This Is Hell!

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Long-form interviews with writers, thinkers and workers from around the world and across the spectrum of experience.

Episodes

  • On Zionist Feminism / Sophie Lewis

    20/03/2024 Duration: 01h21min

    We wrap up the week with the return of writer, theorist, and recovering academic Sophie Lewis to talk about her new writing at Salvage Magazine, "Some of my best enemies are feminists: on Zionist feminism." This will be Sophie's fourth appearance on This is Hell! and her interviews have repeatedly been selected by listeners as their favorites of the year each time she has appeared. Following the interview, Jeffrey Dorchen delivers "The Moment of Truth" live from Second Story Studios, aka the center of Hell. Check out Sophie's article here: https://salvage.zone/some-of-my-best-enemies-are-feminists-on-zionist-feminism/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

  • Facebook, Instagram Censor Peaceful Pro-Palestinian Speech / Deborah Brown & Rasha Younes

    19/03/2024 Duration: 01h25min

    Deborah Brown and Rasha Younes of Human Rights Watch join This Is Hell! to discuss their report, "Meta’s Broken Promises: Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content on Instagram and Facebook." "Rotten History" follows the interview. Check out Deborah and Rasha's report here: https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/12/21/metas-broken-promises/systemic-censorship-palestine-content-instagram-and Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

  • Normalizing Slaughter / Oded Na'aman

    18/03/2024 Duration: 01h23min

    Oded Na'aman joins This Is Hell! to discuss his Boston Review article, "A Menacing Silence: Why is the reality of Palestinian suffering denied in the Israeli consciousness?" After the interview, we hear share some feedback from our dear listeners. Check out Oded's article here: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-menacing-silence/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

  • Effective Antifascism Requires Understanding Fascism / Joan Braune

    13/03/2024 Duration: 01h27min

    We wrap up the week with lecturer in philosophy at Gonzaga University, Joan Braune who will speak with us about her book, "Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements: From Void to Hope." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out Joan's book here: https://www.routledge.com/Understanding-and-Countering-Fascist-Movements-From-Void-to-Hope/Braune/p/book/9780367696986 Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

  • Can Humanity Survive AI? / Garrison Lovely

    12/03/2024 Duration: 01h23min

    Garrison Lovely on his Jacobin article, "Can Humanity Survive AI?: With the development of artificial intelligence racing forward at warp speed, some of the richest men in the world may be deciding the fate of humanity right now." Check out Garrison's article here: https://jacobin.com/2024/01/can-humanity-survive-ai Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

  • Jesus and John Wayne / Kristin Kobes Du Mez

    11/03/2024 Duration: 01h17min

    Historian Kristen du Mez on her bestselling cultural history, "Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation." Check out Kristin's book here: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781631499050 Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

  • Western Governments, Media Complicit in Genocide / Hamza Ali Shah

    07/03/2024 Duration: 01h19min

    Hamza Ali Shah discusses his Jacobin article, “Western Governments Share Responsibility for Israel’s Crimes," and his Declassified UK writing, "‘Beheaded Babies' – How UK media Reported Israel’s Fake News as Fact." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out Hamza's Jacobin article here: https://jacobin.com/2024/02/western-governments-israel-war-crimes and his Declassified UK piece here: https://www.declassifieduk.org/beheaded-babies-how-uk-media-reported-israels-fake-news-as-fact/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

  • The Erasure of Palestinian Society / Wendy Pearlman

    06/03/2024 Duration: 01h30min

    Wendy Pearlman discusses her New Lines Magazine article, "The Erasure of Palestinian Society." Seb's final (at least for a while, we hope) "The Past Inside the Present" follows the interview. Check out Wendy's article here: https://newlinesmag.com/argument/the-erasure-of-palestinian-society/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

  • Hindu Supremacism in India and the United States / Safa Ahmed

    05/03/2024 Duration: 01h25min

    Indian American Muslim Council's Safa Ahmed on her Jacobin Magazine article, "The US Hindu Right Is Still Whitewashing the Gujarat Pogrom." "Rotten History" follows the interview. Check out Safa's article here: https://jacobin.com/2024/03/hindutva-us-right-gujarat-pogrom-modi Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

  • The Fascism of Revisionist Zionism / Rick Perlstein

    29/02/2024 Duration: 01h31min

    The American Prospect's Rick Perlstein on Israel's neglected history of revisionism, and a belated obit for Henry Kissinger. Also, we're announcing the winner of this week's Question from Hell!, a QFH! suggested by Rick. Check out Rick's article here: https://prospect.org/world/2024-02-21-neglected-history-state-of-israel/ and here: https://prospect.org/politics/2024-02-28-kissinger-revisited/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

