This Is Hell!

This Is Hell!
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Jul 25, 2022 • 1h 30min

Texas, and the Origins of American Fascism / Gerald Horne

We welcome Gerald Horne back to the show to talk about most recent book "The Counter-Revolution of 1836 - Texas Slavery & Jim Crow and the Roots of U.S. Fascism." Stay tuned and learn of this week's whale-snack sized hangover cure, hear this week's Question from Hell!, and learn from Seb's Soapbox about some of the origins of Whiteness.
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Jul 20, 2022 • 1h 26min

Rearming the Constitution / William E. Forbath

We welcome legal scholar and lawyer William E. Forbath to the program to talk about his book "The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution." Chuck muses about 26 years of running God's favorite radio program with Jeff Dorchen in this week's Moment of Truth, and we declare the winning answer to this week's Question from Hell!
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Jul 19, 2022 • 1h 24min

Not a Riot: Race Massacres & Capitalism / Dre Cummings & Kalvin Graham

We welcome law scholars Dre Cummings and Kalvin Graham to talk about their work published in Tulsa Law Review about the relationship between race massacres and capitalism. We also have This Week in Rotten History, and more of your answers to this week's Question from Hell!
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Jul 18, 2022 • 1h 30min

Profit Uber Alles - The Uber Files / Dean Starkman

We welcome Dean Starkman of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists to talk about the coverage of the Uber Files, detailing the misdealings and corruption that the rideshare giant engages in. Producer Seb Wuepper gets on his soapbox to talk about the old question whether or not the United States is a democracy, we present your hangover cure for this week, and also introduce this week's Question from Hell!
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Jul 13, 2022 • 1h 20min

STAFF PICKS: Mushrooms for Hope / Anna Tsing

Producer Lindsey introduces a 2015 interview with anthropologist Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, Jeff Dorchen delivers another Moment of (Super)Truth on a flashforward seance in the stone age, and we declare the winning answer to this week's Question from Hell!.
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Jul 12, 2022 • 1h 2min

STAFF PICKS: Blackness as Anarchism / Willam C. Anderson & Zoe Samudzi

Producer Dan Hill presents a 2017 interview with writer and medical sociologist Zoe Samudzi and activist William C. Anderson on their piece "The Anarchism of Blackness" piece in Roar Magazine. Dan also has this week in Rotten History, and reads more of the listeners' answers to this week's Question from Hell!. https://roarmag.org/magazine/black-liberation-anti-fascism/
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Jul 11, 2022 • 1h 3min

STAFF PICKS: Fascist Cages of Capitalism / Richard Hunsinger

Producer Seb hijacks the studio for a soapbox-y episode while Chuck recuperates from surgery. Seb gets on his soapbox to question what, if anything, the Nazis can teach us, and plays a 2019 interview on capitalism and forced, migrant labor with writer and housing advocate Richard Hunsinger. We also have an all new Question from Hell! with some replies from the listening audience.
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Jul 7, 2022 • 1h 15min

STAFF PICKS: Cooperation Jackson / Ajamu Nangwaya & Kali Akuno

Producer Dan presents an October 2017 interview with Ajamu Nangwaya and Kali Akuno from Cooperation Jackson, talking about retaking democracy for the people and how to build functional, bottom-up cooperation. Jeff Dorchen presents this week's Moment of (SUPER!)Truth, and Dan declares a winning answer to this week's Question from Hell!
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Jul 6, 2022 • 1h 14min

STAFF PICKS: The (Il-)logic of Misogyny / Kate Manne

Chuck is out, preparing for surgery, so cross your fingers and send good vibes. Inspired by the preceding episode's new interview with Kate Manne, producer Lindsey plays the 2017 interview with her on her book "Down, Girl - The Logic of Misogyny." We also have this week in Rotten History, and Lindsey reads more answers to this week's Question from Hell!
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Jul 5, 2022 • 1h 35min

When Pregnancy Becomes Crime / Kate Manne

We welcome writer and philosophy scholar at Cornell University, Kate Manne. Kate talks about her Substack article "Criminalizing Pregnant People: A Brief Retrospective." We present this week's Hangover Cure, as well as the newest installment of Seb's Soapbox, where our resident historian producer takes the Turner Thesis to task.

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