This Is Hell!
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 648:44:21
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Synopsis
Long-form interviews with writers, thinkers and workers from around the world and across the spectrum of experience.
Episodes
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Radical hope and apocalyptic cynicism / Henry Giroux
10/01/2022 Duration: 01h18minCultural critic Henry Giroux on his article "Amid Apocalyptic Cynicism, Let’s Embrace Radical Hope in the New Year" for Truthout. https://truthout.org/articles/amid-apocalyptic-cynicism-lets-embrace-radical-hope-in-the-new-year/
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Climate change's mirror worlds / Aaron Vansintjan
05/01/2022 Duration: 01h25minWriter Aaron Vansintjan on his essay "Faith in a frail world" for Uneven Earth, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen's forbidden words for this year are all numbers. http://unevenearth.org/2021/12/faith-in-a-frail-world/
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Sanctions are a weapon / Nicholas Mulder
04/01/2022 Duration: 01h17minHistorian Nicholas Mulder on his book "The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War" from Yale University Press. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300259360/economic-weapon
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Frederick Douglass in Haiti / Peter James Hudson
03/01/2022 Duration: 01h25minHistorian Peter James Hudson on his essay "Frederick Douglass and American Empire in Haiti" for Boston Review. https://bostonreview.net/articles/frederick-douglass-and-american-empire-in-haiti/
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2021 FAVORITE: Alexander Zaitchik / Bill Gates and vaccine monopolism
31/12/2021 Duration: 45minJournalist Alexander Zaitchik on his article "How Bill Gates Impeded Global Access to Covid Vaccines" for The New Republic. Suggested by Rocktaster and David G.
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2021 FAVORITE: Craig Robertson / The filing cabinet
30/12/2021 Duration: 45minApril conversation with Craig Robertson on his book "The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information" from University of Minnesota Press. Suggested by David G. and Braden S.
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2021 FAVORITE: Adam Zmith / On poppers and queer utopia
29/12/2021 Duration: 55minOctober interview with writer Adam Zmith on his book "Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures" from Repeater Books. Suggested by Jeff, Braden and David G.
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2021 FAVORITE: Ben Ehrenreich / Global suicide
28/12/2021 Duration: 46minApril conversation with writer Ben Ehrenreich on his article "We're Hurtling Toward Global Suicide" for The New Republic. Suggested by Joel and Pete.
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2021 FAVORITE: Tanvi Misra / Broader Crises
27/12/2021 Duration: 01h01minJuly conversation with writer Tanvi Misra on her article "Broader Crises" for The Baffler. Suggested by Jeff G, David G. and Derek B.
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2021 FAVORITE: James K. Galbraith / Modern Monetary Theory
24/12/2021 Duration: 44minApril interview with economist James K. Galbraith on his article "Who's Afraid of MMT?" for Project Syndicate. Suggested by listeners Joel G. and Koffie.
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2021 FAVORITE: Cerise Castle / LA's police gangs
22/12/2021 Duration: 41minApril interview with journalist Cerise Castle on her investigative series "A Tradition of Violence: The History of Deputy Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department" for Knock LA. Suggested by David G and Jeff D.
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2021 FAVORITE: Mimi Sheller / Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene
21/12/2021 Duration: 44minJanuary interview with sociologist Mimi Sheller on her book "Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene" from Duke University Press. Suggested by Jenica and Chuck.
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2021 FAVORITE: Chris Tomlinson / Forget the Alamo
21/12/2021 Duration: 57minJuly conversation with writer Chris Tomlinson on his book "Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth," co-written with Bryan Burrough and Jason Stanford for Penguin Press. Suggested by Wally, Joel and Mark.
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Why workers quit working / David Dayen
15/12/2021 Duration: 01h28minWriter David Dayen on his article "The Great Escape" for The American Prospect, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen picks egg over chicken. https://prospect.org/labor/great-escape-why-workers-quitting-pandemic-trauma/
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On science and colonialism / Max Liboiron
14/12/2021 Duration: 01h12minMax Liboiron on their article "Decolonizing geoscience requires more than equity and inclusion" for Nature Geoscience. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-021-00861-7
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Social control in early 20th century Chicago / Martin Billheimer
14/12/2021 Duration: 01h20minWriter Martin Billheimer on his book "Mother Chicago: Truant Dreams and Specters Over the Gilded Age" from Feral House. https://feralhouse.com/mother-chicago/
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On school surveillance / Chelsea Barabas
09/12/2021 Duration: 01h24minChelsea Barabas on her article "Hall Monitors" for Real Life, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen rings down the curtain on 2021. https://reallifemag.com/hall-monitors/
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When conservation swallows Black farmland / Tony Briscoe
08/12/2021 Duration: 01h21minJournalist Tony Briscoe on his ProPublica article "Conservationists See Rare Nature Sanctuaries. Black Farmers See a Legacy Bought Out From Under Them." https://www.propublica.org/article/conservationists-see-rare-nature-sanctuaries-black-farmers-see-a-legacy-bought-out-from-under-them
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Toxic air and America's sacrifice zones / Ava Kofman
07/12/2021 Duration: 01h17minJournalist Ava Kofman on the ProPublica report "Poison in the Air," co-written with Lylla Younes, Al Shaw and Lisa Song, with additional reporting by Maya Miller and photography by Kathleen Flynn. https://www.propublica.org/article/toxmap-poison-in-the-air
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Coups and counterrevolutions in Sudan / Magdi el-Gizouli
02/12/2021 Duration: 01h30minMagdi el-Gizouli on his article "Counterrevolution in Sudan" for Spectre Journal, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen has a theory about drunk cave people. https://spectrejournal.com/counterrevolution-in-sudan/