How to Steal a Forest / Lyndsie Bourgon
It's Chuck's Birthday! Jubilations all around! We welcome writer, researcher, and oral historian Lyndsie Bourgon to talk about her book "Tree Thieves - Crime and Survival in North America's Woods." ...
3 Okt 20221h 27min
Reparations In Evanston / Kari Lydersen
Journalist Kari Lydersen is an author and assistant professor of journalism at Northwestern University. She's on to discuss her article at The New Republic, "Can Liberal Evanston, Illinois, Atone for ...
28 Sep 20221h 22min
The Inflation Gun Aimed At Labor Power's Head / Hadas Thier
Hadas Thier returns to This is Hell! to discuss her In These Times Article "A Left Answer to Inflation." Producer Alex returns for one show. We have new answers to this week's Question from Hell!, and...
27 Sep 20221h 20min
To Degrow or Not to Degrow? / Andrea Vetter & Matthias Schmelzer
Chuck talks to cultural anthropologist Andrea Vetter and economic historian Matthias Schmelzer about their new book "The Future is Degrowth - A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism. https://www.versoboo...
26 Sep 20221h 16min
Epidemiology and the Poultry Industry / Boyce Upholt
Investigative journalist Boyce Upholt wrote The New Republic article, "Will the Next Pandemic Start With Chickens?: This spring, a virulent strain of bird flu ripped through U.S. farms. The public har...
21 Sep 20221h 18min
Carbon Footprints vs. Carbon Bootprints: Climate Change Class War / Matthew Huber
Host Chuck Mertz speaks with with Geographer Matthew Huber to discuss how individualized focus on the purification of consumer choices divides the working class and depletes energy for collective orga...
20 Sep 20221h 23min
Guilty Until Further Notice / Daniel Medwed
Legal scholar Daniel Medwed talks about his book "Barred: Why the Innocent Can't Get Out of Prison." We present your Hangover Cure, talk about the weekend's Listener Appreciation Party, and present th...
19 Sep 20221h 24min
Big Alcohol vs. Working Class Joy / James Wilt
Today we have on James Wilt, author of, “Drinking Up the Revolution: How to Smash Big Alcohol and Reclaim Working-Class Joy.” James is a writer and PhD candidate based in Winnipeg, Canada. James di...
14 Sep 20221h 36min
