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This Is Hell!
Manufacturing Dissent since 1996
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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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/

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

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/

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/

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