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This is Hell is four hours of completely uninterrupted unedited blah blah blah which airs every Saturday morning in Chicago. Troublemakers, muckrakers, whistleblowers, host Chuck Mertz does in-depth interviews with rabble of all sorts. Noam Chomsky has called This is Hell "a voice of sanity on talk radio." After you listen, you'll know why we think Noam's gone insane.
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- Zionism and the Shaping of the Western Mind / Yoav Litvin & Ilan Pappé · 2 h 15 minYoav Litvin and Ilan Pappé return to discuss their new book, "Wired to Steal: Zionism and the Shaping of the Western Mind," available now from Simon and Schuster…
- Explaining Lula's Reelection in Brazil and What Comes Next / Brian Mier · 1 h 34 minBrian Mier returns to discuss Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's electoral win over Flávio Bolsonaro. "Rotten History" from Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview…
- Cultural Resistance to Data World and Managed Despair / Curtis White · 1 h 58 minCurtis White returns to discuss his new book, "On Resistance: A Manifesto," available now from Random House: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/826311/on-resistance-by-curti…
- Right-Wing American Misunderstandings About South Africa / Eve Fairbanks · 1 h 19 minEve Fairbanks joins us to discuss her essay, “The Myth of the Police State: No one, not even the supposed beneficiaries, is protected.” The piece appears in the collection, "How…
- Chuck Opens a Bloated Mailbag / The Greatest Audience in Hell & Chuck Mertz · 1 h 13 minThanks to scheduling mishaps and our limited competence, you will not hear longform interview Hell with a guest today. Instead, you will hear from yourselves! Chuck responds to…
- Worker Resistance in Big Tech / JS Tan & Clarissa Redwine · 1 h 26 minJS Tan and Clarissa Redwine join us to discuss their new book from Haymarket Books, "Against Tech Oligarchy Worker Resistance in the World’s Most Powerful Industry"…
- An Indicted Minneapolis 15 Defendant Speaks Out / Cal Robinet · 1 h 38 minUnion electrician and activist Cal Robinet, one of the Minneapolis 15 defendants facing charges after ICE's Operation Metro Surge in that city, shares his story. Help keep This…
- Building Socialism Requires Dismantling Empire / Sudip Bhattacharya · 1 h 33 minSudip Bhattacharya returns to discuss his recent writing, including "There is No Socialism Without the End of U.S. Empire" at Socialist Forum…
- Another Brazilian Coup Attempt Underway / Brian Mier · 1 h 31 minBrian Mier returns to discuss the upcoming Brazilian election and the prospects for another right-wing coup. Check out Brian's Substack, "De-Linking Brazil"…
- Breaking ICE / Sonali Kolhatkar · 1 h 29 minSonali Kolhatkar returns to discuss her new book, "Breaking ICE: Community Defense against State Terror and MAGA Fascism," just published by Seven Stories Press…
- 15 Million Excess Deaths from US For-Profit Health Insurance / Nick Smolek · 1 h 38 minIll Will Editions editor Nick Smolek joins us to discuss the forthcoming book, "Depose: Luigi Mangione, the Right to Health, and the Unfinished American Revolution"…
- The Bail Trap / Robin Steinberg & Robin Camilo · 1 h 32 minRobin Steinberg and Camilo Ramirez return to discuss their new book, "The Bail Trap: A Scandal at the Heart of American Justice" from The New Press…
- The Long Fight Against Equality in the United States / Kim Phillips-Fein · 1 h 27 minHistorian Kim Phillips-Fein returns to discuss her new book, "Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight against Equality in America"…
- "Genocidal Enjoymment" on Display in IDF Social Media from Gaza / Raúl Pérez · 1 h 42 minPaúl Pérez returns to discuss his recent British Sociological Association article, co-authored with Charles Thorpe, "Genocidal Enjoyment: On the Weaponization of Joyful Cruelty…
- Israel's $1 Billion Hasbara Influence Machine since October 7th / Nick Cleveland-Stout · 1 h 26 minQuincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Research fellow Nick Cleveland-Stout discusses his recent report, "The Eighth Front: Inside Israel’s $1 Billion Influence Campaign"…
- Imperialist Realism / Daniel Bessner · 1 h 55 minHistorian and foreign policy analysis Daniel Bessner joins us to discuss his new book, "Imperialist Realism: Politics and Culture at the End of the American Century" from Simon…
- Trump's War on Boats / Adam Isacson & John Walsh · 1 h 30 minWashington Office on Latin America directors Adam Isacson and John Walsh join us to discuss their new report from WOLA, "Killing Spree: Extrajudicial executions in the U.S. boat…
- Sponsoring The Genocide In Palestine / Fintan Drury · 1 h 40 minFintan Drury joins This Is Hell! to talk about his new book “Genocide: Sponsoring the Destruction of Palestine”, published by the Irish Academic Press. Fintan will be speaking…
- The Winners And Losers In The Future Of Drugs / Kojo Karam · 57 minKojo Koram joins This Is Hell! to talk about his new book "The Next Fix: The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs”, published by Verso Books…
- White Supremacy At The US Border / John Washington · 1 h 40 minJohn Washington returns to This Is Hell! to talk about his new book “The Case For Open Borders” published by Haymarket Books…
