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This Is Hell! admin@thisishell.net no no http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-13/ http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-13/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:16:48 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2322 http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-13/feed/ 1 0:00:01 Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed … Tom Engelhardt is co-founder of the American Empire Project and runs the Nation Institute’s TomDispatch.com. Tom’s latest book is, “The American W[...] Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed … Tom Engelhardt is co-founder of the American Empire Project and runs the Nation Institute’s TomDispatch.com. Tom’s latest book is, “The American Way of War: How Bush’s Wars Became Obama’s” (Haymarket Books). This week, Tom posted the article, “The Opposites Game: All the Strangeness of Our American World in One Article.” Greta Christina is the author of “Bending,” an erotic novella that’s part of the three-novella collection, “Three Kinds of Asking For It,” (Simon & Schuster). Greta is the editor of “Paying For It: A Guide by Sex Workers for Their Clients” (Greenery Press). They are both available through her web site. She also edited the anthology, “Best Erotic Comics.” This week, she posted the article, “5 Stupid, Unfair and Sexist Things Expected of Men: We know the many ways sexism hurts women. But we don’t talk as much about how sexism hurts men.” Charles Bowden is the author of, “Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy’s New Killing Fields” (Nation Books). Chuck will be on to discuss his article, “Who Is Behind the 25,000 Deaths In Mexico?.” Live from Budapest, Todd Williams reported on why he’s an ex-pat in Hungary. Live from Haiti, Danny Muller will gave a relatively optimistic ‘Wasted Energy Report.’ Live from Oakland, Elvis DeMorrow gave a rundown of recent theories in the Konspiracy Korner. Live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth which was, sadly, the best analysis yet on the Shirley Sherrod scandal. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/url-labs-website-of-the-week-for-july-31-2010/ http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/url-labs-website-of-the-week-for-july-31-2010/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:43:54 +0000 laddieo http://thisishell.net/?p=2357 http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/url-labs-website-of-the-week-for-july-31-2010/feed/ 0 http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/url-labs-website-of-the-week-for-july-24-2010/ http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/url-labs-website-of-the-week-for-july-24-2010/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:38:35 +0000 laddieo http://thisishell.net/?p=2354 http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/url-labs-website-of-the-week-for-july-24-2010/feed/ 0 http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/friday-july-30/ http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/friday-july-30/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:50:03 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2341 http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/friday-july-30/feed/ 0 http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/thursday-july-29/ http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/thursday-july-29/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:14:38 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2333 http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/thursday-july-29/feed/ 0 http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/wednesday-july-28/ http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/wednesday-july-28/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:28:47 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2330 http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/wednesday-july-28/feed/ 0 http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/tuesday-july-27/ http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/tuesday-july-27/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:38:33 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2319 http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/tuesday-july-27/feed/ 0 http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/monday-july-26/ http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/monday-july-26/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:28:35 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2314 http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/monday-july-26/feed/ 0 http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-12/ http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-12/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:07:01 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2311 http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-12/feed/ 1 4:06:51 Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed … Joshua Foust is a military analyst specializing in Afghanistan, Pakistan and post-Soviet Central Asia. Joshua is a contributing editor to Current Intelligence, a jo[...] Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed … Joshua Foust is a military analyst specializing in Afghanistan, Pakistan and post-Soviet Central Asia. Joshua is a contributing editor to Current Intelligence, a journal of opinion and analysis. He blogs at Registan. This week, he posted the article, “What’s Secret in ‘Top Secret America?’ Dan Baum is a contributing editor to Harper’s Magazine. Dan’s article, “Happiness is a worn gun: My concealed weapon and me,” is the cover story in Harper’s August edition. Daniel C. Maguire is a professor of Moral Theology at Marquette University, a Catholic, Jesuit institution. Daniel recently posted the article, “Why I Am a Jew.” Robert Perkinson is a professor of American studies at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. Robert is the author of the book, “Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire” (Metropolitan). Find out more at http://texastough.com Live from Baltimore, Kevan ‘The Radical Pessimist’ Harris gave us a piece of his mind. Live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/friday-july-23/ http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/friday-july-23/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:06:30 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2308 http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/friday-july-23/feed/ 0 http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/thursday-july-22/ http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/thursday-july-22/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:46:44 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2301 http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/thursday-july-22/feed/ 0 http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/wednesday-july-21/ http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/wednesday-july-21/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:03:18 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2295 http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/wednesday-july-21/feed/ 0 http://thisishell.net/correspondents/the-radical-pessimist-correspondents/imperialism-and-the-weather-revisiting-mike-davis-late-victorian-holocausts/ http://thisishell.net/correspondents/the-radical-pessimist-correspondents/imperialism-and-the-weather-revisiting-mike-davis-late-victorian-holocausts/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:43:49 +0000 Kevan Harris http://thisishell.net/?p=2285 http://thisishell.net/correspondents/the-radical-pessimist-correspondents/imperialism-and-the-weather-revisiting-mike-davis-late-victorian-holocausts/feed/ 0 http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-11/ http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-11/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:56:29 