Saturday on This Is Hell!
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9:15 - Philosopher Riccardo Manzotti explains why consciousness and the physical world are the same thing.
Riccardo is author of The Spread Mind: Why Consciousness and the World Are One from OR Books.
10:00 - Political scientist Susan Kang looks beyond the progressive illusion of Andrew Cuomo.
Susan wrote the article The Case Against Cuomo for Jacobin.
10:35 - Arielle Sallai and Rachel Reyes of No Olympics LA explain what cities lose when the Olympics take control.
Arielle and Rachel are organizers with No Olympics LA.
11:05 - Investigative journalist Yasha Levine explains why the internet has been a surveillance tool since day one.
Yasha is author of the new book Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet from PublicAffairs.
12:05 - Journalist and stripper Reese Piper discusses strip club raids and worker resistance in New Orleans.
Reese wrote the Medium article New Orleans Is Trying to Shut Down Strip Clubs. Why This Puts My Life In Danger and the op-ed We're real people with bills to pay, have right to work without fear for The Advocate.
12:35 - Our Man in San Juan, Dave Buchen checks in from whatever hasn't been privatized yet in Puerto Rico.
We're talking with Dave for the first time since his three reports in October 2017.