

https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/man-accused-of-burning-tesla-chargers-in-north-charleston-granted-bond/

https://www.salemreporter.com/2025/03/05/salem-man-accused-of-shooting-window-throwing-molotov-cocktail-at-tesla-dealership/ 
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/crime/2025/03/05/tesla-dealership-shooting-molotov-cocktails-salem-oregon/81666562007/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-co/pr/lyons-resident-charged-connection-series-incidents-loveland-tesla-dealership
https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2025/03/14/vandalism-at-loveland-colorado-tesla-dealership-leads-to-another-arrest/82415599007/
https://komonews.com/news/local/four-tesla-cybertrucks-destroyed-in-fire-in-seattles-sodo-neighborhood-elon-musk-doge-federal-jobs-cut-protests-seattle-fire-department-investigation
https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/several-vehicle-set-on-fire-at-tesla-in-las-vegas-police-say-3322726/

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250303-dozen-teslas-torched-outside-french-dealership-authorities
https://apnews.com/article/germany-tesla-factory-berlin-arson-9d66c3efa104d03244bd2c4d920c35a0
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/08/elon-musk-tesla-protest-violence-vandalism/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2025/03/18/tesla-stock-slides-another-6-as-more-firms-warn-of-musk-led-companys-sales-woes/
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-stock-decline-jp-morgan-analyst-guidance-2025-3 
https://insideevs.com/news/746064/byd-beats-tesla-ev-production/ 

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/nx-s1-5311609/tesla-sales-europe
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5325321/elon-musk-tesla-politics-republican-buyers-sales
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5328626/elon-musk-protests-tesla-takedown
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1899106551270375660

https://x.com/MrPitbull07/status/1899107163232190950

https://x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1899129877972013112

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1898369343399899218

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #8

https://www.laprensagrafica.com/internacional/Venezuela-dice-que-no-descansara-hasta-rescatar-a-migrantes-secuestrados-en-El-Salvador-20250317-0046.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/politics/deportation-flights-judge-timeline/index.html

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/doj-alien-enemies-act-deportation-flights-rcna196907

https://x.com/PressSec/status/1901584664906682833

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114183576937425149

https://www.foxnews.com/media/tom-homan-calls-out-federal-judge-defying-logic-ruling-stall-trump-deportations

https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1902394620748657019

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.38.0_1.pdf

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/columbia-university-signals-will-comply-trump-administrations-demands-rcna197110

https://archive.ph/SjG4h

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.41845/gov.uscourts.cadc.41845.01208721711.0.pdf

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/columbia-is-nearing-agreement-to-give-trump-what-he-wants-14315bb3

https://insideevs.com/news/753730/tesla-insurance-vandalism-elon-musk/

https://archive.ph/TwgRG

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/18/donald-trump-tariffs-recession-trade-war-updates/82495189007/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/us/politics/trump-tariffs.html

https://archive.ph/3erM8

https://www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/diplomatic-row-french-trumpr-researcher-expelled-from-terrorism-us/

https://thehoya.com/news/developing-gu-researcher-detained-by-immigration-agents/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/19/trump-deportation-georgetown-graduate-student-00239754

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-no-steel-aluminum-tariff-exemptions-coming-trump-says-191201285.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=1749835422&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - The Trouble With Tariffs: the Smoot-Hawley Act

Tariffs! If you're like most people in the US, you probably didn't think much about the concept until recently -- it's always been one of those historical footnotes. However, the current news about proposed tariffs has the United States and the world overall in a tizzy. So what are tariffs? Why do some people love them, why do some people hate them -- and what can history teach us about the future? In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel separate the fact from fiction.

They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/stuff-you-should-read/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

array(3) { [0]=> string(150) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/2e824128-fbd5-4c9e-9a57-ae2f0056b0c4/image.jpg?t=1749831085&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }

It Could Happen Here - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #8

The gang discuss the rendition of Venezuelan migrants, attacks on trans people in the military, more arrests of graduate students, and the bird flu.

Sources:

https://www.laprensagrafica.com/internacional/Venezuela-dice-que-no-descansara-hasta-rescatar-a-migrantes-secuestrados-en-El-Salvador-20250317-0046.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/politics/deportation-flights-judge-timeline/index.html

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/doj-alien-enemies-act-deportation-flights-rcna196907

https://x.com/PressSec/status/1901584664906682833

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114183576937425149

https://www.foxnews.com/media/tom-homan-calls-out-federal-judge-defying-logic-ruling-stall-trump-deportations

https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1902394620748657019

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.38.0_1.pdf

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/columbia-university-signals-will-comply-trump-administrations-demands-rcna197110

https://archive.ph/SjG4h

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.41845/gov.uscourts.cadc.41845.01208721711.0.pdf

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/columbia-is-nearing-agreement-to-give-trump-what-he-wants-14315bb3

https://insideevs.com/news/753730/tesla-insurance-vandalism-elon-musk/

https://archive.ph/TwgRG

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/18/donald-trump-tariffs-recession-trade-war-updates/82495189007/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/us/politics/trump-tariffs.html

https://archive.ph/3erM8

https://www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/diplomatic-row-french-trumpr-researcher-expelled-from-terrorism-us/

https://thehoya.com/news/developing-gu-researcher-detained-by-immigration-agents/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/19/trump-deportation-georgetown-graduate-student-00239754

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-no-steel-aluminum-tariff-exemptions-coming-trump-says-191201285.html

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

array(3) { [0]=> string(184) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/78d30acb-8463-4c40-a5ae-ae2d0145c9ff/34d3dc74-e15b-45e6-9ca1-b2a601202db9/image.jpg?t=1742491815&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }