Category: 9-NotNowMaybeSomeday

A new Brain Drain: funding cuts and political chaos cause scientists to leave the US -- and other countries love it. Wal-Mart bans an emotional support alligator. Protestors get in hot water in the UK. New Mexico may make childcare free. And one scientist may have just cracked the code on space travel. All this and more -- including the first bot minister -- in this week's strange news segment.

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The public has gone through several phases of evolution on what the shooter's motive was. At first, it was assumed he was a leftwing terrorist. Then it seemed clear he was on the right. Or maybe nihilist. Then, the charging documents were released. These contained some selected texts with Robinson's transgender roommate who he seems to have been in a romantic relationship with. They are... weird. But what is going on here? What can we actually reasonably conclude at this time?

James sits down with Frances to hear firsthand what it is like for families of people in the asylum system right now and how even U.S. citizens can have their families torn apart by the Trump administration’s anti-asylum policies. 

Sources: 
https://x.com/ConsulMexCho/status/1966636249910738951  

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/09/12/dhs-statement-ice-officer-seriously-injured-line-duty-and-shooting-chicago-during  

https://unraveledpress.com/what-happened-to-silverio-villegas-gonzalez/  

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.284773/gov.uscourts.dcd.284773.37.0_2.pdf  

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.284773/gov.uscourts.dcd.284773.41.0.pdf  

https://calmatters.org/inside-the-newsroom/2025/04/calmatters-partners-with-evident-media-on-a-documentary-exposing-truth-behind-border-patrol-raid/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/16/us/tyler-robinson-charges.html  

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-leaked-messages-from-charlie  

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/business/media/abc-jimmy-kimmel.html 

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Margaret sits down with author Alan Lea to discuss his novella, Hermetica.

 

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News Items: Conspiracy Physics, Cancer Misinformation, Improved Nuclear Thermal Propulsion, Oldest Mummies, Not The Screwworms; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Ethics in Research; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction

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

- Charlie Kirk's Assassination: Sorting Fact from Fiction

- DC Police Takeover Update feat. Bridget Todd

- Thi'sl, The Nipsey Hussle of St. Louis, On What It Really Takes to Make Our Hoods Better feat. Prop

- Years of Lead Paint

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #34

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Sources/Links:

Years of Lead Paint

https://www.cawshinythings.com/i-was-promised-a-more-aesthetically-pleasing-cyberpunk-dystopia/

https://www.cato.org/blog/politically-motivated-violence-rare-united-states

https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/52960-charlie-kirk-americans-political-violence-poll

https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/academics/centers-initiatives/ctec/ctec-publications/italian-neofascism-and-years-lead-closer-look 

https://libcom.org/article/giuseppe-pinelli-death-anarchist 

https://libcom.org/article/analysis-autonomia-interview-sergio-bologna 

https://sk.sagepub.com/ency/edvol/terrorism2ed/chpt/ordine-nuovo 

https://www.britannica.com/event/Bologna-train-station-bombing-of-1980

https://www.britannica.com/place/Italy/Terrorism#ref929858

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/16/us/tyler-robinson-charges.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mU8.jooL.UUL_fH4KQcdy

https://www.404media.co/doj-deletes-study-showing-domestic-terrorists-are-most-often-right-wing/ 

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #34

 

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Film stars, tech bros, shipping magnates and online retail giants... BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng introduce the latest batch of billionaires whose stories they will uncover in their new season, starting 6 October.

Good Bad Billionaire is the podcast that explores the lives of the super-rich and famous, tracking their wealth, philanthropy, business ethics and success. There are leaders who made their money in Silicon Valley, on Wall Street and in high street fashion. From iconic celebrities and CEOs to titans of technology, the podcast unravels tales of fortune, power, economics, ambition and moral responsibility, before asking the audience to decide if they are good, bad, or just billionaires.

To contact the team, email goodbadbillionaire@bbc.com or send a text or WhatsApp to +1 (917) 686-1176. Find out more about the show and read our privacy notice at www.bbcworldservice.com/goodbadbillionaire

In December of 1978, New Zealand's Kaikōura mountain ranges gained international attention as a series of unidentified glowing objects appeared to follow multiple planes in the area. Pilots, journalists, radar techs and air traffic control all confirmed the events -- along with numerous witnesses on the ground. Almost fifty years after the initial sightings, people still can't explain the Kaikōura Lights... and every December, locals look to the sky, just in case the lights return. Join Ben, Matt and Noel as they dive into one of the most bizarre UFO stories in New Zealand history.

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