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This Is Hell! admin@thisishell.net no no http://thisishell.net/shows/episode-681-podcast-for-february-4-2012/ http://thisishell.net/shows/episode-681-podcast-for-february-4-2012/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:48:42 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=6031 http://thisishell.net/shows/episode-681-podcast-for-february-4-2012/feed/ 0 http://thisishell.net/shows/episode-680-podcast-for-janaury-28-2012/ http://thisishell.net/shows/episode-680-podcast-for-janaury-28-2012/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:42:38 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=5978 http://thisishell.net/shows/episode-680-podcast-for-janaury-28-2012/feed/ 0 4:05:18 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[...] 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. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-12/ http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-12/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:46:24 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=5856 http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-12/feed/ 0 4:05:46 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 dem[...] 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. 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/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-21/ http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-21/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:37:57 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=5672 http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-21/feed/ 1 3:52:47 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 Chu[...] 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 People, a national, nonpartisan campaign to overturn Citizens United and pass the People’s Rights Amendment. Jeff is a former assistant attorney general of Massachusetts. His latest book is, “Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It” (Berret-Koehler). live from Durban, political economist Patrick Bond is a professor in the School of Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Patrick is head of the Centre for Civil Society in Durban. He is author and editor of the just-released books “Politics of Climate Justice” (UKZN Press) and “Durban’s Climate Gamble: Trading carbon, betting the earth” (UNISA Press). He’s also an adviser on the film “Carbon Markets, Trading Our Future.” He recently wrote the article, “The Politics of Durban: A Dirty Deal Coming Down in Durban.” live from Paris, Diana Johnstone was European editor of In These Times from 1979 to 1990, and continues to be a correspondent for the publication. Diana was press officer of the Green group in the European Parliament from 1990 to 1996. She is the author of the 2003 title, “Fools’ Crusade: Yugoslavia, Nato, and Western Delusions” (Monthly Review Press). Her most recent writing includes, “As the ‘Humanitarian Warriors’ Gloat … Here’s the Key Question in the Libyan War.” live from Montreal, Devlin Kuyek is a lead researcher and activist with GRAIN, a small international organization based in Barcelona, Spain that works with social movements around the world in defense of peasant agriculture and food sovereignty. Devlin is author of, “Good Crop/Bad Crop: Seed politics and the future of food in Canada” (Between the Lines). He is also a member of the steering committee of the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network. This week, GRAIN won the Right Livelihood Award, often called the ‘alternative Nobel.’ GRAIN was recognized “for their worldwide work to protect the livelihoods and rights of farming communities and to expose the massive purchases of farmland in developing countries by foreign financial interests.” Our irregular correspondents were … live from the hermetically sealed clean rooms at URL Labs, LaddieO.com gives a report on science and tech stuff … and live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivers a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-20/ http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-20/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 06:07:25 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=5635 http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-20/feed/ 0 3:53:20 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 shortl[...] 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 the Research Director at the National Iranian American Council. Prior to working at NIAC, Reza worked in the Office of Iranian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State for four years. He has also been an analyst at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) covering China-Middle East issues, and a Tehran-based private strategic consultant on Iranian political and economic risk. