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By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 5 comments  Tags: Campbell Craig, Chuck Mertz, Dan Litchfield, Daniel Halperin, Danny Muller, Jeff Dorchen, Julia Whitty, Suzanne Mettler

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.

By Chuck Mertz in Nine Circles of Hell! with 0 comment  Tags: Andy Kroll, Andy Worthington, Glen Ford, John Pilger, Julia Whitty, Justin Elliott, Matt Taibbi, Naomi Klein, Robert Scheer

The Nine Circles of Hell! – all the news that gives you fits in print – is posted each weekday. While we post the nine most hellish news stories we can find Monday through Friday, our Sunday Edition! features writing from the past week – including opinion pieces – by nine of our past guests [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Ben Austen, Chuck Mertz, Dan Baum, Fred Kaufman, Gary Rivlin, Julia Whitty, Karen Greenberg, Noam Chomsky, Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer

Interviews featured during ‘The Best of This is Hell!: 2010, Part Two,’ hosted by Spencer ‘Thunderball’ Thayer included … Harper’s Magazine contributing editor Ben Austen who wrote the June cover story, “In the loop: Obama’s hometown takes Washington” journalist Gary Rivlin, author of “Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. – How the Working Poor [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Alexander Cockburn, Chuck Mertz, Dave Buchen, Jeff Dorchen, Julia Whitty, Kate O'Donnell, LaddieO.com, Nir Rosen, Pratap Chatterjee

Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed … journalist Pratap Chatterjee is the senior editor at CorpWatch. Pratap’s most recent book is last year’s, “Halliburton’s Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War” (Nation Books). We’ll be speaking with Pratap about his recent writing including the [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 1 comment  Tags: Elvis DeMorrow, Jeff Dorchen, John Vidal, Julia Whitty, Kevan Harris, Mike Dvorak, Mike Marqusee, William Astore

Our guests this weekend were: John Vidal is the Guardian’s environment editor. John is the author of “McLibel: Burger Culture on Trial” (Pan Books). His recent articles include, “Nigeria’s agony dwarfs the Gulf oil spill. The US and Europe ignore it,” “Presence of world leaders ‘paralysed’ climate summit, UN letter claims,” “Academic resigns from UK [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Dan 'The Auto Man', Jeff Dorchen, Julia Whitty, Kristen Lombardi, Marjorie Cohn, Michael Klare, Walden Bello

live from Manila, Walden Bello is Foreign Policy In Focus columnist, a senior analyst at the Bangkok-based Focus on the Global South, president of the Freedom from Debt Coalition, and a professor of sociology at the University of the Philippines. Walden’s most recent writing includes, “The Global Collapse: a Non-orthodox View,” and “Asia: The [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Drew Youngren, Elvis DeMorrow, Jeff Dorchen, Julia Whitty, Karen J. Greenberg, Robert Alvarez

Karen J. Greenberg is the Executive Director of the Center on Law and Security at the NYU School of Law (http://www.lawandsecurity.org/) and the editor of "The Torture Debate in America" (Cambridge) and (with Joshua Dratel) "The Torture Papers" (Cambridge). Her recent articles include, "Can Guantanamo Be Closed?" Robert Alvarez is a senior scholar at [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Bruce Dixon, Dan 'The Auto Man', Joshua Holland, Julia Whitty, Justin Levitt, Moment of Truth, URL Labs

Black Agenda Report (http://www.blackagendareport.com) managing editor Bruce Dixon talked with us about his article, "Impeachment Democrats, Antiwar Democrats, Count-Every-Vote Democrats Vs. Democratic Party Leaders." Julia Whitty wrote the story, "The Thirteenth Tipping Point News: 12 global disasters and 1 powerful antidote," for the November/December issue of Mother Jones. Julia has been making nature documentaries for [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Bob Pollin, Joe Cirincione, Julia Whitty, Steven Light

Bob Pollin, professor of economic and founding co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute (http://www.umass.edu/peri/) at the University of Massachuesetts-Amherst. Bob was featured on This is Hell back in 2003 when his book, "Contours of Descent: US Economic Fractures and the Landscape of Global Austerity," (Verso) had just been released. It has now been [...]