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For Indigenous People's Day James intorduces an episode of the Nomadcast interviewing Mato Wayuhi. NomadCast is hosted by Caleb “Moose” (White Mountain Apache Descendant) and Cheyanne (White Mountain Apache Enrolled) Endfield from the White Mountain Apache Reservation where the couple went to school, met, had children and now work and create. NomadCast is a show interested in exploring the best of Indian Country. Caleb Suggested listeners who enjoyed this episode might also enjoy:

Lilly Gladstone

One of Indian countries brightest stars. Proof we can sit comfortably at any table.

Doctor’s Orders Solo episode

Why not believe in myself a bit?

Tiio Horn Episode

In person event at Indigenous Pop Culture Expo in Oklahoma. Very fun episode where I made the deer lady laugh.

Alice Qannik Glenn Third Wheel Blues Episode

Fun conversation that flows between topics.

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Garrison and Robert chat about what it will take for Democrats to win back Congress, Iran’s letter to the American people, and midterm election polls in Texas, Maine, Florida, North Carolina, Alaska, and Michigan.

Sources:

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-revolutionary-guards-call-trump-big-liar-2026-09-29/
  
• https://img9.irna.ir/d/r2/2026/09/29/0/173138753.pdf?ts=1790679102019 
• https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/midterm-elections-in-maine-october-2026/
• https://mainebeacon.com/new-polling-jackson-narrowly-leads-collins-mainers-want-affordable-childcare/
  
• https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/maine-senate-democratic-party-troy-jackson-graham-platner-susan-collins.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/north-carolina-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html
• https://www.semafor.com/article/10/02/2026/republicans-pull-ad-spending-from-north-carolina
• https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6131462-sabatos-crystal-ball-shifts-alaska/
  
• https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/alaska-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html
• https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-its-lone-star-senate-showdown-between-talarico-paxton
  
• https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/texas-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html
• https://x.com/AdImpact_Pol/status/2106409529512808548?s=20 
• https://x.com/MediumBuying/status/2108208307550752820?s=20
  
• https://floridapolitics.com/archives/820643-poll-ashley-moody-45-angie-nixon-45-and-florida-now-has-two-toss-ups-at-the-top-of-the-ticket/
  
• https://www.miamiherald.com/news/article317496818.html
  
• https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ttw_fl_20260921_lv.pdf
  
• https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/michigan-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html
  
• https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/michigan-voter-poll-abdul-el-sayed-mike-rogers/
• https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/kff-health-tracking-poll-health-care-issues-in-the-lead-up-to-the-2026-midterm-election/
• https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/midterms
• https://gsas.harvard.edu/news/how-much-will-gerrymandering-impact-2026-midterms
• https://www.npr.org/2026/10/06/nx-s1-5989694/midterm-elections-control-congress
  
• https://news.gallup.com/interactives/507569/presidential-job-approval-center.aspx
  
• https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/house/house-overview/gop-track-lose-house-majority-15-race-ratings-shift-towards-dems

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Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond reads Margaret and Hazel a ghost story about transcendance, legacy and an unearthly river boat, by exalted ancestor Henry Dumas who was murdered by a white cop in 1968.

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

• The Decline and Fall of the International Workers Movement
• How To Print Your Own Money: The Case for Local Currencies
• How the ‘Delivery Protection Act’ Takes on Amazon 
• Attacking Palestinian Health
• Executive Disorder: French Student Protests, Flavio Bolsonaro, ‘Third Country’ Deportations

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Sources/Links:

The Decline and Fall of the International Workers Movement

• https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-4/endnotes-a-history-of-separation-preface
• https://libcom.org/article/utopia-rules-technology-stupidity-and-secret-joys-bureaucracy-david-graeber
• https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/maurice-brinton-the-bolsheviks-and-workers-control
• https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/mar/x03.htm
• https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-bullshit-jobs
• https://www.marxists.org/portugues/hughes/1946/mes/90.htm

