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Micah Herskind returns to This Is Hell! to discuss his contribution to the new edited volume, "No Cop City, No Cop World: Lessons from the Movement" from Haymarket Books. After the interview, Jeff Dorchen delivers a live, in-studio "Moment of Truth."

Check out Micah's book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2541-no-cop-city-no-cop-world

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Resisting "Cop City" in America's Most Surveilled, Unequal City / Micah Herskind

This week we're joined by returning guest Tracy Rosenthal to discuss the Zohran Mamdani mayoral campaign: how it was shaped, how it won the Democratic Primary, what it may look like going forward, and how the rest of the media and political class is reacting to it. But first, we catch up on some housekeeping re: Israel and the U.S.'s war against Iran, and talk very briefly about Peter Thiel's fixation on the Antichrist.

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Episode 398: If You Don't Fight, You Lose (w/ special guest Tracy Rosenthal)

Black Panthers, Third World revolutionary movements, CIA surveillance and plane hijackings. Elaine Mokhtefi is a century of history in a person. We speak to her about her experiences as an activist ranging back to protesting segregation in 1944. Her book Algiers: Third World Capital is an enthralling testament to a life of involvement in the tangible fight for freedom and justice in colonized and exploited countries.

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Elaine Mokhtefi (E330)

Comedy legend Larry Charles (Fridays, Seinfeld, Borat, Curb Your Enthusiasm & much more) returns to the show to discuss his new book Comedy Samurai: Forty Years of Blood, Guts, and Laughter. We have a wide ranging discussion of Larry’s life in comedy including post-war Brooklyn as a comedy incubator, grinding out avant-garde sketch comedy with Andy Kaufman, the prevalence of coke and other drugs in the comedy writing scene, getting tackled by the Secret Service trying to get a joint to Jimmy Carter’s sister, and the difficulties in comedic creative relationships. Larry also gets candid about his disappointment with the prevalence of zionism among his erstwhile comedy partners, and we talk about the humanizing force of humor in the face tragedy and despair.

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947 - Laugh Now, Cry Later feat. Larry Charles (6/30/25)

We read through the Jane Street-funded arms trafficking allegations made against a South Sudanese activist, talk Sudan and South Sudan, ask what the hell Gary Kasparov is up to, and give a classic coup review.

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Episode 472: The Jane Street Coup

John Washington joins us to discuss his recent piece in the New York Review of Books, "The Roots of Bukele’s Gulag." 

Check out John's article here: https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/06/01/the-roots-of-bukeles-gulag/

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Deep Background on Bukele's Gulags in El Salvador / John Washington

We managed to catch up with actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr. while he was in town for Harry Dean Stanton Fest. We talked about a number of things like, of course, Harry Dean Stanton, as well as demonic possession, our favorite movies, and why a hot pot of magma will make you well-liked among all your friends. Also, happy birthday to our dearly departed Harry Dean Stanton.

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BONUS: Six Degrees Of Ed Begley Jr. (w/ special guest Ed Begley Jr.)

We wrap up our three-part series on "No Cop City, No Cop World," by speaking with co-editor and contributor Kamau Franklin, founder of Community Movement Builders, a Black member-based collective of community residents and activists serving Black working-class and poor Black communities.

Kamau's essay in the collection is titled, "Is This Enough Black Folks for You, Andre Dickens?," which is a reference to the current Atlanta mayor.

Check out "No Cop City, No Cop World" here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2541-no-cop-city-no-cop-world

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Building Community to Sustain Liberation in Atlanta / Kamau Franklin

Movie Jacqueset is back with another Jacques-curated film to help you all get into the Jacqueset, and this time Jacques and Hesse are joined by Hesse’s Movie Mindset co-host Will Menaker! The crew discusses the 2002 X-treme Sports action movie XXX. We talk about the movie bringing about Jacques’ gender awakening, the worst evil villain plan in the history of movies, and much more!

SD 421 - Movie Jacqueset: XXX (feat. Will Menaker)

Episode 225: How US Media Frames Democracy that Actually Helps People as "Buying Votes"

Osita Nwanevu stops by to discuss his new book The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding. Osita leads us through his case that American “democracy” as it currently stands isn’t that democratic at all. We discuss the real intentions of the founders, the actual American revolution of the Civil War, and the stalled re-founding of reconstruction. We also look at the potential for economic democracy, the political reforms needed to re-found the country, the problem of the judiciary, and the challenges of a new media environment to democratizing movements. Yes, today the wacky morning DJ actually does say democracy’s a joke.

Pick up Osita’s book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704686/the-right-of-the-people-by-osita-nwanevu/

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957 - Democracy Soon! feat. Osita Nwanevu (8/4/25)

All-new longform interview Hell returns at last!

Mikaela Loach joins us to discuss her new book, "It’s Not That Radical: Climate Action to Transform Our World" (Haymarket Books). 

