It Could Happen Here Weekly 231
Behind the Bastards
Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
4.4 • 17K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2026
⏱️ 193 minutes
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Summary
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque
- The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque, Pt. 2
- Journalism Under Attack in Lebanon
- Economic Echoes of the Strait of Hormuz
- Executive Disorder: A Billion for Trump’s Ballroom Security, RIP Spirit Airlines, Iran Stalemate
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The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque
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https://jacobin.com/2023/06/france-far-right-neofascist-violence-politics?utm_source=copilot.com
https://contre-attaque.net/2026/03/27/affaire-deranque-scandale-detat/
Journalism Under Attack in Lebanon
Report on killing of Amal Khalil - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/23/what-we-know-about-israel-killing-lebanese-journalist-amal-khalil
Report on “black Wednesday” - https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/04/11/lebanese-mourn-victims-of-black-wednesday-we-are-not-just-numbers_6752321_4.html
Justin Salhani and Maram Humaid on killing of journalists in Gaza - https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/4/7/targeted-killed-burned-alive-journalists-in-gaza-attacked-by-israel
Quadruple tap strike on paramedics in Lebanon - https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebanon-paramedics-strike-9.7173448
Forensic Architecture on Gaza’s hospitals - https://gaza-hospitals.forensic-architecture.org/
Economic Echoes of the Strait of Hormuz
https://thelensnola.org/2026/04/01/how-the-iran-war-is-disrupting-the-worlds-medicine-supplies/
https://eastasiaforum.org/2026/04/16/the-iran-war-widens-indonesias-fiscal-faultlines/
Executive Disorder: A Billion for Trump’s Ballroom Security, RIP Spirit Airlines, Iran Stalemate
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.0 | Call Zone Media. |
| 0:07.7 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:08.5 | Robert Evans here, and I wanted to let you know this is a compilation episode. |
| 0:12.6 | So every episode of the week that just happened is here in one convenient and with somewhat less ads package for you to listen to in a long stretch |
| 0:22.1 | if you want. If you've been listening to the episodes every day this week, there's |
| 0:25.6 | going to be nothing new here for you, but you can make your own decisions. |
| 0:33.1 | Hey, everyone, it's me, James. I just wanted to do a very quick introduction to this episode. |
| 0:36.6 | We have split it into two parts because it went longer than we expected. |
| 0:40.4 | So you'll hear the first part today and you will hear the second part tomorrow. |
| 0:44.9 | Welcome, everyone, to It Could Happen here. |
| 0:47.3 | My name is Mick and I'm here with the lovely James Stouts and the lovely Molly Conger. |
| 0:53.0 | How are you guys doing? |
| 0:54.3 | I'm great. |
| 0:55.3 | I'm so excited. |
| 0:56.7 | I just love France. |
| 0:58.3 | I love all things French. |
| 1:00.1 | I've had such great times in France. |
| 1:02.2 | I particularly love French identitarianism, so I'm excited. |
| 1:05.7 | You love French identitarians? |
| 1:07.4 | No, I just love it when, like, like, France. |
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