  • The Pentagon's Silicon Valley Problem / Andrew Cockburn

    28/02/2024 Duration: 01h14min

    Harper's Andrew Cockburn returns to This Is Hell! to talk about his March cover story, "The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley Problem: How Big Tech is losing the wars of the future." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out Andrew's article here: https://harpers.org/archive/2024/03/the-pentagons-silicon-valley-problem-andrew-cockburn/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

  • Nostalgia, Nationalism, and the US Militia Movement / Amy Cooter

    22/02/2024 Duration: 01h15min

    Sociologist Amy Cooter joins This Is Hell! to discuss her new book from Routledge, "Nostalgia, Nationalism, and the US Militia Movement." After the interview, we announce this week's best answer to the Question from Hell! Check out Amy's book here: https://www.routledge.com/Nostalgia-Nationalism-and-the-US-Militia-Movement/Cooter/p/book/9781032421971 Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

  • Guns Fuel US Anti-Immigration Politics / Emine Fidan Elcioglu

    21/02/2024 Duration: 01h32min

    Emine Fidan Elcioglu on her Social Problems journal article, “Armed Citizens on the Border: How Guns Fuel Anti-Immigration Politics in America." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out Emine's article here: https://academic.oup.com/socpro/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/socpro/spad034/7222583 Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

  • Enshittification Made Tech Platforms Shitty and Now It's Coming for Your Industry / Cory Doctorow

    20/02/2024 Duration: 01h19min

    Cory Doctorow on his Financial Times article, "‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything: The term describes the slow decay of online platforms such as Facebook. But what if we’ve entered the ‘enshittocene’?" "Rotten History" follows the interview. Check out Cory's article here: https://www.ft.com/content/6fb1602d-a08b-4a8c-bac0-047b7d64aba5 Cory also has a new novel, "The Bezzle." https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865878/thebezzle Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

  • The Crime of Electronic Monitoring / Jacob Kang-Brown & James Kilgore

    15/02/2024 Duration: 01h22min

    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 devices in the US criminal legal system. Jacob co-authored the Vera Institute report, "People on Electronic Monitoring," with Jessica Zhang and Ari Kotler. James co-wrote the book, "Understanding E-Carcertation: Electronic Monitoring, the Surveillance State, and the Future of Mass Incarceration," published by The New Press. A new "The Past Inside the Present" follows the interview. Check out Jacob's report here: https://www.vera.org/publications/people-on-electronic-monitoring Check out James' book here: https://thenewpress.com/books/understanding-e-carceration Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

  • The Battle to Control Haiti / Jake Johnson

    14/02/2024 Duration: 01h14min

    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 Senior Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out Jake's book here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250284679/aidstate Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

  • Black Women, Ivory Tower / Jasmine Harris

    13/02/2024 Duration: 01h30min

    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 American Education." "Rotten History" follows the interview, as do your first batch of responses to this week's Question from Hell! Check out Dr. Harris's book here: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506489834/Black-Women-Ivory-Tower Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

  • The Final Nail in Psychiatry's Antidepressant Coffin / Bruce Levine

    07/02/2024 Duration: 01h16min

    Bruce E. Levine on his CounterPunch article, "Scientific Misconduct and Fraud: The Final Nail in Psychiatry’s Antidepressant Coffin." Also, Jeff Dorchen and the 'Moment of Truth.' Check out Bruce's article here: https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/01/17/scientific-misconduct-and-fraud-the-final-nail-in-psychiatrys-antidepressant-coffin/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

  • What's in Store for Milwaukee at this Summer's RNC? / Rachel Ida Buff

    06/02/2024 Duration: 01h24min

    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 Convention—and to suspend a hard-won police reform for its duration?” Also, 'This Week in Rotten History.' Check out Rachel's article here: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-right-comes-for-milwaukee/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

  • Human Rights Under El Salvador's "Cool Dictator" / John Cavanagh

    05/02/2024 Duration: 01h24min

    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 defenders, the potential return of environmentally destructive mining, and the state of human rights under the Bukele administration." Also, Seb Wupper and the Past Inside the Present. Check out John and his co-authors' report here: https://ips-dc.org/report-state-of-deception-human-rights-under-bukele/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

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