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This Is Hell! admin@thisishell.net no no http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-19/ http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-19/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 06:02:47 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=7172 http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-19/feed/ 1 4:19:16 Today on This is Hell! Nobel Peace Prize nominee Kathy Kelly, who is just back from Afghanistan, and German peace activist Reiner Braun, both of whom will be speaking at Chicago's Mass Rally and protest against NATO taking place Sunday. We also spok[...] Today on This is Hell! Nobel Peace Prize nominee Kathy Kelly, who is just back from Afghanistan, and German peace activist Reiner Braun, both of whom will be speaking at Chicago's Mass Rally and protest against NATO taking place Sunday. We also spoke with Barbara Ehrenreich on 'Preying on the Poor.' Producer Spencer 'Thunderball' Thayer gave us live report on his way to the Mental Health Movement's March on Mayor Emanuel's home. Irregular correspondent Danny Muller gave a 'Wasted Energy Report,' Kate O'Donnell said, 'Thank You, Science!, and Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-685-saturday-march-3-2012/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-685-saturday-march-3-2012/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:00:43 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=6347 http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-685-saturday-march-3-2012/feed/ 5 4:05:00 This week hsot Chuck Mertz interviewed Daniel Halperin who explained 'How the West Sparked the AIDS Epidemic and How to Overcome it,' Campbell Craig described 'the nonproliferation complex,' Suzanne Mettler told us 'How Invisible Government Policies[...] This week hsot Chuck Mertz interviewed Daniel Halperin who explained 'How the West Sparked the AIDS Epidemic and How to Overcome it,' Campbell Craig described 'the nonproliferation complex,' Suzanne Mettler told us 'How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy,' and Julia Whitty debunked the myth that the oceans are infinite and inexhaustible. We also heard from Dan 'The Auto Man' Litchfield, Danny Muller gave a Wasted Energy Report, and Jeff Dorchen returned with the Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/episode-684-february-25th-2012/ http://thisishell.net/shows/episode-684-february-25th-2012/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:00:42 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=6263 http://thisishell.net/shows/episode-684-february-25th-2012/feed/ 1 4:07:28 This weekend, Chuck Mertz interviews education expert Diane Ravitch on 'Schools We Can Envy,' economist Mark Weisbrot on Greece, Haiti, the budget and America's 'Lost Decade,' author John Nichols will tell us 'How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of P[...] This weekend, Chuck Mertz interviews education expert Diane Ravitch on 'Schools We Can Envy,' economist Mark Weisbrot on Greece, Haiti, the budget and America's 'Lost Decade,' author John Nichols will tell us 'How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest,' and activist Omar Barghouti will discuss 'The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights.' Our irregular correspondents will be Danny Muller, who gives a Wasted Energy Report, and the Hopleaf's Michael Roper talks beer. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/episode-677-xmas-party-december-17-2011/ http://thisishell.net/shows/episode-677-xmas-party-december-17-2011/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:16:07 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=5712 http://thisishell.net/shows/episode-677-xmas-party-december-17-2011/feed/ 4 4:10:41 Saturday, December 17, we cordially invited all of our listeners to the first-ever broadcast of the annual This is Hell! Office Party live and completely uninterrupted for four hours from the thirteenth floor of the beautiful Paramutual Building on [...] Saturday, December 17, we cordially invited all of our listeners to the first-ever broadcast of the annual This is Hell! Office Party live and completely uninterrupted for four hours from the thirteenth floor of the beautiful Paramutual Building on Chicago’s Sound Experiment, WNUR 89.3 FM, streaming live and podcast here. Hosting this year’s This is Hell! Office Party is your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz. This year’s This is Hell! Office party featured irregular correspondents … ‘Our Man in Budapest,’ Todd Williams reporting live from Hungary … live from Dublin, one of our more recent additions to our crew of irregular correspondents Will Lynch … live in-studio because he couldn’t catch his flight to Gaza, Danny Muller gave a ‘Wasted Energy Report’ … live from San Francisco, Kate O’Donnell talked the ‘God particle’ and says, “Thank You, Science!” … live in-studio, Kevan ‘The Radical Pessimist’ Harris … live in-studio, the proprietor of Chicago’s Hopleaf, 5148 North Clark, Michael Roper talked beer … and live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-september-10th/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-september-10th/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 06:46:40 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=5103 http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-september-10th/feed/ 0 4:05:04 Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: journalist Stephen Glain author of, “Mullahs, Merchants, and Militants: The Economic Collapse of the Arab World” (St. Martin’s Press), which was named the best[...] Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: journalist Stephen Glain author of, “Mullahs, Merchants, and Militants: The Economic Collapse of the Arab World” (St. Martin’s Press), which was named the best book of 2004 by online magazine The Globalist. Stephen’s latest book is, “State vs. Defense: The Battle to Define America’s Empire” (Crown). Don Peck is Deputy Managing Editor of The Atlantic where he covers the economy and American society. Don is the author of, “Pinched: How the Great Recession Has Narrowed Our Futures and What We Can Do About It” (Crown). reporter Andrew Becker covers the federal judiciary for the Center for Investigative Reporting is currently reporting on the immigration court system. Andrew was a fellow at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, where he reported on the business of human smuggling and corruption along the Southwest border for a joint New York Times and PBS FRONTLINE/World production. Andrew co-wrote the article, “Homeland security office creates ‘intelligence spam,’ insiders claim,” this week with G.W. Schulz. Their story reports that the Office of Intelligence and Analysis at the Department of Homeland Security, “despite a clear mandate from Congress and hundreds of millions spent on personnel and technology, the office has fallen far short of its mission and done little to improve the accuracy and quality of the nation’s intelligence data.” Dave Zirin writes on the politics of sports for the Nation Magazine and is their first sports writer in 150 years of existence. Winner of Sport in Society and Northeastern University School of Journalism’s 2011 ‘Excellence in Sports Journalism’ Award, Zirin is also the host of the weekly show, ‘Edge of Sports Radio,’ on SirusXM satellite radio..He is also a columnist for SLAM Magazine and the Progressive. His most recent book, in collaboration with Olympian John Carlos, is “The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World” (Haymarket Books). This week, he posted the column, “The NFL will remember 9/11 in all the wrong ways.” award-winning journalist Petra Bartosiewicz wrote the article, “To catch a terrorist: The FBI hunts for the enemy within,” for the August issue of Harper’s. Petra’s forthcoming book, “The Best Terrorists We Could Find,” an investigation of terrorism trials in the U.S. since 9/11, will be published by Nation Books. Her 2009 Harper’s story, “The intelligence factory: How America makes its enemies disappear” was a runner-up for the Molly Ivins Award. She was a finalist for the Livingston Awards and Scripps Howard Awards, and won the 2009 Newswomen’s Club of New York Award. Our irregular correspondents were: Danny Muller gave a ‘Wasted Energy Report’ Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-july-30-2011/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-july-30-2011/#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 01:29:51 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=4404 http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-july-30-2011/feed/ 5 4:02:56 Yesterday, Saturday, July 30, This is Hell! aired a live four hour broadcast beginning at 9AM (US central time) over the air on WNUR 89.3FM, Chicago’s Sound Experiment, streaming and podcast here. This weekend, your bitter blind broke gap-toot[...] Yesterday, Saturday, July 30, This is Hell! aired a live four hour broadcast beginning at 9AM (US central time) over the air on WNUR 89.3FM, Chicago’s Sound Experiment, streaming and podcast here. This weekend, your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: Muhammad Idrees Ahmad is a Glasgow-based sociologist, born in Chitral in Pakistan’s North-west Frontier, and raised in Abbottabad and Peshawar. Muhammad is the co-editor of PULSE, a collaborative political weblog. He is also a free lance writer for Al Jazeera where his recent writing includes, “Gunboats and gurkhas in the American Imperium,” “The Virtue-less war of the ‘Nintendo bomber’,” and “The magical realism of body counts.” Devin Burghart is vice president of the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights. This week, Devin wrote the piece “Norway Terror Suspect Described as Far-Right Nationalist Islamophobe.” Burghart has toured Norway on speaking and fact-finding missions about the far-right. historian William Blum is the author of, most recently, “Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War 2.” Bill’s msot recent writing includes, “Arguing Libya.” Our irregular correspondents this week were: live from Haiti, Danny Muller issued a Wasted Energy Report live from Dublin, Will Lynch talked Ireland’s new secularism live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-15/ http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-15/#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:57:07 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=4294 http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-15/feed/ 0 4:03:54 This is Hell! is broadcast live for four hours every Saturday morning, beginning at 9AM (US central) over the air on Chicago’s Sound Experiment, WNUR 89.3FM, streaming and podcast here. Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck[...] This is Hell! is broadcast live for four hours every Saturday morning, beginning at 9AM (US central) over the air on Chicago’s Sound Experiment, WNUR 89.3FM, streaming and podcast here. Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor (retired) at MIT. Noam is the author of many books and articles on international affairs and social-political issues, and a long-time participant in activist movements. His most recent book is, “Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel’s War Against the Palestinians” (Haymarket Books) which he wrote with past This is Hell! guest Ilan Pappe. Guardian environmental writer John Vidal whose most recent writing includes, “Fukushima spin was Orwellian” Alternet’s Joshua Holland who posted the column, “With Republicans Caught Between Wall Street and the Tea Party, Dems Just Might Win the Debt Ceiling Standoff,” today Dr. Chris Fichtner is a psychiatrist who has clinical and administrative public mental health experience in federal, state and county systems including serving as state mental health director for Illinois from 2003 to 2005. Chris is a Fellow of the American College of Physician Executives and holds a volunteer faculty appointment at Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. He is the author of “Cannabinomics: The Marijuana Poilicy Tipping Point” (Well Mind Books). Our irregular correspondents were: Danny Muller gave us a Wasted Energy Report live from Portland, Maine David Skalinder gave a ‘Back in Blighty’ report Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth live from Los Angeles. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-7/ http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-7/#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:30:55 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=3858 http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-7/feed/ 7 4:00:53 This is Hell! aired a live four hour broadcast Saturday, April 30, 2011, on Chicago’s WNUR 89.3 FM.. Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: Moshe Adler is author of “Economics for the Rest of Us: De[...] This is Hell! aired a live four hour broadcast Saturday, April 30, 2011, on Chicago’s WNUR 89.3 FM.. Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: Moshe Adler is author of “Economics for the Rest of Us: Debunking the Science that Makes Life Dismal” (The New Press). Moshe teaches economics at Columbia University and at the Harry Van Arsdale Center for Labor Studies at Empire State College. Mark Ames is a writer for eXiledonline. Mark is the author of 2005′s “Going Postal: Rage, Murder, and Rebellion: From Reagan’s Workplaces to Clinton’s Columbine and Beyond” (Soft Skull). He is also co-author of “The eXile: Sex, Drugs and Libel in the New Russia” (Grove). Mark’s recent writing includes the Alternet piece, “Did You Fall for It? America’s Outrage Over TSA Naked Body Scanners Was Right-Wing PR to Prevent Workers from Unionizing,” and The Nation story, “Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch.” Jo Comerford is the Executive Director of the National Priorities Project which “makes complex federal budget information transparent and accessible so people can prioritize and influence how their tax dollars are spent.” Jo has two decades of experience in community organizing Prior to the NPP, she served as Director of Programs at The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts and worked to meet the complex and immediate demands of hunger in the region, as well as for systemic community food security. She is an adjunct faculty member of Smith College School of Social Work. Conn Hallinan is a columnist for Foreign Policy In Focus. Conn’s most recent piece is headlined, “Libya and the Law of Unintended Consequences.” He also writes the blog Dispatches from the Edge. Our irregular correspondents were: live from Portland, Maine, Danny Muller gave a ‘Wasted Energy Report’ live from Puerto Rico, ‘Our Man in San Juan’ Dave Buchen live from Santa Cruz, Kate O’Donnell said, ‘Thank You, Science!’ live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-4/ http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-4/#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2011 07:44:38 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=3621 http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-4/feed/ 5 0:00:01 Your bitter, blind, broke, gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: Stanley Kutler is Emeritus Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Stanley is the author of “The Wars of Watergate: The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon[...] Your bitter, blind, broke, gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: Stanley Kutler is Emeritus Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Stanley is the author of “The Wars of Watergate: The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon” (Norton), “Abuse of Power: The New Nixon Tapes” (Free Press), and “The American Inquisition: Cold War Political Trials” (Hill & Wang). He is also a contributor at truthdig where his most recent columns include, “What Gov. Walker Won’t Tell You,” and “Activist Judges Strike Again.” Robert Pollin is a professor of economics and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts. Bob is the author of “A Measure of Fairness: The Economics of Living Wages and Minimum