The War on the Poor / Liz Theoharis
Theologian, ordained minister, and anti-poverty activist Liz Theoharis is on to discuss her TomDispatch article, "No More Sacrifices: Mercy Makes Good Policy." Liz is Co-chair of the Poor People’s Cam...
12 Okt 20221h 39min
The Disappearing Art of Maintanence / Alex Vuocolo
Reporter Alex Vuocolo speaks with host Chuck Mertz about his NOEMA Magazine article "The Disappearing Art Of Maintenance" published September 22nd, 2022. This week in Rotten History and new listener ...
11 Okt 20221h 7min
Collapse in Afghanistan / Elyas Nawandish
Elyas Nawandish is on to talk about his article at The Intercept, “I Watched the Afghan Government Collapse Under the Weight of Its Own Greed: Our leaders failed to give Afghan soldiers the food, tool...
10 Okt 20221h 20min
The Surveillance State and Muslim America / Fatema Ahmad
We speak with Fatema Ahmad, co-author, along with Azadeh Shahshahani, of a new article at The Progressive, “The Surveillance State Can’t Solve White Supremacy: After the January 6 attack, federal surv...
5 Okt 20221h 27min
Abolish the Family / Sophie Lewis
Sophie Lewis returns to This Is Hell on Tuesday, October 4th to speak with host Chuck Mertz about her new book, Abolish the Family, out on Verso, October 2022. https://www.versobooks.com/books/4075-ab...
4 Okt 20221h 17min
How to Steal a Forest / Lyndsie Bourgon
It's Chuck's Birthday! Jubilations all around! We welcome writer, researcher, and oral historian Lyndsie Bourgon to talk about her book "Tree Thieves - Crime and Survival in North America's Woods." ...
3 Okt 20221h 27min
Reparations In Evanston / Kari Lydersen
Journalist Kari Lydersen is an author and assistant professor of journalism at Northwestern University. She's on to discuss her article at The New Republic, "Can Liberal Evanston, Illinois, Atone for ...
28 Sep 20221h 22min
The Inflation Gun Aimed At Labor Power's Head / Hadas Thier
Hadas Thier returns to This is Hell! to discuss her In These Times Article "A Left Answer to Inflation." Producer Alex returns for one show. We have new answers to this week's Question from Hell!, and...
27 Sep 20221h 20min
