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Episode #732: Podcast for March 16, 2013 [ 3:55:52 | 215.94 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1685)

US State Department veteran Peter van Buren explains ‘Why the Invasion of Iraq Was the Single Worst Foreign Policy Decision in American History,’ Brown University professor Catherine Lutz dissects the real costs of the Iraq war. UC-Santa Cruz professor Christine Hong tells us how the US is ‘Lurching Towards War’ with North Korea.

Sarah Jaffe has ‘Dispatches from the Class War.’ Trevor Ewen tells us what’s happening in ‘The County Incinerator.’ The Hopleaf’s Michael Roper talks beer.

Podcast for December 15, 2012 [ 3:58:12 | 218.08 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1787)

It’s the Second Annual This is Hell! Holiday Office Party!

Podcast for October 20. 2012 [ 4:18:30 | 118.34 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2145)

The War Nerd, David Skalinder gave a ‘View from the Agile Left’ in London, Tom Frank did ‘Pity the Billionaires,’ Sarah Jaffe talked about the debates, Naureen Shah was ‘Counting Deaths from Drone Strikes,’ Michael Roper in Italy on beer, and Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth from LA.

Podcast for August 4, 2012 [ 4:03:04 | 222.53 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (10739)

The staff of This is Hell! celebrated our inaugural Summer Boat Party Special live from the SS Merkin anchored offshore from WNUR’s studios in Lake Michigan.

Episode #692: Podcast for May 5, 2012 [ 3:53:30 | 213.77 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1869)

This is Hell! host Chuck Mertz interviewed Alia Brahimi on what Syria’s violence means to its neighbors, Ross Perlin told us ‘How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy,’ and Gareth Porter told us ‘The Truth Behind the Official Story of Finding Bin Laden.’ We also got web, tech and science news from LaddieO.com at URL Labs, the Hopleaf’s Michael Roper talked beer, and Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth.

Episode 684: Michael Roper [ 31:12 | 12.5 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1056)

Live in studio, Michael Roper, proprietor of the Hopleaf, 5148 North Clark Street in Chicago, who will talk beer.

Episode 684: February 25th, 2012 32k [ 4:07:28 | 56.64 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1510)

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.

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 Octoer 22, 2011 [ 3:59:34 | 219.33 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1709)

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 Saturday, August 6 2011 [ 3:55:35 | 161.77 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1905)

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 [...]

Podcast for June 25, 2011 [ 4:08:42 | 113.85 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (352)

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 [...]

Podcast for May 7, 2011 [ 4:02:27 | 166.47 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (295)

Today, Saturday, May 7, 2011, This is Hell! aired a live four hour broadcast over the air on WNUR 89.3 FM, Chicago’s Sound Experiment. Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: Richard Bulliet is Professor of Middle East History at Columbia University specializing in Middle Eastern history, the social and institutional [...]