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This Is Hell!New York Socialists Won Big on Climate Change / Liza Featherstone
Liza Featherstone on her In These Times article, "New York Socialists Won Big On Climate. How Did It Happen?: We don’t have to settle for neoliberal…
This Is Hell!Movement Building Involves Discomfort / Kelly Hayes
Chuck interviews Truthout's Kelly Hayes on the article she co-wrote the Boston Review essay with past guest Mariame Kaba, “How Much Discomfort Is the Whole…
This Is Hell!A McKinsey Whisteblower Spills the Beans / Garrison Lovely
Chuck interviews Garrison Lovely on his article at The Nation Magazine, "Confessions of a McKinsey Whistleblower: Inside the soul-crushing, morally bankrupt…
This Is Hell!To Build an Abolitionist Future / Cherise Morris
Cherise Morris on the Truthout article, "To Build an Abolitionist Future, We Must Look to Indigenous Pasts: Worlds without police and without prisons have…
This Is Hell!Undercover with the New Alt-Right / Amanda Moore
Amanda Moore on her article at The Nation, “Undercover with the New Alt-Right: For 11 months, I pretended to be a far-right extremist. I discovered a radical…
This Is Hell!The Evisceration of a Public University / Lisa Corrigan
Professor of communications and director of gender studies at the University of Arkansas Lisa M. Corrigan joins Chuck to discuss the neoliberal dismantling of…
This Is Hell!The Great Reorganization of Sexuality and Gender / Hugh Ryan
Hugh Ryan on his Boston Review article, "Who’s Afraid of Social Contagion?: Our ideas about sexuality and gender have changed before, and now they’re changing…
This Is Hell!Big Tech's Waste "Solutions" Are a Scam / Matthew King
Matthew King on his New Republic article, “Big Tech’s Waste ‘Solutions’ Are a Scam." https://newrepublic.com/article/173780/big-techs-waste-solutions-scam…
This Is Hell!Bond Villians / Clark Randall
Clark Randall on his Boston Review article, "Bond Villains: How a little-understood feature of urban finance—municipal bonds—fuels racial inequality."…
This Is Hell!The Kingdom of Private Equity / George Scialabba
The Baffler's George Scialabba on his latest article, "Kudzu: The kingdom of private equity." Support This is Hell! at https://www.patreon.com/thisishell
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The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City / Katie J. Wells
Geographer Katie J. Wells joins Chuck to discuss Uber's takeover of urban transportation. Wells is the author of Disrupting D.C.: The Rise of Uber and the Fall…
This Is Hell!The Rise of a New Left / Raina Lipsitz
Chucks describes his recent family vacation. Raina Lipsitz discuses her Verso Books title, "The Rise of a New Left: How Young Radicals Are Shaping the Future…
This Is Hell!Greatest Hits: Revolting Capital: Racism and Radicalism in Washington, DC / Gerald Horne
We return to Hell today with Gerald Horne, on his new book “Revolting Capital: Racism & Radicalism in Washington, D.C., 1900-2000” (International Publishers…
This Is Hell!Greatest Hits: Texas Slavery, Jim Crow, and the Roots of US Fascism / Gerald Horne
Chuck interviews historian Gerald Horne on his 2022 book from International Publishers, The Counter-Revolution of 1836: Texas Slavery, Jim Crow, and the Roots…
This Is Hell!Greatest Hits: The Political Economy of Blackness and Boxing / Gerald Horne
Historian Gerald Horne on the intertwined histories of boxing and Black men under the long reach of slavery, White supremacy and capitalist exploitation in the…
This Is Hell!Greatest Hits: Race, Religion, Capital, and Slavery in the 16th Century Atlantic / Gerald Horne
Historian Gerald Horne explores the terrains of race, religion, capital and slavery across the 16th century trans-Atlantic world - as European powers pillaged…
This Is Hell!Greatest Hits: Global White Supremacy and International Apartheid Resistance / Gerald Horne
Historian Gerald Horne explores the intersection of White supremacy, Cold War politics and global liberation movements in southern Africa - as the struggle…
This Is Hell!Greatest Hits: The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism / Gerald Horne
While Chuck is away for the next two weeks in Northern Michigan on the annual family vacation, producer Will Ippen is holding down the fort. This episode…
This Is Hell!Anti-Putin Russian Militia Has Ties to Neo-Nazi and Anti-Trans Figures / Ben Makuch
Ben Makuch discusses his recent Intercept report titled " Russian Militia Has Links to American Neo-Nazi and Anti-Trans Figures: The leader of the anti-Putin…
