Welcome to what could have been, a podcast where I interview alternate versions of myself that are calling in from across the multiverse. We look at where our universes diverged from one another & how their histories played out compared to ours.
I'm Simon Peterson, your host doing the interviewing with alternate versions of myself from different timelines. We'll start with the point where we diverged from one another, & we'll explore each other's histories so that we can really understand What Could Have Been if we'd made different choices along the way.
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In Part 6 of our Miniseries, we pick up from where we left off in 1981, & continue the story through 1996
As the Cold War comes to an end in our timeline, Sam is in for a few surprises about the last days of the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, in Sam's timeline, Tsar Nicholas the 3rd is still dealing with a religious group that is violently opposed to the reconstruction of Moscow. On top of that, everyone is still not so patiently waiting for him to either father a child to carry on the House of Romanov, or to find a solution to this inheritance crisis that will one day hit the Russian throne. Meanwhile, Russia & the US are reaching to all new heights in both of our timelines as in his, there's some potential trouble brewing in the Western parts of Russia.
What are the Communists up to? Who's causing trouble in what used to be Poland? Will Tsar Nicholas III & his wife finally have a child after all this time? Can Sam handle hearing about all of our Nuclear Weapons, treaties & the times that we almost ended the world because of a technical glitch one more time?
Join me again as we explore this wildly different timeline where Moscow was wiped out by a meteor strike in 1908, the Soviet Revolution failed, & the Tsars are still ruling over Russia. If you haven't heard Parts 1 through 5 yet, I recommend going back & checking them out.
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1 Oct 2026
Episode 2x06 - Mincome
In this episode, which is sadly Not a Halloween episode, we talk to a timeline where Canada's Mincome program didn't end in 1979. Starting in 1974, Mincome was an economic experiment carried out in the town of Dauphin, Manitoba to see if Universal Basic Income, the idea of the government giving people a small amount of unconditional money every month, would improve life & the economy, or if people would stop working & live off of the Basic Income. In our timeline, it was cut short when the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada came to power for 9 months & scrapped the program. But in a timeline where it kept going, it might have worked & led to Canada becoming the first country on Earth to institute nationwide Universal Basic Income.
Did Mincome work? Was it instituted across the province of Manitoba? All of Canada? Did people stop working or did they achieve a better & healthier work/life balance? Did it invigorate the economy, or become an expensive drain on the system? How much did it cost? Also, who the heck is The Great Hungry One?
Tune into our latest episode to find out What Could Have Been.
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15 Sept 2026
Mini Series Part 5 - New Alliances
In Part 5 of our Miniseries, we pick up from where we left off in 1963, & continue the story through 1980
As the Cold War rages in our timeline, in Sam's timeline, an era of peace is upon them, mostly. We finally get to find out how the Estonian Rebellion played out, Tsar Alexander the 4th has to deal with a religious group that is violently opposed to the reconstruction of Moscow, & everyone is not so patiently waiting for his son, Prince Nicholas, to father a child to carry on the House of Romanov. As Russia reaches up to join the Americans in Space, everything is going well, at least until some former soldiers of the People's Far Eastern Union pop up again. These Communists just don't quit.
How did the Estonian Rebellion play out? Is somebody stockpiling Nuclear Weapons? How far into Space will everyone get? What are the Communists up to? Can Sam handle hearing about all of our Nuclear Weapons, treaties & the times that we almost ended the world because of a technical glitch?
Join me again as we explore this wildly different timeline where Moscow was wiped out by a meteor strike in 1908, the Soviet Revolution failed, & the Tsars are still ruling over Russia. If you haven't heard Parts 1 through 4 yet, I recommend going back & checking them out.
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