Jack Norton and Judah Schept join This Is Hell! to discuss their forthcoming volume, co-authored with Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, "The Jail Is Everywhere: Fighting the New Geography of Mass Incarceration" available February 14th from Verso. After the interview, Sebastian Wuepper returns with an all-new The Past Inside the Present.

Check out their book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3039-the-jail-is-everywhere

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The Jail Is Everywhere / Jack Norton & Judah Schept

Researcher Cat Bohannon joins This Is Hell! to discuss her new book from Knopf, "Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution." Rotten History follows the interview.

Check out Cat's book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/227568/eve-by-cat-bohannon/

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The Female Body Drove Human Evolution and that Matters in Big Ways / Cat Bohannon

Séamus Malekafzali joins This Is Hell! talk to us about his Baffler article, "More Fog, More War: The brutal illogic of the U.S. attacks on Yemen." The Moment of Truth with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview.

Check out Séamus' article here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/more-fog-more-war-malekafzali

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The Brutal Illogic of the US Attacks on Yemen / Séamus Malekafzali

Our final guest of the week is Dr. Maha Hilal, who wrote the TomDispatch piece, "Israel, the United States, and the Rhetoric of the War on Terror: From September 11, 2001, to October 7, 2023 (and Beyond)." Maha is founding Executive Director of the Muslim Counterpublics Lab and author of, "Innocent Until Proven Muslim: Islamophobia, the War on Terror, and the Muslim Experience Since 9/11."

A new The Past Inside the Present with Sebastian Wuepper follows the interview.

Check out Maha's article here: https://tomdispatch.com/israel-the-united-states-and-the-rhetoric-of-the-war-on-terror/

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Israel, the United States, and the Rhetoric of the War on Terror / Maha Hilal

Our guest is Rachel Ida Buff who posted the Boston Review article, “The Right Comes for Milwaukee: Why did the blue city agree to host the Republican National Convention—and to suspend a hard-won police reform for its duration?”

Also, 'This Week in Rotten History.'

Check out Rachel's article here: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-right-comes-for-milwaukee/

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What's in Store for Milwaukee at this Summer's RNC? / Rachel Ida Buff

Bruce E. Levine on his CounterPunch article, "Scientific Misconduct and Fraud: The Final Nail in Psychiatry’s Antidepressant Coffin." Also, Jeff Dorchen and the 'Moment of Truth.'

Check out Bruce's article here: https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/01/17/scientific-misconduct-and-fraud-the-final-nail-in-psychiatrys-antidepressant-coffin/

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The Final Nail in Psychiatry's Antidepressant Coffin / Bruce Levine

Dr. Jasmine L. Harris joins This Is Hell! to discuss her new book from Broadleaf Books, "Black Women, Ivory Tower: Revealing the Lies of White Supremacy in American Education." "Rotten History" follows the interview, as do your first batch of responses to this week's Question from Hell!

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Black Women, Ivory Tower / Jasmine Harris

Returning to This is Hell!, Jake Johnston is author of the new book, "Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti." Jake is a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview.

Check out Jake's book here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250284679/aidstate

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The Battle to Control Haiti / Jake Johnson

Joining This Is Hell! today are Jacob Kang-Brown and James Gilgore to discuss the uses, abuses, and inequities of the use of wearable electronic monitoring devices in the US criminal legal system. Jacob co-authored the Vera Institute report, "People on Electronic Monitoring," with Jessica Zhang and Ari Kotler. James co-wrote the book, "Understanding E-Carcertation: Electronic Monitoring, the Surveillance State, and the Future of Mass Incarceration," published by The New Press. A new "The Past Inside the Present" follows the interview.

Check out Jacob's report here: https://www.vera.org/publications/people-on-electronic-monitoring

Check out James' book here: https://thenewpress.com/books/understanding-e-carceration

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The Crime of Electronic Monitoring / Jacob Kang-Brown & James Kilgore

Cory Doctorow on his Financial Times article, "‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything: The term describes the slow decay of online platforms such as Facebook. But what if we’ve entered the ‘enshittocene’?" "Rotten History" follows the interview.

Check out Cory's article here: https://www.ft.com/content/6fb1602d-a08b-4a8c-bac0-047b7d64aba5

Cory also has a new novel, "The Bezzle." 
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865878/thebezzle

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Enshittification Made Tech Platforms Shitty and Now It's Coming for Your Industry / Cory Doctorow

Emine Fidan Elcioglu on her Social Problems journal article, “Armed Citizens on the Border: How Guns Fuel Anti-Immigration Politics in America." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview.