This Is Hell!The U.S. Could Still Do What's Right for Haiti / Jake Johnson
Center for Economic and Policy Research's Jake Johnston on his opinion piece at The New York Times, “The U.S. Still Can Do What’s Right for Haiti.” Afterwards…
This Is Hell!The Good Enough Momfluencer: Disavowing maternal fantasies is easier said than done / Sophie Lewis
Writer, theorist, and recovering academic Sophie Lewis returns to Hell to discuss her Baffler article, “The Good Enough Momfluencer: Disavowing maternal…
This Is Hell!Breaking Predatory Brazil Narratives from the Imperialist North / Brian Mier
Today's episode features an interview with This Is Hell! regular Brian Mier. Brian updates Chuck on what the US corporate media has been getting wrong about…
This Is Hell!Field Notes from the Frontlines of the Government's War on the Left / Michael Gould-Wartofsky
Michael Gould-Wartofsky on his TomDispatch article, "American Inquisition: Field Notes from the Frontlines of the Government's War on the Left," which also…
This Is Hell!Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care / M.E. O’Brien
M.E. O’Brien joins us in Hell to discuss her new book "Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care" published by Pluto Press. M.E. co-edits two…
This Is Hell!The Hopi Tribe Fights Arizona for Its Right to Water / Umar Farooq
Today's interview features Umar Farooq, author of the article, "‘The fight for our lives’: Arizona’s water regime limits the Hopi Tribe’s future" published in…
This Is Hell!Right-Wingers Push Death Penalty Reinstatement / Maya Schenwar
Maya Schenwar returns to discuss her Truthout article, “Right-Wingers Push Death Penalty Reinstatement Bills as Part of Hardline Agenda: The same forces that…
This Is Hell!Revolting Capital: Racism & Radicalism in Washington, D.C., 1900-2000 / Gerald Horne
We return to Hell today with Gerald Horne, on his new book “Revolting Capital: Racism & Radicalism in Washington, D.C., 1900-2000” (International Publishers)…
This Is Hell!From the Vault: America's Empire is a Liability / Chalmers Johnson
Today's dive into the archives features a July 4, 2009 interview with political scientist Chalmers Johnson about the state of American Empire. Sadly, not much…
This Is Hell!From the Vault: Ending Neoliberal Power Creep and Financial Capitalism / Saskia Sassen
Saskia Sassen is professor of sociology and member of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University. Saskia's most recent book is 2007's "A Sociology…
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From the Vault: How Stupid Are We? / Rick Shenkman
Rick Shenkman is the author of "Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth about the American Voter" (Basic Books), the second chapter of which was excerpted at…
This Is Hell!From the Vault: The Christian Reconstructionists Taking Dominion in America / Jeremy Leaming
Jeremy Leaming talked with us about his article, "Christian Reconstructionists Are Trying to Take Dominion in America -- and They Have Powerful Friends."…
This Is Hell!From the Vault: The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio / Derek Turner
Chuck is off for the next couple of weeks, you will be stuck with producer Will. This episode features an interview from July 7, 2007 with S. Derek Turner when…
This Is Hell!The Shame of the Suburbs / Dave Denison
Today on This is Hell! Chuck interviews Dave Denison about his Baffler article “The Shame of the Suburbs” Dave Denison is a senior editor of The Baffler. He…
This Is Hell!Unpacking the Myths Fueling the Right's Transphobia / Alex Hinton
Distinguished anthropologist Alex Hinton joins Chuck to discuss his Sapiens article, "Two Myths Fueling the Conservative Right's Dangerous Transphobia." The…
This Is Hell!How to Build the End of the World: In Defense of the Chaotic Protester / Miliaku Nwabueze
Miliaku Nwabueze talks with Chuck about her Scaliwag essay, "How to Build the End of the World: In Defense of the Chaotic Protester."
This Is Hell!A Primer on Cop City / Micah Herskind
Micah Herskind discusses his Scalawag article, "This is the Atlanta Way: A Primer on Cop City," and his MSNBC post, “If those supporting ‘Cop City’ prevail in…
This Is Hell!The Long Land War / Jo Guldi
Historian Jo Guldi joins us to discuss her Boston Review article, "The Earth for Man: Redistributing land was once central to global development efforts---and…
This Is Hell!McMansions: American Apocalypse / Kate Wagner
McMansion Hell's Kate Wagner returns to discuss her new Baffler article, “Bad Manors: The McMansion as harbinger of the American apocalypse.”
