Saturday on This is Hell!
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9:10 - Anthropologist David Vine explains why more military bases make the world less safe.
David is author of Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World from Metropolitan Books.
10:05 - Our Man in Dublin, Will Lynch reports back from an almost deadly, Guinness-less rainforest trip.
The story involves venomous spiders and a botched terror attempt, but I think the Guinness thing was the hardest for Will to handle.
10:35 - Journalist Curt Guyette investigates both the Flint water crisis and its coverup.
Curt posted the article Gov. Snyder Tainted by Flint Water Crisis for the Michigan ACLU's Democracy Watch blog.
11:05 - Historian Kathryn Olmsted traces the roots of conservatism to the farmlands of Depression-era California.
Kathryn wrote the book Right Out of California: The 1930s and the Big Business Roots of Modern Conservatism.
12:05 - Writer Salma Hussein reflects on five years of activism, revolution and repression in Egypt.
Salma recently posted The Egyptian revolution #Jan25: Important Readings and What you must know about the Egyptian military industrial complex at her blog In Quest For Justice.
12:45 - Jeff Dorchen is relieved to learn that the state has no obligation to provide quality.
I think you might find he actually isn't relieved to find that out. Might be an ironic statement. Jeff's a real trickster.