Wages in the United States.” He recently posted The Nation story, “The Betrayal of Public Workers.” Vijay Prashad is the George and Martha Kellner Chair of South Asian History and Director of International Studies at Trinity College. Vijay’s most recent book, “The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World,” (New Press) won the 2009′s Muzaffar Ahmad Memorial Prize. His most recent columns at Counterpunch include, “The Libyan Labyrinth: The Bang That Ends Qaddafi’s Revolution?,” and “The Long Arab Revolution: Two Types of Revolt.” Gideon Levy is a columnist at Haaretz and a member of their editorial board. Gideon posts the weekly Twilight Zone feature, which covers the Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza over the last 25 years, as well as the writer of political editorials for the newspaper. He was the recipient of the Euro-Med Journalist Prize for 2008; the Leipzig Freedom Prize in 2001; the Israeli Journalists’ Union Prize in 1997; and The Association of Human Rights in Israel Award for 1996. His latest book is, “The Punishment of Gaza” (Verso). His latest writing at Haaretz is, “With settlement resolution veto, Obama has joined Likud.” Our irregular correspondents were: live from Portland, Maine, Danny Muller gave a ‘Wasted Energy Report’ … live from Puerto Rico, we heard from ‘Our Man in San Juan’ Dave Buchen … live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-4/ http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-4/#comments Sat, 11 Dec 2010 07:45:14 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=3117 http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-4/feed/ 0 3:58:44 Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed … journalist Dante Chinni is author of “Our Patchwork Nation: The Surprising Truth about the ‘Real’ America and the 12 Community Types that Make Up [...] Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed … journalist Dante Chinni is author of “Our Patchwork Nation: The Surprising Truth about the ‘Real’ America and the 12 Community Types that Make Up Our Nation” (Gotham Books). Dante, since the run-up to the 2008 presidential election, has been the correspondent for the award-winning Patchwork Nation project, a collaboration among the Christian Science Monitor, PBS NewsHour and PBS member stations that is funded by the Knight Foundation. He last appeared on This is Hell! while working with the Center for Public Integrity. poet and writer Fatima Bhutto is the author of “Songs of Blood and Sword: a Daughter’s Memoir” (Nation Books). Fatima’s most recent writing includes the TomDispatch article, “A Flood of Drone Strikes: What the Wikileaks Revelations Tell Us About How Washington Runs Pakistan.” Fatima’s is the grand-daughter of Pakistan’s former President and Prime Minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, an elected member of parliament, who was killed by the police in 1996 in Karachi during the premiership of his sister and Fatima’s great-aunt, the late Benazir Bhutto. Fatima lives and writes in Karachi, Pakistan. David Garland, author of “Peculiar Institution: America’s Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition” (Harvard University Press), is the Arthur T. Vanderbilt Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology at New York University. Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens called, “(Garland’s) work makes a powerful argument that… the death penalty is unwise and unjustified.” David is a fellow of the American Society of Criminology and founding editor-in-chief of Punishment and Society: The International Journal of Penology. Academy Award-nominated documentarian Nir Rosen is a fellow at the New York University Center on Law and Security. Nir is an independent journalist and the author of “Aftermath: Following the Bloodshed of Amerca’s Wars in the Muslim World” (Nation Books). Our irregular correspondents this weekend will be: live from Baltimore, Kevan “The Radical Pessimist” Harris; live from Haiti, Danny Muller gives a “Wasted Energy Report;” … and live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivers a “Moment of Truth.” Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-5/ http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-5/#comments Sat, 20 Nov 2010 20:07:38 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=3019 http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-5/feed/ 5 4:01:19 Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen. Amartya is the author fo the book, “Idea of Justice,” (Harvard University Press) which was named a Book of the Year [...] Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen. Amartya is the author fo the book, “Idea of Justice,” (Harvard University Press) which was named a Book of the Year by the Toronto Globe and Mail and The Economist as well as being called a Book of the Decade by the New Statesman. Karen Greenberg is the Executive Director at the Center on Law and Security at New York University Law School. Karen is the author of, “The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo’s First 100 Days” (Oxford University Press). Her daily commentary on the trial of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani in Manhattan can be read by clicking here, including her most recent entry, “Guilty Until Proven Guilty: Threatening the Presumption of Innocence.” Also, check out the Center’s blog by clicking here. award-winning New Orleans-based journalist, Jordan Flaherty , author of the book, “Floodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the jena Six” (Haymarket Books). Jordan was the first reporter to bring the Jena Six story to a national audience. His most recent writing includes, “The Incarceration Capital of the US: The Crisis Inside New Orleans’ Jails.” Our irregular corespondents will be: live from Portland, Maine, Danny Muller gave a ‘Wasted Energy’ report on the situation in Haiti. live from Denver, the Cynical Optimist David Skalinder will be talking about the election. live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivers a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-2/ http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-2/#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:53:45 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2622 http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-2/feed/ 1 4:05:52 On the Saturday, October 9, 2010, four-hour, completely new, live broadcast, which can be listened to here, your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: award-winning investigative journalist Russ Baker is founder an[...] On the Saturday, October 9, 2010, four-hour, completely new, live broadcast, which can be listened to here, your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: award-winning investigative journalist Russ Baker is founder and editor-in-chief of WhoWhatWhy/The Real News Project where his recent writing includes the story,  “‘Obama’s Wars’:  The Real story Bob Woodward Won’t Tell.” Russ is author of last year’s, “Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, America’s Invisible Government and the Secret History of the Last Fifty Years” (Bloomsbury Press). Russ has received the Society of Professional Journalists, Mencken and Common Cause awards, served as a panelist for the national conference of Investigative Reporters & Editors, and been a member of the adjunct faculty at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. He is the co-founder of the journalism soirees that evolved into the company, MediaBistro. activist and writer Tom Hayden is a former California State Assemblyman and State Senator. Tom is the Nation Institute’s Carey McWilliams Fellow. His recent articles can all be found by clicking here. Tom also blogs at Huffington Post. His most recent books include, “Voices of the Chicago Eight: A Generation on Trial,” (City Lights), “Ending the War in Iraq,” (Akashic Books), and “Writings For A Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader” (City Lights). This week, Tom posted the story, “Another 9/11: The Danger of Obama’s Secret Policy.” Thomas Geoghegan is a practicing attorney and author of, “Were You Born on the Wrong Continent?: How the European Model Can Help You Get a Life” (New Press). His previous book is, “See You in Court: How the Right Made America a Lawsuit Nation” (New Press). Last year, Thomas was a Democratic candidate for Rahm Emanuel’s vacated US Congressional seat in Illinois’s 5th district. Thomas lost in a special election to eventual Congressman Mike Quigley. Joshua Holland is an editor and senior writer with AlterNet. Joshua is the author of, “The 15 Biggest Lies About the Economy (and Everything else the Right Doesn’t Want You to Know About Taxes, Jobs and Corporate America)” (Wiley). Our irregular correspondents were … live from Hungary, reported on the toxic sludge, will be ‘Our Man in Budapest’ Todd Williams live from Baltimore, ‘The Radical Pessimist’ Kevan Harris gave us a piece of his mind. live from Chicago, Dan ‘The Auto Man’ Litchfield talked cars. live from Portland, Maine, Danny Muller filed a ‘Wasted Energy Report’. Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! 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/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-8/ http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-8/#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:00:10 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2148 http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-8/feed/ 1 4:09:53 Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed … plant breeder and writer Stan Cox, author of “Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World (and Finding New Ways to Get Through the S[...] Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed … plant breeder and writer Stan Cox, author of “Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World (and Finding New Ways to Get Through the Summer)” (The New Press). Stan worked for the US Department of Agriculture in India for thirteen years. Find out more about Stan and his book at http://www.losingourcool.com/ public interest lawyer, writer and organizer John Atlas is the author of, “Seeds of Change: The Story of ACORN, America’s Most Controversial Antipoverty Community Organizing Group” (Vanderbilt University Press). John is the founder and current president of The National Housing Institute which publishes Shelterforce. Heather Rogers, author of, “Green Gone Wrong: How the Economy is Undermining the Environmental Revolution” (Scribner). Past This is Hell! guest Naomi Klein, says of Heather’s new book, “this sensible investigation arrives just in the nick of time.” venture capitalist Sheldon Drobny was the founder of Air America Radio. In 2006, Sheldon founded Nova M Radio, a competitor to Air America producing and syndicating progressive talk radio programs. He is the author of “Road to Air America—Breaking the Right Wing Stranglehold on Our Nation’s Airwaves” (Select Books). He is also a former IRS agent. The Hopleaf‘s Michael Roper talked about beer live from Italy. Danny Muller gave a ‘Wasted Energy Report’ live from the US Social Forum in Detroit. Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-may-15/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-may-15/#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 19:00:41 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=1859 http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-may-15/feed/ 4 0:00:01 Our guests were: Ira Chernus is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Ira is the author of “American Nonviolence: The History of an Idea ” (Orbis Books) and “Monsters To Destroy: The Neoconservat[...] Our guests were: Ira Chernus is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Ira is the author of “American Nonviolence: The History of an Idea ” (Orbis Books) and “Monsters To Destroy: The Neoconservative War on Terror and Sin” (Paradigm Publishers). He recently posted the article, “Blood or Treasure? Obama’s Crucial Choice in the Middle East.” 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.” Marjorie Cohn is the former president of the National Lawyers Guild and a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where she teaches criminal law and procedure, evidence, and international human rights law. She lectures throughout the world on human rights and US foreign policy. Marjorie is the author of “Rules of Disengagement: The Politics and Honor of Military Dissent” (PoliPoint Press). She is a “Media With Conscience News Magazine” senior editor, and a contributing editor to Jurist. She was also a legal observer in Iran on behalf of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers in 1978 and has participated in delegations to Cuba, China, and Yugoslavia. Her most recent writing includes, “Kagan’s Troubling Record.” Danny Muller gave a ‘Wasted Energy’ report from Portland, Maine. Spencer ‘Thunderball’ Thayer debuted his new segment live in our studios. Listen here. Kate O’Donnell gave her Perspective, live from San Francisco. This is the first installment of Kate’s segment under the new name, “Thank You, Science!” Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth from Los Angeles. Kind of. Not really. Okay, Jeff’s computer crashed and we just chatted it up for the last six minutes. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-february-20-2010/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-february-20-2010/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:41:49 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/?p=1226 http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-february-20-2010/feed/ 0 4:07:50 Our guests were: Henry Giroux is one of the founding theorists of critical pedagogy in the United States. He is best known for his pioneering work in public pedagogy, cultural studies, youth studies, higher education, media studies, and critical th[...] Our guests were: Henry Giroux is one of the founding theorists of critical pedagogy in the United States. He is best known for his pioneering work in public pedagogy, cultural studies, youth studies, higher education, media studies, and critical theory. He is the Global TV Network Chair in English and Cultural Studies at Hamilton, Ontario’s McMaster University. His most recent book is, “Youth in a Suspect Society: Democracy or Disposability?” (MacMillan). Andrew Bacevich is a professor of history and international relations at Boston University. He retired from the US Army with the rank of colonel. Andrew is the author of, “The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism” (Metropolitan Books). investigative journalist Greg Palast is the author of the New York Times bestsellers “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy” and “Armed Madhouse.” Greg’s recently released DVD is called, “Palast Investigates: From 8-Mile to the Amazon.” The DVD focuses on the trail of the financial marauders. The DVD is a compilation three Palast reports on BBC Newsnight, none of which have been broadcast on American television. All of Greg’s books and videos can be purchased through his web site. Just click above on his name. Kathy Kelly is the author of “Other Lands Have Dreams: From Baghdad to Pekin Prison” (AK Press). Kathy co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence which works to end US military and economic warfare. From 1996 to 2003, Kathy, as co-founder of Voices in the Wilderness, helped form 70 delegations that openly defied economic sanctions by bringing medicines to Iraqi children and families. Kathy and her companions lived in Baghdad throughout the 2003 “Shock and Awe” bombing. More recently, she has visited Gaza and Pakistan, writing eyewitness accounts of war’s impact on civilians. live from Vancouver, Chris Shaw, author of “Five Ring Circus: Myths and Realities of the Olympic Games” (New Society Publishers). Chris is a professor at the University of British Columbia and is a founding member and leading spokesperson for the No Games 2010 Coalition and 2010 Watch. Activist Danny Muller gave us a ‘Wasted Energy Report’ on politics & comic strips live from Portland, Maine; and