{"podcast":{"title":"This Is Hell!","slug":"this-is-hell-318119","podcast_index_feed_id":318119,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:70607212/sounds.rss","website_url":"http://www.thisishell.com","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-SO415XIpmqZQ3bzM-e2RznQ-original.jpg","author":"This Is Hell!","episode_count":500,"summary":"Manufacturing Dissent since 1996","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T12:19:26.534802+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-hell-318119"},"episode":{"title":"The Authoritarian Coalition’s Strategy Of Power Consolidation / Rakeen Mabud","slug":"the-authoritarian-coalition-s-strategy-of-power-consolidation-rakeen-mabud","published_at":"2026-04-26T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-hell-318119/the-authoritarian-coalition-s-strategy-of-power-consolidation-rakeen-mabud","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-hell-318119","url":"https://soundcloud.com/this-is-hell/the-authoritarian-coalitions","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2310916826-this-is-hell-the-authoritarian-coalitions.mp3","summary":"Rakeem Mabud speaks with This Is Hell! about her new essay for Common Wealth that she co-wrote with Melanie Brusseler titled “The Power Grab: The Authoritarian Coalition’s Strategy of Power Consolidation”. https://www.common-wealth.org/publications/the-power-grab Rakeen is an expert on how economic trends impact people’s everyday lives. She was most recently the Chief Economist at Groundwork Collaborative, and has also held roles in the US Treasury Department, Roosevelt Institute and Time’s Up. She holds a PhD in Government from Harvard University, and a BA from Wellesley College. 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","meta_description":"Rakeem Mabud speaks with This Is Hell! about her new essay for Common Wealth that she co-wrote with Melanie Brusseler titled “The Power Grab: The Authorit…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4522,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-is-hell-318119/episodes/the-authoritarian-coalition-s-strategy-of-power-consolidation-rakeen-mabud/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-hell-318119/the-authoritarian-coalition-s-strategy-of-power-consolidation-rakeen-mabud.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}