- 1 hour 29 minutesPart Three: The Orgasm Cult
Robert finally concludes the tale of OneTaste by describing how it all fell apart and ended in prison for Nicole Daedone.
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28 May 2026, 9:00 am - 1 hour 14 minutesPart Two: The Orgasm Cult
Robert continues to tell Jamie about Nicole Daedone's OneTaste, orgasm cult.
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26 May 2026, 4:49 pm - 3 hours 49 minutesIt Could Happen Here Weekly 233
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- How Trump is Using Election Fraud Claims to Restrict Voting
- Did Donald Trump Ban Buffalo?
- Monopsony, or How You Get Underpaid
- Pop Culture Commodity Warfare @ New York Comic Con
- Executive Disorder: San Diego Mosque Shooting, Trump Settles Lawsuit with Trump
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Sources/Links:
How Trump is Using Election Fraud Claims to Restrict Voting
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439301/dl?inline
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439296/dl?inline
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439291/dl?inline
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/media/1439286/dl?inline
https://www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/Project/Websites/AG/releases/2026/April/DOJ-Letter-to-Wayne-County.pdf
https://www.brennancenter.org/media/15517/download/ri-hearing-transcript-2026-03-26.pdf?inline=1
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/minnesota-trump-voter-rolls.html
Did Donald Trump Ban Buffalo?
https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/810541893_202412_990_2025073023621659.pdf
https://gov.mt.gov/_docs/governor/AmericanPrairieProposedDecisionJanuary162026.pdf
https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17537.pdf
https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-revokes-american-prairie-bison-grazing-permit
https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/estatetaxfinal.pdf
https://www.blm.gov/about/laws-and-regulations/conservation-and-landscape-health-rule
Monopsony, or How You Get Underpaid
https://archive.org/details/bnarchives_0333
https://strangematters.coop/frederic-s-lee-profile-part-one/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/29769757?if_data=e30%3D&seq=1
https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/21/g-s1-118071/the-hidden-power-keeping-wages-low
Pop Culture Commodity Warfare @ New York Comic Con
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2018/report-anime-fest@nycc/.137926
https://yattatachi.com/anime-nyc-review-it-begins-anew
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/dc-cancels-red-hood-comic-book-series-charlie-kirk-1236368576/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/demon-slayer-infinity-castle-record-box-office-opening-1236370035/
https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-strengthens-strategtic-parternship-with-mappa
https://animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/2025-netflix-anime-year-in-review
https://www.diversetechgeek.com/2023-bookstore-graphic-novel-sales/
https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61689/manga-week-comic-stores-pace-manga-growth-2025
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/james-gunn-superman-immigrant-backlash-response-1236449068/
https://deadline.com/2026/01/kathleen-kennedy-exit-interview-1236665253/
https://www.cbr.com/dc-jim-lee-manga-beats-western-comics/
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-worlds-top-media-franchises-by-all-time-revenue/
https://animehunch.com/hideaki-anno-anime-shouldnt-be-made-with-western-audience/
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/11/japan/japan-anime-games-content/
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/politics-government/20251224-300194/
Executive Disorder: San Diego Mosque Shooting, Trump Settles Lawsuit with Trump
Fundraiser: https://goodbricks.org/campaign/icsd.org/official-icsd-victim---family-support-fund
https://www.patreon.com/posts/lets-talk-about-158456324
https://www.blm.gov/policy/ib-2024-024
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/climate/cyanide-bombs-public-lands.html
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2057144264526598381?s=20
https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10179.pdf
https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/2056411947982115207?s=20
https://x.com/usf_army/status/2056395215833903335?s=20
https://x.com/cecelou18/status/2056746877798817830?s=20
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051526zr_1a72.pdf
https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2025-10/102325-alpr-revised-surveillance-report.pdf
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3628735046
https://x.com/PGSA_IRAN/status/2056359507203142013?s=20
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/185
https://x.com/USAfricaCommand/status/2055614134851424487?s=20
https://www.africom.mil/pressrelease/36568/isis-number-two-killed-in-nigeria
https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2053890390126665819?s=20
https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/2053889711567970589?s=20
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116602192066577324
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/politics/republican-senators-trump-paxton.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-dismisses-lawsuit-against-irs-court-filing-shows-2026-05-18/
https://www.ft.com/content/57334fae-a475-4ab0-a202-8df3766927e4?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/what-is-behind-bolivias-widening-protests-2026-05-18/
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23 May 2026, 4:00 am - 1 hour 4 minutesPart One: The Orgasm Cult
Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to weave the half-century long history of orgasm cults in the U.S., culminating in the rise of Nicole Daedone's OneTaste.
