Botching the Coverage of a Bank Run / Dean Baker
After a multipurpose hangover cure, Center for Economic Policy and Research Senior Economist and longtime friend of the show Dean Baker edifies us with his analysis of the mainstream media's irrespons...
20 Mars 20231h 18min
Hyperviolent Supercops Assassinate With Impunity / Michael Gould-Wartofsky
Writer, ethnographer, and human-rights activist Michael Gould-Wartofsky is onto talk about his TomDispatch article, "Welcome to the Predator State: Where the Scorpions on the Corner Just Might Kill Yo...
15 Mars 20231h 25min
Atrophy and the After Life in COVID-19 Infected America / Keri Leigh Merritt
Tuesday, March 14th 2023, historian Keri Leigh Merritt returns to This is Hell! is co-editor of the collection, "After Life: A Collective History of Loss and Redemption in Pandemic America." This ep...
14 Mars 20231h 12min
The Blood of the Congo Powers Our Tech / Siddharth Kara
After this week's hangover cure leaves us in suspense, British Academy Global Professor Siddharth Kara shares his horrifying research on the exploitation and inhumanity at the heart of the cobalt mini...
13 Mars 20231h 25min
Ethiopia's New Dam Tilts the Balance of Power / Ann Neumann
We have on Ann Neumann to discuss her new Baffler article: "Hydropower: A dam on the Nile roils democratic relations in the Horn of Africa" Jeff delivers a new Moment of Truth and the Question From ...
8 Mars 20231h 25min
Identifying American Violence / Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia
Professor Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia joins us in Hell to discuss her book "Violent America: The Dynamics of Identity Politics in a Multiracial Society" This episode also features new responses to the ...
7 Mars 20231h 21min
Daddy DeSantis' Sunshine Imperium / Jasper Craven
Journalist Jasper Craven discusses his Baffler article, "The Sunshine Imperium: The Militarism of Ron DeSantis." Chuck and Will review the latest hangover cure, Siberian (red) ginseng, and fresh respo...
6 Mars 20231h 21min
Is the Next Pandemic Inevitable? / Caroline Chen
Today we have on Caroline Chen to discuss her ProPublica series, "Roots of an Outbreak" And the Question From Hell flies right towards its effulgent fulfillment.
1 Mars 20231h 23min
