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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 6h

I'm celebrating my birthday with a gift for you: free access to this week's special Patreon podcast featuring a live in-studio conversation on the past, present and futue of the Chicago tavern with Cary's Lounge now former owner Pete Valavanis! If you like, share. www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

The Past, Present and Future of the Chicago Tavern with Pete Valavanis | This Is Hell!

While our bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show, live stream and podcast host Chuck Mertz enjoys his birthday week "off" from the show,

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Nine years ago today, Henry Giroux was warning us about President Trump ushering in a new era of American authoritarianism when. we discussed his book, "The Public in Peril" (@routledgebooks.bsky.social). Listen now -- and it's free! Help keep us free. Join now! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

Nine Years Ago in Hell! Henry Giroux on 'Trump and the Menace of American Authoritarianism' | This Is Hell!

On September 30, 2017, a little more than eight months after President Trump's first term in office, we were joined by several-time guest He

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you missed this from past guest @smaurizi.bsky.social -- or any of her most recent writing -- Stefania's reporting and analysis is must read as always. www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/08/29/a... Also, here's our interviews with her and they're free! thisishell.com/interviews?s...

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A single signature by Trump can remove you from the internet

The Trump administration has likened them to the digital arm of al-Qaeda and, in an unprecedented move, just added them to the list of global terrorist organizations

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

On this day in 2020, we discussed "The End of the Megamachine: A Brief History of a Failing Civilization" (@simonschusteruk.bsky.social) with author Fabian Scheidler. ... and it's free! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

Six Years Ago on TiH!: Our Failing Civilization with Fabian Scheidler | This Is Hell!

"This Week in Hell!... over the past decade... " begins with our talk from six years ago today when we spoke with writer for print media, te

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This week, 'A Brief History of Failing Civilization,' 'Trump and the Menace of American Authoritarianism,' 'Developing a Viable Untopia for Human Survival in the 21st Century,' 'The Christian Movement That's Threatening Democracy.' And 'Tree Thieves.' It's free! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

This Week in Hell!... and then, The Fall | This Is Hell!

Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show, podcast and live stream host Chuck Mertz -- that's me! -- is celebrating the changing of the

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Start your week with The Sunday Funnies and Not So Funny! Join now to see them all! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

Sunday Funnies and Not So Funny! A Gag, Lies, a Cover-Up, War, ICE, AI and Narcoterrorists | This Is Hell!

Every Sunday, Supporters and Super Listeners start their week with our favorite political cartoons and images from the past week. The first

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In the latest 'Virus Monologue' it's June 16, 2020, and the COVID-19 pandemic reveals deadly police violence which leads to an uprising demaning for reform that @democrats.org manipulated and abandoned while the Republicans stayed deep in denial. Join now! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

Virus Monologue #34: Liberal and Progressive Betrayal of George Floyd | This Is Hell!

Paying subscribers get immediate access to all "The Virus Monologues," which Chuck delivered live on-air during the early months of COVID-19

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Circles include AI trying to kill us all while stealing our work and targeting suckers at gambling sites. Also, Wall Street bubble is bursting, Israel bulldozes olive trees before harvest, a food crisis, El Nino, a threat to all life, and baby teeth. www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

This Week's 9 Circles of Hell! From AI's Attaempt at Starting WWIII to a Mass Grave with 1,600 Baby Teeth | This Is Hell!

Super Listeners get access to 'The 9 Circles of Hell!', the most hellish stories we find each week. This week's are being posted a little l

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Chuck debunks the 'self-made man' - and it's always a dude - then considers what that reveals about individual freedom. We also share a 2012 talk with Brian Miller and Mike Lapham on “The Self-Made Myth" (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social/@bkpub.bsky.social ). www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

NEW PATREON POD! Individual Freedom is an Oxymoron PLUS a 2012 Talk on 'The Self-Made Myth' | This Is Hell!

Super Listeners get access to a bonus episode of This is Hell! every Thursday. This week, Chuck had an epiphany that made him consider not

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Early this morning, our scheduled guests' rental car was broken into and eveeything was stolen including the laptop they needed for our interview. We're cworking to confirm them for when we return to our regular schedule Tuesday, October 6. Back tomorrow on Patreon www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

Last Minute Cancellation: Back Tomorrow! | This Is Hell!

Today's guests, JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine, authors of, "Against Tech Oligarchy: Worker Resistance in the World’s Most Powerful Industry,"

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

@telesurenglish.net.web.brid.gy's Brian Mier on Brazil's many corruption scandals, the coup against @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social by @flaviobolsonar.bsky.social and @jairbolsonaro0.bsky.social, as well as western media's Brzil disnformation campaign. It's free! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

NEW FREE HELL! Brian Mier and the Coup Taking Place in Brazil | This Is Hell!

Sociologist and geographer, Brazil correspondent for TeleSur English, co-host of Globalistas on TV 247, Brian Mier returns to This is Hell!

