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A History of Conspiracy Theory / Andrew McKenzie-McHarg
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Jun 16, 2026
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Inventing Antifa / Lauren Fadiman
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US Media’s Complicity In The Gaza Genocide / Robin Andersen
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/24/26 |  A History of Conspiracy Theory / Andrew McKenzie-McHarg | Andrew McKenzie-McHarg joins us to discuss his recent book, "The Hidden History of Conspiracy Theory" from Princeton University Press: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691177069/the-hidden-history-of-conspiracy-theory "Rotten History" from Renaldo Migaldi" and "The Moment of Truth" follow the interview. Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell Please rate and review This Is Hell! wherever you get your podcasts. It really helps the show ascend the algorithm to reach new listeners. | — | ||||||
| 6/18/26 |  Chicago's Conviction Machine / Flint Taylor | Flint Taylor, co-founder of the People's Law Office, joins us to discuss his new book, "The Conviction Machine: Prosecutors, Politicians, and Police Violence in Chicago" from Haymarket Books. Get your copy here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2733-the-conviction-machine Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell | — | ||||||
| 6/16/26 |  The Story Of The Jewish Bund / Molly Crabapple | Artist and writer Molly Crabapple joins This Is Hell! to talk about her new book, “Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund." Molly is the author of two books, her 2015 memoir, "Drawing Blood," and "Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War," which is written and Illustrated by Molly and Marwan Hisham. "Brothers of the Gun" was long-listed for a National Book Award. She was a 2020 New America Fellow and her reportage was the winner of the Bernhard Labor Journalism Award, and has been published in The New York Times, New York Review of Books, The Paris Review, Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker and elsewhere. Her animations have won two Emmys and an Edward R. Murrow Award. Her art is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art. We will have new installments of Rotten History and Hangover Cure. We will also be sharing your answers to this week's Question from Hell! from Patreon. Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell | — | ||||||
| 6/11/26 |  Inventing Antifa / Lauren Fadiman✨ | Antifadomestic terrorism+3 | Lauren Fadiman | The Baffler | — | Antifadomestic terrorism+4 | — | 1h 44m 01s | |
| 6/9/26 |  US Media’s Complicity In The Gaza Genocide / Robin Andersen✨ | media coverageGaza+4 | Robin Andersen | Fordham UniversityFairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)+8 | — | Gazagenocide+5 | — | 1h 03m 37s | |
| 5/27/26 |  We Are Being IP-ed to Death / Vicky Osterweil✨ | Disneymovies+3 | Vicky Osterweil | Haymarket BooksThe Extended Universe How Disney Killed the Movies and Took Over the World | — | Disneymovies+5 | — | 1h 43m 32s | |
| 5/26/26 |  Immigration Detention Expansion During Trump’s Second Term / Nayna Gupta & Aaron Reichlin-Melnick✨ | immigration detentionTrump administration+3 | Nayna GuptaAaron Reichlin-Melnick | American Immigration CouncilThe Legal Aid Society+3 | Washington, D.C. | immigrationdetention+5 | — | 1h 25m 43s | |
| 5/20/26 |  The Politics of Police Reform in Minneapolis / Michelle Phelps✨ | police reformMinneapolis+4 | Michelle Phelps | Princeton University PressThe Minneapolis Reckoning: Race, Violence, and the Politics of Policing in America | — | police reformMinneapolis+5 | — | 1h 28m 57s | |
| 5/19/26 |  How Money Dominates Human Lives Everywhere / Arjun Jayadev✨ | moneyeconomics+3 | Arjun Jayadev | The University Of Chicago PressAzim Premji University+3 | — | moneyeconomics+5 | — | 1h 26m 39s | |
| 5/13/26 |  Another Bag of Mail / Chuck Mertz & the World's Best Audience✨ | listener questionsmailbag episode+3 | — | — | — | mailbaglistener questions+3 | — | 1h 21m 04s | |
| 5/12/26 |  How The British Made The Far Right Acceptable / Daniel Trilling✨ | far rightBritish establishment+4 | Daniel Trilling | Pan MacmillanLondon College of Communication+2 | — | far rightBritish establishment+7 | — | 1h 20m 54s | |
| 5/7/26 |  The Death of Asylum / Tanvi Misra✨ | asylumauthoritarianism+3 | Tanvi Misra | Jewish CurrentsThe Death of Asylum | — | asylumTanvi Misra+5 | — | 1h 46m 32s | |
| 5/5/26 |  Reshaping War For The 21st Century / Shana Marshall✨ | wartechnology+4 | Shana Marshall | Institute for Middle East StudiesGeorge Washington University+6 | — | warSilicon Valley+3 | — | 1h 04m 01s | |
| 4/29/26 |  Internationalism from Below / Leila Al-Shami & Benjamin✨ | internationalismrevolutions+3 | Leila Al-ShamiBenjamin | The People's WantHaymarket Books+1 | — | internationalismrevolutions+3 | — | 1h 36m 17s | |
| 4/26/26 |  The Authoritarian Coalition’s Strategy Of Power Consolidation / Rakeen Mabud✨ | authoritarianismpower consolidation+3 | Rakeem Mabud | Common WealthGroundwork Collaborative+3 | Harvard UniversityWellesley College | authoritarian coalitionpower grab+3 | — | 1h 15m 22s | |
| 4/22/26 |  Elon Musk Is a Symptom / Quinn Slobodian & Ben Tarnoff✨ | Elon MuskMuskism+3 | Quinn SlobodianBen Tarnoff | Harper CollinsMuskism: A Guide for the Perplexed | — | Elon MuskMuskism+5 | — | 1h 55m 31s | |
| 4/21/26 |  Loyola University Union Thugs pt. 2 / Paige Warren✨ | labor rightsunion negotiations+3 | Paige Warren | SEIU 73 Faculty Forward UnionLoyola University Chicago+1 | Chicago | Loyola Universityfaculty union+3 | — | 21m 43s | |
| 4/21/26 |  The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy + Loyola Union Thugs pt. 2 / A.J.A. Woods✨ | Cultural MarxismConspiracy Theories+3 | A.J.A. WoodsPaige Warren | Verso BooksOpen Democracy+3 | — | Cultural MarxismFrankfurt School+3 | — | 1h 37m 53s | |
| 4/15/26 |  Labor Struggle in Higher Ed: An Update from Loyola University Chicago SEIU 73 Faculty Forward Union✨ | labor strugglehigher education+3 | Matt WilliamsPaige Warren+2 | SEIU 73 Faculty Forward UnionLoyola University Chicago+1 | — | labor strugglehigher education+3 | — | 1h 58m 01s | |
| 4/14/26 |  Colonialism Continues From Oil To Cancer In Kenya / Nelly Madegwa✨ | colonialismoil+5 | Nelly Madegwa | The InterceptPulitzer Center+5 | — | colonialismoil+7 | — | 1h 13m 00s | |
| 4/8/26 |  AI Grifters in Power & Reactionary Third Way Centrist Dems / Henry Burke✨ | AIpolitics+3 | Henry Burke | Revolving Door ProjectOpenAI+3 | — | AI griftersmilitary-industrial complex+3 | — | 1h 52m 48s | |
| 4/6/26 |  Ukraine Going From Maidan To War / Volodymyr Ishchenko✨ | Russia-Ukraine warmisconceptions+3 | Volodymyr Ishchenko | Institute of East European StudiesFreie Universität Berlin+6 | — | UkraineRussia+5 | — | 1h 34m 35s | |
| 4/1/26 |  Death by AI / Andy Worthington✨ | AImilitary targeting+3 | Andy Worthington | This Is Hell!The Horrors of AI-Driven Military Targeting, From Gaza to Iran+1 | — | AImilitary+5 | — | 1h 37m 01s | |
| 3/31/26 |  Fighting Against The Corporate Monsters Of Plastic / Diane Wilson✨ | environmental activismplastic pollution+3 | Diane Wilson | San Antonio Bay Estuarine WaterkeepersDow | San Antonio Bay | Diane Wilsonhunger strike+5 | — | 1h 23m 23s | |
| 3/27/26 |  2026 Listener Favorites (so far): Imperial Boomerangs / Séamus Malekafzali✨ | listener favoritesinterview+5 | Séamus Malekafzali | The Nation | — | listener favoritesSéamus Malekafzali+7 | — | 1h 14m 20s | |
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