Saturday on This is Hell!
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9:15 - Writer Corey Pein explores the boring, brutal world of Silicon Valley tech culture.
Corey is author of Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley from Metropolitan Books.
10:00 - Historian Tithi Bhattacharya explains why women are leading strikes across America.
Tithi wrote the Guardian op-ed Women are leading the wave of strikes in America. Here's why.
10:35 - Journalist Jacob Hamburger examines the space between elites and democracy in France.
Jacob wrote the article Can There Be a Left Populism? for Jacobin, and his blog Tocqueville 21 posted the symposium Focus: Elites and Democracy in France.
11:05 - Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright preview the new politics of a planet under rapid climate change.
Geoff and Joel are authors of the book Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future from Verso.
12:05 - Journalist Kate Aronoff finds denialism built deep within market-based climate change solutions.
Kate wrote the article Denial By A Different Name: It’s Time to Admit That Half-Measures Can’t Stop Climate Change for The Intercept.
12:45 In a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen explores the birth canal.
Figuratively. Maybe not. Dunno what Jeff's into these days.