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01:15:41

The Lost Interviews Pt. 2 / Eileen Applebaum

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2023/01/24

We revisit the strange times of the early 2020 Covid-19 pandemic social breakdown with interviews that never before graced the radiowaves of 89.3 WNUR, Northwestern University community radio across Evanston and North Chicago. At the time, we were locked down and out of the broadcasting studio. This interview was originally recorded on March 31st, 2020 with economist Eileen Applebaum about her article, "The U.S. Response to COVID-19: What’s in Federal Legislation and What’s Not, but Still Needed"

01:26:54

The Lost Interviews Pt. 1 / Vijay Koinjivadi

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2023/01/23

We play the first of three "lost" interview from the early days of the Pandemic that was never played on the radio. We also present this week's Question from Hell! as well as the Hangover Cure. And then producer Seb has a best-off repeat of a Past inside the Present from last summer, the last he will read live in studio before leaving for greener pastures.

01:23:36

Big Pharma Rigs the Game and Gouges Away / Julia Rock

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2023/01/18

Reporter, public records requester, researcher Julia Rock joins us to discuss her article at The Lever, "How Big Pharma Actually Spends Its Massive Profits: New research shows that pharmaceutical companies have spent more on enriching shareholders than drug research and development over the past decade."

01:10:23

Limbo: War Crime and Punishment / Rebecca Gordon 2016

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2023/01/17

Our host Chuck Mertz postpones his scheduled interview with philosopher Rebecca Gordon due to stomach flu. Lindsey Gorry fills in at the studio by playing back Gordon's interview with This is Hell! in 2016 about the case for prosecuting the Bush administration for post 9/11 war crimes. Also featuring an extra sticky week in Rotten History and new responses to the Question from Hell. Rebecca Gordon teaches at the University of San Francisco. She is the author of Mainstreaming Torture, American

01:27:37

Brazil's fight against Fascism / Brian Mier

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2023/01/16

Chuck welcomes friend of the show Brian Mier to talk about Brazil's January 6 knockoff event and the differences in how Brazil fights fascism to how the US refuses to. We have this week's Question from Hell!, your weekly Hangover Cure, and producer Sebastian brings a new Past inside the Present segment. In honor of Martin Luther King Day Sebastian talks about slavery in America.

01:33:50

The Blind Greed of the Ultra Rich Dooms Us All /...

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2023/01/11

Today we have the return of journalist Christopher Ketcham who co-wrote The Intercept piece, "The Shutdown of “Luxury Emissions” Should Be at the Center of Climate Revolt."

01:07:38

Secret Power: WikiLeaks and its Enemies / Stefania...

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2023/01/10

Stefania Maurizi is an investigative journalist currently contributing to the major Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano after working for the last 14 years for la Repubblica, consistently rated among the top two Italian newspapers, and for the italian newsmagezine l’Espresso. She has worked with Julian Assange and his organization WikiLeaks since 2009, teaming up with large teams of international media to cover and investigate all WikiLeaks' secret documents Stefania speaks with host Chuck Mertz

01:20:48

Not All Crypto Bros / Esmé von Hoffman

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2023/01/09

Filmmaker and journalist Esmé von Hoffman talks with Chuck Mertz about her recent article "I Heard it was Safe" published by The Lever. Also featuring a new Past Inside the Present from Sebastian Wuepper and this week's Hangover Cure. Esmé von Hoffman runs Chalk Circle Films and is an award-winning filmmaker who draws on her experience in journalism, theater, and the visual arts to bring a fresh aesthetic to film and television. @esme_von

01:22:42

BEST OF 2022: Gentrified Tripping and Legal...

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2023/01/05

We despair with too few replies to this week's needlessly complicated Question from Hell!, reveal big news about the This is Hell! Team, and play the final Best of 2022 interview from January last year with Roberto Lovato talking about the implications of legalizing drugs and criminalizing psychodelics for people that have consumed them for hundreds of years.

01:18:18

Best of 2022: The Homeless Industrial Complex / Tracy...

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2023/01/04

Our latest 'Best of 2022' interview is with organizer and author Tracy Rosenthal who wrote The New Republic article, “Inside LA’s Homeless Industrial Complex,” which she argues exists not of some failure of homelessness policy but an example of the system working exactly as intended.

