Episodes

  • Right-Wing American Misunderstandings About South Africa / Eve Fairbanks

    Right-Wing American Misunderstandings About South Africa / Eve Fairbanks
    Oct 28 2026
    Eve Fairbanks joins us to discuss her essay, “The Myth of the Police State: No one, not even the supposed beneficiaries, is protected.” The piece appears in the collection, "How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump." Right-Wing American Misunderstandings About South Africa / Eve Fairbanks “How We See It” is published by the award-winning Dial Magazine which covers culture, politics and ideas, with a focus on locally-sourced writing from around the world. Eve’s writing focuses on South Africa. Other essays in, “How We See it,” offer viewpoints of the US from India, South Africa, Ukraine, Palestine, Taiwan, Turkiye, Cuba, Egypt, Argentina, Italy, and Ireland. This is the second in a series of interviews we are doing with contributors to "How We See i.” Back in July, we spoke with Donal Gill about his view of the US from Canada.
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Cultural Resistance to Data World and Managed Despair / Curtis White

    Cultural Resistance to Data World and Managed Despair / Curtis White
    Oct 29 2026
    Curtis White returns to discuss his new book, "On Resistance: A Manifesto," available now from Random House: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/826311/on-resistance-by-curtis-white/ "This Week in Rotten History" from Renaldo Migaldi and "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follow the interview. Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell Please rate and review This Is Hell! wherever you get your podcasts. It really helps the show ascend the algorithm to reach new listeners.
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    1 hr and 58 mins
  • Explaining Lula's Reelection in Brazil and What Comes Next / Brian Mier

    Explaining Lula's Reelection in Brazil and What Comes Next / Brian Mier
    Nov 4 2026
    Brian Mier returns to discuss Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's electoral win over Flávio Bolsonaro. "Rotten History" from Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview. Check out Brian's writing at De-Linking Brazil: https://bmier.substack.com/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell Please rate and review This Is Hell! wherever you get your podcasts. It really helps the show ascend the algorithm to reach new listeners.
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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • Zionism and the Shaping of the Western Mind / Yoav Litvin & Ilan Pappé

    Zionism and the Shaping of the Western Mind / Yoav Litvin & Ilan Pappé
    Nov 5 2026
    Yoav Litvin and Ilan Pappé return to discuss their new book, "Wired to Steal: Zionism and the Shaping of the Western Mind," available now from Simon and Schuster: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Wired-to-Steal/Yoav-Litvin/9781623715359 "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell Please rate and review This Is Hell! wherever you get your podcasts. It really helps the show ascend the algorithm to reach new listeners.
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    2 hrs and 16 mins
  • How Creativity and Innovation Became America's Biggest Grift / Thomas Frank

    How Creativity and Innovation Became America's Biggest Grift / Thomas Frank
    Nov 10 2026
    Thomas Frank returns to discuss his new book, "The Creativity Con: How Innovation Became America's Biggest Racket", available now from Penguin. "Rotten History" from Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview. Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell Please rate and review This Is Hell! wherever you get your podcasts. It really helps the show ascend the algorithm to reach new listeners.
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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • Chuck Opens a Bloated Mailbag / The Greatest Audience in Hell & Chuck Mertz

    Chuck Opens a Bloated Mailbag / The Greatest Audience in Hell & Chuck Mertz
    Oct 14 2026
    Thanks to scheduling mishaps and our limited competence, you will not hear longform interview Hell with a guest today. Instead, you will hear from yourselves! Chuck responds to his long-neglected inbox of listener emails. Jeff offers a new "Moment of Truth." Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell Please rate and review This Is Hell! wherever you get your podcasts. It really helps the show ascend the algorithm to reach new listeners.
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Worker Resistance in Big Tech / JS Tan & Clarissa Redwine

    Worker Resistance in Big Tech / JS Tan & Clarissa Redwine
    Oct 13 2026
    JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine join us to discuss their new book from Haymarket Books, "Against Tech Oligarchy Worker Resistance in the World’s Most Powerful Industry": https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2858-against-tech-oligarchy Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell Please rate and review This Is Hell! wherever you get your podcasts. It really helps the show ascend the algorithm to reach new listeners.
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • An Indicted Minneapolis 15 Defendant Speaks Out / Cal Robinet

    An Indicted Minneapolis 15 Defendant Speaks Out / Cal Robinet
    Oct 7 2026
    Union electrician and activist Cal Robinet, one of the Minneapolis 15 defendants facing charges after ICE's Operation Metro Surge in that city, shares his story. Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell Please rate and review This Is Hell! wherever you get your podcasts. It really helps the show ascend the algorithm to reach new listeners.
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    1 hr and 39 mins