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This Is Hell!Enshittification Made Tech Platforms Shitty and Now It's Coming for Your Industry / Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow on his Financial Times article, "‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything: The term describes the slow decay of online platforms…
This Is Hell!The Crime of Electronic Monitoring / Jacob Kang-Brown & James Kilgore
Joining This Is Hell! today are Jacob Kang-Brown and James Gilgore to discuss the uses, abuses, and inequities of the use of wearable electronic monitoring…
This Is Hell!The Battle to Control Haiti / Jake Johnson
Returning to This is Hell!, Jake Johnston is author of the new book, "Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti." Jake is a…
This Is Hell!Black Women, Ivory Tower / Jasmine Harris
Dr. Jasmine L. Harris joins This Is Hell! to discuss her new book from Broadleaf Books, "Black Women, Ivory Tower: Revealing the Lies of White Supremacy in…
This Is Hell!The Final Nail in Psychiatry's Antidepressant Coffin / Bruce Levine
Bruce E. Levine on his CounterPunch article, "Scientific Misconduct and Fraud: The Final Nail in Psychiatry’s Antidepressant Coffin." Also, Jeff Dorchen and…
This Is Hell!What's in Store for Milwaukee at this Summer's RNC? / Rachel Ida Buff
Our guest is Rachel Ida Buff who posted the Boston Review article, “The Right Comes for Milwaukee: Why did the blue city agree to host the Republican National…
This Is Hell!Human Rights Under El Salvador's "Cool Dictator" / John Cavanagh
Institute for Policy Studies' John Cavanagh on their report on El Salvador, "State of Deception: A fact-finding report on El Salvador’s detained water…
This Is Hell!Israel, the United States, and the Rhetoric of the War on Terror / Maha Hilal
Our final guest of the week is Dr. Maha Hilal, who wrote the TomDispatch piece, "Israel, the United States, and the Rhetoric of the War on Terror: From…
This Is Hell!The Brutal Illogic of the US Attacks on Yemen / Séamus Malekafzali
Séamus Malekafzali joins This Is Hell! talk to us about his Baffler article, "More Fog, More War: The brutal illogic of the U.S. attacks on Yemen." The Moment…
This Is Hell!The Female Body Drove Human Evolution and that Matters in Big Ways / Cat Bohannon
Researcher Cat Bohannon joins This Is Hell! to discuss her new book from Knopf, "Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution." Rotten…
This Is Hell!The Jail Is Everywhere / Jack Norton & Judah Schept
Jack Norton and Judah Schept join This Is Hell! to discuss their forthcoming volume, co-authored with Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, "The Jail Is Everywhere: Fighting the…
This Is Hell!Bombing Gaza Isn't Fighting Sexual Violence / Heidi Matthews & Tanya Serisier
Joining us today in Hell are Heidi Matthews and Tanya Serisier, who co-wrote the CounterPunch article, "Bombing Gaza Isn’t Fighting Sexual Violence." A Moment…
This Is Hell!Against Resilience / Ajay Singh Chaudhary
Ajay Singh Chaudhary returns to This Is Hell! to talk about his Baffler Magazine article, "Sick and Tired: Against Resilience," an excerpt from, "The Exhausted…
This Is Hell!Killing Detroit / Christopher Hood
Christopher Hood, author of the award-winning script and film, “Killing Detroit: The City That Refused To Die,” that is now in book form. A new Moment of Truth…
This Is Hell!How Police Undermine The Promise of Body Cameras / Eric Umansky
ProPublica editor-at-large Eric Umansky joins This Is Hell! to discuss his recent ProPublica article, "How Police Have Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras."…
This Is Hell!A Black Panther's Take on Obama's Election / Larry Pinkney
On MLK Day 2024, we share a 2008 talk with Black Panther Larry Pinkney and his hot and very critical take on Barack Obama shortly after Obama was elected…
This Is Hell!Detroit Eviction Defense Battles for Housing Justice / Jeff Wilson
This Is Hell! returns with new interviews this week! Kicking off 2024, geographer Jeff Wilson joins us to discuss his new graphic novel he co-created with…
This Is Hell!Best of 2023: Revolting Capital - Racism & Radicalism in Washington, DC, 1900-2000 / Gerald Horne
The Best of 2023 concludes with listener-favorite historian Gerald Horne, on his new book “Revolting Capital: Racism & Radicalism in Washington, D.C…
This Is Hell!Best of 2023: Building Movements is Uncomfortable. That's a Good Thing / Kelly Hayes
The penultimate Best of 2023 episode features a September interview with Truthout's Kelly Hayes on the article she co-wrote the Boston Review essay with past…
This Is Hell!Best of 2023: Silicon Valley Vs. Humanity / Malcolm Harris
The Best of 2023 continues with our April interview with Malcolm Harris on his Little, Brown and Company book, "Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism…
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Best of 2023: The Revolution Will Not Be Scheduled / Sheila Liming
The Best of 2023 continues with writer, professor and musician Sheila Liming on her recently published book, "Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time."…