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21 May 2026, 9:00 am - 50 minutes 6 secondsBonus Episode: Untitled Warhammer 40,000 Podcast
Robert and Joe Kassabian are soon launching a new podcast about Warhammer 40,000 and you. This episode acts as a legally binding teaser / preview.
Tickets: Lions Led by Donkeys Podcast LIVE IN LONDON 29th May
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20 May 2026, 9:00 am - 52 minutes 3 secondsPart Three: H.L. Hunt: The First Elon Musk
Robert concludes the story of H.L. Hunt with his involvement in the death of John F. Kennedy and downfall as a polical force.
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19 May 2026, 9:00 am - 3 hours 26 minutesIt Could Happen Here Weekly 232
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
- Fighting Back Against the Surveillance State
- Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy and the Spectre of Left-Wing Violence
- Parasitism with Andrew
- The Return of Jim Crow
- Executive Disorder: Virginia Redistricting, Renaming the Iran War, TPUSA Event Cancelled by ANTIFA
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Sources/Links:
Fighting Back Against the Surveillance State
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-402_h315.pdf
https://citizenlab.ca/research/analysis-of-penlinks-ad-based-geolocation-surveillance-tech/
https://www.open-archive.org/save
Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy and the Spectre of Left-Wing Violence
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NSCT.pdf
https://icct.nl/sites/default/files/import/publication/NSC-1v2.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20210615130908/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/National-Strategy-for-Countering-Domestic-Terrorism.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20210615101231/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/15/fact-sheet-national-strategy-for-countering-domestic-terrorism/
https://www.gao.gov/blog/rising-threat-domestic-terrorism-u.s.-and-federal-efforts-combat-it
https://uncoverdc.com/2023/02/08/the-fbi-doubles-down-on-christians-and-white-supremacy-in-2023/
https://angelusnews.com/news/nation/fbi-memo-investigation-update/
https://defendinged.org/press-releases/full-nsba-letter-to-biden-administration-and-department-of-justice-memo/
https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-judiciary-republicans-doj-labeled-dozens-of-parents-as-terrorist
https://www.justice.gov/archives/ag/file/1170061-0/dl?inline=
https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism
Parasitism with Andrew
Progress by Samuel Miller McDonald
Worshiping Power by Peter Gelderloos
The Return of Jim Crow
https://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/louisiana-v-callais/
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-4/
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-gives-immediate-effect-to-voting-rights-act-decision/
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/after-major-voting-rights-ruling-parties-dispute-whether-the-court-should-finalize-decision-imme/
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/court-clears-way-for-alabama-to-use-congressional-map-blocked-by-lower-court-as-racially-discrim/
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5872963-supreme-court-voting-rights/
https://www.ms.now/opinion/supreme-court-louisiana-callais-black-vote-warning
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/12/voting_rights_scotus
Executive Disorder: Virginia Redistricting, Renaming the Iran War, TPUSA Event Cancelled by ANTIFA
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2026-DON600
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgzv77ldpdo
https://www.calbee.co.jp/en/news/pdf/174-29160.pdf
https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051126zr_apl1.pdf
https://x.com/joekent16jan19/status/2052477681036583183?s=20
https://x.com/pastormarkburns/status/2052227145921892710?s=20
ttps://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/30-percent-of-americans-think-at-least-one-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged
https://x.com/i/status/2053865929633661046
https://x.com/diyarkurda/status/2054268681362804860?s=20
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-895828
https://x.com/Reuters/status/2053897929174188187?s=20
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pakistan-iran-military-aircraft-on-its-airfields-us-mediator-role/
https://www.c6f.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/Article/4482914/a-us-navy-ballistic-missile-submarine-arrived-in-gibraltar-may-10-2026/
https://www.them.us/story/uw-students-protest-turning-point-usa-after-trans-student-homicide
https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/2054289485303525720
https://x.com/ChloeCole/status/2054365092054286605?s=20
https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opnscvwp/1260127.pdf
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/11/politics/virginia-redistricting-us-supreme-court
https://newrepublic.com/article/210250/trump-virginia-dems-redistricting-war
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16 May 2026, 4:00 am - 54 minutes 47 secondsPart Two: H.L. Hunt: The First Elon Musk
Robert explains how H.L. Hunt became the richest man alive through simple hard work and also gambling and pimping.
