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Tomorrow on This is Hell!, former FBI agent Ali Soufan gives us ‘The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against Al Qaeda,’ historian Carroll Smith-Rosenberg describes ‘This Violent Empire,’ political economist Gar Alperovitz discusses ‘America Beyond Capitalism,’ and Iranian analyst Farideh Farhi talks Iran. Irregular correspondent Spencer ‘Thunderball’ Thayer takes your calls on #Occupy, LaddieO.com tells us what’s brewing in URL Labs, and Jeff Dorchen delivers a Moment of Truth.

Podcast for January 28, 2012 [ 4:05:18 | 168.43 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (709)

This week on This is Hell! Peter van Buren told us how he ‘Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People,’ John Lanchester explained ‘Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay,’ and Christopher Preble revealed ‘How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous and Less Free.’ Elvis DeMorrow stepped out of the Konspiracy Korner to give a travelogue, we heard from our ‘Man in San Juan’ Dave Buchen, and Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth.

Podcast for January 14, 2012 [ 4:05:46 | 143.42 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1041)

Our guests were ex-CIA officer Paul Pillar on Iran, the Gay Liberation Network’s Andy Thayer on this coming May’s G8/NATO protests in Chicago, historian Lisa Keller on “Democracy and Public Space,” former Seattle police chief during the 1999 WTO demonstrations Norm Stamper, and Tom Frank on ‘The Hard Times Swindle and the Unlikely Come Back of the Right.” Dan ‘the Auto Man’ Litchfield talked cars and Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth.

Episode #677 - Podcast for December 17, 2011 [ 4:10:41 | 114.75 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1019)

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 [...]

Episode # 676 - December 10, 2010 [ 3:52:47 | 213.12 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1612)

Saturday, December 10, This is Hell! broadcast a live four hour show beginning at 9 AM (central) over-the-air on Chicago’s Sound Experiment, WNUR 89.3 FM, streaming live and podcast here. Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed … Jeffrey D. Clements is the co-founder and general counsel of Free Speech for [...]

Episode #675 - December 3, 2012 [ 3:53:20 | 127.43 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1476)

Saturday, December 3rd, This is Hell! aired a live four hour completely uninterrupted, commercial-free, thoroughly unedited broadcast beginning at 9 AM (US central) on Chicago’s Sound Experiment, WNUR 89.3 FM, streaming live and podcast shortly after here. Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed … live from Oslo, Reza Marashi is [...]

Podcast for November 5, 2011 [ 3:40:40 | 215.86 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1476)

Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: Jeff Goodwin is professor of Sociology at New York University. Jeff is a past chair of the Comparative and Historical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association. His research focuses on social movements, revolutions, political violence, and terrorism. He is best known for his [...]

Podcast for Octoer 22, 2011 [ 3:59:34 | 219.33 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1371)

This is Hell! broadcast a live, completely unedited and uninterrupted four hour radio show, Saturday, October 22nd, on Chicago’s Sound Experiment, WNUR 89.3 FM, streaming and podcast here. Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: – Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Chris Hedges is a weekly columnist at Truthdig and a senior fellow [...]

Podcast for September 24, 2011 [ 4:07:56 | 226.99 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (718)

This weekend, your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: Stephen Walt is a professor at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Stephen is the Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs in the International Security Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He co-authored, “The [...]

Podcast for September 17, 2011 [ 4:03:25 | 111.43 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1515)

Your bitter blind broke gap-tooothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: Paul Harris is the US correspondent of British papers the Guardian and The Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper. Prior to his work at the Guardian and Observer, Paul reported from Africa for the Daily Telegraph, The Associated Press and Reuters. He has been [...]

Podcast for Saturday, September 10th [ 4:05:04 | 112.19 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1360)

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 [...]

Podcast for August 27, 2011 [ 3:57:00 | 108.49 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1225)

Yesterday, Saturday, August 27, This is Hell! aired a live, completely uninterrupted and unedited, four hour broadcast at 9AM (US central time) on Chicago’s Sound Expermient, WNUR 89.3 FM, streaming live and now podcast shortly here. Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: Michael Lind is Policy Director of New America’s [...]