Saturday on This is Hell!
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9:10 - Democracy advocate Kate Shea Baird explores the radical disobedience of Barcelona's BComú movement.
Kate wrote the essay The Disobedient City and the Stateless Nation for ROAR Magazine.
10:05 - Investigative journalist Steve Horn reports on the Clinton State Department's global fracking push.
Steve wrote the Intercept article Hillary Clinton’s Energy Initiative Pressed Countries to Embrace Fracking, New Emails Reveal with Lee Fang.
10:35 - Lawpagandist Brian Foley explains how the American middle class got priced out of legal representation.
Brian will talk about what happens when legal advice becomes more necessary to everyday life, and more expensive than ever.
11:05 - Sociologist Robert Vargas connects gang violence in Chicago to a turf war between local politicians.
Robert is author of the new book Wounded City: Violent Turf Wars in a Chicago Barrio from University of Oxford Press.
12:05 - Journalist Matthieu Aikins explains how a hospital bombing reveals America's contradictory role in Afghanistan.
Matthieu's latest writing is Doctors With Enemies: Did Afghan Forces Target the M.S.F. Hospital? for New York Times Magazine.
12:45 - In a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen agrees: the best laid plans, et cetera!
We're still planning on calling him at 12:45PM Central though.