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- How Creativity and Innovation Became America's Biggest Grift / Thomas Frank · 1 h 39 minThomas Frank returns to discuss his new book, "The Creativity Con: How Innovation Became America's Biggest Racket", available now from Penguin. "Rotten History" from Renaldo…
- Zionism and the Shaping of the Western Mind / Yoav Litvin & Ilan Pappé · 2 h 15 minYoav Litvin and Ilan Pappé return to discuss their new book, "Wired to Steal: Zionism and the Shaping of the Western Mind," available now from Simon and Schuster…
- Explaining Lula's Reelection in Brazil and What Comes Next / Brian Mier · 1 h 34 minBrian Mier returns to discuss Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's electoral win over Flávio Bolsonaro. "Rotten History" from Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview…
- Cultural Resistance to Data World and Managed Despair / Curtis White · 1 h 58 minCurtis White returns to discuss his new book, "On Resistance: A Manifesto," available now from Random House: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/826311/on-resistance-by-curti…
- Right-Wing American Misunderstandings About South Africa / Eve Fairbanks · 1 h 19 minEve Fairbanks joins us to discuss her essay, “The Myth of the Police State: No one, not even the supposed beneficiaries, is protected.” The piece appears in the collection, "How…
- Chuck Opens a Bloated Mailbag / The Greatest Audience in Hell & Chuck Mertz · 1 h 13 minThanks to scheduling mishaps and our limited competence, you will not hear longform interview Hell with a guest today. Instead, you will hear from yourselves! Chuck responds to…
- Worker Resistance in Big Tech / JS Tan & Clarissa Redwine · 1 h 26 minJS Tan and Clarissa Redwine join us to discuss their new book from Haymarket Books, "Against Tech Oligarchy Worker Resistance in the World’s Most Powerful Industry"…
- An Indicted Minneapolis 15 Defendant Speaks Out / Cal Robinet · 1 h 38 minUnion electrician and activist Cal Robinet, one of the Minneapolis 15 defendants facing charges after ICE's Operation Metro Surge in that city, shares his story. Help keep This…
- Building Socialism Requires Dismantling Empire / Sudip Bhattacharya · 1 h 33 minSudip Bhattacharya returns to discuss his recent writing, including "There is No Socialism Without the End of U.S. Empire" at Socialist Forum…
- Another Brazilian Coup Attempt Underway / Brian Mier · 1 h 31 minBrian Mier returns to discuss the upcoming Brazilian election and the prospects for another right-wing coup. Check out Brian's Substack, "De-Linking Brazil"…
- Breaking ICE / Sonali Kolhatkar · 1 h 29 minSonali Kolhatkar returns to discuss her new book, "Breaking ICE: Community Defense against State Terror and MAGA Fascism," just published by Seven Stories Press…
- 15 Million Excess Deaths from US For-Profit Health Insurance / Nick Smolek · 1 h 38 minIll Will Editions editor Nick Smolek joins us to discuss the forthcoming book, "Depose: Luigi Mangione, the Right to Health, and the Unfinished American Revolution"…
- The Bail Trap / Robin Steinberg & Robin Camilo · 1 h 32 minRobin Steinberg and Camilo Ramirez return to discuss their new book, "The Bail Trap: A Scandal at the Heart of American Justice" from The New Press…
- The Long Fight Against Equality in the United States / Kim Phillips-Fein · 1 h 27 minHistorian Kim Phillips-Fein returns to discuss her new book, "Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight against Equality in America"…
- "Genocidal Enjoymment" on Display in IDF Social Media from Gaza / Raúl Pérez · 1 h 42 minPaúl Pérez returns to discuss his recent British Sociological Association article, co-authored with Charles Thorpe, "Genocidal Enjoyment: On the Weaponization of Joyful Cruelty…
- Israel's $1 Billion Hasbara Influence Machine since October 7th / Nick Cleveland-Stout · 1 h 26 minQuincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Research fellow Nick Cleveland-Stout discusses his recent report, "The Eighth Front: Inside Israel’s $1 Billion Influence Campaign"…
