New Robber Barons Prevent Using Tech for the Common Good / Loretta Napoleoni
Loretta Napoleoni returns to discuss her new book, “Technocapitalism: The Rise of the New Robber Barons and the Fight for the Common Good.” "Rotten History" follows the interview. Check out Loretta's...
23 Apr 20241h 23min
Taking Down Fatphobia / Kate Manne
Kate Manne returns to talk about her book, “Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia.” Check out Kate's book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722318/unshrinking-by-kate-manne/ Help keep This...
22 Apr 20241h 20min
India-Israel Worker Deal Looks like Indentured Servitude / Michelle Buckley & Paula Chakravartty
We wrap up the week with geographer Michelle Buckley and media scholar Paula Chakravartty co-wrote the Boston Review article, "Labor and the Bibi-Modi 'Bromance': The Israel-India worker deal resemble...
17 Apr 20241h 29min
The US South's Elites Have Kept the Region Poor and Underdeveloped / Keri Leigh Merritt
Keri Leigh Merritt returns to discuss her Aeon article, "The southern gap: In the American South, an oligarchy of planters enriched itself through slavery. Pervasive underdevelopment is their legacy."...
16 Apr 20241h 21min
Accenture Is Taking Over Police Reform in LA County / Alec Karakatsanis & Hamid Khan
This Is Hell! returns from Spring Break! Alec Karakatsanis and Hamid Khan join Chuck to discuss consulting and biometrics giant Accenture's quiet takeover of police reform in Los Angeles County, Calif...
15 Apr 20241h 25min
The Cloud is Material and Impacts the Environment / Steven Gonzalez Monserrate
MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society's Cloud Anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate on his article, "The Cloud Is Material: On the Environmental Impacts of Computation and Data Storage."...
4 Apr 20241h 37min
Judicial Supremacy in the US / Lisa Heinzerling
Lisa Heinzerling on her Boston Review article, “The Judicial War on Government: The Supreme Court’s latest bid to control agencies like the EPA—and Congress itself." Check out Lisa's article here: ht...
2 Apr 20241h 18min
Hamas' Journey from Charitable Org to National Liberation Force / Assaf Kfoury
We wrap up the week with Assaf Kfoury who wrote the Cosmonaut article, "Hamas From Candidate Enforcer to Implacable Foe." Check out Assaf's article here: https://cosmonautmag.com/2024/03/hamas-from-c...
27 Mar 20241h 28min
