This Is Hell!

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February 06, 2019 On progress and purity and Europe and history and time.
Writer Ben Ehrenreich explores the magical thinking behind the myths of progress and Western Civilization. Ben wrote the article "After the Storm" for The Baffler.
59 min
February 05, 2019 Hamilton and the junta / Yellow Vests back on.
Our Man in San Juan, Dave Buchen reports on Hamilton coming to Puerto Rico, and the junta staying there. / Live from Paris, Cole Stangler explains how the Yellow Vests took their own 'national debate' to the streets. Cole wrote the article "Back on the Offensive" for Jacobin.
1 hr 4 min
February 03, 2019 What was the liberalism of the New Atheists?
Writer Jacob Hamburger traces New Atheism's shifting relationship with liberal ideology. Jacob wrote the article "What Was New Atheism?" for The Point.
56 min
February 02, 2019 Episode 1041: Flesh Drive (Broadcast - February 2 2019)
Liberalism and the New Atheists [23:39] / Colony, collapse in San Juan [1:04:16] / Yellow Vests still on [1:39:11] / Progress and other myths [2:07:37] / Human sex and robots [3:05:51] / Up on the farm [3:43:50]
3 hr 59 min
January 31, 2019 What comes after capitalism? / Selling disaster to disaster capitalists.
Author Peter Fleming makes the case for revolutionary pessimism as we face the future. Peter is author of the book "The Worst Is Yet To Come: A Post-Capitalist Survival Guide" from Repeater Books. / In a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen squints at the future of disaster capitalism.
49 min
January 30, 2019 Grief and love at the end of the world.
Journalist Dahr Jamail explores grief, love and wilderness on a dying planet.
Dahr is author of the book The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption from The New Press.
1 hr 3 min
January 29, 2019 Hawks over Venezuela / Farm work is work.
Writer Jorge Martin exposes the imperialist hand in the Venezuelan coup attempt. Jorge wrote the article "Washington Moves Towards 'Regime Change' in Venezuela" for Venezuelanalysis. / Writer Olivia Heffernan reports on the work of building a farmworker labor movement. Olivia wrote the article "Are we prepared to pay the price for farmworker justice?" for openDemocracy.
1 hr 9 min
January 26, 2019 Trump, the left and the tipping point that never tips.
Writer Nicole Aschoff examines the left's new (old) challenges in the Trump era. Nicole wrote the paper "America’s Tipping Point? Between Trumpism and a New Left" for Socialist Register.
1 hr 1 min
January 19, 2019 Episode 1039: Russia Today (Playlist - January 19 2019)
Recent interviews about Russia.
Larry King on privatization and mortality after communism. [1:14]
Andrew Cockburn on the political uses of a new Red Scare. [28:49]
Peter Pomerantsev on watching Vladimir Putin's television. [1:05:28]
Sean Guillory on hard times facing the Russian left. [1:47:20]
Tony Wood on Putin's hand in post-Soviet Russian politics. [2:39:43]
China Mieville on what Russia 1917 can teach the pre-revolutionary world. [3:25:06]
4 hr 11 min
January 19, 2019 Episode 1039: Russia Today (Playlist - January 19 2019)
Recent interviews about Russia.
Larry King on privatization and mortality after communism. [1:14]
Andrew Cockburn on the political uses of a new Red Scare. [28:49]
Peter Pomerantsev on watching Vladimir Putin's television. [1:05:28]
Sean Guillory on hard times facing the Russian left. [1:47:20]
Tony Wood on Putin's hand in post-Soviet Russian politics. [2:39:43]
China Mieville on Russia 1917's lessons for a pre-revolutionary world. [3:25:06]
4 hr 11 min