Behind the Bastards

It Could Happen Here Weekly 215

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - AI Robot Slaves and other CES Miracles  - Best and Worst (non AI) Products at CES - What’s Happening in Iran? - What Happened in 2025 with Andrew - Executive Disorder: Portland Shooting, the FED, Visa Pause & Turtle Island Liberation Front You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone [http://apple.co/coolerzone] Sources/Links: What’s Happening in Iran? https://www.instagram.com/hengaw_english?igsh=MTZ3Z29qd3h6YzVlMA== [https://www.instagram.com/hengaw_english?igsh=MTZ3Z29qd3h6YzVlMA==] https://www.instagram.com/ali.javanmardi?igsh=ODV2cGZzaXk2Z3dt [https://www.instagram.com/ali.javanmardi?igsh=ODV2cGZzaXk2Z3dt] https://www.instagram.com/soran.mansournia?igsh=OWFhNDdtMTRtNzl0 [https://www.instagram.com/soran.mansournia?igsh=OWFhNDdtMTRtNzl0] https://www.instagram.com/kurdistanipeople?igsh=MTI3Y3kwZ3V0N3Zvag== [https://www.instagram.com/kurdistanipeople?igsh=MTI3Y3kwZ3V0N3Zvag==] What Happened in 2025 with Andrew https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/2025-set-be-second-or-third-warmest-year-record-continuing-exceptionally-high-warming-trend [https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/2025-set-be-second-or-third-warmest-year-record-continuing-exceptionally-high-warming-trend] https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4522124/study-warns-brazilian-food-imports-increasingly-vulnerable-climate-change [https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4522124/study-warns-brazilian-food-imports-increasingly-vulnerable-climate-change] https://wmo.int/media/news/fao-and-wmo-report-highlights-extreme-heat-risks-agriculture [https://wmo.int/media/news/fao-and-wmo-report-highlights-extreme-heat-risks-agriculture] https://apnews.com/article/monsoon-rains-nepal-floods-climate-change-india-ef8b703ab93bc310e397d896b032ce8f [https://apnews.com/article/monsoon-rains-nepal-floods-climate-change-india-ef8b703ab93bc310e397d896b032ce8f] https://chimpreports.com/un-warns-as-somalia-drought-crisis-deepens-hunger/ [https://chimpreports.com/un-warns-as-somalia-drought-crisis-deepens-hunger/] 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[https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/moroccos-youth-police-clash-fifth-night-protests-demanding-education-health-care-2025-10-01] https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/madagascar-military-ruler-randrianirina-sworn-president-reuters-witness-2025-10-17/ [https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/madagascar-military-ruler-randrianirina-sworn-president-reuters-witness-2025-10-17/] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5w5nyd5xzo [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5w5nyd5xzo] https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/young-anti-corruption-protesters-oust-nepal-pm-oli-2025-09-09/ [https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/young-anti-corruption-protesters-oust-nepal-pm-oli-2025-09-09/] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/25/peru-youth-protesters-state-of-emergency-gen-z [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/25/peru-youth-protesters-state-of-emergency-gen-z] https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/gen-z-styled-protests-spread-mexico-fueled-by-mayors-murder-2025-11-16/ [https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/gen-z-styled-protests-spread-mexico-fueled-by-mayors-murder-2025-11-16/] https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2025/11/13/politica/marcha-de-la-generacion-z-estrategia-digital-pagada-no-es-genuina-sheinbaum [https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2025/11/13/politica/marcha-de-la-generacion-z-estrategia-digital-pagada-no-es-genuina-sheinbaum] https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/trade-unions-india-stage-nationwide-protests-new-labor-127887286 [https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/trade-unions-india-stage-nationwide-protests-new-labor-127887286] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/with-ai-on-the-rise-what-will-be-the-environmental-impacts-of-data-centers-180987379/ [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/with-ai-on-the-rise-what-will-be-the-environmental-impacts-of-data-centers-180987379/] https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2025/country-chapters/israel-and-palestine [https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2025/country-chapters/israel-and-palestine] https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/power-struggle-sudan [https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/power-struggle-sudan] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/03/blood-spilled-sudan-el-fasher-space-rsf-uae-darfur [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/03/blood-spilled-sudan-el-fasher-space-rsf-uae-darfur] https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/drc-un-report-raises-spectre-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity-north [https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/drc-un-report-raises-spectre-war-crimes-and-crimes-against-humanity-north] https://cdn.sida.se/app/uploads/2020/08/15103021/Yemen-HCA-2025.pdf [https://cdn.sida.se/app/uploads/2020/08/15103021/Yemen-HCA-2025.pdf] https://www.stimson.org/2025/too-little-too-late-china-steps-up-military-aid-to-myanmars-junta/ [https://www.stimson.org/2025/too-little-too-late-china-steps-up-military-aid-to-myanmars-junta/] Executive Disorder: Portland Shooting, the FED, Visa Pause & Turtle Island Liberation Front https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdms/pr/madison-man-arrested-arson-beth-israel-and-goldringwoldenberg-institute-southern [https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdms/pr/madison-man-arrested-arson-beth-israel-and-goldringwoldenberg-institute-southern] https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-synagogue-arson-jewish-south-0e489adc986bfaddd55662075bdb6443 [https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-synagogue-arson-jewish-south-0e489adc986bfaddd55662075bdb6443] https://www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Indictment-Stephen-Spencer-Pittman.pdf [https://www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Indictment-Stephen-Spencer-Pittman.pdf] https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26378204-tilf-complaint-signed-redacted/ [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26378204-tilf-complaint-signed-redacted/] https://www.foxla.com/news/2-turtle-island-liberation-front-members-plead-not-guilty-new-years-eve-socal-bombing-plot [https://www.foxla.com/news/2-turtle-island-liberation-front-members-plead-not-guilty-new-years-eve-socal-bombing-plot] https://www.syriahr.com/en/376284/ [https://www.syriahr.com/en/376284/]  https://www.syriahr.com/en/376282/ [https://www.syriahr.com/en/376282/]  https://www.syriahr.com/en/376266/ [https://www.syriahr.com/en/376266/]  https://x.com/deborahlipstadt/status/2010387174651490769?s=20 [https://x.com/deborahlipstadt/status/2010387174651490769?s=20]  https://rote-hilfe.de/meldungen/kontokuendigung-wegen-antifa-banken-vollstrecken-us-politik-deutschland [https://rote-hilfe.de/meldungen/kontokuendigung-wegen-antifa-banken-vollstrecken-us-politik-deutschland]  https://www.landtag.nrw.de/portal/WWW/dokumentenarchiv/Dokument/MMD17-5076.pdf [https://www.landtag.nrw.de/portal/WWW/dokumentenarchiv/Dokument/MMD17-5076.pdf]  https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-13/socal-protester-permanently-blinded-by-dhs-agent-family-says [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-13/socal-protester-permanently-blinded-by-dhs-agent-family-says] https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/senator-schmitt-calls-for-the-impeachment-senate-trial-of-judge-boasberg-during-judiciary-hearing/ [https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/senator-schmitt-calls-for-the-impeachment-senate-trial-of-judge-boasberg-during-judiciary-hearing/]  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.229.1.pdf [https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.229.1.pdf] https://georgetown.app.box.com/v/AO-CaseAssignments-061825 [https://georgetown.app.box.com/v/AO-CaseAssignments-061825]  https://georgetown.app.box.com/v/AO-NDOs-120125 [https://georgetown.app.box.com/v/AO-NDOs-120125]  https://x.com/StateDept/status/2011478657680757214?s=20 [https://x.com/StateDept/status/2011478657680757214?s=20]  https://x.com/StateDept/status/2010740549469557010?s=20 [https://x.com/StateDept/status/2010740549469557010?s=20] https://www.wired.com/story/trump-warned-of-a-tren-de-aragua-invasion-us-intel-told-a-different-story/ [https://www.wired.com/story/trump-warned-of-a-tren-de-aragua-invasion-us-intel-told-a-different-story/] https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2009427948541993323 [https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2009427948541993323] https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/09/dhs-provides-update-us-border-patrol-portland-who-attempted-arrest-tren-de-aragua [https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/09/dhs-provides-update-us-border-patrol-portland-who-attempted-arrest-tren-de-aragua] https://newrepublic.com/post/205284/trump-administration-targets-senator-elissa-slotkin-illegal-orders-jeanine-pirro-doj [https://newrepublic.com/post/205284/trump-administration-targets-senator-elissa-slotkin-illegal-orders-jeanine-pirro-doj] https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/12/congress/mark-kelly-pete-hegseth-lawsuit-00722382 [https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/12/congress/mark-kelly-pete-hegseth-lawsuit-00722382] https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/powell20260111a.htm [https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/powell20260111a.htm] https://apnews.com/article/trump-powell-federal-reserve-d87eedf1e35195957f903f9963aeaf99 [https://apnews.com/article/trump-powell-federal-reserve-d87eedf1e35195957f903f9963aeaf99] https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2026/html/ecb.pr260113~ec4630b9fa.en.html [https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2026/html/ecb.pr260113~ec4630b9fa.en.html] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Part Two: Behind the Bastards Q&A: 2026 Edition