How To Print Your Own Money: The Case for Local Currencies

• BerkShares Program https://berkshares.org/
• Bob Dunning's Newsletter:  https://www.thewaryone.com/
• https://centerforneweconomics.org/people/peter-larochelle/
• https://centerforneweconomics.org
• https://centerforneweconomics.org/publications/local-currencies-in-the-21st-century-understanding-money-building-local-economies-renewing-community/
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/economics-econometrics-and-finance/alternativecurrency
• https://www.collaborativefinance.org/mutual-credit/local-currency/
• https://sustainableandjust.org/initiatives/our-economy/alternative-economies/alternative-currencies/
• https://www.theselc.org/california-community-currencies-act
• https://reasonstobecheerful.world/towns-invent-community-currencies/
• https://www.paulglover.org/hours.html
• https://www.paulglover.org/hourcurrency.html
• https://www.paulglover.org/atwood.html
• https://localwiki.org/davis/Davis_Dollars
• https://www.opb.org/artsandlife/series/history/myrtlewood-money-north-bend-oregon-great-depression/
• https://www.davisenterprise.com/users/profile/bob%20dunning/

How the ‘Delivery Protection Act’ Takes on Amazon 

• https://act.socialists.nyc/dpa-letter
• https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-to-pass-the-delivery-protection-act-3
• https://www.instagram.com/nycdsa/
• https://www.instagram.com/nycdsalabor/ 
• https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/workers/workersrights/Delivery-Workers.page 
• https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/08/mayor-mamdani-backs--delivery-protection-act--to-rein-in-amazon-
• https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/mayor-mamdani-wins-record--131-5-million-from-doordash-for-deliv
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-02/amazon-trump-settlement-win-showed-just-how-tough-delivery-drivers-have-it
• https://hearinghearings.nyc/hearings/committee-on-consumer-and-worker-protection-requiring-the-licensing-of-last-mile-facilities/ 
• https://teamster.org/2026/08/amazon-teamsters-and-allies-picket-city-hall-for-the-delivery-protection-act/
• https://teamster.org/2025/09/amazon-teamsters-rally-after-attack-on-workers-in-queens/
• https://teamster.org/2026/08/teamsters-allies-release-report-on-amazon-violations-of-new-york-warn-act/
• https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/10424UPSNATIONALMASTERFINAL.pdf 
• https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/fast-shipping-slow-justice-traffic-worker-and-climate-hazards-in-last-mile-delivery/ 
• https://www.staffingindustry.com/news/global-daily-news/nycs-delivery-protection-act-would-make-last-mile-delivery-workers-employees 
• https://www.wsj.com/business/new-jersey-sues-amazon-alleging-delivery-network-illegally-suppresses-wages-f6d6faa7 
• https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/policy-news-views/amazon-testimony-delivery-protection-act-new-york-city
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2026/08/15/delivery-protection-act-pits-nyc-mayor-mamdani-and-the-teamsters-against-amazon/ 
• https://nysfocus.com/2026/07/23/amazon-new-york-last-mile-delivery-bill

Attacking Palestinian Health

• https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/sexual-violence-as-a-tool-of-domination-and-displacement-in-palestine/
• https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/israeli-settler-violence-a-strategy-to-displace-palestinians-from-their-land/
• https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/israels-restrictions-on-medical-evacuations-from-gaza-and-the-west-bank/
• https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/another-step-in-the-weaponization-of-aid-israel-bans-humanitarian-agencies-in-gaza/
• https://www.hudassalon.movie/

Executive Disorder: French Student Protests, Flavio Bolsonaro, ‘Third Country’ Deportations

• https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-curo-churata-is-the-37th-person 
• https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/government-affairs/pdfs/ORDER%20GRANTING%2034%20Motion%20for%20Preliminary%20Injunction%20Signed%20by%20Judge%20Kathleen%20Cardone.pdf
• https://acampada26s.net/
• https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/crocodile-dies-of-lead-poisoning-first-time-in-florida-fwc/
• https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2107444098806546566?s=20 
• https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2107171768121311518?s=20 
• https://apnews.com/article/warner-bros-skydance-ellison-studio-hollywood-5f4326c083ca2fc084ff399c1b8aa035?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share
• https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/092926zr2_1a7d.pdf 
• https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/05/third-country-deportations-ice-dhs-26-federal-plaza-west-africa/ 
• https://www.thirdcountrydeportationwatch.org/eswatini 
• https://www.camp-oshad.org/
• https://crimethinc.com/2026/10/06/french-youth-fight-against-a-bleak-future 
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/2/protests-shutter-hundreds-of-french-schools-as-violence-flares?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialPulse 
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/french-public-workers-strike-over-pay-as-student-protests-turn-violent 
• https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2026/10/06/vincent-tiberj-politiste-la-reaction-du-gouvernement-a-la-mobilisation-lyceenne-en-dit-beaucoup-sur-la-facon-dont-une-partie-des-medias-et-des-politiques-considerent-la-jeunesse_6788833_3232.html
• https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-10-05/former-us-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-dies-cbs-news-reports
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/fox-news-runs-memoriam-serial-233040454.html
• https://apnews.com/article/dennis-hastert-dead-obituary-4a04ca4b4c0741a38f4b4a7e0f2bc78c
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/fox-news-runs-memoriam-serial-233040454.html
• https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-10-05/former-us-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-dies-cbs-news-reports
• https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-ex-president-bolsonaro-wins-big-without-his-name-ballot-2026-10-06/
• https://archive.is/6j85h
• https://archive.is/DqaJi
• https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/world/video/worker-at-russian-plague-lab-dies-of-unknown-infection

