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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

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

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

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

Heba Gowayed discusses her In These Times article, "Borders and the Exchange of Humans for Debt: Borders and debt are new instruments of violence in a system that has had many names." Heba is an Associate Professor of Sociology at CUNY Hunter College. She is author of, "Refuge: How the State Shapes Human Potential." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out Heba's article here: https://inthesetimes.com/article/borders-exchange-humans-debt-asylum-global-south Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell

Returning to This is Hell!, On Barak, author of, "Heat, a History Lessons from the Middle East for a Warming Planet." On is a social and cultural historian of science and technology and Professor of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University. After the interview, we hear a new "Rotten History" by Renaldo Migaldi. Check out Barak's book here: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/heat-a-history/paper Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell

Ben Norton joins us to discuss his recent article at the Geopolitical Economy Report titled, "How US Big Tech monopolies colonized the world: Welcome to neo-feudalism." After the interview, we hear a new "Rotten History" by Renaldo Migaldi. Check out Ben's article here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/08/19/us-big-tech-monopolies-neo-feudalism/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell

Gabrielle Perry joins us to discuss her recent Scalawag article, "Louisiana is the blueprint for further fascist repression." Jeff Dorchen delivers a new "The Moment of Truth" after the interview. Check out Gabrielle's article here: https://scalawagmagazine.org/2024/07/louisiana-is-the-blueprint-for-further-fascist-repression/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell

Shilpa Jindia discusses her recent Baffler article, "Freedom from Dissent: The Independence of Public Universities Is Under Attack." "Rotten History" by Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview. Check out Shilpa's article here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/freedom-from-dissent-jindia Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell

Shai Parnes, Spokesperson for B'Tselem, The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, on their new report, "Welcome to Hell," a report on the abuse and inhuman treatment of Palestinians held in Israeli custody since October 7th 2023. B’Tselem collected testimonies from 55 Palestinians held during that time and released, almost all with no charges. "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out B'Tselem's report here: https://www.btselem.org/sites/default/files/publications/202408_welcome_to_hell_eng.pdf Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell