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Magic is real. And it’s dangerous. It’s locked in books and relics imbued with power. But sometimes, whether by accident or by design, magic escapes and wreaks havoc upon the world. That’s when Team Three is deployed—known by their enemies as: The Bookburners. Tasked with identifying and neutralizing magical threats anywhere in the world, the Bookburners are a cohort of special investigators from wildly different walks of life—a New York City detective, a Guatemalan priest, an indestructible ...
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All Relative: Defining Diego

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Defining Diego is the story of one Guatemalan adoptee and his mother, a reporter who documented their journey from his earliest steps, as they try to understand how international adoption boomed and busted, and what it all means for families like theirs, with feet in two worlds. When Laurie Stern set out to adopt a baby from Guatemala in 1999, she thought the process would be pretty straightforward. Lots of people were doing it. But the adoption was held up just as she went to Guatemala to g ...
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Enjoy my podcast on the decades of injustice and inhumanity in Guatemala. I give a brief summary of the history in Guatemala, and later dive into 2 incredible movies that demonstrate exactly what occurred during the Guatemalan Civil War. Thank you for listening!
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Coffee is an enjoyable, somewhat essential part of our lives. For those of us who also love to read, books and coffee just go hand and hand. And so I present to you, the podcast 'Coffee Books'. Each morning, while I enjoy a nice, fresh, hot cup of my morning Guatemalan drip, I will spend a few minutes reading aloud a book about coffee, for you ~ I hope you enjoy my podcast, and I wish you tasty java, always. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drinkbooks/support
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Welcome to the Build with Joy Podcast, where you will learn life lessons with Joy from her travels around the world and introduce you to amazing people. Joy Valerie Carrera is a Guatemalan American multi-passionate social impact digital entrepreneur, coach, and proud ADHDer. Her mission is to help folks build with joy by shifting their relationship to work, unlocking their unique superpowers, and incorporating more rest & play! She is a mindful productivity life & business coach, digital bus ...
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New Latino Podcast

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New Latino Podcast, is a podcast with myself Alfred Robles and co host Steph we’re both first generation Latino/American, Steph is Guatemalan /American and I’m Mexican/American. We touch on breaking Latino habits and creating new habits also we talk a lot about cats “we both have cats” and Vegan food “ I don’t eat red meat Steph doesn’t eat meat” and the troubles with liking cats and not eating meet in the Latino community “our families” we talk relationship stuff as well. Thank you
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Kevin Muñoz is an immigrant from Guatemala and DACA recipient with a strong intellectual curiosity and a passion for exploring a variety of topics that he believes deserve greater attention within the Latin American community. These topics include business, finance, technology, politics, and mental health, among others. In addition to delving into these issues himself, Kevin also interviews undocumented entrepreneurs and experts from diverse backgrounds to gain insight into their experiences ...
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Story Hole is a comedy podcast that explores the lore behind the most interesting characters, events, and plots from fiction and history. And then probably adds some butt jokes.
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3 Masters

Isiah Bowie, Phillip Dixon, Andrew Weiss

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We break down and reconstruct different albums/musical artist in a way that is objective, but also real. We hold nothing back. If it is trash, it is trash and we will showcase that. That goes for all genres. From gypsy rock to classic hip hop.
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Hey everyone! Welcome to this podcast! As the name suggests, this podcast is about a bunch of random topics where I will likely go off on multiple tangents through out the whole thing. Thank you for taking the time to check it out! If you want to show support, you can at https://anchor.fm/all-things-considered/support Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/Scatter-Brained/support
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This is a podcast for digital nomads and aspiring nomads, people who want to be location independent or work remotely. What's a digital nomad? Someone who works online, not tied to a specific location - we work from anywhere. I'm talking about my daily life as a nomad, about issues, problems, wins, successes, different countries, languages and ways to make more money nomadically. Tune in to find tools to help you nomad better.
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Found in Estonia bi-weekly podcast is sharing conversations with internationals who have made Estonia their home. It’s here to inspire more open-mindedness, bring people together and turn "anonymous foreigner" stereotypes into real-life humans. Foreigners are sharing their experiences, useful tips, recommendations, and hilarious thoughts about Estonians and life in Estonia. Learn more about all the episodes and join the monthly newsletter: www.foundinestonia.ee
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[originally published on Patreon March 21, 2024] Diving deeply into the claims made in the film La Llorona, I examine the question of Guatemala's oil industry in the wake of the 1954 coup and onwards, especially during La Violencia. As it turns out, most of the story deals with a company named Basic Resources International SA, or BRISA. BRISA was o…
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Mary Jo McConahay on her article at The Progressive, "Genocide Trial in Guatemala Brings Memories of Israel’s Role in the Killings." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. We also announce this week's Question from Hell! winner.Check out Mary's article here: https://progressive.org/latest/genocide-trial-in-guatemala-brings-m…
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Neve Gordon on his Jewish Currents article (co-authored with Nicola Perugini), "A Legal Justification for Genocide." "Rotten History" by Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview.Check out Neve's article here: https://jewishcurrents.org/human-shields-gaza-israel-a-legal-justification-for-genocideHelp keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and…
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note from the archivist: Jimmy did not write episode notes for the remaining episodes artwork by Robert Voyvodic (@rvoy__) based on Cuny's NGO maps for Thai concentration camps Songs: Go Back, You Fool by Faron Young Forget the Past by Faron Young False Flag by Massive Attack
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Ann Neumann returns to This is Hell! to discuss her Baffler Magazine article, "Pain and Suffering: The extraordinary power of opium products to alleviate pain is complicated by the language." "The Moment of Truth" follows the interview.Check out Ann's article here: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/pain-and-suffering-neumannHelp keep This Is Hell! comp…
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Award-winning investigative journalist Boyce Upholt returns to discuss his article at The New Republic, "An Everglades Scientist on Trial in Ron DeSantis’s Kingdom: A powerful nonprofit, closely allied with the Florida governor, sued one of its former scientists for stealing trade secrets. What was it really after?" "Rotten History" follows the int…
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Shannon Heffernan of the Marshall Project discusses her article, "Serving Time for Their Abusers’ Crimes: The Marshall Project found nearly 100 people who were punished for the actions of their abusers under little-known laws like “accomplice liability.”Check out Sharon's article here: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/06/13/abuse-domestic-vi…
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Recent guest Kavitha Chukuru of Al Jazeera returns to talk about her new Fault Lines documentary, 'The Night Won’t End," the product of Al Jazeera’s longstanding commitment to on-the-ground reporting inside Gaza. It was made possible by the work of brave journalists who worked for weeks in harrowing conditions to tell the story of three families wh…
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note from the archivist: Jimmy did not write episode notes for the approximately 46 remaining episodes artwork by Robert Voyvodic (@rvoy__) based on Cuny's NGO maps for Thai concentration camps Songs: I Hear You Talkin’ by Faron Young Live Fast, Love hard, Die Young by Faron Young Face to the Wall by Faron Young…
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Astra Taylor on her new book from AK Press, "The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart." "Rotten History" follows the interview.Check out Astra's book here: https://www.akpress.org/the-age-of-insecurity.htmlHelp keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https:/…
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Writer and filmmaker Emma Claire Foley on her Jacobin article, "How Israel Became a Nuclear Power."Check out Emma's article here: https://jacobin.com/2024/06/israel-nuclear-weapons-nonproliferation-iran-gazaHelp keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/t…
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Send us a Text Message. What do camera malfunctions, Smurfs, and satanic imagery have in common? They all played a part in the eerie experience of recording our latest episode on the "Satanic Panic." We started with strange technical glitches that set a bizarre tone, leading us into a discussion about the origins of the Satanic Panic from the 1980s…
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[originally published on Patreon March 22, 2024] This is the fifteenth and last installment in the UFC/Banana/Guatemala series. Rodolfo and I finish discussing the film La Llorona. We get into some of the more spiritual themes of the film. We sincerepost and share our thoughts on spirituality more generally. This leads to a discussion of family gho…