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The gang discuss a tree-sit on the border, massive student protests in France, a Supreme Court ruling on rendition, the Brazilian election, a Russian researcher who was accidentally exposed to the pneumonic plague, and the death of former House Speaker and pedophile Dennis Hastert.

Sources:

• https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-curo-churata-is-the-37th-person 
• https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/government-affairs/pdfs/ORDER%20GRANTING%2034%20Motion%20for%20Preliminary%20Injunction%20Signed%20by%20Judge%20Kathleen%20Cardone.pdf
• https://acampada26s.net/
• https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/crocodile-dies-of-lead-poisoning-first-time-in-florida-fwc/
• https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2107444098806546566?s=20 
• https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg/status/2107171768121311518?s=20 
• https://apnews.com/article/warner-bros-skydance-ellison-studio-hollywood-5f4326c083ca2fc084ff399c1b8aa035?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share
• https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/092926zr2_1a7d.pdf 
• https://www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/05/third-country-deportations-ice-dhs-26-federal-plaza-west-africa/ 
• https://www.thirdcountrydeportationwatch.org/eswatini 
• https://www.camp-oshad.org/
• https://crimethinc.com/2026/10/06/french-youth-fight-against-a-bleak-future 
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/2/protests-shutter-hundreds-of-french-schools-as-violence-flares?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialPulse 
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/french-public-workers-strike-over-pay-as-student-protests-turn-violent 
• https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2026/10/06/vincent-tiberj-politiste-la-reaction-du-gouvernement-a-la-mobilisation-lyceenne-en-dit-beaucoup-sur-la-facon-dont-une-partie-des-medias-et-des-politiques-considerent-la-jeunesse_6788833_3232.html
• https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-10-05/former-us-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-dies-cbs-news-reports
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/fox-news-runs-memoriam-serial-233040454.html
• https://apnews.com/article/dennis-hastert-dead-obituary-4a04ca4b4c0741a38f4b4a7e0f2bc78c
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/fox-news-runs-memoriam-serial-233040454.html
• https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-10-05/former-us-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-dies-cbs-news-reports
• https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-ex-president-bolsonaro-wins-big-without-his-name-ballot-2026-10-06/
• https://archive.is/6j85h
• https://archive.is/DqaJi
• https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/world/video/worker-at-russian-plague-lab-dies-of-unknown-infection

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In this episode Dana El Kurd talks with Yara Asi, Palestinian scholar, author, and public health researcher studying how conflict, structural violence, and political systems shape health and human security. Yara describes the attacks on Palestinian health in Gaza and the West Bank, and the Israeli policies and objectives driving these attacks.

Sources:

• https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/sexual-violence-as-a-tool-of-domination-and-displacement-in-palestine/
• https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/israeli-settler-violence-a-strategy-to-displace-palestinians-from-their-land/
• https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/israels-restrictions-on-medical-evacuations-from-gaza-and-the-west-bank/
• https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/another-step-in-the-weaponization-of-aid-israel-bans-humanitarian-agencies-in-gaza/
• https://www.hudassalon.movie/

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Garrison talks with Matt and Olivia from the NYC-DSA Labor Working Group about how Amazon uses subcontractors to exploit “last mile” delivery drivers and how a new bill could hold Amazon accountable and strengthen workers' ability to organize. 