This Is Hell!The Pandemic Isn't Over / Matt Mazewski
Matt Mazewski joins This is Hell! to discuss his new article, "The Pandemic Isn't Over." Matt Mazewski is a contributing writer and book critic at Commonweal…
This Is Hell!Our Ailing Bodies under Late Capitalism / Jennifer Lunden
Writer, speaker, and ecofeminist Jennifer Lunden joins This is Hell! to discuss her new book "American Breakdown, Our Ailing Nation, My Body's Revolt, and the…
This Is Hell!Kissinger's Killing Fields / Nick Turse
American journalist Nick Terse joins This is Hell to discuss his recent Intercept piece, "Kissinger's Killing Fields." Interviews with more than 75 witnesses…
This Is Hell!"The Economy" is Hell: On Overproduction and Crypto / Trevor Jackson
Economic historian Trevor Jackson joins This is Hell! to discuss two recent pieces: "Overproduction and Its Discontents: Capitalism's inherent predilection for…
This Is Hell!The Warfare State Compromises our Welfare / Lindsay Koshgarian & Ashik Siddique
Lindsay Koshgarian and Ashik Siddique, co-authors of the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies report, “The Warfare State: How…
This Is Hell!Why Are We in Ukraine? / Benjamin Schwarz & Christopher Layne
Writer and editor Benjamin Schwarz and international affairs scholar Christopher Layne join Chuck to discuss their recent Harper's article, "Why are We in…
This Is Hell!The Christian Roots of Antisemitism and Racism / Magda Teter
Historian Madga Teter joins This is Hell! to discuss her new book, "Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism" now available…
This Is Hell!J. D. Vance Changes the Subject / Gabriel Winant
Historian Gabriel Winant on the N + 1 article, “J. D. Vance Changes the Subject: A senator from the unconscious.” You can find Gabriel's article here…
This Is Hell!Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy / Claire Provost & Matt Kennard
Chuck interviews Claire Provost and Matt Kennard on their book, "Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy."
This Is Hell!Vegetarianism as Surveillance and Punishment in India / Sharanya Deepak
Sharanya Deepak on The Baffler article, "India’s Beef with Beef: Vegetarianism as a tool for punishment and surveillance." Also, 'The Past Inside the Present…
This Is Hell!The Pregnancy was the Crisis, Not the Abortion / Charlotte Shane
Writer and publisher Charlotte Shane on the N + 1 article, "Three Times: The pregnancy was the crisis, not the abortion." You can find Charlotte's N+1 article…
This Is Hell!Sudan: Making Sense of a Senseless War / Alex de Waal
Alex de Waal discusses the war inside Sudan and the impact of internal and external forces on the continued bloodshed.
This Is Hell!Decolonize Conservation / Ashley Dawson
Ashley Dawson joins This is Hell! to discuss their new book, "Decolonize Conservation: Global Voices for Indigenous Self-Determination, Land, and a World in…
This Is Hell!The Green Growth Delusion / Christopher Ketcham
Christopher Ketcham on his Truthdig article, “The Green Growth Delusion: Advocates of “Green Growth” promise a painless transition to a post-carbon future. But…
This Is Hell!Unmaking Asian Excepionalism / Gauitra Bahadur
Gaiutra Bahadur on her Boston Review article, “Unmaking Asian Exceptionalism: On violence and the possibility of solitaries in America.” Chuck shares rotten…
This Is Hell!Peter Thiel's Dream of Capitalism without Democracy / Quinn Slobodian
Historian Quinn Slobodian joins This is Hell! to discuss his new book, "Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy." Quinn…
This Is Hell!Worst Laid Plans: Foreign Policy Is Politics / Simon Waxman
Simon Waxman talks about his Baffler article, "Worst Laid Plans: Foreign Politics is politics." Waxman is a senior editor with the Harvard University Press and…
This Is Hell!Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream / Alissa Quart
Alissa Quart joins This is Hell! to discuss her new book, Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream. Alissa Quart is a journalist and…
This Is Hell!Brandon Johnson Will Have to Beat Capital Strikes in Chicago / Kevin Young
Historian Kevin A. Young joins us to discuss the challenges of capital strikes, institutional resistance, and potential allies and foes Chicago's Mayor-elect…
This Is Hell!Silicon Valley Vs. Humanity / Malcolm Harris
We have on Malcolm Harris to talk about his recent book Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World. Malcolm Harris is a freelance writer and…
This Is Hell!Big Oil's Counterinsurgency after Standing Rock / Alleen Brown
Returning to This is Hell! is the Intercept's Alleen Brown. Her work focuses on environmental justice issues. Her most recent article, co-written with Naveen…
This Is Hell!Secret Forever Wars and the Obscure Laws That Allow Them / Katherine Yon Ebright
Katherine Yon Ebright joins Chuck to discuss her report, "Secret War: How the U.S. Uses Partnerships and Proxy Forces Wage War Under the Radar." She explains…