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This Is Hell! admin@thisishell.net no no http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-17/ http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-17/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:01:04 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=6887 http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-17/feed/ 0 3:35:33 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 P[...] 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. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/episode-689-podcast-for-april-14-2012/ http://thisishell.net/shows/episode-689-podcast-for-april-14-2012/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:00:14 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=6812 http://thisishell.net/shows/episode-689-podcast-for-april-14-2012/feed/ 1 2:26:37 This is Hell! featured interviews with business journalist Ken Jacobson on the truth about corporations, and cultural historian Morris Berman on 'Why America Failed.' Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of truth. This is Hell! featured interviews with business journalist Ken Jacobson on the truth about corporations, and cultural historian Morris Berman on 'Why America Failed.' Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/episode-682-february-11th-2012/ http://thisishell.net/shows/episode-682-february-11th-2012/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:00:14 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=6075 http://thisishell.net/shows/episode-682-february-11th-2012/feed/ 2 3:57:44 This is Hell! THIS broadcast a live four hour WNUR Annual Phoneathon Fundraiser Special - DONATE RIGHT NOW AT 1-847-491-3655 - with host Chuck Mertz interviewing marijuana advocate Mason Tvert, author Rachel Herz on the 'Mysteries of Repulsion,' bus[...] This is Hell! THIS broadcast a live four hour WNUR Annual Phoneathon Fundraiser Special - DONATE RIGHT NOW AT 1-847-491-3655 - with host Chuck Mertz interviewing marijuana advocate Mason Tvert, author Rachel Herz on the 'Mysteries of Repulsion,' business writer Mike Hudson on potential GE fraud, and columnist Joshua Holland on whatever the hell we feel like. Irregular correspondents will be 'Our Man in Budapest' Todd Williams, Kate O'Donnell who loves to say, 'Thank You, Science!,' 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/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/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/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-11/ http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-11/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 07:56:29 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=4121 http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-11/feed/ 3 http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-5/ http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-5/#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:00:43 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=3769 http://thisishell.net/shows/tomorrow-on-this-is-hell-5/feed/ 0 4:02:27 On Saturday, March 26, This is Hell! aired a live four hour show. We are still experiencing technical difficulties which keep us from having live guests. However, this week we did have live contributions from irregular correspondents. Your bitter bl[...] On Saturday, March 26, This is Hell! aired a live four hour show. We are still experiencing technical difficulties which keep us from having live guests. However, this week we did have live contributions from irregular correspondents. Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host, Chuck Mertz, also had a special guest sitting in on the entire broadcast: the proprietor of Cary’s Lounge, 2251 West Devon, Pete Valavanis. Why Pete? Why the hell not! This week, we be played interviews featuring: the editor of the Progressive, Matthew Rothschild from Madison on the protests against Governor Scott Walker’s budget proposals. 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. We spoke with Richard about his recent writing, “Bonuses for bankers, bankruptcy for public services,” “The myth of ‘American exceptionalism’ implodes,” and “2011: calling time on capitalism.” Our irregular correspondents were: ‘Our Man in Hungary’ Todd Williams reported live from Budapest Dan ‘The Auto Man’ Litchfield talked transportation and energy Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/jan152011podcas/ http://thisishell.net/shows/jan152011podcas/#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2011 19:00:57 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=3307 http://thisishell.net/shows/jan152011podcas/feed/ 1 3:45:59 On Saturday morning’s This is Hell!, your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed … Michael Lind is Policy Director of the New America Foundation‘s Economic Growth Program. Michael’s most recent book is 20[...] On Saturday morning’s This is Hell!, your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed … Michael Lind is Policy Director of the New America Foundation‘s Economic Growth Program. Michael’s most recent book is 2005′s “What Lincoln Believed” (Doubleday). His first three books – 1995′s “The Next American Nation: The New Nationalism and the Fourth American Revolution” (Free Press), 1996′s “Up From Conservatism: Why the Right