Ologies with Alie Ward - Bonus Episode: THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. Let’s read it together.
Have you ever read every word of The U.S. Constitution? You don't have to, because I read it with my mouth into your brain in this weird but vital episode on civil liberties. And of course, there are little sidenotes to make sure we both understand it. There has never been a better time to know what your legal protections are.
This episode is a follow up to Nomology (CONSTITUTIONAL LAW) with the legendary law scholar Franita Tolson, the Dean and Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law USC’s Gould School of Law. Start there for the basics and learn why knowing your rights and using your voice can change the future.
Be safe. Stick up for yourself, and each other.
Listen to our 2019 episode: Nomology (THE CONSTITUTION) with Franita Tolson
A donation went to the American Civil Liberties Union
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Other episodes you may enjoy: Political Sociology (VOTER TURNOUT & SUPPRESSION), Museology (MUSEUMS), Agnotology (WILLFUL IGNORANCE), Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY), Genealogy (FAMILY TREES)
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It Could Happen Here - It Could Happen Here Weekly 186
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- Reportback from the West Bank
- The LA Anti-ICE Protests
- Migrant Detention in Libya
- On The Ground In LA
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #20
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Sources/Links:
The LA Anti-ICE Protests
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/09/democrats-california-new-york-detention-facilities
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-los-angeles-immigration-protests-trump/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/paramount-california-home-depot-protest-rcna211650
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1kv1lgdpkjo
Migrant Detention in Libya
https://missingmigrants.iom.int/region/mediterranean https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/61570/libyas-coast-guard-has-intercepted-and-returned-nearly-21000-migrants-in-2024
European Commission Financial Transparency System Andrea Beck, 2024
Italian and EU Funding of the Libyan Coast Guard: How Italian External Border Immigration Policies Have Created Crimes Against Humanity, Public Ignorance, and Legal Accountability Issues
Ronald Bruce. Libya: From Colony to Revolution
Ship of Humanity: Witness to Rescue in the Mediterranean by Judith Sunderland
Capitivity, Migration and Power in Libya. Nadia Al-Dayel, Aaron Anfinson & Graeme Anfinson 2021.
Tilley: War Making and State Making as organized crime
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #20
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In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel travel back to the chaotic days of World War II. The newly-minted Office of Strategic Services, which would later evolve into the CIA, conspired to pull off something as brilliant as it was evil: they created the "Simple Sabotage Field Manual," a secret textbook aimed to turn the average civilian into an active saboteur. The guys read the book, and give it rave reviews.
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It Could Happen Here - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #20
The gang get together to discuss state violence in Los Angeles, tariffs, the Trump-Musk breakup and more ICE raids across the country.
Sources:
https://www.kpbs.org/news/public-safety/2025/05/19/san-diegos-highest-paid-city-employees-cops-racking-up-overtime-and-earning-over-400-000
https://www.nilc.org/resources/how-calif-dl-records-shared-with-dhs/
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-detained-buona-forchetta-employees
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/expedited-removal
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/04/nx-s1-5422248/trump-steel-aluminum-50-tariffs-double-prices
https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/minneapolis-lake-street-law-enforcement-ice-homeland-security/
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/03/elon-musk-trump-white-house-relationship
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elon-musk-privately-expresses-frustration-range-recent-moves/story?id=122485920
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-doge.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/09/nx-s1-5427998/trump-travel-ban-countries-immigration-enforcement
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Clever Innuendo gives a first-hand account of the US Military being super cheap with new tech. 2FAB shares premonitions from the dream state. Goat gets the guys back into cattle mutilation, and Jacqueramaphan prompts an investigation into possible agroterrorism. All this and more in this week's listener mail segment.
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Native America Calling - Thursday, June 12, 2025 – Cities take aim at homeless encampments

It Could Happen Here - On The Ground In LA
James talks to Robert about the LA protests after spending Monday night on the ground in DTLA covering the protests and police response.
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