This is Hell is broadcast every Saturday morning live from 9 am till 1 PM (central time), in Chicago on WNUR 89.3 FM, and live on the web via RealAudio and Windows Media Player through WNUR's web site (http://www.wnur.org). Just go to WNUR's web site and click on "live webcast."

Our show is also archived each and every week, in its entirety. You can hear all of our shows since September 15, 2001 in our Archives which also includes Classic Interview Archives culled from broadcasts of This is Hell dating back to 1998.

To download our podcast, just go to our Archives section.

What we try to do is give our listeners access to information and perspectives that are muted or overlooked by mainstream media here in the States. When we cover stories that are in the mainstream, we hope to bring you unique views and analysis, including those of eyewitnesses directly affected by the day's events, instead of solely depending on the opinions of politicians and those in big business.

In this way, we hope to undo the framing and myths that are perpetuated by big media, fueled by partisan political machines and forced into sound bite sized messages that are frighteningly easy to digest and regurgitate. Using long form interviews, we also hope to give our audience the context necessary to understand today's most important issues.

More simply, we do not want to tell our audience what to think, but what to think about. At least, this is our goal ... and we try to do this without boring you to death.

The host of This is Hell is Chuck Mertz. The show is produced by Drew Colglazier, Taylor Deare, Trevor Ewen. and Laura Mayer.

Producer Laura Mayer has a project called the 'How Are You Doing Project.' Simply call 1-800-737-6045 and tell Laura how you are doing. For more information, visit http://howareyoudoingproject.com

Our correspondents include LaddieO.com, who gives us web and tech news from the hermetically sealed clean room at URL Labs; Jeff Dorchen, who delivers the Moment of Truth; the Konspiracy Korner, with Elvis DeMorrow of the hardass Oakland-based band No Doctors (http://www.nodoctors.com); Seattle Dr. Krys Bigosinski, MD; Kevan Harris, 'The Radical Pessimist' who is pursuing a PhD in sociology at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore; 'our man in San Juan' Dave Buchen; 'The Wasted Energy Report' with Danny Muller, a former member of Voices in the Wilderness who once interrupted an 'Oprah!' broadcast by shouting questions at then presidential candidate Governor George W. Bush.

We have recently added Nicholas Hale's 'Fool Britannia,' Mike Dvorak's 'The Wind Blows,' John Wilson's segment on academic freedom and politics, Todd Williams is now our man in Budapest, and Dan Litchfield, does an auto segment.

And former producers Drew Youngren and Kate O'Donnell are now corresponding from Brooklyn and the Mission, respectively.

Special thanks to Michael Corsa who has volunteered to broadcast 'Best of' editions of This is Hell! when the staff is out of town.

If you would like to propose your own correspondent segment, send us an email.

Special thanks to yet two more producers-at-large, Andrew Duncan and Anthony "Big Nice" Walters, who continue to contribute to the content of our program.

And we all miss Lizzie Gore.

And we wouldn't have this web site without the work of artist/musician/web designer/illustrated man Sean Hopp (http://www.seanhopp.com). Chuck's big brother Matt selects the majority of the stories linked in our Nine Circles of Hell. And Eric Schuster (http://www.newworldresourcecenter.com) tips us off to many of the events that we post.

Feel free to tell us what you think. Send us an email by clicking here, Instant Message us via AOL during the show at wnurdj, or call us during our live broadcast at 847-866-WNUR - that's 847-866-9687.

Read what others are saying about our show by going to the Press section of this site.