Got a full deck of topics today including: Steven Crowder’s ugly divorce, Biden formally announces, another Kamala rebrand attempt, RFK Jr. & Marianne, DeSantis whines more, and of course, ou...
2023-04-28 23:25:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings Filmaholics,
As you've probably noticed, today we put out the first episode of our new ...
2023-04-27 19:02:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to Movie Mindset! In this inaugural episode, Will and Hesse guide you through two of the collaborations between director Tony Scott and star Denzel Washington, Man on Fire (2004) & Deja...
2023-04-27 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
I'll keep this short and sweet: Hell on Earth has ended, for now. Thank you to everyone who listened an...
2023-04-26 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Chris and Matt’s series wrap-up livestream on Twitch from Friday, 4/21. The boys cover some breaking 17th century news, talk about what unexpected things they learned from the series, take listen...
2023-04-26 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by author Lauren Oyler to discuss her new Harper’s article about her experience going on a cruise centered around Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP brand. We discuss performative crying, se...
2023-04-25 04:05:55 +0000 UTC View Post
In a slight programming swerve on this 4/20, we’re joined by independent journalist Dave Infante to discuss the wide world of Beverages. First, we look into a figure who combines boomer business ...
2023-04-21 02:53:07 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by Derek Davison (Foreign Exchanges newsletter, American Prestige podcast) to discuss the ever-present entity to the east of our main story, the Ottoman Empire. Derek takes us throug...
2023-04-19 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by the creative team behind the new film How To Blow Up A Pipeline (director Daniel Goldhaber, co-writer/producer/star Ariela Barer, co-writer/producer Jordan Sjol & pro...
2023-04-18 01:22:24 +0000 UTC View Post
We take a look at the guy who leaked a trove of classified military documents to impress a bunch of teenagers on a gun youtuber discord, truly a hero for the modern age. Then, Diane Feinstein, more...
2023-04-14 14:53:37 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by Mike Duncan (Revolutions podcast, Hero of Two Worlds) to discuss the English Civil War, its causes, consequences and the character of those who fought in it.
Find Mike’s R...
2023-04-12 11:01:08 +0000 UTC View Post
New details about Clarence Thomas’ billionaire benefactor Harlan Crow keep coming to light, forcing us to contemplate new questions like: What do Lenin, Mao and Hagrid’s Hut have in common? And...
2023-04-11 02:35:06 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by Wisconsin correspondent Kath Krueger to discuss Judge Protasiewicz’s victory overturning 15 years of conservative judicial rule in the Badger state. We also look at new reports ...
2023-04-07 02:43:57 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by the War Nerd, John Dolan, to discuss the evolution of war from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern period, and the various ways armed combat shaped society and politics of the tim...
2023-04-05 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by wonk whiz-kid @ettingermentum to discuss some of his recent elections analysis. We take a look at how today’s arraignment might affect Trump’s 2024 outlook, the electoral hist...
2023-04-04 17:29:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Will memorializes his beloved cat Marty (RIP Marty), we discuss mammoth burgers, Peter Thiel, cop fent dealers, the GOP primary field and AI rights. But most importantly, the news of the indictment...
2023-03-31 01:06:43 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by author and podcaster Patrick Wyman (Tides of History, The Verge) to discuss developments in money, finance and banking during the pre-modern period. As well as, of course...
2023-03-29 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by author and scholar Norman Finkelstein to discuss his new book “I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Get To It,” as well as a candid discussion of the political situation in Israel, ...
2023-03-28 18:47:52 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by our good friend Libby Watson to discuss her new article for Defector digging in to Medicaid estate recovery, where the state uses home seizure to reimburse itself for medicaid ben...
2023-03-24 22:40:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Our live show from the Hell on Earth launch party at Littlefield in NYC on 1/20/23. We discuss the life of alchemist, mathematician and courtier John Dee, and look into the intersection of magic an...
2023-03-22 11:05:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by historian Dr. Eleanor Janega to discuss daily life among the pre-modern peasants, townspeople and nobles of Hell on Earth.
Eleanor co-hosts the We’re Not So Different podc...
2023-03-22 11:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by Celebrity Jeopardy! champion Ike Barinholtz to discuss Donald Trump’s potentially imminent arrest, the dismal state of the metaverse, the anti-vaxer quest for clean seed, and Ik...
2023-03-21 02:35:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Will talks to Betsy and Gloria, two LA public school teachers, ahead of the three-day teachers’ strike planned to begin this Tuesday. They discuss their demands, the conditions in the schools, en...
2023-03-20 15:18:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Sr. Foreign Correspondent Derek Davison stops by to take us around the world: China brokers mid-east diplomatic deal, Australia gets nuclear subs, porno mercenary recruitment, Russia drops drone, U...
2023-03-17 02:02:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Commonwealth, Restoration, Glorious Revolution: we complete England’s cycle of political instability and, with a little help from our old friends the Dutch, birth a new order into the world.
<... 2023-03-15 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We’ve got the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, saber rattling over a war against Mexican cartels, plus we meet a delightful new character out of the great state of Tennessee, wish a bittersweet fare...
2023-03-14 02:10:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Professor Richard Wolff returns to the show for an economic update on inflation, employment, student debt, China, and the U.S.’s future role in the world.
For more from Prof Wolff, subscrib...
2023-03-10 03:12:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Will and Hesse (@ZeroSuitCamus, @SSDERANGEMENTSS) review the films of 2022 in this special Academy Awards preview. This is also “episode 0” of our next mini-series, MOVIE MINDSET, in whic...
2023-03-09 14:00:32 +0000 UTC View Post
While the Thirty Years War rages on, in England, a similar set of crises leads to Civil War.
Interactive atlas, bibliography and credits for the series can be found at: hellonearth.chapotraph...
2023-03-08 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostBeloved returning guest Brandon Wardell and soon-to-be-fan-favorite Jamel Johnson stop by to take a look at Mexican Elves, discuss if our penises are shriveling OR growing too much & celebrate ...
2023-03-07 04:46:15 +0000 UTC View Post