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Best of 2023: In Defense of the Chaotic Protester / Miliaku Nwabueze
The best of 2023 continues with Miliaku Nwabueze on her May 5 Scalawag essay, "How to Build the End of the World: In Defense of the Chaotic Protester." Check…
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Best of 2023: Living and Reliving the U.S. Invasion of Iraq / Rasha Al Aqeedi
The Best of 2023 continues with our April 10th interview with Rasha Al Aqeedi about her New Lines Magazine article, "Living — and Reliving — the US Invasion of…
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Best of 2023: Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care / M.E. O'Brien
The Best of 2023 continues! M.E. O’Brien joins us in Hell to discuss her new book "Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care" published by Pluto…
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Best of 2023: Unpacking the Myths Fueling the Right's Transphobia / Alex Hinton
Continuing the Best of 2023 series, distinguished anthropologist Alex Hinton joins Chuck to discuss his Sapiens article, "Two Myths Fueling the Conservative…
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Best of 2023: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy / Claire Provost & Matt Kennard
The Best of 2023 continues with Matt Kennard and Claire Provost on their Bloomsbury book, "Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy." This interview…
This Is Hell!Best of 2023: The Long Land War / Jo Guldi
The Best of 2023 continues with historian Jo Guldi on her Boston Review article, "The Earth for Man," on land redistribution which is adapted from her Yale…
This Is Hell!Best of 2023: American Agriculture Is about Money, not Food / Alan Guebert
The Best of 2023 continues with our October interview with Alan Guebert who had just posted the The Baffler Magazine article, “Farmed Out: American agriculture…
This Is Hell!Best of 2023: Solidarity for Palestinian Liberation / Arielle Angel
Jewish Currents editor-in-chief Arielle Angel joins This Is Hell! to discuss her essay on the Palestinian liberation, "'We Cannot Cross Until We Carry Each…
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Best of 2023: Secret Power: Wikileaks and its Enemies / Stefania Maurizi
Our Best of 2023 series continues with Stefania Maurizi, an investigative journalist currently contributing to the major Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano…
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Best of 2023: Big Pharma Rigs the Game / Julia Rock
Today's episode features our second-most played interview of 2023, according to SoundCloud's data. Reporter, public records requester, researcher Julia Rock…
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Best of 2023: "Luxury Emissions" Doom Us All / Christopher Ketcham
Back by popular demand in our Best of 2023 series: Journalist Christopher Ketcham who co-wrote The Intercept piece, "The Shutdown of “Luxury Emissions” Should…
This Is Hell!US Instrumental in Brazil's "Long Coup" / Brian Mier
Brian Mier returns to This Is Hell! to discuss his recent publication, "Anticorruption and Imperialist Blind Spots: The Role of the United States in Brazil’s…
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Mental Health Stigma Won't Prevent Mass Shootings / Olivia Riggio
Olivia Riggio on her Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting article, “Blaming Mass Shootings on Mental Illness Doesn’t Address Either Issue: Rationalizing the…
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Inside the Mind of an "Ecoterrorist" / Christopher Ketcham
Christopher Ketcham on his Harper's Magazine article, "The Machine Breaker: Inside the mind of an ‘ecoterrorist’." Then a Past Inside the Present with…
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The Anti-Trans Panic and the Crusade Against Teachers / Kay Gabriel
Kay Gabriel on her n+1 magazine article, "The Anti-Trans Panic and the Crusade Against Teachers: The goal is to crumble popular support for public education."…
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In Germany, Reflexive Defenses of Israel Suppress Critics / Susan Neiman
Susan Neiman on her The New York Review of Books essay, "Germany on Edge: In recent weeks, Germany’s reflexive defenses of Israel and suppression of its…
This Is Hell!United Nations Denied Its Role in Haiti's Cholera Epidemic / Pooja Bhatia
Pooja Bhatia Agarwal joins This Is Hell! to discuss her recent Baffler article, "Deadly Strain: How the UN sought to deny its role in Haiti’s cholera…
This Is Hell!Pentagon Finds No One at Fault for 2018 Drone Strike that Killed Somali Woman and Child / Nick Turse
The Intercept's Nick Turse joins This Is Hell! to discuss his just-published report, "Civilian Harm Secret Pentagon Investigation Found No One at Fault in…
This Is Hell!In Western Media, History Began and Ended on October 7th / Saree Makdisi
Saree Makdisi returns to discuss his n+1 article, "No Human Being Can Exist: How can a person make up for seven decades of misrepresentation and willful…
