This Is Hell!

This Is Hell!
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Nov 8, 2021 • 1h 18min

Climate and conflict in Darfur / Jérôme Tubiana

Journalist Jérôme Tubiana on his article "Land of Thirst" for The Baffler. https://thebaffler.com/salvos/land-of-thirst-tubiana
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Nov 3, 2021 • 1h 38min

Border walls and the climate crisis / Nick Buxton

The Transnational Institute's Nick Buxton on the report "Global Climate Wall" and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen judges a costume contest. https://www.tni.org/en/publication/global-climate-wall
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Nov 1, 2021 • 1h 19min

Inside the Amazon warehouse / Alessandro Delfanti

Alessandro Delfanti on his book "The Warehouse: Workers and Robots at Amazon" from Pluto Press. https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745342177/the-warehouse/
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Oct 27, 2021 • 1h 30min

Inflation politics / Rob Larson

Economist Rob Larson on his Current Affairs article "How Serious is the Inflation Situation?" and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen decodes a MAGA secret. https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/10/how-serious-is-the-inflation-situation
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Oct 26, 2021 • 1h 15min

On poppers and queer utopia / Adam Zmith

Writer Adam Zmith on his book "Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures" from Repeater Books. https://repeaterbooks.com/product/deep-sniff-a-history-of-poppers-and-queer-futures/
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Oct 25, 2021 • 1h 20min

Free people of color in the Antebellum South / Warren Eugene Milteer Jr.

Historian Warren Eugene Milteer Jr. on his book "Beyond Slavery's Shadow: Free People of Color in the South" from University of North Carolina Press. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469664392/beyond-slaverys-shadow/
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Oct 22, 2021 • 1h 29min

Black humanity, Black worldlessness / Panashe Chigumadzi

Writer Panashe Chigumadzi on her article "The Cry of Black Worldlessness" for Africa Is A Country, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen looks back at some predictions. https://africasacountry.com/2021/10/the-cry-of-black-worldlessness
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Oct 19, 2021 • 1h 15min

On fatigue / Emily K. Abel

Historian Emily K. Abel on her book "Sick and Tired: An Intimate History of Fatigue" from University of North Carolina Press. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469663340/sick-and-tired/
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Oct 13, 2021 • 1h 21min

Bodily autonomy and abortion justice / Judith Levine

Judith Levine on her article "Abortion is a Public Good" for Boston Review, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen agrees that the Big Coin should drop. https://bostonreview.net/law-justice-gender-sexuality/judith-levine-abortion-public-good
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Oct 12, 2021 • 1h 17min

On dynastic wealth in America / Chuck Collins

Chuck Collins on the IPS report "Silver spoon oligarchs: How America’s 50 Largest Inherited-Wealth Dynasties Accelerate Inequality." https://ips-dc.org/report-americas-wealth-dynasties-2021/

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