Is Wrong for America (Free Press), and 1999′s “Vietnam: The Necessary War (Free Press) – were all selected as New York Times Notable Books. His most recent writing includes, “Let’s stop pretending the Constitution is sacred” and “The five worldviews that define American politics.” Will Bunch, a senior writer at the Philadelphia Daily News, is author of the new book, “The Backlash: Right-Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters, and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama” (HarperCollins), which has a prescient chapter on Arizona entitled, “Phoenix in the Ashes.” Will also wrote 2009′s, “Tear Down This Myth: How the Reagan Legacy Has Distorted Our Politics and Haunts Our Future” (Simon & Schuster). Will’s Daily New blog, Attytood, is one of the most successful political site on the Web. Will shared a 1992 Pulitzer Prize for spot news reporter when he worked at New York’s Newsday. He is also a senior fellow at Media Matters for America. This week, Will posted the column, “Arizona, Where the American Dream Went to Die.” Joe Iosbaker helped coordinate buses from Chicago to the 2008 National Republican Convention protests in Minneapolis. Joe’s home was raided by the FBI in Chicago last September due to grand jury investigation in relation to material support of terrorism due to his activism on anti-war and Palestinian rights issues. Joe is a 20 year civil service employee at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a chief steward for Service Employees International Union Local 73 and is running for trustee of the Illinois State University Retirement System. The Committee to Stop FBI Repression held a press conference this week revealing breaking details on Joe’s case. Our irregular correspondents will be: live in-studio, John K. Wilson, author of “President Barack Obama: A More Perfect Union” (Paradigm Publishers), “Barack Obama: This Improbable Quest” (Paradigm Publishers), “Patriotic Correctness: Academic Freedom and Its Enemies” (Paradigm Publishers). and the upcoming, “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Rush Limbaugh’s Assault on Reason” John is the founder of the Institute for College Freedom. live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivers a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-2/ http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-2/#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:53:45 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2622 http://thisishell.net/shows/this-saturday-on-this-is-hell-2/feed/ 1 4:05:52 On the Saturday, October 9, 2010, four-hour, completely new, live broadcast, which can be listened to here, your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: award-winning investigative journalist Russ Baker is founder an[...] On the Saturday, October 9, 2010, four-hour, completely new, live broadcast, which can be listened to here, your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed: award-winning investigative journalist Russ Baker is founder and editor-in-chief of WhoWhatWhy/The Real News Project where his recent writing includes the story,  “‘Obama’s Wars’:  The Real story Bob Woodward Won’t Tell.” Russ is author of last year’s, “Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, America’s Invisible Government and the Secret History of the Last Fifty Years” (Bloomsbury Press). Russ has received the Society of Professional Journalists, Mencken and Common Cause awards, served as a panelist for the national conference of Investigative Reporters & Editors, and been a member of the adjunct faculty at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. He is the co-founder of the journalism soirees that evolved into the company, MediaBistro. activist and writer Tom Hayden is a former California State Assemblyman and State Senator. Tom is the Nation Institute’s Carey McWilliams Fellow. His recent articles can all be found by clicking here. Tom also blogs at Huffington Post. His most recent books include, “Voices of the Chicago Eight: A Generation on Trial,” (City Lights), “Ending the War in Iraq,” (Akashic Books), and “Writings For A Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader” (City Lights). This week, Tom posted the story, “Another 9/11: The Danger of Obama’s Secret Policy.” Thomas Geoghegan is a practicing attorney and author of, “Were You Born on the Wrong Continent?: How the European Model Can Help You Get a Life” (New Press). His previous book is, “See You in Court: How the Right Made America a Lawsuit Nation” (New Press). Last year, Thomas was a Democratic candidate for Rahm Emanuel’s vacated US Congressional seat in Illinois’s 5th district. Thomas lost in a special election to eventual Congressman Mike Quigley. Joshua Holland is an editor and senior writer with AlterNet. Joshua is the author of, “The 15 Biggest Lies About the Economy (and Everything else the Right Doesn’t Want You to Know About Taxes, Jobs and Corporate America)” (Wiley). Our irregular correspondents were … live from Hungary, reported on the toxic sludge, will be ‘Our Man in Budapest’ Todd Williams live from Baltimore, ‘The Radical Pessimist’ Kevan Harris gave us a piece of his mind. live from Chicago, Dan ‘The Auto Man’ Litchfield talked cars. live from Portland, Maine, Danny Muller filed a ‘Wasted Energy Report’. Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-13/ http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-13/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:16:48 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2322 http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-13/feed/ 1 0:00:01 Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed … Tom Engelhardt is co-founder of the American Empire Project and runs the Nation Institute’s TomDispatch.com. Tom’s latest book is, “The American W[...] Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed … Tom Engelhardt is co-founder of the American Empire Project and runs the Nation Institute’s TomDispatch.com. Tom’s latest book is, “The American Way of War: How Bush’s Wars Became Obama’s” (Haymarket Books). This week, Tom posted the article, “The Opposites Game: All the Strangeness of Our American World in One Article.” Greta Christina is the author of “Bending,” an erotic novella that’s part of the three-novella collection, “Three Kinds of Asking For It,” (Simon & Schuster). Greta is the editor of “Paying For It: A Guide by Sex Workers for Their Clients” (Greenery Press). They are both available through her web site. She also edited the anthology, “Best Erotic Comics.” This week, she posted the article, “5 Stupid, Unfair and Sexist Things Expected of Men: We know the many ways sexism hurts women. But we don’t talk as much about how sexism hurts men.” Charles Bowden is the author of, “Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy’s New Killing Fields” (Nation Books). Chuck will be on to discuss his article, “Who Is Behind the 25,000 Deaths In Mexico?.” Live from Budapest, Todd Williams reported on why he’s an ex-pat in Hungary. Live from Haiti, Danny Muller will gave a relatively optimistic ‘Wasted Energy Report.’ Live from Oakland, Elvis DeMorrow gave a rundown of recent theories in the Konspiracy Korner. Live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth which was, sadly, the best analysis yet on the Shirley Sherrod scandal. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-march-13/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-march-13/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:37:06 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/?p=1521 http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-march-13/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Our guests were: Melvin Goodman is the national security and intelligence columnist for truthout.org. Melvin’s most recent writing at truthout includes, Too Much Bang, Bang: The Need to Demilitarize US ‘National Security’,” [...] Our guests were: Melvin Goodman is the national security and intelligence columnist for truthout.org. Melvin’s most recent writing at truthout includes, Too Much Bang, Bang: The Need to Demilitarize US ‘National Security’,” “The Secret History of Gen. Alexander Haig,” and the two-parter, “President Obama and the CIA: What Must Be Done,” and “CIA and Intelligence Community Mythologies.” Mel spent 42 years with the CIA, the National War College, and the US Army. He is also a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and adjunct professor of government at Johns Hopkins University. His latest book is “Failure of Intelligence: The Decline and Fall of the CIA” (Rowan & Littlefield). Dr. Samuel S. Epstein is founder and chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition. Dr. Epstein is professor emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at the University of Illinois School of Public Health. His most recent book is 2009′s “Toxic Beauty:How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health and What You Can Do About It,” which he co-wrote with Randall Fitzgerald. Dr. Epstein is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post. Thomas Frank is a regular columnist for the Wall Street Journal. Tom’s latest book is “The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule” (Metropolitan Books). Tom’s earlier book, “What The Matter With Kansas,” has been made into a documentary. His recent Journal columns include, “The Rise of the Reactionary Right,” “A New Age of Monopolies,” “What’s the Matter With Democrats?,” “Washington’s ‘Deficit of Trust’,” and “Populism Is Democracy at Work.” nationally syndicated columnist Robert Scheer is the executive editor of truthdig.com and a contributing editor for The Nation. Robert conducted the famous Playboy magazine interview in which Jimmy Carter confessed to the lust in his heart. Robert was Vietnam correspondent, managing editor and editor in chief of Ramparts magazine and served as a national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of, most recently, “The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America” (Hachette Book Group). His most recent truthdig columns include, “An Oscar for America’s Hubris,” “Don’t Blame Bunning,” and “No Banker Left Behind.” Todd Williams, our man in Budapest, was scheduled to bring Timea Szabo on the show to discuss the upcoming elections and the new Lehet Mas a Politika party. Timea was called away at the last minute and may appear on an upcoming show. Instead, we got Todd’s insight as an American ex-pat on April’s elections. Michael Roper of Chicago’s Hopleaf, 5148 North Clark Street, returned with a segment on ‘extreme beer and back.’ Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-august-1-2009-2/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-august-1-2009-2/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:00:00 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/2009/08/podcast-for-saturday-august-1-2009-2/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-august-1-2009-2/feed/ 0 4:31:15 writer Andrew Cockburn, co-producer of the award-winning film, “American Casino: When You Are in Wall Street’s Casino, You Play by Their Rules.” Andrew’s recent writing includes the Counterpunch piece, “The Wall Stree[...] writer Andrew Cockburn, co-producer of the award-winning film, “American Casino: When You Are in Wall Street’s Casino, You Play by Their Rules.” Andrew’s recent writing includes the Counterpunch piece, “The Wall Street White House: How Goldman Sachs and Citi Run the Show.” His most recent book is 2007′s “Rumsfeld: His Rise, Fall and Catastrophic Legacy” (Verso). “American Casino” was an official selection of the largest international documentary film festival in the world, the IDFA festival in Amsterdam, as well as at the Tribeca film festival. The film is directed by Andrew’s wife Leslie who has won the Robert F. Kennedy Award, the George Polk Award, the Columbia Dupont Award, the Overseas Press Club Award and an Emmy. “American Casino” is currently showing in Chicago at the Gene Siskel Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 North State, through Thursday, August 20th, at 6 PM and 7:45 PM. Find out more about the Chicago showings by clicking here. “American Casino” will be playing in San Francisco from August 21 to September 3 at the Roxie, 3117 16th St.; in Milwaukee from August 28 to September 4 at The Times Theater; In New York from September 2 through September 15 at the Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St.; and in LA from September 18 through 24 at the Laemmle Music Hall 3, 9036 Wilshire Blvd, in Beverly Hills. Rein Müllerson was professor and chair of international law at King’s College, London until this past May when he became the Rector of Tallinn University Nord. Rein has been a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, visiting centennial professor of the London School of Economics and Political Science, and first deputy foreign minister of Estonia. He was Head of the International Law Department of the Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and Adviser to President Gorbachev. He is the author of several books on international law and politics including, “Democracy Promotion: Institutions, International Law and Politics” (Nova Publishers) which came out earlier this year. His most recent writing is the openDemocracy story, “Europe, America, Russia: the world-changing tide.” Michael Massing is a contributing editor of the Columbia Journalism Review, who writes frequently on the press and foreign affairs. His latest article in the New York Review of Books is “The News About the Internet” where he argues that “the practice of journalism, far from being leeched by the Web, is being reinvented there, with a variety of fascinating experiments in the gathering, presentation, and delivery of news. And unless the editors and executives at our top papers begin to take note, they will hasten their own demise.” His most recent book is 2004′s “Now They Tell Us: The American Press and Iraq” (New York Books). Juan Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan. Juan’s most recent book is , “Engaging the Muslim World” (Palgrave). Juan writes at his critically-acclaimed blog, the Informed Comment. His most recent writing include the TomDispatch column, “Armageddon at the Top of the World, Not!: A Century of Frenzy over the North-West Frontier.” Dr. Oliver Fein is president of Physicians for a National Health Program, an organization of 16,000 doctors who advocate for single-payer national health insurance. Dr. Fein is a general internist who is active in clinical practice, and he is also professor of clinical medicine and clinical public health at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, where he serves as associate dean responsible for the Office of Affiliations and the Office of Global Health Education. Dr. Fein has advocated for an expanded role for primary care, for academic health centers in urban health care delivery systems, and for national health system reform. [...] Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-january-31-2009-2/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-january-31-2009-2/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/2009/01/podcast-for-saturday-january-31-2009-2/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-january-31-2009-2/feed/ 0 3:57:45 Aziz Huq is the director of the Liberty & National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University. Aziz’s most recent book is 2007′s “Unchecked and Unbalanced: Presidential Power in a Time of Terro[...] Aziz Huq is the director of the Liberty & National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University. Aziz’s most recent book is 2007′s “Unchecked and Unbalanced: Presidential Power in a Time of Terror,” (New Press) which he co-authored with with Fritz Schwarz. This week, Aziz wrote the article, “Obama’s Minimalist Approach to Guantanamo,” wherein Aziz argues that ‘Obama’s executive order on closing Guantanamo … still doesn’t go far enough toward addressing the worst of the Bush administration’s moral and legal quagmires.’ Vijay Prashad is the George and Martha Kellner Chair of South Asian History and Director of International Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Vijay’s most recent book is 2007′s “The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World” (New press). This week, Vijay wrote the article, “The India Lobby: Drunk with the Sight of Power.” Paul Armentano is the deputy director of NORML and the NORML Foundation. He is also the co-author of the forthcoming book “Marijuana Is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People To Drink?,” which will be published later this year by Chelsea Green.This week, Paul wrote the story, “Marijuana Reform Is Part of the Progressive Agenda, So Why Are Obama’s Drug Cops Already Making Pot Raids?“ Irregular correspondent Todd Williams reported to us live from Italy. Live from Los Angeles Jeff Dorchen delivered a ‘Moment of Truth.’ Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-december-20-2008-2/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-december-20-2008-2/#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/2008/12/podcast-for-saturday-december-20-2008-2/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-december-20-2008-2/feed/ 0 3:56:20 On our ‘Best of Hell: 2008′ we featured the following interviews: From June 14, David Cay Johnston is an independent investigative journalist, formerly with The New York Times, now focusing on the subject of taxation. David’s mos[...] On our ‘Best of Hell: 2008′ we featured the following interviews: From June 14, David Cay Johnston is an independent investigative journalist, formerly with The New York Times, now focusing on the subject of taxation. David’s most recent book is last year’s “Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense and Stick You With The Bill.” From October 4, author Dave Zirin writes the column ‘The Edge of Sports’ at http://www.edgeofsports.com and is a regular contributor to SI.com, The Nation, SLAM and the Los Angeles Times. Dave’s new book is “A People’s History of Sports in the United States” (The New Press). From November 29, BlackCommentator.com editorial board member Larry Pinkney who writes the column “Keeping It Real.” Larry is a veteran of the Black Panther Party, the former Minister of Interior of the Republic of New Africa, a former political prisoner and the only American to have successfully self-authored his civil/political rights case to the United Nations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. From October 11th, Thomas Frank whose latest book is “The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule” (Metropolitan Books). Tom is a regular columnist for the Wall Street Journal. We played a ‘Moment of Truth’ delivered by Jeff Dorchen back on July 19th entitled, “Thomas Friedman Versus The Methodist Fish Fry.” We also replayed Todd Williams, ‘Our Man in Budapest’ and the former host of Hungarian TV’s Feszti Korkep, giving us a report from May 31st. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-november-22-2008-2/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-november-22-2008-2/#comments Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/2008/11/podcast-for-saturday-november-22-2008-2/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-november-22-2008-2/feed/ 0 4:30:40 This is Hell! presents “The Best of the Worst of the Economy: America’s Inevitable Economic Collapse in Hellish Review.” From February 16, John Miller, a professor of economics at Wheaton College who writes for Dollar and Sense.[...] This is Hell! presents “The Best of the Worst of the Economy: America’s Inevitable Economic Collapse in Hellish Review.” From February 16, John Miller, a professor of economics at Wheaton College who writes for Dollar and Sense. We talked with John about his latest article, “Stormier Weather: The economic recovery that’s been officially underway since late 2001 is probably over—too bad many Americans never got to experience it.” Dollars & Sense had these kind words about our on-air conversation with John: From April 5, Jeff Faux, founder and former president of the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epinet.org/) where he is currently a distinguished fellow. Jeff’s most recent article as of this date was a piece in The Nation entitled, “Is This The Big One?” Jeff is also a contributing editor to American Prospect and a member of the editorial board of Dissent. From April 19, Michael Hudson, a former Wall Street economist whose specialization was in the balance of payments and real estate at Chase Manhattan Bank, Arthur Anderson, and later at the Hudson Institute. In 1990, he helped establish the world’s first sovereign debt fund for Scudder Stevens & Clark. Michael was Congressman Dennis Kucinich’s chief economic advisor in the recent Democratic primary presidential campaign. He has also advised the US, Canadian, Mexican and Latvian governments, as well as the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. A Distinguished Research Professor at University of Missouri-Kansas City, he is the author of, most recently, “Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire” (Pluto Press). The week of this interview, Michael wrote the article, “Hillary Joins the Vast, Rightwing Financial Conspiracy.” From July 5, Dean Baker is the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Dean is the author of “The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer.” He also has a blog, “Beat the Press,” where he discusses the media’s coverage of economic issues. You can find it at the American Prospect’s web site. Dean had just written the article, “Help Workers, Not Wall Street,” for the Guardian. Our live irregular correspondents were: live from Budapest, Todd Williams was the host of the recently canceled Hungarian TV show “Feszti Korkep” … Jeff Dorchen delivered a ‘Moment of Truth’ … and John K. Wilson, founder of collegefreedom.org, whose blog you can find at http://collegefreedom.blogspot.com. John is also author of “Patriotic Correctness: Academic Freedom and Its Enemies” and “Barack Obama: This Improbable Quest” (Paradigm Publishers). Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-july-12-2008/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-july-12-2008/#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:00:00 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/2008/07/podcast-for-saturday-july-12-2008/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-july-12-2008/feed/ 0 0:00:01 live from Islamabad, Graham Usher is a contributing editor of Middle East Report (http://www.merip.org). Graham is the author of “Dispatches from Palestine: The Rise and Fall of the Oslo Peace Process” (Pluto Press). His most recent wr[...] live from Islamabad, Graham Usher is a contributing editor of Middle East Report (http://www.merip.org). Graham is the author of “Dispatches from Palestine: The Rise and Fall of the Oslo Peace Process” (Pluto Press). His most recent writing includes “Pakistan Amidst the Storms” and “Getting Pakistan Wrong.” Adam Isacson is director of programs at the Center for International Policy. This week, he posted the article, “Colombia: a miraculous rescue, and what comes next.” Joanne Landey is the co-director of the Campaign for Peace and Democracy. Joanne’s going to talk with us about the movement against US ‘Missile Defense’ in the Czech Republic and Poland. John Thomson is research affiliate at MIT and served as the United Kingdom Ambassador to India and as the Permanent Representative in the United Nations. He has co-written “Iran as a Pioneer Case for Multilateral Nuclear Arrangements” and several other articles about the Iranian nuclear situation. And our irregular correspondents are: live from a drum and bass festival in Romania, Todd Williams, the former host of the recently canceled Hungarian TV show “Feszti Korkep” … live from a sailboat docked somewhere along the west coast, Mike Dvorak gave his ‘Wind Blows’ report. This week, it was on the utility of using electricity in place of gasoline/diesel as a transportation fuel … and live from San Francisco, Elvis DeMorrow told us what’s creeping around the Konspiracy Korner. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-may-31-2008/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-may-31-2008/#comments Sat, 31 May 2008 06:00:00 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/2008/05/podcast-for-saturday-may-31-2008/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-may-31-2008/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Jeff Sharlet is author of the new book, “The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power” (HarperCollins). Jeff is a contributing editor at Harper’s and Rolling Stone. He is also an associate research scholar[...] Jeff Sharlet is author of the new book, “The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power” (HarperCollins). Jeff is a contributing editor at Harper’s and Rolling Stone. He is also an associate research scholar at New York University’s Center for Religion and Media. He is also the editor of the web site, The Revealer. Dr. Carsten Wieland wrote the piece, “The Syria-Israel talks: old themes, new setting,” at openDemocracy. In the article, Carsten explains that ‘The latest phase of negotiations between Damascus and Jerusalem will need the right constellation of events to become more than another lost opportunity.’ He is the author of the book “Syria – Ballots or Bullets? Democracy, Islamism, and Secularism in the Levant” (Cune Press), and “Syria at Bay: Secularism, Islamism and ‘Pax Americana’” (Hurst). He is a consultant and journalist and was a research fellow at Georgetown University in Washington. He spent several years living in various countries of the Middle East. Wieland studied history, political science, international relations and philosophy at Humboldt University in Berlin, Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and Duke University in North Carolina. Frida Berrigan returned to This is Hell! to talk about her article posted at TomDispatch this week, “The Pentagon Takes Over.” Frida is a Senior Program Associate at the New America Foundation‘s Arms and Security Initiative. She is a columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus and a contributing editor at In These Times. the Democracy Center‘s Jim Shultz returned to This is Hell! to give us the skinny on what’s happening in Bolivia. You can read Jim’s blog by visiting http://www.democracyctr.org/blog/. The Democracy Center, based in both San Francisco and Cochabamba, Bolivia, “works globally to advance social justice through investigation and reporting, training citizens in public advocacy, and leading international citizen campaigns.” And our irregular correspondents were: live from Budapest, Todd Williams was the host of the recently canceled Hungarian TV show “Feszti Korkep” … Jeff Dorchen delivered a ‘Moment of Truth’ … and, from San Francisco, Kate O’Donnell gives us her San Francisco ‘Perspective.’ Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-march-29-2008/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-march-29-2008/#comments Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:00:00 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/2008/03/podcast-for-saturday-march-29-2008/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-march-29-2008/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Michael Massing, a contributing editor at the Columbia Journalism Review, who also writes frequently on the press and foreign affairs on the pages of the New York Review of Books. Michael’s article, “The Volunteer Army: Who Fights and [...] Michael Massing, a contributing editor at the Columbia Journalism Review, who also writes frequently on the press and foreign affairs on the pages of the New York Review of Books. Michael’s article, “The Volunteer Army: Who Fights and Why?,” appears in the April 5th issue. Michael’s article in the March/April issue of CJR is “Out of Focus: How indie dogma undercuts the documentary.” writer Doug Henwood will discuss the latest issue of his Left Business Observer (http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/). Articles include, “Obamamania: Want Change With That?” in which he calls Senator Barack Obama “just another Democrat with a sleazy real estate agent in his past.” So you’re thinking Doug’s a big backer of Senator Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, right? Guess again. Doug calls her politics “bellicose and neoliberal.” In the most recent issue of LBO, Doug also takes on past This is Hell! guest Naomi Klein’s latest book as well as the coming recession. Spencer Ackerman wrote the American Prospect cover story “The Obama Doctrine.” The subtitle asks, “Barack Obama is offering the most sweeping liberal foreign-policy critique we’ve heard from a serious presidential contender in decades. But will voters buy it?” Eric Umansky returned after just four weeks because he’s written another amazing article. This time, it’s for Columbia Journalism Review and it’s called, “Lost Over Iran: How the press let the White House craft the narrative about Tehran’s nukes.” And our irregular correspondents were: live from Budapest, the host of the Hungarian TV show “Feszti Korkep,” Todd Williams … Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth from Chicago’s south side … and, from San Francisco, Kate O’Donnell gaves us a “Science Researcher’s Perspective.” Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-january-26-2008/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-january-26-2008/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:00:00 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://www.thisishellradio.info/2008/01/podcast-for-saturday-january-26-2008/ http://thisishell.net/shows/podcast-for-saturday-january-26-2008/feed/ 0 4:04:07 Eric Janszen wrote the cover story for the February issue of Harper’s entitled, “The Next Bubble: Priming the Markets for Tomorrow’s Big Crash.” Eric is the founder and president of iTulip, Inc. He formerly served as the ma[...] Eric Janszen wrote the cover story for the February issue of Harper’s entitled, “The Next Bubble: Priming the Markets for Tomorrow’s Big Crash.” Eric is the founder and president of iTulip, Inc. He formerly served as the managing director of the ventures firm Osborn Capital, CEO of AutoCell, Inc., and Bluesocket, Inc., and entrepreneur in residence for Trident Capital. Ayesha Siddiqa is the author of “Military, Inc.: Inside Pakistan’s Military Economy” (Pluto Press). Ayesha is a military analyst with a PhD in War Studies from King’s College, London. She contributes regularly to Jane’s Defence Weekly. She was the ‘Pakistan Scholar’ at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington DC. Ayesha will discuss her book next Friday, February 1st, at 4 PM in the International House, 1414 East 59th Street. Mark Winne is the author of “Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty” (Beacon Press). For 25 years Mark was was the executive director of Hartford Food System. He now writes, speaks and consults extensively on community food systems. Graham Fuller, was a senior political analyst at Rand and Vice Chair of the National Intelligence Council at the CIA. Graham is currently adjunct professor of history at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. He is the author of three books on Islam including, “A Sense of Siege: The Geopolitics of Islam and the West,” “The Arab Shi’a: The Forgotten Muslims,” and “The Future of Political Islam.” Graham has also written the lead article to the latest issue of Foreign Policy. The story is entitled, “A World Without Islam” and in it Graham considers which elements of the current unpleasantness are due to Islam and which are due to other factors. And our irregular correspondents were: live from Budapest, Todd Williams tells us what’s happening in Hungary … Jeff Dorchen delivers a Moment of Truth from his digs in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood … and, from San Juan, Dave Buchen gives us the lowdown from Puerto Rico. Shows This Is Hell! no no