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It Could Happen Here

Behind Myanmar's Devastating Earthquake

It Could Happen Here

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Daily News, Politics, News

4.36.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

James and Gare discuss the terrible impact of the earthquake that hit Sagaing in late March, how the Junta has blocked aid workers, and how the revolution has responded. We also talk about how you can help.

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Sources:
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/up-to-700-myanmar-muslims-killed-in-quake-hit-mosques-weakened-by-neglect.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/world/asia/myanmar-earthquake-aftershocks-airstrikes.html

https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-juntas-aerial-attacks-continue-despite-post-quake-ceasefire/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/myanmar-junta-shoots-chinese-earthquake-aid-convoy-rcna199233

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/world/asia/myanmar-earthquake-aid.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/economy/myanmar-lashes-out-at-quotchocolate-barquot-foreign-aid-idUSSP172535/

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/lives-updates-quake-death-toll-rises-to-3600-junta-suspends-tourist-visa-after-quake-private-us-field-hospital-in-naypyitaw-and-more.html

https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/global-response-to-myanmar-earthquake-shines-light-on-strategic-rivalries.html

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/live-updates-death-toll-exceeds-3500-hundreds-in-urgent-need-of-quake-aid-juntas-airstrikes-still-rage-on-and-more.html

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/world/live-updates-death-toll-rises-to-3471-quake-relief-teams-must-obey-junta-us-pledges-additional-7-million-in-quake-relief-and-more.html

https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/resistance-forces-capture-indaw-town-after-months-of-fighting/?sfnsn=scwspmo

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmar-junta-airstrikes-kill-over-30.html

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody, Robert here.

0:04.5

I wanted to let you know that two of our hosts, Ed Zittron of Better Offline and Molly Conger

0:09.0

of Weird Little Guys, are in the running to win the Webby's right now or to win Webby's

0:13.9

in their respective categories.

0:15.7

If you just Google their names, Ed Zitron, Webby, W-E-B-B-Y or Molly Conger, Webby.

0:22.3

You can find them and vote for them.

0:24.5

There will be links in the show notes as well.

0:26.5

So if you'll put them in, so please do vote for them.

0:31.2

Hello, and welcome to the show.

0:33.3

It's me, James, today, and I am joined by Garrison Davis.

0:37.2

Hi, Garrison.

0:38.3

Hello.

0:38.9

Hello.

0:39.3

Garrison has just said some words about something that's happening on social media that I don't understand.

0:45.1

And it's made me feel very old.

0:47.3

This is what's happening today in my world.

0:49.3

It's very sad.

0:50.9

We're gathered here today to talk about the earthquake in Myanmar, right? I think most of you

0:56.8

will probably have been made aware of the earthquake. It's somewhat odd that corporate media has

1:03.3

really not reported on the revolution in any substantial way since 2021. But the earthquake

1:09.1

apparently justified a lot of networks sending people to Myanmar for the first time.

1:14.7

Very amusingly, people DMing me on Blue Sky and Twitter

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