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This Is Hell! admin@thisishell.net no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-december-30-2006/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-december-30-2006/#comments Sat, 30 Dec 2006 06:00:00 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/2006/12/podcast-for-saturday-december-30-2006/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-december-30-2006/feed/ 0 0:00:01 producer Anthony "Big Nice" Walters picked our September interview with "Smokin”’ Joe Stiglitz for the "Best of Two Thousand-Sux" show. Joe is the Nobel Prize winning economist and author of the book, "Making G[...] producer Anthony "Big Nice" Walters picked our September interview with "Smokin”’ Joe Stiglitz for the "Best of Two Thousand-Sux" show. Joe is the Nobel Prize winning economist and author of the book, "Making Globalization Work" (Penguin UK). He’s the former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank. The Stigmeister founded the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, a think tank on international development based at Columbia University where he is a professor. He also chairs the University of Manchester’s Brooks World Poverty Institute. your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host chose the October interview with Counterpunch’s Alexander Cockburn who also writes the "Beat the Devil" column in The Nation. Dan "The Auto Man" Litchfield who does the auto segment on This is Hell, liked the February conversation with religious scholar Bart Ehrman, author of “Misquoting Jesus: The Story of Who Changed the Bible and Why” (HarperSanFrancisco). Bart is a graduate of the fundamentalist Christian Moody Bible Institute and the Christian evangelical Wheaton College, and is now the chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Bart is also the author of “Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and The Faiths We Never Knew” and “Lost Scriptures: Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament.” Dan Lithcfield gave his car report from New Orleans, Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth, Kevan Harris, "The Radical Pessimist," taught us a thing or two, and Elvis DeMorrow had revelations aplenty from his Konspiracy Korner. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-december-23-2006/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-december-23-2006/#comments Sat, 23 Dec 2006 06:00:00 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/2006/12/podcast-for-saturday-december-23-2006/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-december-23-2006/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Jon Gettman is a marijuana reform activist and leader of the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis (http://www.drugscience.org/index.html). Jon is the author of the new report, "Marijuana Production in the United States" which reports that c[...] Jon Gettman is a marijuana reform activist and leader of the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis (http://www.drugscience.org/index.html). Jon is the author of the new report, "Marijuana Production in the United States" which reports that cannabis is America’s number one cash crop, a $35-billion-a-year business, putting it ahead of staples like corn and soybeans. Peter DiCola is the research director at the Future of Music Coalition (http://www.futureofmusic.org/index.cfm). Peter wrote the new study, "False Promises, False Premises: "A Quantitative History of Ownership Consolidation in the Radio Industry" which shows why consolidation made radio suck far more than it already did. Fiona Watson, Campaigns Coordinator at Survival International (http://www.survival-international.org), just came back from Botswana and will tell us about the landmark decision this week concerning the San bushmen of the Kalahari. Jeff Stein, a criminal defense attorney and co-chair of the legislative committee for California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (http://www.cacjweb.org). Mr. Stein will tell us about California’s recently passed "Jessica’s Law." Jeff is a managing partner with Stein & Casciola (http://www.steinandcasciola.com) which specializes in sexual offenses. He was quoted this week saying, "the reality is the vast majority of registrants are not predatory, and don’t pose danger to strangers." Annie Nocenti is a filmmaker who just returned from Baluchistan where she shot a documentary on the Baluch (http://www.thebaluch.com). She’s written a piece for The Brooklyn Rail (http://www.brooklynrail.org/) discussing her trip entitled "A Call to Resistance: The Khan of Kalat Gathers the Tribes." Described as the "chief of chiefs" in Baluchistan, one of Pakistan’s tribal provinces which also borders Iran and Afghanistan, Khan Suleiman is a Gucci shade-wearing, Hummer-driving statesman trying to unify the tribes towards an independent Baluchistan so that his people can stave off a "slow-motion genocide" and reap the benefits of the land’s natural resources. Dave Buchen, our "Man in San Juan," reported to us live from Puerto Rico, Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth, and Kevan Harris, "The Radical Pessimist," told us what’s what. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/website-of-the-week-for-dec-16-2006/ http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/website-of-the-week-for-dec-16-2006/#comments Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:00:00 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/2006/12/website-of-the-week-for-dec-16-2006/ http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/website-of-the-week-for-dec-16-2006/feed/ 0 http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-december-16-2006/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-december-16-2006/#comments Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:00:00 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/2006/12/podcast-for-saturday-december-16-2006/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-december-16-2006/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Neil deMause, a media critic at Fairness and Accuracy n Reporting (http://www.fair.org), will discus his article in the newest issue of FAIR’s publication "Extra!" entitled, "The Smell of Success: After 10 years of ‘welfare[...] Neil deMause, a media critic at Fairness and Accuracy n Reporting (http://www.fair.org), will discus his article in the newest issue of FAIR’s publication "Extra!" entitled, "The Smell of Success: After 10 years of ‘welfare reform,’ ignoring the human impact." Back in the July/August edition of "Extra!," Neil wrote "Katrina’s Vanishing Victims: Media forget the ‘rediscovered’ poor." Reverend Barry Lynn, executive director of United For the Separation of Church and State (http://www.au.org/) and author of the new book,"Piety and Politics: The Right Wing Assault on Religious Freedom" (Harmony Books). investigative journalist Greg Palast (http://www.gregpalast.com) says goodbye to Augusto Pinochet in his article this week, "Tinker Bell, Pinochet And The Fairy Tale Miracle Of Chile." Jonathan Mazower, Research Coordinator at Survival International (http://www.survival-international.org), will tell us about the landmark decision this week concerning the San bushmen of the Kalahari. Frida Berrigan will talk with us about her In These Times’ (http://www.inthesetimes.com) story, "What We Leave Behind: From Kosovo to Lebanon, cluster bomb casualties continue to mount." Frida is a senior research associate with the Arms Trade Resource Center, a project of the World Policy Institute (http://www.worldpolicy.org/). LaddieO.com gave us a web, tech and science report from the hermetically sealed clean rooms at URL Labs, Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth, and Elvis DeMorrow told us what’s happening in his Konspiracy Korner. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/website-of-the-week-for-dec-09-2006/ http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/website-of-the-week-for-dec-09-2006/#comments Sat, 09 Dec 2006 06:00:00 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/2006/12/website-of-the-week-for-dec-09-2006/ http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/website-of-the-week-for-dec-09-2006/feed/ 0 http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-december-9-2006/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-december-9-2006/#comments Sat, 09 Dec 2006 06:00:00 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/2006/12/podcast-for-saturday-december-9-2006/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-december-9-2006/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Asli Bali is an attorney in private practice in New York. She has worked on a variety of civil and human rights issues within the international community and participated in the World Tribunal on Iraq in 2004 on the subject of possible war crimes [...] Asli Bali is an attorney in private practice in New York. She has worked on a variety of civil and human rights issues within the international community and participated in the World Tribunal on Iraq in 2004 on the subject of possible war crimes committed by US soldiers against Iraqis. She received a J.D. degree from the Yale University Law School in 1999, an M.P.A degree with honors from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University in 1999, an M.Phil degree with distinction from Cambridge University in 1995 and is a PhD candidate in the department of politics at Princeton University. We talked with Asli about her two recent articles in the Winter 2006 issue of the Middle East Report (http://www.merip.org) on Iran – "The US and the Iranian Nuclear Impasse" – and the legal arguments deployed by Israel to defend its conduct in the summertime wars in Gaza and Lebanon -"International Law at the Vanishing Point" – which she wrote with past guest Richard Falk. former CIA analyst Ray McGovern returned to This is Hell to discuss his most recent writing including, "Constitution Takes a New Hit From Senators at Gates Hearing," and "A CIA insider’s take on Gates." Erik Leaver, fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies (http://www.ips-dc.org/), wrote the article "Think We’re Leaving Iraq? Not So Fast," prior to the release of the "Iraq Study Group Report." Dahr Jamail also returned to This is Hell. Dahr told us what’s happening on the ground in Baghdad. Dahr writes the Iraq Dispatches site at http://dahrjamailiraq.com/ and his work has been published in the Inter Press Service, the NewStandard, The Asia Times, The Nation, The Sunday Herald, Islam Online, the Guardian and the Independent. His work has been translated into French, Polish, German, Dutch, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic and Turkish. He also does stuff for Pacifica Radio. Elizabeth de la Vega, a former federal prosecutor with more than twenty years of experience. During her tenure, she was a member of the Organized Crime Strike Force and Chief of the San Jose Branch of the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California. Elizabeth and her new book, "United States v. George W. Bush et al.," (Seven Stories Press)were featured on the pervious Thursday’s edition of "The Colbert Report." LaddieO.com gave us a web, tech and science report from the hermetically sealed clean rooms at URL Labs, Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth, and Elvis DeMorrow told what’s happening in his Konspiracy Korner. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/website-of-the-week-for-dec-02-2006/ http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/website-of-the-week-for-dec-02-2006/#comments Sat, 02 Dec 2006 06:00:00 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/2006/12/website-of-the-week-for-dec-02-2006/ http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/website-of-the-week-for-dec-02-2006/feed/ 0 http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-december-2-2006/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-december-2-2006/#comments Sat, 02 Dec 2006 06:00:00 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/2006/12/podcast-for-saturday-december-2-2006/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-december-2-2006/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Nancy Davies reports for NarcoNews from Oaxaca. Her most recent writing includes, "An Affront to the People of Oaxaca A Chronicle of the Battle of November 25." Jeff Sharlett is a contributing editor of Harper’s Magazine and he has t[...] Nancy Davies reports for NarcoNews from Oaxaca. Her most recent writing includes, "An Affront to the People of Oaxaca A Chronicle of the Battle of November 25." Jeff Sharlett is a contributing editor of Harper’s Magazine and he has the cover story in the December issue entitled, "Through A Glass Darkly: How The Christian Right is reimagining US history." Joel Brammeier, serves as manager of Habitat Recovery Programs for the Alliance for the Great Lakes (http://www.greatlakes.org) and will talk with us about the letter he sent to the US Coast Guard asking them to reconsider using the Great Lakes for live fire training exercises. Margaret Dooley is the outreach coordinator for the Drug Policy Alliance (http://www.drugpolicy.org)and she wrote the piece, "Meth: The Overstated Addiction" that appeared in AlterNet Frank O’Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization aimed at educating the public about clean air and the need for an effective Clean Air Act, will tell us about his TomPaine.com article, "The Other Climate Disaster." Nikolas Kotzloff wrote the Counterpunch piece this week entitled, "The Rise of Rafael Correa: Ecuador and the Contradictions of Chavismo and he is the author of "Hugo Chavez: Oil, Politics, and the Challenge to the US (St. Martin’s Press). LaddieO.com gave us a web, tech and science report from the hermetically sealed clean rooms at URL Labs, Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth, and Elvis DeMorrow returned to the Konspiracy Korner. Shows This Is Hell! no no