This Is Hell!

Writer Jasper Bernes examines the old problems with the Green New Deal. / Jasper wrote the essay Between the Devil and the Green New Deal for Commune. / In a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen remembers nostalgia.

Artist Jenny Odell reclaims time, and attention, and life from the demands of capitalism. Jenny is author of "How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy" from Melville House. PLUS: Rotten History

Jacobin's Bhaskar Sunkara explores a path to socialism in American politics. Bhaskar is author of "The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality" from Basic Books.

Market analyst Marshall Auerback watches global capitalism crash with the Boeing 737. Marshall wrote the article "Boeing might represent the greatest indictment of 21st-century capitalism" for Salon.

Capitalism and the 737 [19:59] / The road to socialism in America [1:05:55] / Why and how to do nothing [1:59:58] / The devil in the Green New Deal [3:02:56] / Nostalgia Time Again [3:28:45]

Historian Joshua Specht explains how the beef industry shaped American history. Joshua is author of the book "Red Meat Republic: A Hoof-to-Table History of How Beef Changed America" from Princeton University Press.

Black Agenda Report's Danny Haiphong traces a 300 year history of fake news in America. Danny is author of the book American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News—From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror from Skyhorse Books.

Political scientist Cedric Johnson examines the realities of class in Black political life. Cedric wrote the article What Black Life Actually Looks Like for Jacobin. / In a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen opens a box of Whiteness.

The future of infinite war [19:22] / Class in Black politics [1:08:52] / Whiteness in a box [1:56:57] / An empire of fake news [2:11:49] / Beef and the industrial food complex [3:03:24]

Journalists Allegra Harpootlian and Emily Manna explore the present and future of America's AI wars. Allegra and Emily wrote the article "The End of War Is Just a Beginning" for TomDispatch.