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Oct 16, 2024 • 57min

Abolish Rent / Tracy Rosenthal

Tracy Rosenthal returns to discuss her new book, "Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis" from Haymarket Books. Check out Tracy's book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell
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Oct 16, 2024 • 1h 37min

Abolish Rent / Tracy Rosenthal

Tracy Rosenthal returns to discuss her new book, "Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis" from Haymarket Books. "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out Tracy's book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell
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Oct 16, 2024 • 1h 28min

A "Pride Paradox" Fuels Far-Right Politics in Appalachia / Arlie Hochschild

National Book Award finalist Arlie Russell Hochschild returns to This is Hell! to speak with us about her new book, "Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right." "Rotten History" from Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview Check out Arlie's new book: https://thenewpress.com/books/stolen-pride Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell
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Oct 9, 2024 • 1h 38min

Tyrannical Couty Sheriffs in the United States Threaten Democracy / Jessica Pishko

Journalist and lawyer Jessica Pishko joins us to discuss her new book, "The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out Jessica's book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263/the-highest-law-in-the-land-by-jessica-pishko/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell
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Oct 8, 2024 • 1h 33min

We Have Never Been Woke / Musa al-Gharbi

Sociologist Musa al-Gharbi returns to discuss his new book, "We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite," published just today by Princeton University Press. "Rotten History" by Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview. Check out Musa's book here: https://musaalgharbi.com/we-have-never-been-woke-available-now/ Musa is currently on a book tour. Check out the dates here: https://musaalgharbi.com/book-tour-we-have-never-been-woke/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell
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Oct 2, 2024 • 1h 50min

The New Apostolic Reformation Wages Spiritual Warfare on Demon-crats / Matthew Taylor

Matthew D. Taylor joins us to discuss his book, "The Violent Take It by Force: The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our Democracy," published just yesterday by Broadleaf Books. Jeff Dorchen joins us after the interview to deliver a new segment of "The Moment of Truth." Check out Matthew's book here: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506497785/The-Violent-Take-It-by-Force Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell
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Oct 2, 2024 • 1h 45min

Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church / Gareth Gore

Gareth Gore on his book, "Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church," published just today by Simon and Schuster. "Rotten History" by Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview. Check out Gareth's book here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opus/Gareth-Gore/9781668016145 Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell
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Sep 25, 2024 • 2h 6min

Staten Island's Politics of Resentment / Dennis Hogan

We have a treat for all you New Yorkers out there. Writer, academic, organizer, and fourth-generation Staten Islander Dennis Hogan joins us to discuss his recent article from The Baffler, "I Got Mine: Staten Island's Politics of Resentment." "Rotten History" by Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview, as does an all-new "Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen live from another borough of New York. Check out Dennis's article here: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/i-got-mine-hogan Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell
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Sep 18, 2024 • 1h 16min

Gaza Genocide Divides the Organization of American States / Francesca Emanuele

Center for Economic and Policy Research's Francesca Emanuele on her article, "Gaza Is Causing Diplomatic Rifts in the Western Hemisphere: The Organization of American States’ pro-Israel stance may erode its legitimacy in the region," at Foreign Policy. Check out Francesca's article here: https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/12/israel-palestine-gaza-war-oas-latin-america-almagro-us-far-right/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell
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Sep 18, 2024 • 1h 43min

A Forceful History of Black Resistance / Kellie Carter Jackson

Kellie Carter-Jackson returns to discuss her new book, "We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance" (Seal Press). "Rotten History" by Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview. Check out Kellie's book here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kellie-carter-jackson/we-refuse/9781541602908/?lens=seal-press Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell

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