It Could Happen Here Weekly 41

As the shareholder revolution takeover continues, Boeing builds a plan that tries to crash itself and fixes it with software that also tries to crash the plane. Hundreds die. Sources: Boeing CEO Out in Sex Scandal As Boeing Agrees to Plead Guilty to Fraud, a Look Back at What Led Up to the 737 Max Crashes That Killed 346 People SpaceX launches rescue mission for 2 NASA astronauts who are stuck in space until next year Whistleblower Joshua Dean, Who Raised Concerns About Boeing Jets, Dies at 45 How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer Key events in the troubled history of the Boeing 737 Max The inside story of MCAS: How Boeing’s 737 MAX system gained power and lost safeguardsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1 Okt 202424min

As Boeing workers strike and airplanes are grounded for new and terrifying reasons, Mia looks back at how the shareholder revolution crushed Boeing's engineers. Sources: The Utopia of Rules Liquidated An Ethnography of Wall Street The 1997 Merger That Paved the Way for the Boeing 737 Max Crisis The Long-Forgotten Flight That Sent Boeing Off Course Harry Stonecipher Speech Requiem for a Dreamliner Seeing like a CEO How Jack Welch’s Reign at G.E. Gave Us Elon Musk’s Twitter Feed The Merger That Brought Boeing Low Rise of the Red Engineers See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30 Sep 202426min

Margaret reads you even more William Morris, but this story has swords in itSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

29 Sep 202432min

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. Sources can be found in the descriptions of each individual episode. How Bread Bloc Feeds Unhoused People In San Diego Anarchism In Brazil, Pt. 1 feat. Andrew Anarchism In Brazil, Pt. 2 feat. Andrew Gig Economy Terror: What Israel's Pager Bomb Attack Means for You Wild Faith: A Conversation with Talia Lavin 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

28 Sep 20242h 48min

Molly Conger sits down with Talia Lavin to talk about her new book, Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America. Pre-order Wild Faith now, available in hardcover, audiobook, and e-book October 15. Pre- order: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia-lavin/wild-faith/9780306829192/ Talia's Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/theswordandthesandwichSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

27 Sep 202450min

Robert sits down with Mia and Gare to discuss the recent Mossad attack on Hezbollah using pagers and radios impregnated with explosives. It turns out this is an incredibly easy thing to do, an attack that opens a massive pandora's box with the potential to change daily life for all of us in terrifying ways. Sources: Turning Everyday Gadgets into Bombs is a Bad Idea « bunnie's blog (bunniestudios.com) We still don’t know how the Lebanon pager attack happened. Here’s what we do know about our own electronic devices | CNN Business Study reveals robust performance in aged detonator explosive (lanl.gov) What is the PETN explosive used by Israel in walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah? Can dogs detect them? (msn.com) How Israel Built a Modern-Day Trojan Horse: Exploding Pagers - The New York Times (archive.is)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

26 Sep 202435min

Andrew continues his conversation with Garrison about the development of Brazilian Anarchism during repression and fascist violence in the 20th century.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

25 Sep 202424min

Andrew talk with Garrison about the history of Brazilian Anarchism in the late 19th and early 20th century.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

24 Sep 202424min