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, The National Interest and Al Jazeera, among other publications. He has been a guest contributor to the BBC, NPR, Financial Times, Reuters, and ABC News, among other broadcast outlets. His most recent writing includes, “The Iranian-American Game of Chicken.” live from New Mexico, Tom Barry is the author of, “Border Wars” (Boston Review Books). Tom directs the TransBorder Project of the Americas Program at the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC. He blogs at http://borderlinesblog.blogspot.com. His most recent writing includes, “How the Drone Warfare Industry Took Over Our Congress.” live from New York, Costas Panayotakis is associate professor of sociology at the New York City College of Technology at CUNY. Costas is author of, “Remaking Scarcity: From Capitalist Inefficiency to Economic Democracy” (Pluto Press). His most recent writing includes, “The Greek Crisis Intensifies” and “Debunking the Greek (and European) Crisis Narrative.” Our irregular correspondents were: live from Puerto Rico, ‘Our Man in San Juan’ Dave Buchen live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivers a Moment of Truth Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-november-5-2011/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-november-5-2011/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:01:05 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=5445 http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-november-5-2011/feed/ 0 3:40:40 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 Associ[...] 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 book, “No Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945-1991″ More recently, he is the author of “Contention in Context” (Stanford University Press) and “The Social Movements Reader” (Wiley-Blackwell). Next month, Jeff will have an article in Le Monde Diplomatique tentatively titled, “Occupy Wall Street: The Challenge Ahead.” Susan Kang is an assistant professor of political science at City University of New York where she teaches a course on international relations and does research on human rights and trade union movements. She is currently involved in #OccupyWallStreet and been active in the demands working group at Zuccotti Park. Dr. Gareth Porter is an investigative historian and journalist on US national security policy with Inter-Press Service. 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). 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, “Debunking the Iran ‘Terror Plot’,” “ISAF Data Show Night Raids Killed over 1,500 Afghan Civilians,” “UN Tally Excluded Most Afghan Civilian Deaths in Night Raids,” and “US May Have Concealed Deterrent Aim of Iranian Plan.” Our irregular correspondents were: live from Dublin, we heard from Will Lynch and … live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth. This weekend’s show was produced solo by Spencer “Thunderball” Thayer. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-october-22/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-october-22/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:00:28 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=5407 http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-october-22/feed/ 0 3:59:34 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 Me[...] 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 at The Nation Institute. Chris’s 2002 book “War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning” (Random House) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. His new book is entitled, “The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress” (Nation Books). Watch this amazing video of Chris last Saturday night at #OccupyWallStreet. - Dr. Stefano Battiston is the Chair of Systems Design at ETH Zurich who examined transnational companies and found that 147 interconnected corporations control 40% of the world’s wealth. The report, “The network of global corporate control,” can be read here and an easier to read blog post can be read here. - journalist Mark Engler is a senior analyst with Foreign Policy In Focus. Mark is author of “How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy (Nation Books),” which was selected by the Drum Major Institute as one of the “most interesting and informative progressive books” of 2008. Mark is also a monthly columnist for the Oxford, UK-based New Internationalist magazine. He serves on the editorial board of Dissent and writes a weekly post for the magazine’s “Arguing the World” blog. His most recent writing includes, “The Future of the #Occupy Movement: Solidarity and Escalation.” Our irregular correspondents were: - ‘Our Man in Budapest’ Todd Williams reported live from Hungary … - former producer Trevor Ewen, in from New York City, gave us his inaugural segment as an irregular correspondent … - Michael Roper of Chicago’s Hopleaf, 5148 North Clark Street, talked beer live in-studio … - live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/saturday-24-2011-on-this-is-hell/ http://thisishell.net/shows/saturday-24-2011-on-this-is-hell/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:00:39 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=5222 http://thisishell.net/shows/saturday-24-2011-on-this-is-hell/feed/ 0 http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-september-17/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-september-17/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:01:57 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=5143 http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-september-17/feed/ 3 4:03:25 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 Obse[...] 