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This Is Hell! is a long-running weekly interview and talk show that has been airing since 1996. It features in-depth conversations with journalists, activists, authors, and scholars on politics, culture, and dissent. The program is known for its independent, left-leaning perspective and critical analysis of current events. Its tagline, "Manufacturing Dissent since 1996," reflects its focus on challenging mainstream narratives.
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Another Brazilian Coup Attempt Underway / Brian Mier 22.09.2026 1ч 31минBrian Mier returns to discuss the upcoming Brazilian election and the prospects for another right-wing coup. Check out Brian's Substack, "De-Linking Brazil": https://bmier.substack.com/ and his new Latin American news portal, "Panamerican Dispatch": https://www.panamericandispatch.org/ "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. -
Breaking ICE / Sonali Kolhatkar 18.09.2026 1ч 29минSonali Kolhatkar returns to discuss her new book, "Breaking ICE: Community Defense against State Terror and MAGA Fascism," just published by Seven Stories Press: https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4889-breaking-ice "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. -
15 Million Excess Deaths from US For-Profit Health Insurance / Nick Smolek 15.09.2026 1ч 38минIll Will Editions editor Nick Smolek joins us to discuss the forthcoming book, "Depose: Luigi Mangione, the Right to Health, and the Unfinished American Revolution": https://www.deposebook.com/ "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. -
The Bail Trap / Robin Steinberg & Robin Camilo 04.09.2026 1ч 32минRobin Steinberg and Camilo Ramirez return to discuss their new book, "The Bail Trap: A Scandal at the Heart of American Justice" from The New Press: https://thenewpress.org/books/the-bail-trap/ "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. -
The Long Fight Against Equality in the United States / Kim Phillips-Fein 03.09.2026 1ч 27минHistorian Kim Phillips-Fein returns to discuss her new book, "Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight against Equality in America" from Norton: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324074441 "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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"Genocidal Enjoymment" on Display in IDF Social Media from Gaza / Raúl Pérez 26.08.2026 1ч 42минPaúl Pérez returns to discuss his recent British Sociological Association article, co-authored with Charles Thorpe, "Genocidal Enjoyment: On the Weaponization of Joyful Cruelty and 'Dark Fun' during Israel's Genocide on Gaza.": https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17499755261468856 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. -
Israel's $1 Billion Hasbara Influence Machine since October 7th / Nick Cleveland-Stout 25.08.2026 1ч 26минQuincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Research fellow Nick Cleveland-Stout discusses his recent report, "The Eighth Front: Inside Israel’s $1 Billion Influence Campaign": https://quincyinst.org/research/the-eighth-front-inside-israels-1-billion-influence-campaign/ Rotten History with 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. -
Imperialist Realism / Daniel Bessner 05.08.2026 1ч 55минHistorian and foreign policy analysis Daniel Bessner joins us to discuss his new book, "Imperialist Realism: Politics and Culture at the End of the American Century" from Simon and Schuster: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Imperialist-Realism/Daniel-Bessner/9781803414805 "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. -
Trump's War on Boats / Adam Isacson & John Walsh 04.08.2026 1ч 30минWashington Office on Latin America directors Adam Isacson and John Walsh join us to discuss their new report from WOLA, "Killing Spree: Extrajudicial executions in the U.S. boat strikes campaign": https://www.wola.org/analysis/killing-spree-extrajudicial-executions-in-the-u-s-boat-strikes-campaign/ "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. -
Sponsoring The Genocide In Palestine / Fintan Drury 29.07.2026 1ч 40минFintan Drury joins This Is Hell! to talk about his new book “Genocide: Sponsoring the Destruction of Palestine”, published by the Irish Academic Press. Fintan will be speaking with us live from Dublin. m(https://www.irishacademicpress.ie/product/genocide-sponsoring-the-destruction-of-palestine/) Fintan was a journalist with RTÉ in the 1980s. Before co-anchoring Morning Ireland for its first three years, he was a correspondent in Northern Ireland and reported from Britain, Europe, Africa, and the United States. In 1985, he volunteered in the then largest refugee camp in the world, in Darfur, with GOAL, an international humanitarian organization that delivers emergency life-saving aid. A longtime activist on migration, he’s written extensively on the subject. In 2016 he volunteered in a refugee camp in Athens, which led to a fifteen-part series in The Irish Times on the diary of a Syrian refugee. His 2025 book, “Catastrophe: Nakba II," was released to critical acclaim and was shortlisted for Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards. Fintan is also chair SARI (Sport Against Racism in Ireland), which "harnesses the power of sport to embrace difference, celebrate diversity and promote social inclusion across Ireland." Find Fintan on X at @DruryFintan and on Instagram @fintan.drury We will have a new installment of Jeff Dorchen’s Moment Of Truth. We will also be sharing your answers to this week's Question from Hell! from Facebook, Welcome To The Hellhole, and Discord. Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell -
The Winners And Losers In The Future Of Drugs / Kojo Karam 28.07.2026 57минKojo Koram joins This Is Hell! to talk about his new book "The Next Fix: The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs”, published by Verso Books. (https://www.versobooks.com/products/3173-the-next-fix) Kojo Karma is a Professor in Law and Political Economy at the School of Law at Loughborough University. He is the author of, "Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire”, published by John Murray Press. In addition to his academic writing, he has written for the New Statesman, the Guardian and the New York Times. Follow Kojo on Instagram at @kojokoram and on X @kojokoram. We will have new installments of Rotten History and Hangover Cure. We will also be sharing your answers to this week's Question from Hell! from Patreon. Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell -
