Brandon Johnson Will Have to Beat Capital Strikes in Chicago / Kevin Young
Historian Kevin A. Young joins us to discuss the challenges of capital strikes, institutional resistance, and potential allies and foes Chicago's Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson will face when he takes of...
20 Huhti 20231h 26min
Silicon Valley Vs. Humanity / Malcolm Harris
We have on Malcolm Harris to talk about his recent book Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World. Malcolm Harris is a freelance writer and an editor at The New Inquiry. And an al...
19 Huhti 20231h 20min
Big Oil's Counterinsurgency after Standing Rock / Alleen Brown
Returning to This is Hell! is the Intercept's Alleen Brown. Her work focuses on environmental justice issues. Her most recent article, co-written with Naveen Sadasivan is titled, "Oil and Water: After...
18 Huhti 20231h 19min
Secret Forever Wars and the Obscure Laws That Allow Them / Katherine Yon Ebright
Katherine Yon Ebright joins Chuck to discuss her report, "Secret War: How the U.S. Uses Partnerships and Proxy Forces Wage War Under the Radar." She explains how security cooperation programs have led...
13 Huhti 20231h 17min
Fast Food's Bad Bargain For Black America / Naa Oyo A. Kwate
We're joined by Dr. Naa Oyo A. Kwate who is on to discuss her recent book "White Burgers, Black Cash," about the affect of the Fast Food industry on Black America. Dr. Kwate is an Associate Professor ...
12 Huhti 20231h 30min
Living and Reliving the U.S. Invasion of Iraq / Rasha Al Aqeedi
After a tongue-twister of a Danish hangover cure, Chuck interviews Rasha Al Aqeedi about her New Lines Magazine article, "Living — and Reliving — the US Invasion of Iraq." Rasha Al Aqeedi, formerly a ...
10 Huhti 20231h 22min
The Lost Pandemic Tapes: Dissent at a Dead End / Malcolm Harris
Our mystical foray into the This Is Hell vaults, retrieving never-before-aired interviews from early covid times, has reached its satisfying conclusion. Today we play an interview with Malcolm Harris,...
5 Huhti 20231h 14min
Pandemic Tapes: Cuban Healthcare Shames Us / Helen Yaffe
Our series of lost pandemic tapes continues: an interview from early covid times that was never aired on our home station WNUR: Helen Yaffe explains the ideological threat that Cuban's healthcare syst...
4 Huhti 20231h 16min
