Why You Should Hate the Ruling Class for Its Obscene Wealth / Rob Larson
Economist Rob Larson returns to This Is Hell! to dicsuss "Mastering the Universe: The Obscene Wealth of the Ruling Class, What They Do with Their Money, and Why You Should Hate Them Even More," (Hayma...
20 Aug 20241h 44min
Far-Right, Anti-Immigration Riots in the UK / Daniel Trilling
Daniel Trilling discusses his London Review of Books article, "This Time It's Worse," on the UK far-right riots. "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen and "Rotten History" by Renaldo Migaldi follow ...
13 Aug 20241h 44min
Listener Picks: Peter Thiel's Dream of Capitalism without Democracy / Quinn Slobodian
Historian Quinn Slobodian joins This is Hell! to discuss his new book, Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy. Quinn is the award-winning author of, Globalists...
7 Aug 20241h 9min
Listener Picks: What Direction for the French Left? / Jacob Hamburger
Journalist Jacob Hamburger examines the present state and future choices of France's left wing insurgent movement La France Insoumise - rebelling against the failures of France's mainstream socialist ...
6 Aug 202456min
Listener Picks: Palestinian Liberation and Separating Vengeance from Justice / Arielle Angel
Our listener-favorite showcase continues with Jewish Currents editor-in-chief Arielle Angel joins This Is Hell! to discuss her essay on current state of the Palestinian liberation movement, "'We Canno...
5 Aug 20241h 12min
Listener Picks: Following the Rules to the Heart of Bureaucracy / David Graeber
Anthropologist David Graeber explores the bureaucratic dimension that rules our lives, takes our money, and stretches between the public and private, the right and the left, between capitalism and wha...
31 Jul 20241h 2min
Listener Picks: Disability Is Everyone's Problem / Laura Mauldin
Chuck interviews sociologist Laura Mauldin on her Baffler piece "Care Tactics: Hacking an Ableist World." An installment of classic "Rotten History" segments handpicked by Renaldo Migaldi himself that...
30 Jul 20241h 11min
Listener Picks: Resistence Is Not Enough: On Labor, Strategy, and the Path to Power / Jane McAlevey
Our first installment of our two-week showcase of listener favorites features the late great labor organizer Jane McAlevey. In this July 29, 2017 interview, Jane charts out a course for claiming power...
29 Jul 20241h 4min