Check out Emine's article here: https://academic.oup.com/socpro/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/socpro/spad034/7222583

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Guns Fuel US Anti-Immigration Politics / Emine Fidan Elcioglu

Sociologist Amy Cooter joins This Is Hell! to discuss her new book from Routledge, "Nostalgia, Nationalism, and the US Militia Movement." After the interview, we announce this week's best answer to the Question from Hell!

Check out Amy's book here: https://www.routledge.com/Nostalgia-Nationalism-and-the-US-Militia-Movement/Cooter/p/book/9781032421971

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Nostalgia, Nationalism, and the US Militia Movement / Amy Cooter

Harper's Andrew Cockburn returns to This Is Hell! to talk about his March cover story, "The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley Problem: How Big Tech is losing the wars of the future." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview.

Check out Andrew's article here: https://harpers.org/archive/2024/03/the-pentagons-silicon-valley-problem-andrew-cockburn/

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The Pentagon's Silicon Valley Problem / Andrew Cockburn

The American Prospect's Rick Perlstein on Israel's neglected history of revisionism, and a belated obit for Henry Kissinger.
Also, we're announcing the winner of this week's Question from Hell!, a QFH! suggested by Rick.

Check out Rick's article here: https://prospect.org/world/2024-02-21-neglected-history-state-of-israel/

and here: https://prospect.org/politics/2024-02-28-kissinger-revisited/

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The Fascism of Revisionist Zionism / Rick Perlstein

Indian American Muslim Council's Safa Ahmed on her Jacobin Magazine article, "The US Hindu Right Is Still Whitewashing the Gujarat Pogrom." "Rotten History" follows the interview.

Check out Safa's article here: https://jacobin.com/2024/03/hindutva-us-right-gujarat-pogrom-modi

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Hindu Supremacism in India and the United States / Safa Ahmed

Wendy Pearlman discusses her New Lines Magazine article, "The Erasure of Palestinian Society." Seb's final (at least for a while, we hope) "The Past Inside the Present" follows the interview.

Check out Wendy's article here: https://newlinesmag.com/argument/the-erasure-of-palestinian-society/

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The Erasure of Palestinian Society / Wendy Pearlman

Hamza Ali Shah discusses his Jacobin article, “Western Governments Share Responsibility for Israel’s Crimes," and his Declassified UK writing, "‘Beheaded Babies' – How UK media Reported Israel’s Fake News as Fact." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. 

Check out Hamza's Jacobin article here: https://jacobin.com/2024/02/western-governments-israel-war-crimes

and his Declassified UK piece here: https://www.declassifieduk.org/beheaded-babies-how-uk-media-reported-israels-fake-news-as-fact/

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Western Governments, Media Complicit in Genocide / Hamza Ali Shah

Historian Kristen du Mez on her bestselling cultural history, "Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation."

Check out Kristin's book here: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781631499050

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Jesus and John Wayne / Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Garrison Lovely on his Jacobin article, "Can Humanity Survive AI?: With the development of artificial intelligence racing forward at warp speed, some of the richest men in the world may be deciding the fate of humanity right now."

Check out Garrison's article here: https://jacobin.com/2024/01/can-humanity-survive-ai

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Can Humanity Survive AI? / Garrison Lovely

We wrap up the week with lecturer in philosophy at Gonzaga University, Joan Braune who will speak with us about her book, "Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements: From Void to Hope." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview.

Check out Joan's book here: https://www.routledge.com/Understanding-and-Countering-Fascist-Movements-From-Void-to-Hope/Braune/p/book/9780367696986

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Effective Antifascism Requires Understanding Fascism / Joan Braune

Oded Na'aman joins This Is Hell! to discuss his Boston Review article, "A Menacing Silence: Why is the reality of Palestinian suffering denied in the Israeli consciousness?" After the interview, we hear share some feedback from our dear listeners.

Check out Oded's article here: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-menacing-silence/

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Normalizing Slaughter / Oded Na'aman

Deborah Brown and Rasha Younes of Human Rights Watch join This Is Hell! to discuss their report, "Meta’s Broken Promises: Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content on Instagram and Facebook." "Rotten History" follows the interview.

Check out Deborah and Rasha's report here: https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/12/21/metas-broken-promises/systemic-censorship-palestine-content-instagram-and

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Facebook, Instagram Censor Peaceful Pro-Palestinian Speech / Deborah Brown & Rasha Younes

We wrap up the week with the return of writer, theorist, and recovering academic Sophie Lewis to talk about her new writing at Salvage Magazine, "Some of my best enemies are feminists: on Zionist feminism." This will be Sophie's fourth appearance on This is Hell! and her interviews have repeatedly been selected by listeners as their favorites of the year each time she has appeared. Following the interview, Jeffrey Dorchen delivers "The Moment of Truth" live from Second Story Studios, aka the center of Hell.

