Oct 29, 20261h 58m
Curtis 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-curtis-white/ "This Week in Rotten History"...
About this Podcast:
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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What is This Is Hell! about?
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.
What has This Is Hell! covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Cultural Resistance to Data World and Managed Despair / Curtis White" (29 October 2026, 118 minutes), "Right-Wing American Misunderstandings About South Africa / Eve Fairbanks" (28 October 2026, 79 minutes), and "Chuck Opens a Bloated Mailbag / The Greatest Audience in Hell & Chuck Mertz" (14 October 2026, 73 minutes).
How often does This Is Hell! publish?
This Is Hell! publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 95 minutes across 500 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on This Is Hell!?
Booking probability for This Is Hell! is 47%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. This Is Hell! requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. This Is Hell!'s contact route on record: verified email.
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This Is Hell! is a comedy podcast with 500 episodes published.
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Oct 28, 20261h 19mEve 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 We See It: The World Looks at America in...
Oct 14, 20261h 13mThanks 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 his long-neglected inbox of listener...
Oct 13, 20261h 27mJS 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"...
Oct 7, 20261h 39mUnion 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 Is Hell! completely listener supported and...
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Oct 6, 20261h 34mSudip Bhattacharya returns to discuss his recent writing, including "There is No Socialism Without the End of U.S. Empire" at Socialist Forum...
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Another Brazilian Coup Attempt Underway / Brian Mier
Sep 22, 20261h 32mBrian Mier returns to discuss the upcoming Brazilian election and the prospects for another right-wing coup. Check out Brian's Substack, "De-Linking Brazil": https://bmier.substack.com/ and his new Latin American news...
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Breaking ICE / Sonali Kolhatkar
Sep 18, 20261h 30mSonali Kolhatkar returns to discuss her new book, "Breaking ICE: Community Defense against State Terror and MAGA Fascism," just published by Seven Stories Press: https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4889-breaking-ice "The...
Sep 3, 20261h 27mHistorian 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" from Norton...
Aug 26, 20261h 43mPaúl Pérez returns to discuss his recent British Sociological Association article, co-authored with Charles Thorpe, "Genocidal Enjoyment: On the Weaponization of Joyful Cruelty and 'Dark Fun' during Israel's Genocide on...
Aug 25, 20261h 26mQuincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Research fellow Nick Cleveland-Stout discusses his recent report, "The Eighth Front: Inside Israel’s $1 Billion Influence Campaign"...
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Imperialist Realism / Daniel Bessner
Aug 5, 20261h 56mHistorian 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 and Schuster...
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Trump's War on Boats / Adam Isacson & John Walsh
Aug 4, 20261h 30mWashington 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 strikes campaign"...
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Sponsoring The Genocide In Palestine / Fintan Drury
Jul 29, 20261h 41mFintan 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 with us live from Dublin...
Jul 28, 202657 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. (https://www.versobooks.com/products/3173-the-next-fix) Kojo Karma is a...
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White Supremacy At The US Border / John Washington
Jul 21, 20261h 40mJohn Washington returns to This Is Hell! to talk about his new book “The Case For Open Borders” published by Haymarket Books. (https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2199-the-case-for-open-borders) John Washington is a...
Jul 16, 20262h 31mDónal Gill discusses the view of the United States from Canada in the age of MAGA. His essay appears in the new edited volume by The Dial, "How We See It: The World Looks at America in the Age of Trump" (The New Press)...
Jul 14, 20261h 20mCory Doctorow returns to This Is Hell! to talk about his new book “The Reverse Centaur’s Guide To Life After AI - How To Think About Artificial Intelligence Before It’s Too Late”, published by Macmillan Publishers...
Jul 8, 20261h 56mPeter Bloom joins us to discuss his recent book, "Nativism and Capitalism: From Colonial Hauntings to Radical Indigenous Futures" from Routledge...
Jul 7, 20261h 24mEmmaia Gelman joins This Is Hell! to talk about her new book “The Anti-Defamation League And The Racial State”, published by University of California Press...
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Brian Mier
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John Walsh
Author of "Dr Who And The Daleks - The Official Story Of The Films", National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
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Emmaia Gelman
director of the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism, The Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism
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Samuel Moyn
Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and Professor of History at Yale University, Yale Law School
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