Robert and Sophie continue to answer listener questions. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Part One: Behind the Bastards Q&A: 2026 Edition

Happy New Year, Robert and Sophie sit down and answer listener questions. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

It Could Happen Here Weekly 214

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.  - 2025 Q&A - 2026 Predictions - Trump Kidnaps Venezuelan President Maduro - Inside Our AI Future: Report from CES - Executive Disorder: Minneapolis ICE Shooting, Maduro, Iran & Aleppo Update You can now listen to all Cool Zone Media shows, 100% ad-free through the Cooler Zone Media subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. So, open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “Cooler Zone Media” and subscribe today! http://apple.co/coolerzone [http://apple.co/coolerzone] Sources/Links: Executive Disorder: Minneapolis ICE Shooting, Maduro, Iran & Aleppo Update https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115850817778602689 [https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115850817778602689]  https://t.me/s/Operasyon1 [https://t.me/s/Operasyon1]  https://x.com/war_noir/status/2008927274326761631?s=20 [https://x.com/war_noir/status/2008927274326761631?s=20]  https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg [https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg]  https://hengaw.net/ [https://hengaw.net/]  Https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/our-response-israel-gaza-war [https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/our-response-israel-gaza-war] https://files.constantcontact.com/7fef1c1f901/78a97f42-d0ad-4077-94b0-1e3300697e20.pdf?rdr=true [https://files.constantcontact.com/7fef1c1f901/78a97f42-d0ad-4077-94b0-1e3300697e20.pdf?rdr=true]  https://www.defendrojava.org/news/ecr-statement-on-the-situation-in-aleppo [https://www.defendrojava.org/news/ecr-statement-on-the-situation-in-aleppo] https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/what-bombing-means-for-freedom-in-286094596/ [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/what-bombing-means-for-freedom-in-286094596/]  https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/trump-kidnaps-venezuelan-president-maduro-315837818/ [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/trump-kidnaps-venezuelan-president-maduro-315837818/] https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-franklin-park-marimar-martinez-operation-midway-blitz/ [https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-franklin-park-marimar-martinez-operation-midway-blitz/] https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/us/marimar-martinez-shooting-case-what-we-know [https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/us/marimar-martinez-shooting-case-what-we-know] https://mprnews.org/story/2026/01/07/shooting-south-minneapolis-ice-agents-federal-operation [https://mprnews.org/story/2026/01/07/shooting-south-minneapolis-ice-agents-federal-operation] https://pbs.org/newshour/politics/2000-federal-agents-sent-to-minneapolis-area-to-carry-out-largest-immigration-operation-ever-ice-says [https://pbs.org/newshour/politics/2000-federal-agents-sent-to-minneapolis-area-to-carry-out-largest-immigration-operation-ever-ice-says] https://www.defendrojava.org/news/call-in-campaign-urge-congress-to-take-action-in-support-of-syrian-kurds [https://www.defendrojava.org/news/call-in-campaign-urge-congress-to-take-action-in-support-of-syrian-kurds] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

CZM Rewind: Part Two: How Cigarettes Invented Everything

Robert is joined again by James Stout to continue to discuss the Tobacco Industry. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.