Part One: How Avery Brundage Gave Hitler an Olympics

Part One: How Avery Brundage Gave Hitler an O...

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It Could Happen Here Weekly 256

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file: Israeli Elections and the Palestinians 2026 Elections (The Union Ones) ¡El Chupacabras! Kim Kelly's Morbid Labor Tales Executive Disorder: Lula’s Victory, AI Election Ads, Voter Fraud, Revolt in A ...  Show more

Part Two: Peter Rachman: King of the Slumlords

Robert concludes the thrilling tale of the life of Peter Rachman by explaining how his death was used by even worse Slumlords to evade any responsibility for their crimes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

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