Part One: The Birth of the Manosphere

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 ... Show More

Robert concludes his explanation of how AI chatbots replicate cult dynamics in the brains of some vulnerable users. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Over the last year or so a series of news articles have sounded warnings about AI psychosis, and now an AI-generated cult, the Spiralists. Robert sits down with Blake Wexler to answer an important question: can a chatbot become a cult leader?See omnystudio.com/listener for privac ... Show More

<p>Cue SZA’s “Ghost in the Machine” this week because we are talking all about AI (artificial intelligence). We talk about how most of the AI we interact with on a daily basis were assigned the female gender and how we often treat them poorly. Please leave a rating and review for ... Show More

<div>Kathleen has a topic that’s sure to get your wheels spinning. It’s the case of John Eisenman, who admits he killed a man. So why are people divided? Then, move over tarot cards! Bethany has a handful of other ways people throughout history have tried to predict the future. O ... Show More

<p>Get in Geoffs we’re going to the future this week as Spencer takes us through the Digital Afterlife, but first Madison is giving us a lesson on the wild origins of plastic surgery! We’ve got an obituary that’s a little backwards….and one for a true badass! Oh, and of course, w ... Show More

On today's episode Amy confronts one of her biggest fears: getting older. Along the way she chats with entrepreneur and the founder of Beauty Pie, Marcia Kilgore, on the merits of staying true to yourself above all else. Later, fashion legend Norma Kamali tells Amy why she plans ... Show More

<p>Hi Geoffs! This weeks episode is quite the journey. First, Spencer is giving us some hot tips on how to outlive your enemies with a lesson on life expectancy. Next Madison is talking all things shrunken heads! We’ve got an obituary for a semi-beloved character, one for a foxy ... Show More

Yet another term has circulated the internet and wound up in our google feed. Scientific studies and peer reviews be damned, tiktok says Future Faking exists and so do at least two articles that we chose to discuss in this episode and that's good enough for us. Remember, as alway ... Show More

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Dehli, India, to discuss the case of Jyoti Singh, a young woman who was attacked by a gang of men on a bus after a night out at a movie. Her fight for survival and subsequent death made her become a symbol of women's resistance around the world ... Show More

<p>In our first episode back since our little unplanned ‘hiatus’ we’re feeling better (and more deranged) than ever! Madison is breaking down some inventions you didn’t know were invented by funeral industry professionals, and Spencer is filling us in (literally) with Plastinatio ... Show More