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 a front line reporter of conflicts in Iraq, Sudam, Burundi, Somalia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Pakistan. In 2003, he was embedded with British forces during the invasion of Iraq. Paul is the author of “The Secret Keeper,” a thriller set in Africa. Paul will be releasing a new novel in June 2012 entitled, “The Candidate.” His most recent writing includes, “The decline and fall of the American middle class.” John Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science and the co-director of the Program on International Security policy at the University of Chicago. His most recent book is, “Why Leaders Lie: The Truth About Lying in Politics” (Oxford University Press). He is also He is on the Advisory Council of The National Interest. His most recent writing there is, “Imperial By Design.” writer and journalist Mark Danner is Chancellor’s Professor of Journalism and Politics at the University of California at Berkeley, and the James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs, Politics, and Humanities at Bard College. Mark has written for more than two decades on foreign affairs and international conflict. He has covered Central America, Haiti, Balkans and Iraq, among many other stories, He has written extensively about the development of American foreign policy during the late Cold War and afterward, and about violations of human rights during that time. His most recent book is, “Stripping Bare the Body: Politics Violence War.” Formerly a staff writer at The New Yorker, he is now a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books. This week, he posted the article, “After September 11: Our State of Exception.” We’ll be speaking with Mark live from Ramallah. Danielle Brian is the Executive Director of the Project On Government Oversight, a nonprofit government watchdog organization. Danielle frequently testifies before Congress and regularly appears on or is quoted in major national media. Under Under her direction POGO has conducted numerous investigations that have led to major public policy reforms including, cutting wasteful spending, expanding oil and gas industry fraud on public lands, increasing nuclear security, and fighting excessive government secrecy. Danilee returns to This is Hell! to discuss POGO’s new report, “Bad Business: Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Wasted on Hiring Contractors.” Our irregular corespondents were: Kevan ‘The Radical Pessimist’ Harris David ‘The Cynical Optimist’ Skalinder 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/august-27th-2011/ http://thisishell.net/shows/august-27th-2011/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 06:54:41 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=5030 http://thisishell.net/shows/august-27th-2011/feed/ 1 3:57:00 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 bitt[...] 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 Economic Growth Program. He is a co-founder of the New America Foundation and was the first New America fellow. His most recent book is a collection of poetry entitled, “Parallel Lives” (Etruscan Press). His latest non-fiction book is, “The American Way of Strategy: U.S. Foreign Policy and The American Way of Life” (Oxford University Press). Michael’s on to discuss his writing at The Financial Times this week, “The Intellectual Collapse of Left and Right.” We also hope to talk with Michael about other columns he’s posted since his last appearance on This is Hell! back in January, including “Niall Ferguson and the Brain-Dead American Right.” Trevor Aaronson is a 2010-11 Investigative Reporting Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, where he developed a yearlong project about the FBI’s informants in US Muslim communities. Trevor is also associate director and co-founder of the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit journalism organization that produces reporting about Florida and Latin America in English and Spanish. His work has won more than two dozen national and regional awards, including from the Livingston Awards, awarded for journalistic excellence by reporters under 35 years old, Society of Professional Journalists and Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. His work, “The Informants: The FBI has built a massive network of spies to prevent another domestic attack. But are they busting terrorist plots—or leading them?,” is the cover story in the September/October Mother Jones. Our irregular correspondents were: live from Puerto Rico, ‘Our Man in San Juan’ Dave Buchen live from the hermetically sealed clean rooms at URL Labs, LaddieO.com gave a web, tech and/or science report live in-studio, John K. Wilson, author of, “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Rush Limbaugh’s Assault on Reason” (Thomas Dunne Books). John is also the founder of the Institute for College Freedom. 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-18/ http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-18/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 06:01:10 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=4677 http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-18/feed/ 9 3:55:35 Today, Saturday, August 6, 2011, This is Hell! aired a live four hour broadcast beginning at 9AM (US central) on Chicago’s Sound Experiment WNUR 89.3 FM streaming live and podcast here. This weekend, your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio s[...] Today, Saturday, August 6, 2011, This is Hell! aired a live four hour broadcast beginning at 9AM (US central) on Chicago’s Sound Experiment WNUR 89.3 FM streaming live and podcast here. This weekend, your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz intervieed: Richard Wolff is professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is currently a visiting professor in the graduate program in international affairs of the New School University in New York. Richard’s most recent book is, “Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It.” He wrote the Thursday truthout column, “A Tale of Two Lootings.” Richard’s writing can be read regularly at the Guardian‘s web site. His most recent writing there includes, “A new dawn for the US left,” “After the crash: the pauperisation of middle-class America,” “The great corporate tax swindle” and “S&P’s judgment on US debt is substandard and poor.” Richard is also the host of his own radio show, which is broadcast Saturday mornings at Noon on New York’s WBAI. 