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 own novel and 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

The cast includes Molly Babos, Molly Carden, four-time Emmy Award winner Edie Falco, Tony Award winner Santino Fontana, Luke Kirby, Tom Pecinka, Marianne Rendon, Tony Award winner and five-time Emmy Award winner Tony Shalhoub, and Emmy Award winner John Turturro.

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