It Could Happen Here - It Could Happen Here Weekly 164

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

  1. Q&A 2025

  2. 2025 Predictions

  3. CES 2025: Listen to AI Executives Laughing At People Losing Their Jobs

  4. The AI 'Ick': What Big Tech Is Bringing for 2025

  5. CES 2025: Robert and Gare Meet The Literal Devil

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - The Luigi Mangione Story, Chapter Two: The Larger Context

As we record, Luigi Mangione is currently in police custody on suspicion of murdering former UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. In the second chapter of this ongoing investigation, Ben, Matt and Noel explore recent updates on the case, as well as the larger implications: What does the public reaction tell us about the growing divides in the United States? Why does establishment media and public discourse seem so starkly opposed? Is it possible that this event might inspire others to commit similar crimes? Tune in to learn more, and as always feel free to reach out to us directly: conspiracy@iheartmedia.com.

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It Could Happen Here - CES 2025: Robert and Gare Meet The Literal Devil

In this episode we explore a variety of robots and AI enabled products and meet a soulless monster from the very pit of hell itself.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: Animals At War: Fact vs. Fiction

Whether as beasts of burden, scouts, sentries or attack dogs, animals have been conscripted into human conflict since the dawn of recorded history. This practice hasn't changed in the modern day -- it's only evolved. Join the guys as they delve deep into some of modern history's strangest rumored (and confirmed) tales of animals in warfare, from would-be weaponized bats to tales of cyborg sharks, surveillance birds and more.

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It Could Happen Here - The AI ‘Ick’: What Big Tech Is Bringing for 2025

Robert and Garrison wade through the insane fever dreams of a thousand madmen to bring you the future of consumer electronics.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - The Luigi Mangione Story, Chapter One: A Murder in Manhattan

In the early hours of December 4, 2024, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in New York City as he walked toward the annual investor's meeting of his parent company, UnitedHealth Group. US law enforcement embarked on a massive manhunt. Several days after the murder, authorities in Altoona, Pennsylvania arrested 26-year-old Luigi Mangione on suspicion of committing the murder. In the first part of this multi-part episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore what happened, what evidence may or may not exist, and, perhaps most importantly: how this single event exposed a deep divide between the general public, the media, and the power structure of American society overall.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: A Long Shadow: Life and Times of David Koch

When philanthropist, business magnate and political activist David Koch passed away, the media scrambled to address his legacy - but what is that legacy, exactly? Join Ben and Matt as they explore the life of David Koch, and the bizarre, insidious ways the political engine he helped create still welds enormous influence on the U.S. after his demise.

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It Could Happen Here - CES 2025: Listen to AI Executives Laughing At People Losing Their Jobs

Robert and Garrison are joined by Ed Zitron and Ed Ongweso Jr. to discuss the future of AI entertainment at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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It Could Happen Here - 2025 Predictions

The Gang sits down to lay out our predictions for 2025 and analyze how right or wrong we were about last year's predictions.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: Conspiracies and Crime: The World’s Biggest Heists

Everyone loves a good heist film -- but how accurate are they? Join Ben and Matt as they delve into the stories of modern history's biggest heists, actual criminal conspiracies carried out across the world to steal millions of dollars' worth of loot. Who got caught? Who got shot? Perhaps most importantly... who got away free, and where might they be living today?

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