Part One: Duterte: The Mass Murdering Ma...

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. - Shipping Security in the Strait of Hormuz - Palestinians Debate Armed Tactics - Venture Capital: The Monster Fueling Tech Fascism - The Network State: A Tech Fascist Empire - Executive Disorder: ... Show More

Robert concludes the story of fake psychic investigator Sylvia Browne with a surprise story about the World Trade Center bombing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Robert and Kal Penn discuss the life and times of Sylvia Browne, the first famous psychic detective who spent most of her life committing crimes rather than stopping them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Over the last few years, Sean's been on the ground covering the Philippines' brutal drug war amongst the dealers, addicts, and killer cops. Rodrigo Duterte, the architect of the Philippines' blood-soaked drug war, has shot men dead with uzis and fed them to crocodiles. How did he ... Show More

<p>When Rodrigo Duterte ran for the presidency of the Philippines and won, in 2016, the Western press noted the similarities between this unconventional candidate and Donald Trump—who also liked to casually espouse violence on the campaign trail and beyond.  Duterte used provocat ... Show More

On May 25, 2022, BongBong Marcos was elected President of the Philippines. He is the son of Ferdinand Marcos Sr, who ran a brutal 20 year dictatorship. So in this bonus episode, Motzie Dapul (Hi Nay Podcast) briefly goes over the terrors of martial law and the notorious legacy of ... Show More

While growing up, Hannah Reyes Morales wasn’t allowed to venture out into the rough streets of Manila, but later her work as a photographer would take her there. In the city’s dark corners, she shed light on the Philippine government’s violent war on drugs and the plight of some ... Show More

<p>In 1898, America’s victory over Spanish forces in the Philippines suddenly thrust the United States onto the global stage. It also drew the country into a more complicated conflict with the very people it claimed to be liberating.</p><p><br></p><p>As the U.S. expanded its occu ... Show More

<p>The Filipino people are paying a heavy price for regional tensions between China and the US, Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr tells Gideon.&nbsp;He explains how he hopes to steer clear of conflict, build up the economy and focus on mitigating the economic damage caused ... Show More

The son of repressive dictator Ferdinand Marcos was just elected president of the Philippines. All he had to do was rewrite his country’s history. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Victoria Dominguez, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered b ... Show More