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). His book, “The Occupation: War, resistance and daily life in Iraq” (Verso Books) was a 2006 finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award for best nonfiction book. His recent reporting includes, “NATO in Libya: The Limits of Air Power,” “Follow the Oil and the Money: Why the West is Committed to the Murderous Rebels in Libya” and “Getting It Wrong, Again and Again: Why Does Britain Insist on Punching Above Her Weight?” Mark Weisbrot is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, in Washington, DC. Mark’s recent writing includes, “The Struggle Against Stupidity: European and U.S. Governments Continue Wrecking Their Economies,” and “What Everyone Should Know About the “Debt Crisis” in the U.S.” Mark is co-writer with past This is Hell! guest Tariq Ali on the Oliver Stone movie, “South of the Border.” Our irregular correspondents were: live from Hungary, ‘Our Man in Budapest’ Todd Williams live from San Francisco, Kate O’Donnell said, ‘Thank You, Science’ live in-studio, Michael Roper of Chicago’s Hopleaf, 5148 North Clark, talked beer live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen gave 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-17/ http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-17/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 07:58:56 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=4369 http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-17/feed/ 1 3:57:45 Saturday, July 16, 2011, This is Hell! aired a live, completely unedited and uninterrupted, four hour radio show on Chicago’s Sound Experiment, WNUR 89.3FM, streaming live and podcast here. Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck M[...] Saturday, July 16, 2011, This is Hell! aired a live, completely unedited and uninterrupted, four hour radio show on Chicago’s Sound Experiment, WNUR 89.3FM, streaming live and podcast here. Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: science writer and editor John Carey recently wrote a three-part series on our planet’s extreme weather at Scientific American. John is a former senior correspondent for Business Week magazine, covering a range of topics including energy and global warming and cholesterol-lowering drugs and the human genome. Previously, he was an editor at The Scientist and a reporter at Newsweek. His stories have won awards from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Wistar Institute and a number of other organizations. He was also a National Magazine Award finalist. James K. Galbraith, is the author of, “The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too” (Free Press). James holds the Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. Chair of Government/Business Relations at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, the University of Texas at Austin. He is a senior scholar at the Levy Economics Institute. He is Chair of the Board of Economists for Peace and Security, an international association of professional economists. An archive of his writings as well as his current research can be found at the University of Texas Inequality Project web site. He served on the staff of the US Congress, including as Executive Director of the Joint Economic Committee. He was named a Carnegie Scholar in 2003. His most recent writing includes, “Deficit Predators: Everything You Need to Know About the Twisted, Dangerous Debt Ceiling Fight.” Paul Rogers is professor of peace studies at Bradford University, northern England. Paul is a weekly columnist on global security at openDemocracy.net, the most recent column being, “America and Afghanistan: politics in charge.” He also writes an international security monthly briefing for the Oxford Research Group. His latest book is “Why We’re Losing the War on Terror” (Polity) which focuses on the post-9/11 era and explains why a new security paradigm is needed. Paul has been called, “one of the world’s leading security experts.” Also, look for the third edition of his 2002, “Losing Control: Global Security in the 21st Century” (Pluto Press). Christian Parenti is a contributing editor at The Nation magazine, a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute, and a visiting scholar at the City University of New York. Christian’s new book is entitled, “Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence” (Nation Books). Our irregular correspondents will be: live from WNUR’s palatial studios, Spencer ‘Thunderball’ Thayer went after long-time This is Hell! supporter Vincent Bugliosi … live from the Tour de Fat, Dan ‘The Auto Man’ Litchfield talked transportation and wind power … 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-16/ http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-16/#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 06:57:40 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=4334 http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-16/feed/ 5 3:58:58 Saturday, July 9, 2011, This is Hell! aired a live, completely unedited and uninterrupted, four hour radio show broadcast over-the-air on Chicago’s Sound Experiment, WNUR 89.3FM, streaming live and podcast shortly after here. Your bitter blind[...] Saturday, July 9, 2011, This is Hell! aired a live, completely unedited and uninterrupted, four hour radio show broadcast over-the-air on Chicago’s Sound Experiment, WNUR 89.3FM, streaming live and podcast shortly after here. Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: Greg Muttitt former co-director of the UK group Platform, a group that fosters an interdisciplinary approach to social and environmental justice. Greg is the author of the new book, “Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq” (Bodley Head) which past This is Hell! guest Naomi Klein called, “nothing short of a secret history of the war.” Greg’s new book investigates the occupying powers intention to return Iraq’s oil industry to multinational companies  and the Iraqis determination to keep production in the public sector. Unlike previous books on oil, Iraq and the war, Greg’s book looks into what has happened since 2003. Andy Kroll is a reporter in the Washington, DC bureau of Mother Jones magazine, and an associate editor at TomDispatch. Andy’s most recent writing includes, “What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Jobs: How racism, global economics, and the new Jim Crow fuel Black America’s crippling jobs crisis.” Glenn Carle served twenty-three years in the CIA’s Clandestine Services, working in a number of overseas posts on four continents and in Washington, DC. Glenn has worked on terrorism issues at various times since the mid-1980s and has worked extensively on Balkan, Central American, and European political, security, and economic issues. He retired in March 2007 as Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Transnational Threats, on the National Intelligence Council, where his office was responsible for strategic analysis of terrorism, international organized crime, and narcotics issues. He is the author of the new book, “The Interrogator: An Education” (Nation Books). Our irregular correspondents will be: live from Baltimore, Kevan ‘The Radical Pessimist’ Harris gave us a piece of his mind live from San Francisco, Elvis DeMorrow toldus what’s happening in the Konspiracy Korner 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-14/ http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-14/#comments Sat, 25 Jun 2011 07:01:37 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=4223 http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-14/feed/ 0 4:08:42 Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: Helen Epstein is the author of “The Invisible Cure: Why We Are Losing the Fight Against AIDS in Africa” (Picador). Helen’s recent writing at the New York[...] Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: Helen Epstein is the author of “The Invisible Cure: Why We Are Losing the Fight Against AIDS in Africa” (Picador). Helen’s recent writing at the New York Review of Books includes, “Flu Warning: Beware the Drug Companies!” live from Athens, Greece, Chicago’s Kathy Kelly is co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, a campaign to end U.S. military and economic warfare. Kathy is participating in the upcoming Gaza flotilla aboard the ship, ‘Audacity of Hope.’ Kathy will be joined on the ship by writer Alice Walker. The Obama administration has said that those who are on the flotilla illegally support terrorism. Kathy is the author of “Other Lands Have Dreams: from Baghdad to Pekin Prison” (Counterpunch Press). Nancy Folbre is professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Nancy’s most recent book is, “Saving State U: Why We Must Fix Public Higher Education” (New Press). She also writes at The New York Times’ Economix blog where her most recent writing includes, “Will Business Buy In to Early Childhood Education?,” and “How to Cut Child Poverty in Half.” Annette Fuentes is online editor of The Bay Citizen, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization covering civic and cultural news for the San Francisco Bay Area. Annette was the managing editor of New America Media and formerly a reporter for the New York Daily News and Newsday, and is currently an op-ed contributor to USA Today. Her new book is entitled, “Lockdown High: When the Schoolhouse Becomes a Jailhouse” (Verso Books). Jules Lobel is vice president of the Center for Constitutional Rights and professor of law at the University of Pittsburgh Law School. Jules will be on to discuss the War Powers Act and how it relates to Libya. Our irregular correspondents were: live in-studio, Michael Roper of the Hopleaf, 5148 North Clark, talks beer. live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivers a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-13/ http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-13/#comments Sat, 18 Jun 2011 19:48:53 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=4205 http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-13/feed/ 0 4:07:49 Saturday, June 18, 2011, This is Hell! broadcast a live and completely uninterrupted four hour show on WNUR 89.3FM, Chicago’s Sound Experiment. Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: Laura Carlsen is dire[...] Saturday, June 18, 2011, This is Hell! broadcast a live and completely uninterrupted four hour show on WNUR 89.3FM, Chicago’s Sound Experiment. Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: Laura Carlsen is director of the Mexico City-based Americas Program of the Center for International Policy and a columnist at Foreign Policy In Focus. Laura’s most recent writing includes, “Ending Rape in War.” award-winning journalist Johann Hari writes for many publications including a twice-weekly column for the Independent, one of Britain’s leading newspapers, and the Huffington Post. Last year, Johann won the Martha Gellhorn Prize for journalism, and became the youngest person ever to be short-listed for Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards. In 2008 he became the youngest person to ever win the George Orwell Prize, Britain’s leading award for political writing. He was named ‘Journalist of the Year’ for his 2007 reporting on the war in Congo by Amnesty International in 2009. His reporting from Bangladesh was named the ‘Story of the Year’ at the most recent Environmental Press Awards. Johann’s most recent writing includes, “It’s not only Strauss Kahn who should be on trial. It’s the IMF itself,” and “Cheap meat, MRSA – and the deadly greed in our farming system.” Lewis Lapham, editor of Lapham’s Quarterly and formerly editor of Harper’s Magazine, Lewis is the author of numerous books, including, most recently, “Pretensions to Empire: Notes on the Criminal Folly of the Bush Administration” (The New Press). His latest essay is, “The Midas Touch: Supply and demand has turned food production into big-money business,” but as Lewis Lapham explains, what is profitable is not necessarily edible. This article introduces “Food,” the Summer 2011 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly. Our irregular correspondents were: ‘Our Man in San Juan’ Dave Buchen will be reporting to us live from New York City. live from San Francisco, Kate O’Donnell says, “Thank you, Science!’ live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivers a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-12/ http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-12/#comments Sat, 11 Jun 2011 22:00:59 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=4157 http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-12/feed/ 3 4:00:57 Saturday, June 11, This is Hell! aired a live completely uninterrupted four hour show, on WNUR 89.3 FM Chicago ‘s Sound Experiment, streaming and podcast here. On last weekend’s show, your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host C[...] Saturday, June 11, This is Hell! aired a live completely uninterrupted four hour show, on WNUR 89.3 FM Chicago ‘s Sound Experiment, streaming and podcast here. On last weekend’s show, your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: The New Yorker‘s Pulitzer Prize winning writer Seymour Hersh. Sy’s journalism and publishing awards include not only a Pulitzer, but also five George Polk Awards, two National Magazine Awards, and more than a dozen other prizes for investigative reporting. His most recent article is, “Iran and the Bomb: How real is the nuclear threat?” Vince Bugliosi is the author of, “Divinity of Doubt: The God Question” (Vanguard Press). While at the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, he successfully prosecuted 105 out of 106 felony jury trials, including 21 murder convictions, without a single loss. Vince’s most famous trial, the Charles Manson case, became the basis of his classic book “Helter Skelter,” the biggest-selling true crime book in publishing history. Felicity Lawrence is a special correspondent for the Guardian and author of the bestselling exposes of the food business, “Not on the Label : What Really Goes into the Food on Your Plate,” and “Eat Your Heart Out:  Why the Food Business is Bad for the Planet and Your Health.” Felicity’s recent Guardian articles include, “Global food system is currently skewed too much towards American business interests,” “Global food crisis: the speculators playing with our daily bread,” “As food prices reach record highs, how much is the speculation in agricultural commodities to blame?,” and “The global food crisis: ABCD of food – how the multinationals dominate trade.” Bob Kincaid is board president of West Virginia based Coal River Mountain Watch which has been working against mountaintop removal since 1998. This week, hundreds of activists have been following the path of the 1921 coal miners march that ended in the Battle for Blair Mountain. Saturday, they expect at least 1,500 more supporters to join them as they protest planned mountaintop removal of historic Blair Mountain. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Chris Hedges is a weekly columnist at Truthdig and a senior fellow at The Nation Institute. Chris’s 2002 book “War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning” (Random House) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. His new book is entitled, “The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress” (Nation Books). Our irregular correspondent yesterday was: live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivers a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no