In Germany, Reflexive Defenses of Israel Suppress Critics / Susan Neiman
Susan Neiman on her The New York Review of Books essay, "Germany on Edge: In recent weeks, Germany’s reflexive defenses of Israel and suppression of its critics have assumed a fevered pitch." Then ano...
20 Nov 20231h 36min
United Nations Denied Its Role in Haiti's Cholera Epidemic / Pooja Bhatia
Pooja Bhatia Agarwal joins This Is Hell! to discuss her recent Baffler article, "Deadly Strain: How the UN sought to deny its role in Haiti’s cholera epidemic." Plus, another dose of Rotten History fr...
14 Nov 20231h 21min
Pentagon Finds No One at Fault for 2018 Drone Strike that Killed Somali Woman and Child / Nick Turse
The Intercept's Nick Turse joins This Is Hell! to discuss his just-published report, "Civilian Harm Secret Pentagon Investigation Found No One at Fault in Drone Strike That Killed Woman and 4-Year-Old...
13 Nov 20231h 24min
In Western Media, History Began and Ended on October 7th / Saree Makdisi
Saree Makdisi returns to discuss his n+1 article, "No Human Being Can Exist: How can a person make up for seven decades of misrepresentation and willful distortion in the time allotted to a sound bite...
9 Nov 20231h 27min
The Persistent "Man the Hunter" Myth / Faye Flam
Bloomberg's Faye Flam on her Noema Magazine article, “The 'Man the Hunter' Myth Won't Go Away: Persistent myths about strictly defined social roles for humans in the past only limit what it means to b...
8 Nov 20231h 23min
Far Right Exploiting Gaza War to Spread Antisemitism and Islamophobia / Shane Burley
Shane Burley on his writing at Waging Nonviolence on white nationalists manipulating the Gaza crisis. Plus 'Rotten History.' Check out Shane's article, "How the far right is trying to manipulate the ...
7 Nov 20231h 15min
Staff Picks: The Enduring Siege of Gaza / Norman Finkelstein
We had to reschedule today's guest, Nick Turse, whose article on American drone strikes and civilian casualties in Somalia remains to be published. We will let you know when that interview will take p...
2 Nov 20231h 8min
The Global Food System Is a Recipe for Mass Death / George Monbiot
George Monbiot returns to This Is Hell! to discuss his recent article, "The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People: The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a form...
1 Nov 20231h 23min