- Imperialist Realism / Daniel Bessner · 1 h 55 minHistorian and foreign policy analysis Daniel Bessner joins us to discuss his new book, "Imperialist Realism: Politics and Culture at the End of the American Century" from Simon…
- Trump's War on Boats / Adam Isacson & John Walsh · 1 h 30 minWashington Office on Latin America directors Adam Isacson and John Walsh join us to discuss their new report from WOLA, "Killing Spree: Extrajudicial executions in the U.S. boat…
- Sponsoring The Genocide In Palestine / Fintan Drury · 1 h 40 minFintan Drury joins This Is Hell! to talk about his new book “Genocide: Sponsoring the Destruction of Palestine”, published by the Irish Academic Press. Fintan will be speaking…
- The Winners And Losers In The Future Of Drugs / Kojo Karam · 57 minKojo Koram joins This Is Hell! to talk about his new book "The Next Fix: The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs”, published by Verso Books…
- White Supremacy At The US Border / John Washington · 1 h 40 minJohn Washington returns to This Is Hell! to talk about his new book “The Case For Open Borders” published by Haymarket Books…
- Canada and its Asshole Neighbor + Chuck Gets Interviewed / Dónal Gill · 2 h 31 minDónal Gill discusses the view of the United States from Canada in the age of MAGA. His essay appears in the new edited volume by The Dial, "How We See It: The World Looks at…
- How To Think About AI Before It’s Too Late / Cory Doctorow · 1 h 20 minCory Doctorow returns to This Is Hell! to talk about his new book “The Reverse Centaur’s Guide To Life After AI - How To Think About Artificial Intelligence Before It’s Too…
- Nativism Shapes Scarcity, Hierarchy, and Belonging Under Capitalism / Peter Bloom · 1 h 55 minPeter Bloom joins us to discuss his recent book, "Nativism and Capitalism: From Colonial Hauntings to Radical Indigenous Futures" from Routledge…
- The Anti-Defamation League & The Racial State / Emmaia Gelman · 1 h 23 minEmmaia Gelman joins This Is Hell! to talk about her new book “The Anti-Defamation League And The Racial State”, published by University of California Press…
- Gerontocracy / Samuel Moyn · 1 h 44 minHistorian and legal scholar Samuel Moyn joins us to discuss his latest book from Macmillan, "Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth—and What to Do…
- A History of Conspiracy Theory / Andrew McKenzie-McHarg · 2 h 4 minAndrew McKenzie-McHarg joins us to discuss his recent book, "The Hidden History of Conspiracy Theory" from Princeton University Press…
- Chicago's Conviction Machine / Flint Taylor · 1 h 39 minFlint Taylor, co-founder of the People's Law Office, joins us to discuss his new book, "The Conviction Machine: Prosecutors, Politicians, and Police Violence in Chicago" from…
- The Story Of The Jewish Bund / Molly Crabapple · 1 h 29 minArtist and writer Molly Crabapple joins This Is Hell! to talk about her new book, “Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund." Molly is the author of two…
- Inventing Antifa / Lauren Fadiman · 1 h 44 minLauren Fadiman joins us to discuss her new piece in The Baffler, "The Invention of Antifa: The courts decree a new domestic terrorist"…
- US Media’s Complicity In The Gaza Genocide / Robin Andersen · 1 h 32 minRobin Anderson joins This Is Hell! to talk about her her new book “The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage Of Israel’s Genocide In Gaza” published by OR Books…
- We Are Being IP-ed to Death / Vicky Osterweil · 1 h 43 minVicky Osterweil joins us to discuss her new book, "The Extended Universe How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World" from Haymarket Books…
- Immigration Detention Expansion During Trump’s Second Term / Nayna Gupta & Aaron Reichlin-Melnick · 1 h 25 minAmerican Immigration Council's Nayna Gupta and Aaron Reichlin-Melnick join This Is Hell! to discuss their report, "Immigration Detention Expansion in Trump’s Second Term”…
- The Politics of Police Reform in Minneapolis / Michelle Phelps · 1 h 28 minSociologist Michelle Phelps joins us to discuss her book, "The Minneapolis Reckoning: Race, Violence, and the Politics of Policing in America"…