01:19:55

BEST of 2022: Florida Will Try to Kill You / CD...

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2023/01/03

We replay listener-chosen Best of 2022 interview with CD Davidson-Hiers and Jeff Vandermeer on their article "Is Florida Becoming a Failed State?" published October 11th, 2022 by The Nation. Also featuring this week's Hangover Cure and new responses to the Question from Hell! www.thenation.com/article/society/…a-hurricane-ian/ CD Davidson-Hiers is a native Floridian who grew up on a 40-acre horse farm in North Florida. Her work has appeared in the Bitter Southerner, Flamingo Magazine, and USA

01:11:57

BEST of 2022: The Election in Brazil / Brian Mier

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2022/12/28

From October, Brian Mier, editor and contributor to, “Year of Lead: Washington, Wall Street and the New Imperialism in Brazil,” co-editor of Brasilwire, Brazil correspondent for TeleSur English's News Program, From the South, and co-host on Brazil 24/7. Brian was on to discuss his most recent writing at the time, “Media Spins Lula Victory As Defeat,” which was posted just before Lula da Silva won the Brazilian presidential run-off over incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

01:25:57

BEST of 2022: Family Policing Protects White...

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2022/12/27

We replay a listener chosen favorite interview from 2022 with Dorothy Roberts, an award-winning author and expert on the interplay of gender, race, and class in legal issues concerning reproduction, bioethics, and child welfare. She is a professor of law and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Chuck Mertz interviews Roberts about her latest book, TORN APART: How the child welfare system destroys black families—and how abolition can build a safer world.

01:17:48

BEST OF 2022: Criminalization of Pregnancy / Kate Manne

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2022/12/26

Live from Sebastian's living room where he hasn't calibrated his mic correctly, here's the Best of 2022 for Boxing Day with an interview from July 2022 with writer Kate Manne on abortion rights and pregnancy criminalization.

01:20:46

BEST OF 2022: The Counter-Revolution of 1836 / Gerald...

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2022/12/21

We continue our Best of 2022 series, wherein we revisit the very best interviews of the past year. This week we return to our interview with Gerald Horne, author of, “The Counter-Revolution of 1836: Texas Slavery & JIm Crow and the Roots of U.S. Fascism.” Gerald continues his dynasty of repeated appearances on our year-end best-of round-ups! Moreover, this week's Question From Hell contest reaches its electrifying culmination.

01:24:00

BEST OF 2022: Disability is Everybody's Problem /...

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2022/12/20

We replay a listener chosen favorite interview from 2022 with Laura Mauldin who is a writer, sociologist, and interdisciplinary scholar based in New York City. The interview was initially recorded August 22, 2022 and discusses Mauldin's article "Care Tactics" published by the Baffler https://thebaffler.com/salvos/care-tactics-mauldin

01:22:57

Best of 2022 Sex Workers are the Vanguard of Labor /...

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2022/12/19

The Listeners (you) chose this August interview with Heather Berg, Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at Washington University St. Louis. Dr. Berg talked about her Boston Review article "Freedom, not Benefits: Sex Workers are the Vanguard of Labor. The Left ignores them at its own Peril." We also feature an somewhat new Past inside the Present, present this week's Question from Hell!, and then also give you this week's much needed Hangover Cure.

01:34:37

The Super-Rich Spew Toxic Sludge Into Our Water /...

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2022/12/14

Michael Hawthorne is on to talk about his investigation into "Forever chemicals: They’re in your drinking water and likely your food. Michael is a Pulitzer-finalist investigative reporter who focuses on the environment and public health for the Chicago Tribune.

01:20:04

Staff Picks / Maya Schenwar + Victoria Law

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2022/12/13

Our planned interview is rescheduled for tomorrow. Today we review Rotten History and new answers to the Question from Hell. We play back an interview with Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law, recorded August 5th, 2020. https://thisishell.com/interviews/1214-victoria-law-maya-schenwar

01:25:19

Who Gentrifies the Gentrifiers? / Leslie Kern

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2022/12/12

We welcome environmental scholar Leslie Kern to talk about her new book "Gentrification is Inevitable - And other Lies." We also present you this week's (long) Question from Hell!, and have another Icelandic hangover cure. Producer Sebastian has this week's Past Inside the Present, in which he details some of the reasons for Germany's awkward relationship with Israel.

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