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Apr 16, 2025 • 1h 25min
Copaganda / Alec Karakatsanis
Alec Karakatsanis returns to talk about his new book, “Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News.” Alec founded the Civil Rights Corps, an organization that challenges systemic injustices in the U.S. legal system. "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview.
Check out Alec's book here: https://thenewpress.org/books/copaganda/

Apr 15, 2025 • 1h 30min
Neoliberalism Turning To Nature To Defend Inequality / Quinn Slobodian
Author Quinn Slobodian returns to “This Is Hell!” to talk about his new book, “Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ and the Capitalism of the Far Right”, published by Zone Books.
Check out Quinn’s book here: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9781890951917?srsltid=AfmBOopa361sL5mow9Y4zSXDsHQXyvTQBZ0YZASHJvW-UyhbliOMShxt
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Apr 9, 2025 • 2h 18min
Pirate Care / Valeria Graziano and Tomislav Medak
Valeria Graziano, Marcell Mars and Tomislav Medak discuss their book, "Pirate Care: Acts Against the Criminalization of Solidarity." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen and "Rotten History" by Renaldo Migaldi both follow the interview.
Check out their book here: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745349800/pirate-care/
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Mar 24, 2025 • 1h 36min
How Will History Judge Us After Gaza / Pankaj Mishra
Award-winning author Pankaj Mishra returns to “This Is Hell!” to talk about his new book, “The World After Gaza: A History”, published by the Penguin Random House.
Check out Pankaj’s book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/780437/the-world-after-gaza-by-pankaj-mishra/
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Mar 20, 2025 • 1h 27min
How School Integration Failed Black Students / Noliwe Rooks
Noliwe Rooks returns to This Is Hell! to discuss her recent book, "Integrated: How American Schools Failed Black Children" from Penguin. "Rotten History" from Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview.
Check out Noliwe's book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721962/integrated-by-noliwe-rooks/
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Mar 19, 2025 • 1h 45min
Covertly Manufacturing Consent for US Imperialism and Militarism in Hollywood / Tanner Mirrlees
Tanner Mirrlees on the new Cost of War paper from the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University entitled, "The Militarization of Movies and Television." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview.
Check out Tanner's writing here: https://home.watson.brown.edu/research/research-briefs/militarization-movies-and-tv
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Mar 13, 2025 • 1h 36min
MAGA Rule by the Numbers / Lindsay Koshgarian
Lindsay Koshgarian joins us to discuss the Institute for Policy Studies report, "The High Moral Stakes of the Policy Battles Raging in Washington." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview.
Check out their report here: https://ips-dc.org/summary-high-moral-stakes/
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Mar 11, 2025 • 1h 36min
Sustaining a Politics of Extermination and Climate Chaos / Omar El Akkad
Award-winning author Omar El Akkad joins “This Is Hell!” to talk about his new book, "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This”, published by the Penguin Books.
Check out Omar’s book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777485/one-day-everyone-will-have-always-been-against-this-by-omar-el-akkad/?fbclid=IwY2xjawI9NZpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRHlIY5dAk3hrnB8dk0wOc9P_cL3vOlRO6pa78Ux07cr9tv4PR_GhwkMrg_aem_ltRUIYUqFxKHG-AUz9rHsg
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Mar 11, 2025 • 1h 36min
The Dark History of American Orphanhood / Kristen Martin
Journalist and cultural critic Kristen Martin joins “This Is Hell!” to talk about her new book, "The Sun Won’t Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood”, published by the Bold Type Books.
Check out Kristen’s book here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kristen-martin/the-sun-wont-come-out-tomorrow/9781645030348/?lens=bold-type-books
Visit Kristen’s website: https://www.kristenmartin.net/
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Mar 5, 2025 • 1h 51min
Worker-to-Worker Organizing / Eric Blanc
Labor scholar Eric Blanc joins us to discuss his new book published just today by the University of California Press titled, "We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview.
Check out Eric's book here: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/we-are-the-union/paper
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