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01:06:36

STAFF PICKS: Toxic Capitalism Makes Us Sick /...

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2022/08/03

Producer Lindsey plays a 2015 interview with science journalists Elizabeth Grossman and Valerie Brown on the failure of government regulatory agency and corporate greed in the chemical industry and how those things are making everyone sicker and less safe.

01:57:32

STAFF PICKS: Kurdish Freedom Movements and...

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2022/08/03

Producer Dan introduces two interviews with Kurdish activist Dilar Dirik, talking about the movement for Kurdish liberation and how that movement's politics represent an alternate vision to the neoliberal world order.

01:20:54

STAFF PICKS: The U.S. Wars and the Rise of ISIS /...

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2022/08/02

Producer Dan plays two interviews from the vault that deal with the U.S. war in Iraq, and the subsequent rise of ISIS in the region.

01:21:22

Black Hawk Frown - U.S. Military Returns to Somalia /...

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2022/07/27

We welcome investigative journalist Amanda Sperber back to the program to talk about her recent Baffler article "Prelude to a Redeployment - Listening for signs of the Americans in Kismayo, Somalia." After the interview we present a brand new Moment of Truth with Jeff Dorchen, and declare the winning answer to this week's Question from Hell!. https://thebaffler.com/latest/prelude-to-a-redeployment-sperber

01:16:47

Not Funny: Racist Humor and White Supremacy / Raul Perez

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2022/07/26

Sociologist Raul Perez talks about his book "The Souls of White Jokes: How Racist Humor Fuels White Supremacy," we have this week in Rotten History, and read more of your answers to this week's Question from Hell!.

01:29:47

Texas, and the Origins of American Fascism / Gerald...

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2022/07/25

We welcome Gerald Horne back to the show to talk about most recent book "The Counter-Revolution of 1836 - Texas Slavery & Jim Crow and the Roots of U.S. Fascism." Stay tuned and learn of this week's whale-snack sized hangover cure, hear this week's Question from Hell!, and learn from Seb's Soapbox about some of the origins of Whiteness.

01:25:53

Rearming the Constitution / William E. Forbath

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2022/07/20

We welcome legal scholar and lawyer William E. Forbath to the program to talk about his book "The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution." Chuck muses about 26 years of running God's favorite radio program with Jeff Dorchen in this week's Moment of Truth, and we declare the winning answer to this week's Question from Hell!

01:23:54

Not a Riot: Race Massacres & Capitalism / Dre...

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2022/07/19

We welcome law scholars Dre Cummings and Kalvin Graham to talk about their work published in Tulsa Law Review about the relationship between race massacres and capitalism. We also have This Week in Rotten History, and more of your answers to this week's Question from Hell!

01:29:39

Profit Uber Alles - The Uber Files / Dean Starkman

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2022/07/18

We welcome Dean Starkman of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists to talk about the coverage of the Uber Files, detailing the misdealings and corruption that the rideshare giant engages in. Producer Seb Wuepper gets on his soapbox to talk about the old question whether or not the United States is a democracy, we present your hangover cure for this week, and also introduce this week's Question from Hell!

01:20:00

STAFF PICKS: Mushrooms for Hope / Anna Tsing

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2022/07/13

Producer Lindsey introduces a 2015 interview with anthropologist Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, Jeff Dorchen delivers another Moment of (Super)Truth on a flashforward seance in the stone age, and we declare the winning answer to this week's Question from Hell!.

01:02:28

STAFF PICKS: Blackness as Anarchism / Willam C....

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2022/07/12

Producer Dan Hill presents a 2017 interview with writer and medical sociologist Zoe Samudzi and activist William C. Anderson on their piece "The Anarchism of Blackness" piece in Roar Magazine. Dan also has this week in Rotten History, and reads more of the listeners' answers to this week's Question from Hell!. https://roarmag.org/magazine/black-liberation-anti-fascism/

01:02:47

STAFF PICKS: Fascist Cages of Capitalism / Richard...

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2022/07/11

Producer Seb hijacks the studio for a soapbox-y episode while Chuck recuperates from surgery. Seb gets on his soapbox to question what, if anything, the Nazis can teach us, and plays a 2019 interview on capitalism and forced, migrant labor with writer and housing advocate Richard Hunsinger. We also have an all new Question from Hell! with some replies from the listening audience.

01:15:20

STAFF PICKS: Cooperation Jackson / Ajamu Nangwaya &...

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2022/07/07

Producer Dan presents an October 2017 interview with Ajamu Nangwaya and Kali Akuno from Cooperation Jackson, talking about retaking democracy for the people and how to build functional, bottom-up cooperation. Jeff Dorchen presents this week's Moment of (SUPER!)Truth, and Dan declares a winning answer to this week's Question from Hell!

01:13:53

STAFF PICKS: The (Il-)logic of Misogyny / Kate Manne

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2022/07/06

Chuck is out, preparing for surgery, so cross your fingers and send good vibes. Inspired by the preceding episode's new interview with Kate Manne, producer Lindsey plays the 2017 interview with her on her book "Down, Girl - The Logic of Misogyny." We also have this week in Rotten History, and Lindsey reads more answers to this week's Question from Hell!

01:35:17

When Pregnancy Becomes Crime / Kate Manne

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2022/07/05

We welcome writer and philosophy scholar at Cornell University, Kate Manne. Kate talks about her Substack article "Criminalizing Pregnant People: A Brief Retrospective." We present this week's Hangover Cure, as well as the newest installment of Seb's Soapbox, where our resident historian producer takes the Turner Thesis to task.

01:33:25

Second Amendment Fraud / Jon Schwarz

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2022/06/29

Jon Schwarz talks about his Intercept article "Right-Wing Supreme Court Continues Its “Great Fraud” About the Second Amendment." We also hear from Jeff Dorchen in this week's Moment of Truth about a new UFO conspiracy, and we announce this week's winning answer to the Question from Hell!

01:17:16

Radical Human Rights / Zachery Manfredi

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2022/06/28

We welcome political theorist and legal scholar Zachari Manfredi to talk about his Boston Review article "Radicalizing Human Rights." Then we have more of your answers to this week's Question from Hell!, as well this week's installment of Rotten History. https://bostonreview.net/articles/radicalizing-human-rights/

01:24:06

Corruption, Capitalism, and Wolf Extinction / Spencer...

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2022/06/27

Chuck welcomes Spencer Roberts, science writer and contributor to Jacobin Magazine, the Intercept, Wired, and others to the program to talk about his research into the looming extinction of the Mexican grey wolf, a species whose repopuluation efforts are endangered by corrupt government officials, and greedy cattle ranchers. We also have this week's hangover cure, a new Question from Hell!, and producer Seb steps on his soapbox, fighting the misconception that things keep always getting better.

01:22:29

Global Warming in India / Kamala Thiagarajan

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2022/06/22

Chuck talks to freelance writer, journalist, and Wire contributor Kamala Thiagarajan about her Wired.com article "India is Not Prepared for the Combination of Heat and Humidity." Jeff Dorchen reveals the Super Truth(R), and we announce this week's winning answer to the Question from Hell!.

01:23:10

Strategic Degrowth / Susan Paulson

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2022/06/21

Latin Americanist Susan Paulson returns to the show to talk about her contributions to the collected edition "Degrowth & Strategy" published by Degrowth Vienna. Producer Sebastian steps on his soapbox to talk about how our understanding of past sexuality is likely wrong. Answers to this week's Question from Hell! are read and hilarity ensues. https://www.degrowthstrategy.org/

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