White Supremacy At The US Border / John Washington 21.07.2026 1ч 40минJohn Washington returns to This Is Hell! to talk about his new book “The Case For Open Borders” published by Haymarket Books. (https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2199-the-case-for-open-borders) John Washington is a journalist covering the border, climate change, democracy, and more. He has written for The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Nation, The Intercept, and other outlets. He is the author of The Case for Open Borders and The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum at the US-Mexico Border and Beyond. Washington is also a translator of books by Anabel Hernandez, Sandra Rodriquez Nieto, and others. His most recent translations include The Hollywood Kid by Óscar Martínez and Juan Martínez, and Blood Barrios by Alberto Arce, which won a PEN Translates Award. Both were co-translated along with Daniela Ugaz. He lives in Tucson, Arizona. We will have new installments of Jeff Dorchen’s Moment Of Truth, Rotten History, and Hangover Cure. We will also be sharing your answers to this week's Question from Hell! from Patreon. Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell -
Canada and its Asshole Neighbor + Chuck Gets Interviewed / Dónal Gill 16.07.2026 2ч 31минDónal Gill discusses the view of the United States from Canada in the age of MAGA. His essay appears in the new edited volume by The Dial, "How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump" (The New Press). "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. The back half of the show features an interview with host Chuck Mertz with questions from radio and streaming partner Beware the Radio. -
How To Think About AI Before It’s Too Late / Cory Doctorow 14.07.2026 1ч 20минCory Doctorow returns to This Is Hell! to talk about his new book “The Reverse Centaur’s Guide To Life After AI - How To Think About Artificial Intelligence Before It’s Too Late”, published by Macmillan Publishers. (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374621568/thereversecentaursguidetolifeafterai/) For over twenty years, Cory has worked with the Electronic Frontier Foundation to safeguard and further our human rights online. He was the coeditor of the weblog Boing Boing for nineteen years and now maintains a daily(ish) newsletter at Pluralistic.net. Follow Cory on bluesky at @doctorow.pluralistic.net We will have new installments of Rotten History and Hangover Cure. We will also be sharing your answers to this week's Question from Hell! from Patreon. Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell -
Nativism Shapes Scarcity, Hierarchy, and Belonging Under Capitalism / Peter Bloom 08.07.2026 1ч 55минPeter Bloom joins us to discuss his recent book, "Nativism and Capitalism: From Colonial Hauntings to Radical Indigenous Futures" from Routledge.: https://www.routledge.com/Nativism-and-Capitalism-From-Colonial-Hauntings-to-Radical-Indigenous-Futures/Bloom/p/book/9781041033950 "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. -
The Anti-Defamation League & The Racial State / Emmaia Gelman 06.07.2026 1ч 23минEmmaia Gelman joins This Is Hell! to talk about her new book “The Anti-Defamation League And The Racial State”, published by University of California Press. (https://www.ucpress.edu/books/the-anti-defamation-league-and-the-racial-state/hardcover) Emmaia Gelman is the founding Director of the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism. She has taught social and cultural analysis at NYU and social sciences at Sarah Lawrence College. She is co-editor of, "The Anti-Defamation League: A Critical Reader". Emmaia also co-hosts the podcast "Unpacking Zionism." Emmaia is also co-chair of the American Studies Association Caucus on Academic and Community Activism, and a longtime activist in New York City. Her writing appears in Jewish Currents, Boston Review, The Forward, and elsewhere. We will have new installments of Rotten History and Hangover Cure. We will also be sharing your answers to this week's Question from Hell! from Patreon. Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell -
Gerontocracy / Samuel Moyn 01.07.2026 1ч 44минHistorian and legal scholar Samuel Moyn joins us to discuss his latest book from Macmillan, "Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth—and What to Do About It": https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374607647/gerontocracyinamerica/ "Rotten History" from Renaldo Migaldi and "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen both 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. -
A History of Conspiracy Theory / Andrew McKenzie-McHarg 24.06.2026 2ч 4минAndrew McKenzie-McHarg joins us to discuss his recent book, "The Hidden History of Conspiracy Theory" from Princeton University Press: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691177069/the-hidden-history-of-conspiracy-theory "Rotten History" from Renaldo Migaldi" and "The Moment of Truth" 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. -
Chicago's Conviction Machine / Flint Taylor 18.06.2026 1ч 39минFlint Taylor, co-founder of the People's Law Office, joins us to discuss his new book, "The Conviction Machine: Prosecutors, Politicians, and Police Violence in Chicago" from Haymarket Books. Get your copy here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2733-the-conviction-machine Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell -
The Story Of The Jewish Bund / Molly Crabapple 16.06.2026 1ч 29минArtist and writer Molly Crabapple joins This Is Hell! to talk about her new book, “Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund." Molly is the author of two books, her 2015 memoir, "Drawing Blood," and "Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War," which is written and Illustrated by Molly and Marwan Hisham. "Brothers of the Gun" was long-listed for a National Book Award. She was a 2020 New America Fellow and her reportage was the winner of the Bernhard Labor Journalism Award, and has been published in The New York Times, New York Review of Books, The Paris Review, Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker and elsewhere. Her animations have won two Emmys and an Edward R. Murrow Award. Her art is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art. We will have new installments of Rotten History and Hangover Cure. We will also be sharing your answers to this week's Question from Hell! from Patreon. Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell
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