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Tad DeLay returns to This Is Hell! to discuss his new book from Verso, "Future of Denial: The Ideologies of Climate Change." "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview.Check out Tad's book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/2857-future-of-denialHelp keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus e…
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[originally published on Patreon March 20, 2024] I am joined by Rodolfo (from the Bolaño series) to discuss the 2019 Guatemalan film La Llorona, which features a lightly fictionalized account of a Montt stand-in and deals with the psychic and spiritual fallout from La Violencia. We discuss about half of the film's plot which led us to one of the th…
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Historian Gerald Horne returns to the show to discuss his new book, "Armed Struggle?: Panthers & Communists; Black Nationalists and Liberals in Southern California through the sixties and seventies." "Rotten History" follows the interview.Check out Gerald's book here: https://www.intpubnyc.com/browse/armed-struggle/Help keep This Is Hell! completel…
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[originally published on Patreon March 19, 2024] I pick back up with Efraín Ríos Montt's pacification plan known as Victoria 82, informally known as Fusiles y Frijoles, or Rifles and Beans. Montt established secret courts, a scorched-earth military campaign and utilized counterinsurgency troops. I share my personal experience with survivors of thes…
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Zac Chapman and Nairuti Shastry discuss their article at The Forge, "Will the Revolution Be Funded?," which is against big philanthropy and argues for community 'self-funding.'Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell…
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[originally published on Patreon March 18, 2024] A brief parenthetical before continuing with the story of the Guatemalan genocide, I decided to do an episode just for me (and the like three other Mormon listeners) about the Mormon church in Guatemala, though I think this will still be instructive. The history begins with a Mormon named John Forres…
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[originally published on March 17, 2024] Efraín Ríos Montt's presidency was the nadir of Guatemala's 36-year civil war, and the worst period of violence - la violencia - took place during it. I begin by discussing his upbringing, class background, and early career as a Guatemalan military officer. He was trained at the School of the Americas (now W…
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[originally published on Patreon March 16, 2024] By 1970, the literal former head of a death squad was running Guatemala - Colonel Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio. He took the death squad model to the next level, and disappearances skyrocketed. In 1972, the survivors of FAR formed the EGP (Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, or the Guerrilla Army of the…
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Send us a Text Message. Ever wondered how the ancient Mayan deity Quetzalcoatl shaped human civilization? Join us as we unpack the mystical tales of David's recent adventure in Quintana Roo, Mexico. From fascinating conversations with local Mayans in Tulum, Playa del Carmen, and Cancun, to humorous mishaps involving the tongue-twisting names of anc…
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[originally published on Patreon March 15, 2024] Most stories of the 1954 coup end shortly thereafter. We continue with Guatemala barreling right into the Guatemalan Civil War. I start with the Justice Department's antitrust case against United Fruit Company in the immediate aftermath of the 1954 coup. From there, I go into the curious case of Carl…
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[originally published on Patreon March 14, 2024] I open by discussing Operation SHERWOOD, the CIA's covert attempt to support Castillo Armas' invasion, run by Tracy Barnes and David Atlee Phillips, intentionally modeled after Orson Welles' infamous 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast. From there, I discuss the invasion proper, the Guatemalan governmen…
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[originally published on Patreon March 13, 2024] I begin the episode with the elephant in the room - the Dulles brothers owning United Fruit Company stock. I explore Sullivan & Cromwell's connections to UFC as well as the Cabot family's ownership of UFC stock, and other government insiders. Depending on your inclinations, you can tell the story of …
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Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright on his recent Black Agenda Report piece, "If You Want to See White “Supremacy” at Work, Don’t go to a Trump Rally, Observe the Democrats’ Approach to Climate Change." "Rotten History" follows the interview.Check out Anthony's piece here: https://www.blackagendareport.com/if-you-want-see-white-supremacy-work-dont-go-trum…
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