Oct 4 2019
This week we're hearing about the Genius Act, but what's happening at the local level is that when these crypto mines come in, they're also getting these really sweetheart tax deals. There's almost no regulation on the actual mines that are doing the crypto mining. It's corrupt and they're getting all these privileges and they're getting all of these handouts all the way up from the local to the federal level.
Candice Bernd returns to This Is Hell! to discuss her recent writing at The American Prospect, "The Crypto Racket." After the interview, we hear a classic "Moment of Truth" from Jeff Dorchen.
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Sep 22 2019
Posted by Alexander Jerri
Here's what we read this week.
For Saturday's show:
Waste Only: How the Plastics Industry is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World - Sharon Lerner / The Intercept
Situational Breakdowns: Understanding Protest Violence and other Surprising Outcomes - Anne Nassauer / University of California Press
Law Without Future: Anti-Constitutional Politics and the American Right - Jack Jackson / University of Pennsylvania Press.
Extra Reading:
Can you hear me? - Greta Thunberg / Communists in Situ
Immigrants as a Weapon: Global Nationalism and American Power - Yasha Levine / Substack
The Reactionary Heartland Is a Myth - Matthew E. Stanley and Paul M. Renfro / Dissent
Basic income bows to the master - Ana Cecilia Dinerstein / openDemocracy
The voice from the black hole - Sam Kriss /
More Than A Wall Corporate Profiteering and the Militarization of US borders - Todd Miller / Transnational Institute
Everything Must Go - Whitney Curry Wimbish / The Baffler
Sep 20 2019
Posted by Alexander Jerri
Listen live from 9AM - 1:00PM Central on WNUR 89.3FM / stream at www.thisishell.com / subscribe to the podcast
9:20 - Journalist Sharon Lerner investigates the global environmental disaster of plastic waste.
Sharon wrote the article Waste Only: How the Plastics Industry is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World for The Intercept
10:05 - Sociologist Anne Nassauer examines power and violence in political protests.
Anne wrote the book Situational Breakdowns: Understanding Protest Violence and other Surprising Outcomes for Oxford University Press.
11:05 - Law scholar Jack Jackson explains how the American right seized power beyond law.
Jack is author of the book Law Without Future: Anti-Constitutional Politics and the American Right from University of Pennsylvania Press.
12:10 - Former autoworker Thomas Adams explores a history of concession and class betrayal from UAW leadership.
Thomas wrote the article A tale of corruption by the United Auto Workers and the Big Three American automakers for Monthly Review.
12:45 - In a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen wonders if it's worth having heroes.
Sep 6 2019
Posted by Alexander Jerri
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9:20 - Journalist Brian Hioe reports on Hong Kong's protest movement after defeating the extradition bill.
Brian wrote the article Withdrawal of the extradition bill in hong kong is likely too little, too late to put an end to protests for New Bloom.
10:05 - Writer Alex Adams examines our fictional justification for real life torture policies.
Alex is author of the book How to Justify Torture: Inside the Ticking Bomb Scenario from Repeater Books.
11:05 - Activist Keir Milburn explains how left politics opened up for a generation of young people.
Keir is author of the book Generation Left from Polity.
12:10 - Therapist Jonathan Foiles explores the trauma of daily life in urban America.
Jonathan is author of the book This City Is Killing Me: Community Trauma and Toxic Stress in Urban America from Belt Publishing.