It Could Happen Here

Mia is joined by writer and activist Vicky Osterweil to talk about Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and the grim, shockingly violent history of media monopolies.
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James talks with Gordayeen about the US and Israel attacking Iran, what this means for people in the country, and what might come next.
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Garrison reports from Albany at a rally to raise taxes on millionaires while a budget crisis looms in New York City.
Sources:
https://taxtherichny.com/action/
https://ourtime.nyc/
https://www.capitolconfidential.com/p/new-york-gained-thousands-of-new
https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/19/mamdani-budget-parks-libraries/

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/mayor-mamdani---governor-hochul-to-launch-free-child-care-for-tw
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/01/executive-order-12
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Dana El Kurd speaks to Danielle Cantor, Israeli leftist activist and co-founder of Culture of Solidarity – a mutual aid organization in Israel/Palestine. They talk about the role of mutual aid in mobilization, the impact of occupation on the Israeli system, and where the Israeli left has gone since the October 7th attacks.
Sources:
Gisha - https://gisha.org/en/
Breaking the Silence - https://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/
Zochrot - https://www.zochrot.org/welcome/index/en
Culture for Solidarity - https://www.instagram.com/culture_of_solidarity/
Dignity for Palestinians - https://dignity4palestine.org/
Physicians for Human Rights Israel - https://www.phr.org.il/en/
Rabbis for Human Rights - https://www.rhr.org.il/en/
Remembering Awda Hathaleen - https://jewishcurrents.org/remembering-awdah-hathaleen
Beith El-Meem - https://www.beitelmeem.org.il/aboutus-eng
“No Other Land” documentary - https://releasing.dogwoof.com/no-other-land
“Coexistance my ass!” documentary - https://www.coexistencemyass.com/
Dahlia Scheindlin's book "The Crooked Timber" on Israeli democracy and the occupation - https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110796582/html?lang=en&srsltid=AfmBOoqr8ur0KCgqZAYrxz5fZYX7QZpUlt6vN0b7zWTl-lJzNZDV-mgs
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Margaret reads you a 1920 classic fiction story by the seminal theorist
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