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April 23, 2024 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.” "Rotten History" follows the interview.
Check out Loretta's book here: https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4601-technocapitalism
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1 hr 24 min
April 22, 2024 Taking Down Fatphobia / Kate Manne
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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1 hr 21 min
April 17, 2024 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." "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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1 hr 30 min
April 16, 2024 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." "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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1 hr 22 min
April 15, 2024 Accenture Is Taking Over Police Reform in LA County / Alec Karakatsanis & Hamid Khan
This Is Hell! returns from Spring Break! Alec Karakatsanis and Hamid Khan join Chuck to discuss consulting and biometrics giant Accenture's quiet takeover of police reform in Los Angeles County, California.
Check out Akela Lacy's article on that process: https://theintercept.com/2024/03/12/los-angeles-jail-accenture-measure-j/
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1 hr 26 min
April 04, 2024 The Cloud is Material and Impacts the Environment / Steven Gonzalez Monserrate
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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1 hr 38 min
April 02, 2024 Judicial Supremacy in the US / Lisa Heinzerling
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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1 hr 19 min
March 27, 2024 Hamas' Journey from Charitable Org to National Liberation Force / Assaf Kfoury
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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1 hr 29 min
March 26, 2024 Lederhosen Nazis, "Dancing Queen," and other Vibes from CPAC 2024 / Gaby Del Valle
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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1 hr 19 min
March 26, 2024 The Shoah After Gaza / Pankaj Mishra
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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1 hr 20 min