from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-december-12-2010/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-december-12-2010/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:38:55 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/?p=1424 http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-december-12-2010/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Our guests were: Robert Dreyfuss is Rolling Stone’s national security correspondent, and a contributing editor at The Nation where he writes the ‘The Dreyfuss Report, blog. Recent entries include, “Fire Gates!,” “Exit [...] Our guests were: Robert Dreyfuss is Rolling Stone’s national security correspondent, and a contributing editor at The Nation where he writes the ‘The Dreyfuss Report, blog. Recent entries include, “Fire Gates!,” “Exit 2011, Parts I and II,” “Iran: No Sanctions” and “The Iranian Souffle.”author of “Devil’s Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam.” He is the author of 2005′s “The Devil’s Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam” (Henry Holt). reporter Jason Grotto is the co-author of the five-part Chicago Tribune series on ‘Agent Orange’s Lethal Legacy.’ Jason co-wrote the series with Tim Jones. Shlomo Sands a professor of history at the University of Tel Aviv. Shlomo is the author of, “The Invention of the Jewish People,” (Verso Books) winner of the Aujourd’hui Award, a French journalism award for top non-fiction political or historical work. The book was an international bestseller and was on Israel’s bestseller list for 19 weeks. Patrick Bond is professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Development Studies where he directs the Centre for Civil Society. Patrick also serves as visiting professor at Gyeongsang National University Institute of Social Sciences, South Korea. He is a co-advisor on the adviser to the new short film, “The Story of Cap and Trade.” We also have a ‘Wasted Energy Report’ from activist Danny Muller in Portland, Maine, and Jeff Dorchen delivers a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-july-18-2009-2/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-july-18-2009-2/#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:00:00 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/2009/07/podcast-for-saturday-july-18-2009-2/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-july-18-2009-2/feed/ 0 3:56:15 live from Tokyo, Eamonn Fingleton is the former editor for Forbes and the Financial Times. Eamonn wrote the Counterpunch article about “Detroit’s Collapse, the Untold Story: How the Press Helped Destroy the Auto Industry.” He is [...] live from Tokyo, Eamonn Fingleton is the former editor for Forbes and the Financial Times. Eamonn wrote the Counterpunch article about “Detroit’s Collapse, the Untold Story: How the Press Helped Destroy the Auto Industry.” He is the author of “In the Jaws of the Dragon: America’s Fate in the Coming Chinese Hegemony” (Thomas Dunne Books). Find out more about Eamonn by going to http://www.unsustainable.org. live from London, Matt Kennard is a 2008 graduate of the Colombia University Graduate School of Journalism in as a Stabile Investigative scholar. Matt recently moved back to his hometown of London and has written for the Guardian, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, and several other prominent publications. He wrote the Salon.com article, “Neo-Nazis are in the Army now.” This week, he wrote the story, “Irregular Army: The rise of neo-Nazis in the US military.” Jeff Faux is founder and former president of the Economic Policy Institute where he is currently a distinguished fellow. Jeff’s most recent article was a piece in The Nation entitled, “So Far From God, So Close to Wall St.” He is the author of “The Global Class War: How America’s Bipartisan Elite Lost Our Future – and What It Will Take to Win It Back” (Wiley). Live from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, long-time activist and human rights worker Grahame Russell, co-director of the Guatemala-based NGO Rights Action. Rights Action mission focuses on human rights – including poverty as well as racial and gender discrimination – and the environment. Grahame will give us an eyewitness account of what’s taking place in Honduras. Immediately after returning from Gaza, irregular correspondent Danny Muller gave a ‘Wasted Energy Report.’ Nicholas Hale‘s ‘Fool Britannia‘ segment on all things Britain returned for the first time in over a year. John K. Wilson, author of “President Barack Obama: A More Perfect Union” (Paradigm) and “Barack Obama: This Improbable Quest” (Paradigm Publishers) talked politics. And Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-april-25-2009-2/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-april-25-2009-2/#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:00:00 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/2009/04/podcast-for-saturday-april-25-2009-2/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-april-25-2009-2/feed/ 0 0:01:37 Johann Hari is an award-winning journalist who writes twice-weekly for the UK paper, The Independent. Last year, at the age of 29, Johann became the youngest person ever to be awarded the George Orwell Prize, which the Observer newspaper calls [...] Johann Hari is an award-winning journalist who writes twice-weekly for the UK paper, The Independent. Last year, at the age of 