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01:12:04

Death and life in Texas jails / Michael Barajas

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2021/11/15

Writer Michael Barajas on the report "Locked Up and Left to Die," co-written with Sophie Novack for the Texas Observer. https://www.texasobserver.org/locked-up-and-left-to-die/

01:38:11

Activism, policing and the Chicago city budget /...

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2021/11/10

Organizer Jasson Perez on the article "Crumbs and Police Funding?: Assessing the New Chicago Budget," co-written with brian bean and Bettina J for Rampant, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen envisions your goals. https://rampantmag.com/2021/11/crumbs-and-police-funding-assessing-the-new-chicago-budget/

01:20:28

Consumption at the end of growth / Ajay Singh Chaudhary

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2021/11/09

Writer Ajay Singh Chaudhary on his article "The Extractive Circuit" for The Baffler. https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-extractive-circuit-singh-chaudhary

01:18:28

Climate and conflict in Darfur / Jérôme Tubiana

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2021/11/08

Journalist Jérôme Tubiana on his article "Land of Thirst" for The Baffler. https://thebaffler.com/salvos/land-of-thirst-tubiana

01:37:46

Border walls and the climate crisis / Nick Buxton

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2021/11/03

The Transnational Institute's Nick Buxton on the report "Global Climate Wall" and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen judges a costume contest. https://www.tni.org/en/publication/global-climate-wall

01:18:46

Inside the Amazon warehouse / Alessandro Delfanti

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2021/11/01

Alessandro Delfanti on his book "The Warehouse: Workers and Robots at Amazon" from Pluto Press. https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745342177/the-warehouse/

01:29:32

Inflation politics / Rob Larson

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2021/10/27

Economist Rob Larson on his Current Affairs article "How Serious is the Inflation Situation?" and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen decodes a MAGA secret. https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/10/how-serious-is-the-inflation-situation

01:15:05

On poppers and queer utopia / Adam Zmith

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2021/10/26

Writer Adam Zmith on his book "Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures" from Repeater Books. https://repeaterbooks.com/product/deep-sniff-a-history-of-poppers-and-queer-futures/

01:19:38

Free people of color in the Antebellum South /...

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2021/10/25

Historian Warren Eugene Milteer Jr. on his book "Beyond Slavery's Shadow: Free People of Color in the South" from University of North Carolina Press. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469664392/beyond-slaverys-shadow/

01:28:45

Black humanity, Black worldlessness / Panashe Chigumadzi

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2021/10/22

Writer Panashe Chigumadzi on her article "The Cry of Black Worldlessness" for Africa Is A Country, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen looks back at some predictions. https://africasacountry.com/2021/10/the-cry-of-black-worldlessness

01:15:29

On fatigue / Emily K. Abel

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2021/10/19

Historian Emily K. Abel on her book "Sick and Tired: An Intimate History of Fatigue" from University of North Carolina Press. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469663340/sick-and-tired/

01:21:13

Bodily autonomy and abortion justice / Judith Levine

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2021/10/13

Judith Levine on her article "Abortion is a Public Good" for Boston Review, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen agrees that the Big Coin should drop. https://bostonreview.net/law-justice-gender-sexuality/judith-levine-abortion-public-good

01:16:37

On dynastic wealth in America / Chuck Collins

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2021/10/12

Chuck Collins on the IPS report "Silver spoon oligarchs: How America’s 50 Largest Inherited-Wealth Dynasties Accelerate Inequality." https://ips-dc.org/report-americas-wealth-dynasties-2021/

01:19:44

Prison reform, carceral expansion / Kay Whitlock +...

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2021/10/11

Kay Whitlock and Nancy A. Heitzeg on their book "Carceral Con: The Deceptive Terrain of Criminal Justice Reform" from University of California Press. https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520343474/carceral-con

01:27:09

Inside the Pandora Papers / Michael Hudson

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2021/10/06

Journalist Michael Hudson on the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists's massive Pandora Papers investigation, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen identifies a heinous example of "Missing White Woman Syndrome Derangement Syndrome." https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/

01:15:24

The state and the autonomous zone / Stellan Vinthagen

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2021/10/05

Sociologist Stellan Vinthagen on his article "The ZAD: between utopian radicalism and negotiated pragmatism," co-written with Fareen Parvez for ROAR Magazine. https://roarmag.org/essays/zad-radicalism-pragmatism/

01:23:44

Pandemic food system politics in North Africa /...

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2021/10/04

Sylvia Kay and Hamza Hamouchene on the report "Towards a Just Recovery from the Covid-19 Crisis: The urgent struggle for food sovereignty in North Africa" for Transnational Institute. https://www.tni.org/en/publication/towards-a-just-recovery-from-the-covid-19-crisis

01:22:41

The financialized university disaster / Kelly Grotke

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2021/09/23

Kelly Grotke on her article "The Failure of Financialized Higher Ed" for The American Prospect, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen must look back on a piece of theater he never saw. https://prospect.org/education/failure-of-financialized-higher-ed/

01:14:37

Brutality, capitalism, revenge / Max Haiven

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2021/09/21

Writer Max Haiven on his book "Revenge Capitalism: The Ghosts of Empire, the Demons of Capital, & the Settling of Unpayable Debts" from Pluto Press. http://www.plutobooks.com/9780745340562/revenge-capitalism/

01:20:15

Pearls for empire / Molly A. Warsh

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2021/09/20

Historian Molly A. Warsh on her book "American Baroque: Pearls and the Nature of Empire, 1492-1700" from UNC Press. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469666259/american-baroque/

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