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Economist Rob Larson returns to This Is Hell! to dicsuss Mastering the Universe: The Obscene Wealth of the Ruling Class, What They Do with Their Money, and Why You Should Hate Them Even More (Haymarket Books) on the day it's published.

Check out Rob's book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2215-mastering-the-universe

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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.

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Nevin Kallepalli joins us to discuss his writing at the Baffler, “Hindutva University: Meet the group spreading Hindu supremacist propaganda on college campuses”. “Moment of Truth” from Jeff Dorchen will follow the interview.

Check out Nevin’s article here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/university-of-hindutva-kallepalli

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Elaine Scarry joins us to discuss her writing at the Boston Review, “The Extortionist Doctrine : On the persistence of U.S. nuclear deterrence policy.’” "Rotten History" from Renaldo Migaldi follow the interview.

Check out Elaine’s article here: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-extortionists-doctrine/

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Rebecca John joins us to discuss her writing at DeSmog, "Revealed: Big Oil Told 70 Years Ago That Fossil Fuel Emissions Could Impact ‘Civilization.’" "Rotten History" from Renaldo Migaldi and "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follow the interview.

Check out Rebecca's article here: https://www.desmog.com/2024/11/12/revealed-big-oil-told-70-years-ago-that-fossil-fuel-emissions-could-impact-civilization/

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Alberto Toscano joins us to discuss his In These TImes piece, "Liberalism Will Cost Us the Earth - Trump’s recoronation is another symptom of centrism’s global bankruptcy.."

Check out Alberto's article here: https://inthesetimes.com/article/liberalism-will-cost-us-the-earth?fbclid=IwY2xjawGzEB1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSSXdh3TbVJILW-Ke60gd7sHll2I-8Y0gu8Hpt8uILxKhva2d1OWrwLeYQ_aem_8ZjUNhGUyyNj4NkRN7PLnA

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Yoav Litvin joins us to discuss his Al Jazeera column, "Project Esther: A Trumpian blueprint to crush anticolonial resistance: The Heritage Foundation strategy named after the biblical Jewish queen offers insights into the persecution those who oppose Zionism and white-supremacy will likely face in Trump’s America."

"The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview.

Check out Yoav's article here: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/11/15/project-esther-a-trumpian-blueprint-to-crush-anticolonial-resistance

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Author and scholar Alex de Waal returns to the show to discuss his recent article at the Boston Review titled "Engineers of Calamity - Famine Denial's Past and Present From Ukraine to Gaza".

Check out Alex's article here: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/engineers-of-calamity/

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Francis Northwood joins us to discuss his new Baffler article titles "Unsafe Bets - Polymarket’s great expectations".

Check out Francis' article :https://thebaffler.com/latest/unsafe-bets-northwood

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Legal scholar Karen Greenberg returns to the show to discuss her recent article at TomDispatch titled "It’s Not Just About the President It’s About the Presidency." "Rotten History" by Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview.

Check out Karen's article here: https://tomdispatch.com/its-not-just-about-the-president/

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