Check out Mikaela's book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2583-it-s-not-that-radical

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Climate Justice Through Collective Liberation / Mikaela Loach

We’re joined by Jake Romm of the Hind Rajab Foundation to discuss taking legal action against IDF soldiers, compiling war crimes reports from atrocity TikToks filmed by the soldiers themselves, and Israeli war criminals fleeing to Argentina. 

https://www.hindrajabfoundation.org/

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Episode 480: GI Go Home

Rob Wallace and Rita Valenti join us to discuss their recent articles at Truthout that cover the Trump administration's dismantling of public health in the United States. These include "Trump Is Trying to Dismantle Public Health — and Replace It With a Police State," "'Make America Healthy Again' Aims to Make Public Health Your Responsibility," and "Labor Was Crucial in Building Public Health Institutions Trump Wants to Destroy."

"This Day in Rotten History" from Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview.

Check out Rob and Rita's writing here: https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-trying-to-dismantle-public-health-and-replace-it-with-a-police-state/
here: https://truthout.org/articles/make-america-healthy-again-aims-to-make-public-health-your-responsibility/
and here: https://truthout.org/articles/labor-was-crucial-in-building-public-health-institutions-trump-wants-to-destroy/

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You're on Your Own: MAHA Dismantles Public Health / Rob Wallace & Rita Valenti

Mark Weisbrot and Francisco Rodríguez join us to discuss their Lancet article, co-authored with Silvio Rendón "Effects of international sanctions on age-specific mortality: a cross-national panel data analysis," and their articles based on that research, "Sanctions can kill as many people as wars" (Financial Times), and "Rethink sanctions. They’re killing as many people as war does" (LA Times). "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview.

Check out Mark and Francisco's study, co-authored with Silvio Rendón: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(25)00189-5/fulltext
Check out Mark's article in the LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-07-24/united-states-sanctions-deaths
Check out Francisco's article at Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/99206b73-92c4-41f1-9677-d4a1e6fc78b1?accessToken=zwAGO8yGY2UgkdOZIGtzksRB8dOWd9Sh5vx4sQ.MEQCIFP6yeUhZIJ4mPS1-GjgdlEcQAaHOOh8YjxiUWaqlMAJAiB5JbhVt6_de4NuKcvk8TCwva2ZtyzJMBscOiQnyHKTiA&sharetype=gift&token=4d21afe8-c829-4682-8cd0-4ea688ff1ca7 (sorry about the long url)

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US Sanctions Kill as Many People as Wars / Mark Weisbrot & Francisco Rodriguez

Katie talks to Palestinian journalist Abubaker Abed and American journalist Abby Martin about the U.S. backed Israeli genocide in Gaza, Trump’s disgusting ban on visas for Palestinian children in need of medical treatment and his shielding of Israeli sex criminals.  

Abubaker Abed is a 22-year-old Palestinian journalist from  Deir al-Balah, Gaza. He evacuated Gaza suffering from malnutrition and under threat for his reporting on Israel’s genocide. Abed describes himself as an “accidental war correspondent” and hoped to become a sports journalist and commentator before the start of the war, but spent much of the last two years reporting on daily death and destruction. He is now based in Ireland. 

Abby Martin is a journalist, the host and creator of The Empire Files, director of Gaza Fights For Freedom and the forthcoming documentary Earth’s Greatest Enemy.

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Abby Martin and Abubaker Abed on Gaza Child Visas Ban & Israeli Sex Criminals

We’re joined by Matthew Petti to talk about his new article in Reason Magazine (https://reason.com/2025/08/27/inside-jeffrey-epsteins-spy-industry-connections/) on Epstein and Ehud Barak’s spyware. We plow through a tranche of emails and talk Russians, Thiel, Israeli spyware companies, Noam Chomsky, and much more. 

UPDATE: Immediately after recording, DDoSecrets made the emails publicly available. 

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Episode 485: Barak in the New York Groove

[Recorded before the Kirk assassination] Abby and Robbie Martin talk about the absurd realtime cover-up of Trump’s relationship with notorious child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and Tucker Carlson’s new documentary about 9/11.

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Trump-Self-Epstein Trap & the MAGA Sheepdog Act

This week we're taking a break from recent news to hear from Olivia Katbi, co-chair of Portland DSA, and Mitch Green, Councilor on the Portland City Council, to talk about their organizing in the City of Roses: their strategies and tactics, their successes and failures, and the issues facing many Portlanders in the early 21st century

Portland DSA: https://portlanddsa.org/

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Episode 410: The Family Agenda (w/ special guests Olivia Katbi and Mitch Green)

Omar Zahzah joins us to discuss his new book, "Terms of Servitude: Zionism, Silicon Valley, and Digital/Settler-Colonialism in the Palestinian Liberation Struggle" (Seven Stories Press). "This Day in Rotten History" from Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview.

Check out Omar's book here: https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4729-terms-of-servitude

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