Description: 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
This week on This is Hell!, former FBI agent Ali Soufan gives us 'The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against Al Qaeda,' historian Carroll Smith-Rosenberg describes 'This Violent Empire,' political economist Gar Alperovitz discusses 'America Beyond Capitalism,' and Iranian analyst Farideh Farhi talks Iran. Irregular correspondent Spencer 'Thunderball' Thayer takes your calls on #Occupy, LaddieO.com tells us what's brewing in URL Labs, and Jeff Dorchen delivers a Moment of Truth.
This week on This is Hell! Peter van Buren told us how he 'Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People,' John Lanchester explained 'Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay,' and Christopher Preble revealed 'How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous and Less Free.' Elvis DeMorrow stepped out of the Konspiracy Korner to give a travelogue, we heard from our 'Man in San Juan' Dave Buchen, and Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth.
Our guests were sociologist Sarah Sobieraj on 'The Perils of Media-Centered Activism,' journalist Nicholas Shaxson 'Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens,' Historian Jo Guldi describes how 'Britain Invents the Infrastructure State,' and Christopher Strain will be 'Rethinking Violence in American Life.'
Our guests were ex-CIA officer Paul Pillar on Iran, the Gay Liberation Network's Andy Thayer on this coming May's G8/NATO protests in Chicago, historian Lisa Keller on "Democracy and Public Space," former Seattle police chief during the 1999 WTO demonstrations Norm Stamper, and Tom Frank on 'The Hard Times Swindle and the Unlikely Come Back of the Right." Dan 'the Auto Man' Litchfield talked cars and Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth.
The ‘Best of This is Hell!: 2011‘ airs this Saturday, December 24, 2011, for four hours beginning at 9 AM (US central) on Chicago?s Sound Experiment WNUR 89.3 FM, streaming live and podcast shortly after here. Hosted by producer Theron Hummiston, the interviews from the past year that will be featured include those with Seymour [...]
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31/10/2005
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Description: 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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