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2026 Listener Favorites (so far): Imperial Boomerangs / Séamus Malekafzali
While Chuck is away this week undergoing physical therapy, we are featuring some of your favorite interviews of 2026 so far. This time, we revisit our...
2026 Listener Favorites (so far): Escape from Capitalism / Claire Mattei
While Chuck is away for the week to endure the torture of physical therapy, we revisit your favorite interviews of 2026 so far. In this episode, we re...
Trump's Imperial Presidency / Mohamad Bazzi
Twenty-two years after last joining us, we welcome back Mohamad Bazzi. He discusses his latest at the Guardian, "Trump promised no wars. Now he’s a Bu...
On the Ground in Venezuela / Brian Mier
Brian Mier returns to This Is Hell! to discuss his new writing at his Substack, De-Linking Brazil, "30 Days in Venezuela." "Rotten History" from Renal...
Only US Enemies Can Be Drug Lords or Terrorists / Laleh Khalili
Laleh Khalili returns to discuss her new piece at the London Review of Books, "Guns, Money and Opium." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows...
Breaking The Earth To Steal The Future / Timothy Mitchell
Academic and writer Timothy Mitchell joins This Is Hell! to talk about his new book his new book "The Alibi of Capital: How We Broke the Earth to Stea...
White America's Attachment to Lethal Self-Defense / Caroline Light
Caroline Light joins us to discuss her book, "Stand Your Ground: A History of America’s Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense." A 10th anniversary edit...
World War X / Alex De Waal
Alex de Waal returns to discuss his recent writing in the series, "World War X" from the World Peace Foundation. "Rotten History" from Renaldo Migaldi...
Uncovering The Epstein Files & A Life Full Of Exploitation / Julie K. Brown
Journalist and author Julie K. Brown from the Miami Herald’s Investigative Team, joins This Is Hell! to talk about her work uncovering and investigati...
Overcoming America's Long History of Criminalizing Dissent and Protest / Whiteney Bauck
Award-winning climate and environment journalist Whitney Bauck discusses her latest at the Guardian, "The criminalizing of protest and dissent has a l...
Dept of Labor Betrays Its History Thru Anti-Immigration / Kim Kelly
Kim Kelly, author of, "Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor," (Atria Books) host of "Unite and Win: A Guide to Workplace Organizing"...
Dept of Labor Betrays Its History Thru Anti-Immigration / Kim Kelly
Kim Kelly, author of, "Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor," (Atria Books) host of "Unite and Win: A Guide to Workplace Organizing"...
Trump's Mass Deportation Campaign One Year In / Nicole Foy
Nicole Foy joins us to discuss her recent reporting at ProPublica, including "We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokehold...
A Silent Killer Named Plastic / Judith Neck
Judith Enck joins This Is Hell! to talk about the book that she recently co-authored of, "The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our...
Cold War on Five Continents / Aflred McCoy
Historian Alfred McCoy joins us to discuss his new book, "Cold War on Five Continents: A Global History of Empire and Espionage" from Haymarket Books....
How Humanity Needs To Be Rescued From Capitalism / Clara E. Mattei
Clara E. Mattei, a professor of economics at The University of Tulsa. She is the Founding President of FREE—the Forum for Real Economic Emancipation (...
The Assassination That Paved the Way for Trump’s Venezuela Attack / Séamus Malekafzali
Séamus Malekafzali returns to discuss his recent piece at The Nation, "The Assassination That Paved the Way for Trump’s Venezuela Attack: How Trump’s...
The Adventures Of The Narco-Elite / Maureen Tkacik
Maureen Tkacik makes her debut on This Is Hell! to talk about her new investigative piece for American Prospect, “The Narco Terrorist Elite”, which g...
Coroners Complicit in Obscuring Violent Deaths in State Custody / Terence Keel
Terence Keel returns to discuss his new book from Beacon Press, "The Coroner's Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence." "The...