29, Johann became the youngest person ever to be awarded the George Orwell Prize, which the Observer newspaper calls “Britain’s preeminent award for political writing”. In 2007 he was named Newspaper Journalist of the Year by Amnesty International for his reporting on the war in Congo. He is the author of 2003′s, “God Save the Queen?: The Monarchy and the Truth About The Windsors” (Icon Books). His recent writing includes, “The Dark Side of Dubai,” “The one lesson of this crisis is the more need for a more equal society,” “Why we should listen to the protesters,” and “How to spot a lame lame argument.” Many of our listeners emailed us about his January article, “You Are Being Lied to About Pirates.” Fouad Pervez, currently a contributor at Foreign Policy in Focus, is a writer, actor, and policy analyst working on his PhD in international relations at Georgetown University. Fouad, a native of Karachi, currently works as a senior researcher at George Washington University. He is also a member of Transcend International, a global group of over 300 scholars and practitioners working on issues of peace and development. His most recent writing is, “A Better Alliance with Pakistan.” Heather Williams is Associate Professor of Politics at Pomona College and wrote the article, “Carbon Cap and Trade: How Wall Street Will Game the Regs and Trash the Planet.” Irregular correspondent Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth. And Danny Muller, formerly of Peace Action Maine and Voices in the Wilderness, gave his latest ‘Wasted Energy Report.’ Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-february-14-2009-2/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-february-14-2009-2/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/2009/02/podcast-for-saturday-february-14-2009-2/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-february-14-2009-2/feed/ 0 3:54:56 William Blum is the author of “Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II” and “Rogue State: a guide to the World’s Only Super Power” which are both published by Common Courage Press. Last wee[...] William Blum is the author of “Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II” and “Rogue State: a guide to the World’s Only Super Power” which are both published by Common Courage Press. Last weekend, he posted the article, “Obama and the Empire.” Visit his web site http://www.killinghope.org/. Dr. Gareth Porter is an investigative historian and journalist on US national security policy. Dr. Porter is the author of, most recently, “Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam.” (University of California Press). He has written regularly for Inter Press Service on US policy toward Iraq and Iran since 2005. Gareth was both a Vietnam specialist and an anti-war activist during the Vietnam War and was Co-Director of Indochina Resource Center in Washington. He taught international studies at City College of New York and American University. He was the first Academic Director for Peace and Conflict Resolution in the Washington Semester program at American University. His most recent writing includes “Intel Estimate Muddied Iran’s Nuclear Intent,” “Petraeus Leaked Misleading Story on Pullout Plans,” “Generals Seek to Reverse Obama Withdrawal Decision,” “Obama Team Should Reappraise Afghan War Efforts Before Doubling Troop Levels,” and “Bush Plan Eliminated Obstacle to Gaza Assault.” live from Baghdad, independent journalist Dahr Jamail is the author of “Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq” (Haymarket Books). Dahr reports for Inter Press Service and is a regular contributor to TomDispatch. Dahr’s most recent writing includes “Iraq’s ‘Teflon Don’.” Visit his web site, http://dahrjamailiraq.com/ Mark Potok is director of the Southern Poverty Law Center‘s Intelligence Project and editor of its award-winning, quarterly investigative journal Intelligence Report, Mark also edits the Center’s Hatewatch blog. Mark has testified before the Senate as well as the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights. Before his work at the Center, Mark was a Pulitzer Prize nominated reporter. His recent writing includes, “Hatemongers Poised to Exploit Obama Election, Tough Economic Times,” “The Nativist Lobby: Three Faces of Intolerance,” and “Marine’s Arrest Again Raises Issue of Extremists in the Military.” Joshua Holland is a senior writer at AlterNet. His most recent writing includes numerous articles on the economy including, “The Whole World Is Rioting as the Economic Crisis Worsens — Why Aren’t We?,” “Stop Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic and Nationalize the Damn Banks,” “Was the ‘Credit Crunch’ a Myth Used to Sell a Trillion-Dollar Scam?,” and “Let the Banks Fail: Why a Few of the Financial Giants Should Crash.” He was one of the co-authors of the piece, “Obama on the Precipice: The Ten Worst Things He Could Do When He Takes Over.” He also recently reviewed a couple of books including economist and past This is Hell! guest Dean Baker’s new “Blunders and Plunders.” Josh’s reviews are entitled, “How Economists (and Pundits and Politicians) Helped Steer America Off a Cliff,” and “Controversial Bestseller Shakes the Foundation of the Israeli State.” Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth and Danny Muller returned to give us another installment of ‘The Wasted Energy Report.’ Shows This Is Hell! no no