The Fascism of Revisionist Zionism / Rick Perlstein
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...
29 Feb 20241h 31min
The Pentagon's Silicon Valley Problem / Andrew Cockburn
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" wit...
28 Feb 20241h 14min
Nostalgia, Nationalism, and the US Militia Movement / Amy Cooter
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 th...
22 Feb 20241h 15min
Guns Fuel US Anti-Immigration Politics / Emine Fidan Elcioglu
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 int...
21 Feb 20241h 32min
Enshittification Made Tech Platforms Shitty and Now It's Coming for Your Industry / Cory Doctorow
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...
20 Feb 20241h 19min
The Crime of Electronic Monitoring / Jacob Kang-Brown & James Kilgore
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. Jac...
15 Feb 20241h 22min
The Battle to Control Haiti / Jake Johnson
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 f...
14 Feb 20241h 14min
Black Women, Ivory Tower / Jasmine Harris
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" follow...
13 Feb 20241h 30min