Check out Sophie's article here: https://salvage.zone/some-of-my-best-enemies-are-feminists-on-zionist-feminism/

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On Zionist Feminism / Sophie Lewis

Pankaj Mishra discusses his London Review of Books article, "The Shoah After Gaza."

Check out Pankaj's article here: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n06/pankaj-mishra/the-shoah-after-gaza

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The Shoah After Gaza / Pankaj Mishra

Gaby Del Valle on The Baffler Magazine article, “Lost at CPAC: The paranoid style in conservative politics.” "Rotten History" follows the interview.

Check out Gaby's article here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/lost-at-cpac-del-valle

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Lederhosen Nazis, "Dancing Queen," and other Vibes from CPAC 2024 / Gaby Del Valle

We wrap up the week with Assaf Kfoury who wrote the Cosmonaut article, "Hamas From Candidate Enforcer to Implacable Foe."

Check out Assaf's article here: https://cosmonautmag.com/2024/03/hamas-from-candidate-enforcer-to-implacable-foe/

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Hamas' Journey from Charitable Org to National Liberation Force / Assaf Kfoury

Lisa Heinzerling on her Boston Review article, “The Judicial War on Government: The Supreme Court’s latest bid to control agencies like the EPA—and Congress itself."

Check out Lisa's article here: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-judicial-war-on-government/

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Judicial Supremacy in the US / Lisa Heinzerling

MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society's Cloud Anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate on his article, "The Cloud Is Material: On the Environmental Impacts of Computation and Data Storage." "Rotten History" and some correspondence from listeners follow the interview.

Check out Steven's article here: https://sts-program.mit.edu/news/mit-serc-case-study-the-cloud-is-material-on-the-environmental-impacts-of-computation-and-data-storage-by-steven-gonzalez-monserrate-mit-hasts-graduate-student/

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The Cloud is Material and Impacts the Environment / Steven Gonzalez Monserrate

Keri Leigh Merritt returns to discuss her Aeon article, "The southern gap: In the American South, an oligarchy of planters enriched itself through slavery. Pervasive underdevelopment is their legacy." "Rotten History" follows the interview.

Check out Keri's article here: https://aeon.co/essays/capitalism-and-underdevelopment-in-the-american-south

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The US South's Elites Have Kept the Region Poor and Underdeveloped / Keri Leigh Merritt

Keri Leigh Merritt returns to discuss her Aeon article, "The southern gap: In the American South, an oligarchy of planters enriched itself through slavery. Pervasive underdevelopment is their legacy."

Check out Keri's article here: https://aeon.co/essays/capitalism-and-underdevelopment-in-the-american-south

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We wrap up the week with geographer Michelle Buckley and media scholar Paula Chakravartty co-wrote the Boston Review article, "Labor and the Bibi-Modi 'Bromance': The Israel-India worker deal resembles British indenture." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview.

Check out Michelle and Paula's article here: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/labor-and-the-bibi-modi-bromance/

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India-Israel Worker Deal Looks like Indentured Servitude / Michelle Buckley & Paula Chakravartty

We wrap up the week with geographer Michelle Buckley and media scholar Paula Chakravartty co-wrote the Boston Review article, "Labor and the Bibi-Modi 'Bromance': The Israel-India worker deal resembles British indenture." 

Check out Michelle and Paula's article here: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/labor-and-the-bibi-modi-bromance/

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Kate Manne returns to talk about her book, “Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia.”

Check out Kate's book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722318/unshrinking-by-kate-manne/

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Taking Down Fatphobia / Kate Manne

Loretta Napoleoni returns to discuss her new book, “Technocapitalism: The Rise of the New Robber Barons and the Fight for the Common Good.” "Rotten History" follows the interview.

Check out Loretta's book here: https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4601-technocapitalism

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New Robber Barons Prevent Using Tech for the Common Good / Loretta Napoleoni

Loretta Napoleoni returns to discuss her new book, “Technocapitalism: The Rise of the New Robber Barons and the Fight for the Common Good.” 

Check out Loretta's book here: https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4601-technocapitalism

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Laura Robson on her article at The Baffler Magazine, "Assistance as Containment; A historical take on defunding the UNRWA." Plus a Moment of Truth from Jeffrey Dorchen.

Check out Laura's article here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/assistance-as-containment-robson

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Defunding UNRWA: From Containment to Destruction / Laura Robson

Laura Robson on her article at The Baffler Magazine, "Assistance as Containment; A historical take on defunding the UNRWA." 

Check out Laura's article here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/assistance-as-containment-robson

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