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14 May 2026, 9:00 am - 57 minutes 31 secondsPart One: H.L. Hunt: The First Elon Musk
This week Robert begins the three-part story of the former wealthiest man on earth, H.L. Hunt, who also became the first right wing plutocrat to buy his own shitty media empire, creating a model for Elon Musk to follow today.
(3 Part Series)
https://www.oklahomaminerals.com/wildcatter-chronicles-h-l-hunt-pioneer-of-oil-industry
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/h-l-hunt
https://www.nbcnews.com/msnbc/msnbc-podcast/archives-ultra-season-two-episode-eight-ncsl1310380
Hendershot, Heather. What's Fair on the Air?: Cold War Right-Wing Broadcasting and the Public Interest (p. 63). The University of Chicago Press. Kindle Edition.
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hunt-haroldson-lafayette
https://archive.org/details/foia_Hunt_H.L.-HQ-2/page/n39/mode/1up
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/new-london-school-explosion
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-waddy-thorpe-hunt-request/54655604/
https://archive.org/details/kingdomstoryofhu0000tucc/page/49/mode/1up
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12 May 2026, 9:00 am - 3 hours 12 minutesIt Could Happen Here Weekly 231
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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Sources/Links:
The Afterlives of Quentin Deranque
Donate: https://acu.nl/about/donate
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
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2051761247779979301?s=20
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-city-denver-unconstitutional-weapons-bans
https://www.tonation-nsn.gov/sacred-site-located-in-cabeza-prieta-national-wildlife-refuge-destroyed-by-border-wall-construction/
https://www.state.gov/releases/bureau-of-political-military-affairs/2026/05/ukraine-joint-direct-attack-munitions-extended-range
https://x.com/TedCGoodman/status/2051470245555052557
https://x.com/i/status/2052092791916806265
https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/reconciliation_-_senate_judiciary_committee_title.pdf
https://punchbowl.news/mdm26a11/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5/5/26%20AM:&utm_term=Punchbowl%20AM%20and%20Active%20Subscribers%20from%20Memberful%20Combined
https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2051759811054727212?s=20https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2051246490786394319?s=20
https://x.com/NotWoofers/status/2051640997482782939?s=20
https://x.com/mercoglianos/status/2051381236950524095?s=20
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116512555123589170
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2051798734850101462?s=20
https://x.com/_MartinKelly_/status/2051754245125181778?s=20
https://x.com/Southcom/status/2051723140254843043?s=20
https://x.com/Acyn/status/2051749649279762556?s=20
https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2051759811054727212?s=20
https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2051749762538389668?s=20 in
https://x.com/Reuters/status/2051567572454432996?s=20
https://x.com/Southcom/status/2051709553956266365?s=20
https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2052070088233136553?s=20
https://x.com/SecKennedy/status/1973866621245567344?s=20
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2840361
https://reproductiverights.org/news/5th-circuit-limits-telehealth-provision-of-abortion-pill/
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/25A1208-Admin-Stay-and-CFR.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/us/politics/washington-monument-shooting-secret-service.html
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9 May 2026, 4:00 am - 1 hour 18 minutesPart Two: How AI Chatbots Became Cult Leaders
Robert concludes his explanation of how AI chatbots replicate cult dynamics in the brains of some vulnerable users.
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