This Is Hell!

This Is Hell!
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Dec 27, 2021 • 1h 2min

2021 FAVORITE: Tanvi Misra / Broader Crises

July conversation with writer Tanvi Misra on her article "Broader Crises" for The Baffler. Suggested by Jeff G, David G. and Derek B.
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Dec 24, 2021 • 45min

2021 FAVORITE: James K. Galbraith / Modern Monetary Theory

April interview with economist James K. Galbraith on his article "Who's Afraid of MMT?" for Project Syndicate. Suggested by listeners Joel G. and Koffie.
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Dec 22, 2021 • 41min

2021 FAVORITE: Cerise Castle / LA's police gangs

April interview with journalist Cerise Castle on her investigative series "A Tradition of Violence: The History of Deputy Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department" for Knock LA. Suggested by David G and Jeff D.
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Dec 21, 2021 • 44min

2021 FAVORITE: Mimi Sheller / Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene

January interview with sociologist Mimi Sheller on her book "Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene" from Duke University Press. Suggested by Jenica and Chuck.
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Dec 21, 2021 • 58min

2021 FAVORITE: Chris Tomlinson / Forget the Alamo

July conversation with writer Chris Tomlinson on his book "Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth," co-written with Bryan Burrough and Jason Stanford for Penguin Press. Suggested by Wally, Joel and Mark.
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Dec 15, 2021 • 1h 29min

Why workers quit working / David Dayen

Writer David Dayen on his article "The Great Escape" for The American Prospect, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen picks egg over chicken. https://prospect.org/labor/great-escape-why-workers-quitting-pandemic-trauma/
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Dec 14, 2021 • 1h 12min

On science and colonialism / Max Liboiron

Max Liboiron on their article "Decolonizing geoscience requires more than equity and inclusion" for Nature Geoscience. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-021-00861-7
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Dec 14, 2021 • 1h 21min

Social control in early 20th century Chicago / Martin Billheimer

Writer Martin Billheimer on his book "Mother Chicago: Truant Dreams and Specters Over the Gilded Age" from Feral House. https://feralhouse.com/mother-chicago/
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Dec 9, 2021 • 1h 24min

On school surveillance / Chelsea Barabas

Chelsea Barabas on her article "Hall Monitors" for Real Life, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen rings down the curtain on 2021. https://reallifemag.com/hall-monitors/
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Dec 8, 2021 • 1h 21min

When conservation swallows Black farmland / Tony Briscoe

Journalist Tony Briscoe on his ProPublica article "Conservationists See Rare Nature Sanctuaries. Black Farmers See a Legacy Bought Out From Under Them." https://www.propublica.org/article/conservationists-see-rare-nature-sanctuaries-black-farmers-see-a-legacy-bought-out-from-under-them

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