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2272 http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-11/feed/ 0 3:50:53 During our special ‘Best of’ edition’ we played interviews including … From March 13 … Melvin Goodman is the national security and intelligence columnist for truthout.org. Melvin’s most recent writing at truthout[...] During our special ‘Best of’ edition’ we played interviews including … From March 13 … Melvin Goodman is the national security and intelligence columnist for truthout.org. Melvin’s most recent writing at truthout includes, Too Much Bang, Bang: The Need to Demilitarize US ‘National Security’,” “The Secret History of Gen. Alexander Haig,” and the two-parter, “President Obama and the CIA: What Must Be Done,” and “CIA and Intelligence Community Mythologies.” Mel spent 42 years with the CIA, the National War College, and the US Army. He is also a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and adjunct professor of government at Johns Hopkins University. His latest book is “Failure of Intelligence: The Decline and Fall of the CIA” (Rowan & Littlefield). From March 20 … Lewis Lapham is editor of Lapham’s Quarterly and the former editor of Harper’s Magazine, Lewis is the author of, most recently, “Pretensions to Empire: Notes on the Criminal Folly of the Bush Administration” (New Press). This week, Lewis posted the Lapham’s Quarterly article, “The Great White Whale in San Francisco Bay: Or How the ‘Lively Arts’ Became ‘the Media’,” at TomDispatch. From April 3 … Just Detention International Program Director Cynthia Totten will discuss her group’s work and the New York Review of Books article, “The Way to Stop Prison Rape.” Just Detention works “to ensure government accountability for prisoner rape; to transform ill-informed public attitudes about sexual violence in detention; and to promote access to resources for those who have survived this form of abuse.” From May 15 … Berlin-based journalist Paul Hockenos is the author of “Homeland Calling: Exile Patriotism and the Balkans Wars” (Cornell University Press). Paul is an analyst at the European Stability Initiative. From 1997 to 1999, he worked with The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Bosnia on press and media issues. Since then, he has been a visiting fellow at the American Academy in Berlin and the European Journalism College at the Free University Berlin. He holds a journalism fellowship from the German Marshall Fund of the US to research the role of diaspora groups in the last decade of the Balkan conflict. Today, Paul posted the article, “Central Europe’s Right-Wing Populism.” From May 29 … Ben Austen is a contributing editor to Harper’s Magazine. Ben’s front-page article for Harper’s latest edition is, “In the loop: Obama’s hometown takes Washington.” From June 5 … John Vidal is the Guardian’s environment editor. John is the author of “McLibel: Burger Culture on Trial” (Pan Books). His recent articles include, “Nigeria’s agony dwarfs the Gulf oil spill. The US and Europe ignore it,” “Presence of world leaders ‘paralysed’ climate summit, UN letter claims,” “Academic resigns from UK food watchdog over ‘GM propaganda’,” and “2010 on track to become warmest year ever.” From June 12 … Patrick Cockburn is Iraq correspondent for the Independent in London. Patrick has received the Martha Gellhorn prize for war reporting, the James Cameron Award, and the Orwell Prize for Journalism. He is the author of “Muqtada Al-Sadr and the Battle for the Future of Iraq” (Simon & Schuster) and “The Occupation: War, resistance and daily life in Iraq” (Verso Books) which was a 2006 finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award for best nonfiction book. His recent writing includes, “Erdogan Rising?: The New Face of Power in the Middle East.” Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/url-labs-website-of-the-week-for-july-17-2010/ http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/url-labs-website-of-the-week-for-july-17-2010/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:38:27 +0000 laddieo http://thisishell.net/?p=2282 http://thisishell.net/website-of-the-week/url-labs-website-of-the-week-for-july-17-2010/feed/ 0 http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/monday-friday-july-12-16/ http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/monday-friday-july-12-16/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:03:04 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2280 http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/monday-friday-july-12-16/feed/ 0 http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-10/ http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-10/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:00:58 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2227 http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-10/feed/ 1 3:56:39 This week, your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed … Mike Marqusee writes Level Playing Field, a column on politics and culture for The Hindu Sunday magazine, one of India’s largest circulation English la[...] This week, your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed … Mike Marqusee writes Level Playing Field, a column on politics and culture for The Hindu Sunday magazine, one of India’s largest circulation English language publications, and Contending for the Living for Red Pepper. Mike’s most recent book is the paperback edition of “If I Am Not for Myself: Journey of an Anti-Zionist Jew” (Verso). His recent columns include, “Come on you Ghana, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, Korea, Italy… “ former humanitarian aid worker Ann Jones, author of “Kabul in Winter,” (Macmillan) will discuss her recent writing, “Counterinsurgency Down for the Count in Afghanistan… But the War Machine Grinds On and On and On.” Ann’s new book, “War Is Not Over When It’s Over: Women Speak Out from the Ruins of War,” will be released in September on Metropolitan Books. Fred Kaufman is a contributing editor at Harper’s Magazine, and teaches at the City University of New York and CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism. Frank the July issue’s cover story, “The food bubble: How Wall Street starved millions and got away with it.” Chris Mooney is a visiting associate in the Center for Collaborative History at Princeton University and the author of three books, “The Republican War on Science,” “Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming” (Harcourt), and “Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future”. Chris is a contributing editor to Science Progress, senior correspondent for The American Prospect magazine. He also writes “The Intersection” blog with Sheril Kirshenbaum. Our irregular correspondents were: Dan ‘The Auto Man’ Litchfield. Kate O’Donnell said, “Thank you, science!” Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/uncategorized/url-labs-website-of-the-week-for-july-10-2010/ http://thisishell.net/uncategorized/url-labs-website-of-the-week-for-july-10-2010/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:53:47 +0000 laddieo http://thisishell.net/?p=2264 http://thisishell.net/uncategorized/url-labs-website-of-the-week-for-july-10-2010/feed/ 0 http://thisishell.net/questions-from-hell/whats-the-best-and-worst-thing-the-obama-administration-has-done-so-far/ http://thisishell.net/questions-from-hell/whats-the-best-and-worst-thing-the-obama-administration-has-done-so-far/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:26:26 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2262 http://thisishell.net/questions-from-hell/whats-the-best-and-worst-thing-the-obama-administration-has-done-so-far/feed/ 3 http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/friday-july-9/ http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/friday-july-9/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:59:37 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2245 http://thisishell.net/nine-circles-of-hell/friday-july-9/feed/ 0