Heat, A History / On Barak
Returning to This is Hell!, On Barak, author of, "Heat, a History Lessons from the Middle East for a Warming Planet." On is a social and cultural historian of science and technology and Professor of M...
10 Syys 20241h 40min
Welcome to the New Feudalism / Ben Norton
Ben Norton joins us to discuss his recent article at the Geopolitical Economy Report titled, "How US Big Tech monopolies colonized the world: Welcome to neo-feudalism." After the interview, we hear a ...
4 Syys 20241h 51min
Louisiana Is a Testbed for a Fascist State Apparatus / Gabrielle Perry
Gabrielle Perry joins us to discuss her recent Scalawag article, "Louisiana is the blueprint for further fascist repression." Jeff Dorchen delivers a new "The Moment of Truth" after the interview. Ch...
28 Elo 20241h 42min
Academic Freedom Under Threat at Public Universities / Shilpa Jindia
Shilpa Jindia discusses her recent Baffler article, "Freedom from Dissent: The Independence of Public Universities Is Under Attack." "Rotten History" by Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview. Check o...
27 Elo 20241h 32min
Torture Is Systemic in Israel's Prisons / Shai Parnes
Shai Parnes, Spokesperson for B'Tselem, The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, on their new report, "Welcome to Hell," a report on the abuse and inhuman treatment...
21 Elo 20241h 40min
Why You Should Hate the Ruling Class for Its Obscene Wealth / Rob Larson
Economist Rob Larson returns to This Is Hell! to dicsuss "Mastering the Universe: The Obscene Wealth of the Ruling Class, What They Do with Their Money, and Why You Should Hate Them Even More," (Hayma...
20 Elo 20241h 44min
Far-Right, Anti-Immigration Riots in the UK / Daniel Trilling
Daniel Trilling discusses his London Review of Books article, "This Time It's Worse," on the UK far-right riots. "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen and "Rotten History" by Renaldo Migaldi follow ...
13 Elo 20241h 44min
Listener Picks: 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 is the award-winning author of, Globalists...
7 Elo 20241h 9min
