• Episode 1

  • Oct 2 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
  • Podcast
  • 3.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

  • Summary

  • The Weeks family braces for the 2024 election. Paul and Ruth’s family works to defeat the Great Leader. Paul’s brother Garret and his family are on the other side. Family get-togethers are tense. When the Great Leader, with a giant boost from the Supreme Court, shockingly wins “the most important election ever,” the family is thrown into chaos.

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    IT HAPPENED HERE 2024 - A 6-episode “audio documentary from the future"

    Adapted by Richard Dresser from his novel.

    Directed by Joe Cacaci

    Starring Edie Falco, Tony Shalhoub and John Turturro,

    The first episode premieres on Wednesday, October 2nd on WNYC’s ON THE MEDIA podcast feed. New episodes air every Wednesday between October 2nd and October 30th wherever you get your podcasts


    CAST - FAMILY TREE

    The General and his wife (deceased) had two sons, Paul and Garrett.

    Paul's Family

    Paul - Tony Shalhoub

    Ruth (his wife) - Edie Falco

    Mickey (their eldest son) - Luke Kirby

    Kate (their daughter) - Marianne Rendon

    David (their younger son) - Santino Fontana

    Garrett’s Family

    Garrett - John Turturro

    Hadley (his wife) not voiced.

    Terrence (their eldest son) - Tom Pecinka

    Isaac (their younger son) not voiced.

    Ella (their daughter) - Molly Carden

    Louise (their granddaughter) – Molly Babos


    Senior Producer: Jess Hackel
    Casting Director: Jack Doulin
    Script Supervisor: Graham Ferguson

    Original Music composed by Jared Paul
    Engineering, mixing and sound design by Justin Kaupp and Bob Pomann
    Digital Strategy by Michael Zhao
    Show Art by Eleni Tzaneros

    Executive Producers: Joe Cacaci, Jack Doulin, Richard Dresser, Elliott Forrest. Evangeline Morphos and John Whalan.

    It Happened Here 2024 was recorded at Pomann Sound Studios

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Propaganda

Pretty sure this is a DNC story. Maybe should have spent more on the Oprah bribe

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