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Podcast for March 30, 2013 [ 4:13:50 | 116.2 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1251)

Obama’s crackdown on whistleblowers, a new scary trade deal, Obama’s Israeli heckler, and Iraq’s ‘intentional state of terror.

A ‘Radical Pessimist’ and ‘The View From The Agile Left.’

Podcast for January 19, 2013 [ 4:03:15 | 222.7 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1630)

Journalist Peter Tinti from Mali, writer Nick Turse on ”The American System of Suffering,’ Dean Baker on Aaron Swartz, and Pam Palmater is ‘Idle No More.’

‘The Radical Pessimist,’ a ‘Moment of Truth’ and we introduce a new and very special member of the This is Hell! crew.

Podcast for January 12, 2012 [ 3:57:02 | 217.02 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1593)

This is Hell! is back today, Saturday, January 12, with a live four hour completely unedited and uninterrupted four hours show beginning at 9AM (US central) on Chicago’s Sound Experiment, WNUR 89.3 FM, streaming live here and podcast shortly after at this page. Last week, This is Hell! was ready to air our first show [...]

Podcast for November 24, 2012 [ 1:00:40 | 55.54 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1516)

Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery on the Gaza conflict and Human Rights Watch’s Stephen Goose on drones.

Podcast for September 8, 2012 [ 3:55:41 | 80.92 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1810)

Host Chuck Mertz talked to a whistleblower, an investigative journalist discussed drones, and we’ll talk Obama’s foreign policy.

‘The Radical Pessimist’ leaves for Iran, we’ll learn what’s FAIR and a Moment of Truth!

Episode #700: Podcast for July 7, 2012 [ 4:03:08 | 48.49 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1982)

Laura Rozen talked Syria and Iran, David Shulman on ‘being an illegal alien in your own land,’ Tom Philpott on agriculture and climate change, and Noel Ortega gave ‘A Main Street Fix for Wall Street’s Failure.’

The Radical Pessimist, Kevan Harris, gave us a piece of his mind.

John K. Wilson talked politics.

Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth.

Podcast for April 21, 2012 [ 3:35:33 | 125.12 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1664)

This Saturday, Dahr Jamail told us about the ongoing environmental devastation caused by the BP Gulf oil spill, ProPublica’s Paul Kiel described ‘The Great American Foreclosure Story and The Struggle for Justice and a Place to Call Home,’ and Greg Palast reported how ‘BP Covered Up Blow-out Two Years Prior to Deadly Deepwater Horizon Spill.’ Richard Norwood reported live from Paris on the French elections. Live from Budapest, we heard from ‘Our man in Hungary’ Todd Williams. We heard the deep thoughts of ‘Radical Pessimist’ Kevan Harris, and live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth.

Episode 683: February 18th, 2012 32k [ 4:00:03 | 96.15 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1387)

Episode 683: February 18th, 2012 128k [ 3:59:43 | 219.46 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (265)

This Saturday, host Chuck Mertz interviewed Paul Mason on ‘The New Global Revolutions,’ Charles Mann will be ‘Uncovering the New World Columbus Created,’ Marwan Bishara discusses ‘The Promise and Peril of the Arab Revolutions,’ and Ian Morris explains ‘The Patterns of History and What They Reveal About the Future.’ Our irregular correspondents were Will Lynch live from Dublin, and The Radical Pessimist Kevan Harris.

Occasionally I eat a lot of cheese in one sitting and end up having the inevitable “cheese dreams” which send me into night terrors and sweaty shouting matches with my wall.  After one of these, I wrote this blog post comparing the French revolution and the Iranian revolution: http://www.kevanharris.com/post/17042202622/1789-1979-and-all-that In the post I use some [...]

Episode #677 - Podcast for December 17, 2011 [ 4:10:41 | 114.75 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1503)

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 [...]

Podcast for September 17, 2011 [ 4:03:25 | 111.43 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1723)

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 July 9, 2011 [ 3:58:58 | 218.78 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (712)

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 [...]