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Tuesday, @telesurenglish.net.web.brid.gy's @brianmier247.bsky.social on Brazil's scandals as we approach Brazil's vote between @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social and Bolsonaro. Wednesday, JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine on "Against Tech Oligarchy." @genek3.bsky.social). www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Question from Hell! is: 'With the inevitable rise of AI, what would you like AI to destroy?' Leave your answer below. Our favorite is announced at end of our live Wednesday show. Winner gets a free random postcard from Chuck with a personalized message for you!

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Start every week with the Sunday Funnies and Not So Funny while supporting 100% listener-supported, commercial- and corporate foundation grant-free This is Hell! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

Sunday Funnies and Not So Funny: Trump, Wars, AI and Nazis, Oh My! | This Is Hell!

Roll out of bed every Sunday morning with "Sunday Funnies and Not So Funny." Become a Super Listener and see all 11!

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Before progressives abandoned calls for police reform, before they called 'woke' "crazy," real change was actually being discussed in the legacy media. Demands were so great even establishment Democrats pandered to antiracism. Join to return to that "crazy" time! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

Virus Monologue #33: The Path To Abolitionism and the End of Policing | This Is Hell!

"The Virus Monologues" are rants by host Chuck Mertz during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. It's now June 15, 2020, back before

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Chomsky's first live interview following 9/11. It's both free and frighteningly prescient! If you like, share. If you love, become a Super Listener! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

Chomsky Four Days After 9/11 | This Is Hell!

In his first live interview following 9/11, Noam Chomsky returned to This is Hell! two weeks after his first appearance. This is a frighten

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

New Free Old Hell! Our in-depth interview with Noam Chomsky ten days befoe 9/11. Look for our first-ever podcast from four days after 9/11 which includes the first live interview with Noam after the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

Noam Chomsky Ten Days Before 9/11 | This Is Hell!

To celebrate 30 years of This is Hell! and mark the anniversary of 9/11 we are bringing some content rom those fateful days out from behind

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

@yesmagazine.org.web.brid.gy's @ruwithsonali.bsky.social on "Breaking ICE" (@sevenstories.bsky.social). Sonali says immigration is "the most convenient distraction from the true perpetrators of climate change, colonialism, inequality... the billionaires." www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

New Free Hell! 'Breaking ICE' with Sonali Kolhatkar | This Is Hell!

Award-winning multimedia journalist Sonali Kolhatkar, joins us to talk about her new book, "Breaking ICE: Community Defense against State Te

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

US war crimes, Israel's West Bank elimination project, global fuel protests, Trump says Canada-EU deal threarens US, accidental Russian strikes, AI tells itself to ignore humans, Flock cop shop, France wants ultra-fast fashion transparency, and forced labor tuna fish www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

9 Circles of Hell! Crimes, Genocide, Protests, Hostilities, War, AI, Flock, Ultra-Fast Fashion and Forced Labor | This Is Hell!

Super Listeners wake up to the 9 Circles of Hell! -- the news that scares the news -- every Friday morning. This week: UN says US likely c

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Past guests contributed to this exceptional statement on centrist, liberal and progressive @democrats.org recent anti-woke and anti-abolition turn prior to the mid-terms. They like to call it 'political pragmatism'. In reality, it's an abandonment of values. tempestmag.org/2026/09/in-d...

In defense of abolition

In defense of defund the police and abolish ICE movements, and in response to the growing anti-abolition and anti-woke political discourse.

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

NEW QfH! Become a Super Listener and get early acccess to the following week's Question from Hell! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

NEW Question from Hell! Destroy All Humans! | This Is Hell!

Every week, Super Listeners get early access to the Question from Hell! We will announce our favorite answer at the end of our Wednesday, S

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is Hell! began podcasting 25 years ago this week before it was called podcasting. This week, Chuck looks back at what could've been PLUS a 2007 talk with Justin Akers Chacon, co-author with the late Mike Davis of "No One Is Illegal" (@haymarketbooks.org). www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

Podcasting's Unfulfilled Promise and a 2007 Talk Insisting 'No One is Illegal' | This Is Hell!

Twenty-five years ago this week, This is Hell! began podcasting before it was called podcasting as the iPod was not released until two month

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

NEW FREE HELL! Nick Smolik, editor at @illwill.bsky.social was on to discuss “Depose: Luigi Mangione, the Right to Health, and the Unfinished American Revolution," which is anonymously and collectively authored by the December 4 Legal Committee. If you like, share! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

NEW HELL! Luigi Mangione and the Fight for the Right to Health | This Is Hell!

Nick Smolik, editor at Ill Will Editions of, “Depose: Luigi Mangione, the Right to Health, and the Unfinished American Revolution," which is

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Tues: @d4legalcomm.bsky.social on "Depose: Luigi Mangione, Right to Health, and Unfinished American Revolution" (@illwill.bsky.social) Weds: @ruwithsonali.bsky.social on "Breaking ICE Community Defense against State Terror, MAGA Fascism" @sevenstories.bsky.social). www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

This Week in Hell! Depose Tyrants and Break ICE! | This Is Hell!

