Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2026-10-31
Books mentioned on 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!
Carlos Bio Polano discussed Tracking the Chupacabra by Benjamin Radford, Chupacabras and Other Mysteries by Scott Corrales, and Governing Spirits by Reinaldo L. Román. Also mentioned: Morning Glory Milking Farm by C. M. Nascosta.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Morning Glory Milking Farm
Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.
Recommended“Finally, I assigned Tyler some homework to read Ci Nuscosta's Morning Glory Milking Farm, and it's a doozy.”
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Tracking the Chupacabra
Discussed“Honestly, per the book Tracking the Chupacabra, the Vampire Beast in Fact Fiction and Folklore by Benjamin Radford, which was a huge source for this episode and was way more serious than I expected it to be.”
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Chupacabras and Other Mysteries
Discussed“Her tracking the Chupacabra, quoting the book Chupacabra and Other Mysteries by Scott Corales, which I cannot find an ebook for, so I'm trusting Radford on this.”
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Governing Spirits
Discussed“Per the book Governing Spirits, Religion, Miracles, and Spectacles in Kuba and Puerto Rico, 1898 to 1956 by Ronaldo Roman, he eventually came to be called Cho Jones because of his hunt for the blood sucker.”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Fight Like Hell
“I'm a labor journalist and author of a book called Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor. One of my self-styled superpowers is finding a way to link labor history with present- day goings on.”
Passing The Factory Witches of Lowell
“There's a historical fantasy novel called The Factory Witches of LOL that looks pretty cute and does involve a witch's union, but I'd rather take this in a more concrete direction, shall we say.”
Plugged The Folktales of Lowland Cekon
“But also on Halloween this very year, I have a spooky collection of short stories called The Folktales of Land Sakon that comes out from tangled wilderness.org from strangers in the Tangled Wilderness and it is only six bucks and it is the most beautiful zen and it has five of my stories in it and you should pre-order it”