This Is Hell!

Journalist Andrew Cockburn reviews 43 years of Joe Biden-inflicted disaster on the world. Andrew wrote the Letter from Washington "No Joe! Joe Biden’s disastrous legislative legacy" for Harper's. / In a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen catalogues evidence of our decreasing intelligence. Or at least his.

Investigative journalist Yasha Levine explores a century of technology and racism in the US census. Yasha wrote the article "The Racist - and High Tech - Origins of America’s Modern Census" for Medium.

Anthropologist Ruben Andersson traces the new borders being drawn by Western state violence. Ruben is author of "No Go World: How Fear Is Redrawing Our Maps and Infecting Our Politics" from University of California Press. PLUS: Rotten History.

Ecosocialism or extractivism [18:54] / The new global borderlands [1:05:13] / Race, tech and the census [2:04:15] / The Biden problem [3:09:17] / Faults in our deflection [3:48:52]

Political scientist Thea Riofrancos examines the space between Latin America's left and extractive capital's future. Thea wrote the article "What Comes After Extractivism?" for Dissent. PLUS: Chuck comes out against legal weed.

Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt explain how private equity builds fortunes destroying grocery stores. Eileen and Rosemary wrote the report Private Equity Pillage: Grocery Stores and Workers At Risk for The American Prospect, reposted at CEPR. / In a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen complains intersectionally.

Historian Donna Murch traces the racial divide between the opioid crisis and the drug war. Donna wrote the article "How Race Made the Opioid Crisis" for Boston Review.

Latina/o Studies scholar Marisol LeBrón explores the harsh edges of punitive governance in Puerto Rico. Marisol is author of the new book "Policing Life and Death: Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico" from University of California Press.

The imperial hand in Brazil's coup [19:30] / The rise of Puerto Rico's punitive governance [1:07:23] / The racial line between drug war and opioid crisis [2:10:09] / Private equity pillages grocery stores [3:11:30] / Interkvetchionalism [3:50:55]

Live from São Paulo, Brian Mier connects fascism in Brazil to imperialism in the US. Brian is co-editor of the new book of interviews "Year of Lead: Washington, Wall Street and the New Imperialism in Brazil" from Brasilwire.