The Trail Of Sickness Thru Navajo Nation / Sarah Lazare
Sarah Lazare returns to This Is Hell! to talk about her new In These Times piece “They Worked Underground in the Uranium Mines. They've Been Surrounde...
The BBC's Gaza Fiasco / Daniel Trilling
Daniel Trilling returns to discuss his new Equator piece, "Inside the BBC’s Gaza Fiasco: How the world’s most trusted media organisation fell apart."...
A Trillion Dollar War Machine Keeps Americans Poor and at War / William Hartung & Ben Freeman
Quincy Institute scholars William Hartung and Ben Freeman join us to discuss their new book from Bold Type Books, "The Trillion Dollar War Machine: Ho...
American Football's Long, Violent History / Michael Oriard
Professor Emeritus and pro footballer Michael Oriard joins us to discuss his new book from University of North Carolina Press, "Sanctioned Savagery: A...
The Downfall Of Liberal Civilization / Richard Seymour
Richard Seymour returns to This Is Hell! to talk about his new book "Disaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilization”, published by Verso B...
How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy / Ray Madoff
Legal scholar Ray Madoff joins us to discuss her new book from the University of Chicago Press, "The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American...
How The Prison Industry Dehumanizes And Profits / Bianca Tylek
Bianca Tylek speaks to This Is Hell! about “The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits" that is published by the New Press.
Bianca...
How The Prison Industry Dehumanizes And Profits / Bianca Tylek
Bianca Tylek speaks to This Is Hell! about “The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits" that is published by the New Press.
Bianca...
Can One Change The World When Elections And Protests Fail / Sasha Davis
Writer and researcher Sasha Davis speaks to This Is Hell! to talk about his new book “Replace The State: How To Change The World When Elections And Pr...
Can One Change The World When Elections And Protests Fail / Sasha Davis
Writer and researcher Sasha Davis speaks to This Is Hell! to talk about his new book “Replace The State: How To Change The World When Elections And Pr...
Genocide and the Illusion of Western Civilization / Hamid Dabashi
Hamid Dabashi returns to This Is Hell! to discuss his new book from Haymarket Books, "After Savagery: Gaza, Genocide, and the Illusion of Western Civi...
How Capitalism Breeds Vector-Borne Disease / Brent Z. Kaup & Kelly F. Austin
Brent Z. Kaup and Kelly F. Austin join This Is Hell! to talk about their new book "The Pathogens of Finance: How Capitalism Breeds Vector-Borne Diseas...
The Great White Hoax / Philip Kadish
Philip Kadish joins us to discuss his new book, "The Great White Hoax: Two Centuries of Selling Racism in America" from The New Press. "The Moment of...
The Fascist Attempt To Take Over Yoga / Stewart Home
Stewart Home speaks to This Is Hell! about his new book "Fascist Yoga: Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists, and the New Order In Wellness”, publi...
Enshittification / Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow returns to This Is Hell! to discuss his new book from Verso, "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About I...
AI's Environmental Footprint / Ashley Dawson
Ashley Dawson returns to discuss his new piece at the New York Review of Books, "The Costs of the Cloud: How much power does AI consume?" "The Moment...
How Western Ignorance Has Been Plundering Africa / Bronwen Everill
Bronwen Everill joins This Is Hell! to talk about her new book "Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance”, published by The New Press. https://the...
The Global Economy Runs on Extraction / Lalah Khalili
Political Scientist Laleh Khalili joins us to discuss her new book, "Extractive Capitalism: How Commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy" out...
The Destruction of Democracy to Christianize America / Matthew Boedy
Matthew Boedy, author of “Speaking of Evil”, comes to This Is Hell!! to talk about his new book "The Seven Mountains Mandate: Exposing the Dangerous P...
US Big Tech Supports Israeli Settler Colonialism / Omar Zahzah
Omar Zahzah joins us to discuss his new book, "Terms of Servitude: Zionism, Silicon Valley, and Digital/Settler-Colonialism in the Palestinian Liberat...