- How Money Dominates Human Lives Everywhere / Arjun Jayadev · 1 h 26 minEducator and author Arjun Jayadev joins This Is Hell! to talk about the new book published by The University Of Chicago Press that he co-wrote with J.W. Mason called “Against…
- Another Bag of Mail / Chuck Mertz & the World's Best Audience · 1 h 21 minDue to an unexpected rescheduling of a guest, we present a rare mailbag episode that delves into our esteemed listeners' questions and insights. "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff…
- How The British Made The Far Right Acceptable / Daniel Trilling · 1 h 20 minJournalist and author Daniel Trilling returns to This Is Hell! to talk about his new book “If We Tolerate This: How the British establishment made the far right respectable”…
- The Death of Asylum / Tanvi Misra · 1 h 46 minTanvi Misra returns to discuss her new piece at Jewish Currents, " The Death of Asylum: How centuries of efforts to deny refuge to persecuted people paved way for…
- Reshaping War For The 21st Century / Shana Marshall · 1 h 34 minShana Marshall joins This Is Hell! to talk about her new piece for Security In Context titled “A Violent Convergence: How Silicon Valley and Private Finance Are Reshaping War”…
- Internationalism from Below / Leila Al-Shami & Benjamin · 1 h 36 minLeila Al-Shami returns with co-author Benjamin to discuss their new book by The People's Want, "Revolutions of Our Times: An Internationalist Manifesto" (Haymarket Books). "The…
- The Authoritarian Coalition’s Strategy Of Power Consolidation / Rakeen Mabud · 1 h 15 minRakeem Mabud speaks with This Is Hell! about her new essay for Common Wealth that she co-wrote with Melanie Brusseler titled “The Power Grab: The Authoritarian Coalition’s…
- Elon Musk Is a Symptom / Quinn Slobodian & Ben Tarnoff · 1 h 55 minQuinn Slobodian returns with his co-author, Ben Tarnoff, to discuss their just-published book from Harper Collins, "Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed." "The Moment of Truth"…
- Loyola University Union Thugs pt. 2 / Paige Warren · 22 minPaige Warren, Co-Chair of the SEIU 73 Faculty Forward Union at Loyola, joins us to update us on the next steps Loyola University Chicago non-tenure-track faculty are taking for a…
- The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy + Loyola Union Thugs pt. 2 / A.J.A. Woods · 1 h 37 minIntellectual historian A.J.A. Woods, author of, “The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy: Why the Right Blames the Frankfurt School for the Decline of the West" (Verso Books) discusses…
- Labor Struggle in Higher Ed: An Update from Loyola University Chicago SEIU 73 Faculty Forward Union · 1 h 58 minMembers of the leadership team of the SEIU 73 Faculty Forward Union representing non-tenure-track faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University Chicago update…
- Colonialism Continues From Oil To Cancer In Kenya / Nelly Madegwa · 1 h 13 minNelly Madegwa is co-author of The Intercept story supported by the Pulitzer Center, "Where There Is Salt: An American Company Drilled for Oil in Kenya — and Left Behind Soaring…
- AI Grifters in Power & Reactionary Third Way Centrist Dems / Henry Burke · 1 h 52 minHenry Burke of the Revolving Door Project joins us to discuss his recent writing, "How OpenAI Hacked The Military-Industrial Complex" at The Lever and, "Centrists: Better Things…
- Ukraine Going From Maidan To War / Volodymyr Ishchenko · 1 h 34 minResearch associate at the Institute of East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin and sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko returns to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war and many of…
- Death by AI / Andy Worthington · 1 h 37 minAndy Worthington returns to the show to discuss his recent writing, including "The Horrors of AI-Driven Military Targeting, From Gaza to Iran," and "900 Days of Genocide in…
- Fighting Against The Corporate Monsters Of Plastic / Diane Wilson · 1 h 23 minAuthor, Executive Director of San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeepers, and Goldman Prize winner Diane Wilson returns to This Is Hell! to talk about her ongoing hunger strike to…