Sources:

• https://act.socialists.nyc/dpa-letter
• https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-to-pass-the-delivery-protection-act-3
• https://www.instagram.com/nycdsa/
• https://www.instagram.com/nycdsalabor/ 
• https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/workers/workersrights/Delivery-Workers.page 
• https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/08/mayor-mamdani-backs--delivery-protection-act--to-rein-in-amazon-
• https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/09/mayor-mamdani-wins-record--131-5-million-from-doordash-for-deliv
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-02/amazon-trump-settlement-win-showed-just-how-tough-delivery-drivers-have-it
• https://hearinghearings.nyc/hearings/committee-on-consumer-and-worker-protection-requiring-the-licensing-of-last-mile-facilities/ 
• https://teamster.org/2026/08/amazon-teamsters-and-allies-picket-city-hall-for-the-delivery-protection-act/
• https://teamster.org/2025/09/amazon-teamsters-rally-after-attack-on-workers-in-queens/
• https://teamster.org/2026/08/teamsters-allies-release-report-on-amazon-violations-of-new-york-warn-act/
• https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/10424UPSNATIONALMASTERFINAL.pdf 
• https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/fast-shipping-slow-justice-traffic-worker-and-climate-hazards-in-last-mile-delivery/ 
• https://www.staffingindustry.com/news/global-daily-news/nycs-delivery-protection-act-would-make-last-mile-delivery-workers-employees 
• https://www.wsj.com/business/new-jersey-sues-amazon-alleging-delivery-network-illegally-suppresses-wages-f6d6faa7 
• https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/policy-news-views/amazon-testimony-delivery-protection-act-new-york-city
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2026/08/15/delivery-protection-act-pits-nyc-mayor-mamdani-and-the-teamsters-against-amazon/ 
• https://nysfocus.com/2026/07/23/amazon-new-york-last-mile-delivery-bill

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Guest host Zaron Burnett investigates the curious question: Can we print our own money? The short answer is: yes, yes we can. To consider the more nuanced aspects of that question, Burnett spoke with Peter LaRochelle from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. LaRochelle administers a local currency called BerkShares, which is available in the tourist-friendly Berkshire region of western Massachusetts. The alternative currency was created 20 years ago and serves as a successful model for how to create your own local currency. LaRochelle spoke to the various challenges and benefits as well as the financial freedom a community enjoys once you start printing your own money.

Sources/Links: 

• BerkShares Program https://berkshares.org/
• Bob Dunning's Newsletter:  https://www.thewaryone.com/
• https://centerforneweconomics.org/people/peter-larochelle/
• https://centerforneweconomics.org
• https://centerforneweconomics.org/publications/local-currencies-in-the-21st-century-understanding-money-building-local-economies-renewing-community/
  
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/economics-econometrics-and-finance/alternativecurrency
• https://www.collaborativefinance.org/mutual-credit/local-currency/
• https://sustainableandjust.org/initiatives/our-economy/alternative-economies/alternative-currencies/
• https://www.theselc.org/california-community-currencies-act
• https://reasonstobecheerful.world/towns-invent-community-currencies/
• https://www.paulglover.org/hours.html
• https://www.paulglover.org/hourcurrency.html
• https://www.paulglover.org/atwood.html
• https://localwiki.org/davis/Davis_Dollars
• https://www.opb.org/artsandlife/series/history/myrtlewood-money-north-bend-oregon-great-depression/
• https://www.davisenterprise.com/users/profile/bob%20dunning/

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James looks into the DOJ investigation into egg price fixing and what it can tell us about the way our food system treats animals and people.

Sources:

https://www.justice.gov/atr/media/1450281/dl?inline 
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-unscrambling-the-egg-ma/204490574/  
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076.77.0.pdf 
https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/trump-administration-cancels-contract-bird-flu-vaccine-development  
https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/02/26/usda-invests-1-billion-combat-avian-flu-and-reduce-egg-prices 
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111 
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Poultry/chickegg.php  
https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20231204  
https://www.dol.gov/index.php/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20240502  
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6248715/1/united-states-v-ramirez/  
https://www.versova.com/trillium-farms/  
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/labor-trafficker-sentenced-encouraging-illegal-entry-guatemalan-nationals-including  
https://u.osu.edu/osuhtblog/2018/03/02/failed-by-the-government-guatemalan-minors-placed-into-custody-of-traffickers/  
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From the battle for democracy in the workplace to the division of the class itself, Mia examines how workers lost the world

Sources:

https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-4/endnotes-a-history-of-separation-preface

https://libcom.org/article/utopia-rules-technology-stupidity-and-secret-joys-bureaucracy-david-graeber

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/maurice-brinton-the-bolsheviks-and-workers-control

https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/mar/x03.htm

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-bullshit-jobs

https://www.marxists.org/portugues/hughes/1946/mes/90.htm

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