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The Persistent "Man the Hunter" Myth / Faye Flam
Bloomberg's Faye Flam on her Noema Magazine article, “The 'Man the Hunter' Myth Won't Go Away: Persistent myths about strictly defined social roles for humans…
This Is Hell!Far Right Exploiting Gaza War to Spread Antisemitism and Islamophobia / Shane Burley
Shane Burley on his writing at Waging Nonviolence on white nationalists manipulating the Gaza crisis. Plus 'Rotten History.' Check out Shane's article, "How…
This Is Hell!Staff Picks: The Enduring Siege of Gaza / Norman Finkelstein
We had to reschedule today's guest, Nick Turse, whose article on American drone strikes and civilian casualties in Somalia remains to be published. We will let…
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The Global Food System Is a Recipe for Mass Death / George Monbiot
George Monbiot returns to This Is Hell! to discuss his recent article, "The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People: The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest…
This Is Hell!Blunt Force: 'Precision' Warfare Does Not Exist / Sophia Goodfriend
Sophia Goodfriend discusses her Baffler article, "Blunt Force: 'Precision' warfare does not exist," on the war in #Gaza. Also, 'The Past Inside the Present"…
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Ecuador's Election Could Have Lasting Consequences / Mark Weisbrot
Center for Economic and Policy Research's Mark Weisbrot on his article, "Ecuador’s Election Could Have Lasting Consequences," which was originally posted at…
This Is Hell!We Need an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza / Phyllis Bennis
Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis on her recent writing, “As Israel and Gaza erupt, the US must commit to ending the violence — all the violence,”…
This Is Hell!Guantánamo Is Closing...at a Snail's Pace / Karen Greenberg
Karen Greenberg, Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law, joins This is Hell! to discuss her latest article, "Closing Guantánamo?: Yes, at a…
This Is Hell!Twitter's Death and Anti-Trans Strategies / Chrissy Stroop
openDemocracy's Chrissy Stroop on Twitter's death and what it means for the 2024 presidential election, and anti-trans activists taking a page from the…
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Palestinian Liberation / Arielle Angel
Jewish Currents editor-in-chief Arielle Angel joins This Is Hell! to discuss her essay on current state of the Palestinian liberation movement, "'We Cannot…
This Is Hell!Crypto and The Silicon Valley Scam Economy / Hadas Thier
Hadas Thier returns to talk about her Jacobin article, "The Rot of the Crypto Economy Goes Deeper Than Sam Bankman-Fried." Check out the article here…
This Is Hell!American Agriculture Is About Money, Not Food / Alan Guebert
Agricultural journalist Alan Guebert joins This is Hell! to discuss the historical roots, current state, and future of the United States' food production…
This Is Hell!Feminism's Promise Is Not a Place Within Capitalism, It's a Place Beyond It / Jessa Crispin
Writer Jessa Crispin rejects today's mainstreamed, neoliberal feminism, and calls for a return to feminism's radical promise: as a sharp-edged, outsider's…
This Is Hell!Greatest Hits: Indigenous Feminism + Buying & Selling Feminism / Sarah Manning & Andi Zeisler
Journalist Sarah Sunshine Manning discusses the politics of indigenous feminism - both inside today's Women's movement, and as a longer historical force in…
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Greatest Hits: Feminist and Neoliberal Wars on Crime / Aya Gruber and Donna Murch
Law scholar Aya Gruber examines the intersection of gender crime and criminal law in the mass incarceration era - and explains how 'tough on crime' policies…
This Is Hell!Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times / Samuel Moyn
Samuel Moyn, author of, “Liberalism against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times" Plus, Jeffrey Dorchen with a 'Moment of Truth,' and…
This Is Hell!Ukrainian Victims of Russian Sexual Violence Seen as Collaborators / Alice Speri
The Intercept's Alice Speri joins This Is Hell! to discuss her report on Ukrainian victims of Russian atrocities being seen as collaborators. Then a Moment of…
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US Pressured Pakistan to Remove Imran Khan / Murtaza Hussain
The Intercept's Murtaza Hussain on the Biden administration's role in ousting Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for not taking sides in the Russia-Ukraine…
This Is Hell!Robot Police Dogs / Rod McCullom
Undark Magazine's Rod McCullom discusses his article, "Robot Police Dogs Are on Patrol, But Who’s Holding the Leash? Numerous cities have acquired dog-like…
This Is Hell!#SayHerName: Black Women's Stories of Police Violence and Public Silence / Kimberlé Crenshaw
Kimberlé Crenshaw joins This is Hell! to discuss her new book, “#SayHerName: Black Women’s Stories of Police Violence and Public Silence” (Haymarket Books)…