Tuesday, our guest will be December 4 Legal Committee spokesperson Daniel Grave. Daniel is part of the December 4 Legal Committee which has

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

ICYMI this morning's 'Funnies and Not so Funny' had it all! 9/11, empire, terror, war, Trump, Charlie, Elon, Nazis, fraud, Hegseth, AI and the rich throwing us all under something called a 'bus', whatever that is. Wake up to the 'Funnies' every Sunday! Join now! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

Sunday Funnies and Not So Funny! 9/11, the End of Liberty and the Rise of Nazis and Robots | This Is Hell!

Good Morning! Sunday mornings Super Listeners get access to "The Sunday Funnies and Not so Funny," the funniest or most insightful cartoons

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

In this week's "Virus Monologue," it's 6/6/20 and the uprising against police violence following George Floyd's murder has revealed, yet again, establishment media's allegiances lie not with the people in the streets but with those in corner offices. Hear 'em all! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

Virus Monologue #32: When 'Looting' is Not Looting and When It is | This Is Hell!

This week's 'Monologue' is from June 3, 2020, as we enter the fourth month of the COVID-19 pandemic safety protocols such as sheltering-in-p

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

AI could kill us all by end of decade, climate change will be far worse than predicted, culture wars ruin economy, climate crisis is a continent-wide economic security emergency, Zionist project's "end", Bibi knew about October 7 and more. Join now to read 'em all!! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

The 9 Circles of Hell! AI Could Kill Us All Soon, Climate Change Worse Than Expected, Yemen War Spreads, 'The End of the Zionist Project,' Bibi Ignored October 7 Warning and More! | This Is Hell!

Friday mornings, Super Listeners wake up to "The 9 Circles of Hell!," the most hellish news we found this week. If you have anything more h

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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The reuse of Twin Towers' steel in memorials is fascinating. In another lifetime I wrote about the work done by commemoration. But there is something about these images (read the Alt for details) that makes these at once exemplary and also macabre memorials.

The 9/11 Remembrance Garden memorial along Route 66 in Winslow, Arizona.Photographer: Ron Buskirk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Laleh's comments: a fairly standard memorial using two upended steel inexpertly plunked in the middle of a concrete square in a desert landscape. This is the kind of memorial you see that mid-level state officials commission for the work of nation-building.

Graham Bennett’s memorial in Christchurch, New Zealand, on September 11, 2016.Photographer: Aaron Campbell Photography

Laleh's comments: This one is baffling to me. Why would New Zealand have a memorial to 9/11? Other than, of course the fact that the US is the world metropole and so you will have memorials to its dead.

Artist Heath Satow's sculpture in Rosemead, California, contains 2,976 stainless-steel doves welded into a pair of hands lifting a steel beam from New York’s World Trade Center.Photographer: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Laleh's comments: Without wanting to belittle this, frankly I find this more insulting that the Arizona memorial. Because if you are going to have peace doves, maybe have them enumerate all the dead civilians in the War on Terror...

The USS New York’s bow was built with 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center.Photographer: Spencer Platt/Getty Images North America

Laleh's comments - using steel from WTC in the hull of a US warship is about as perfect a memorial I can think of.

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This week, US 'democracy' is limited to two lousy choices driven by the same terrible thing. Also, a 2004 talk with Ehsan Ahari on his writing at The Asia Times, "House of Saud exits cocoon of denial," revealing how US and Saudi intel prop up the regime. Join now! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

Bonus Hell! A Helluva Choice and a 2002 Talk Reveals US Intel "Joined at the Hip" with the House of Saud | This Is Hell!

To show our appreciation for your support, Super Listeners of This is Hell! get bonus content all weekend long. It starts with Thursday's P

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Back Tues, 9/15, w/@d4legalcomm.bsky.social on "Depose: Luigi Mangione, the Right to Health, and the Unfinished American Revolution"(@illwill.bsky.social). Weds., @yesmagazine.org.web.brid.gy's @ruwithsonali.bsky.social on "Breaking ICE" (@sevenstories.bsky.social). www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

This and Next Week in Hell! | This Is Hell!

This is Hell! returns Thursday morning, September 10, only here on Patreon. This week, Chuck admits to being an impractical, unpragmatic, ut

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Question from Hell! is 'What should President Trump rename with 'America' next?' Leave your answer below! We announce our favorite on Wednesday's show. If you have our favorite you get a postcard from your bitter blind broke gap-toothed host of This is Hell! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

NEW Question from Hell!: Planet America | This Is Hell!

Super Listeners get early access to the following week's Question from Hell! at the end our Thursday bonus Patreon podcast. The person with

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This week, Trump, Republicans, Democrats, Evolution, Devolution, Revolution, Denialism and more! Join now to get bonus content all week and help keep our site free and This is Hell! completely listener supported. No ads. No corporate grants or funding. Just you. www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

Sunday Funnies ... and not so funny: Destruction/Construction What's Your Function?, Tariffs, Socialists, Anti-Vaxxers, Darwin's Out and Cheatling | This Is Hell!

Make us a regular part of your Sunday morning by waking up every week and joining us for some deep political insight and maybe a few laughs.

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

BREAKING NEWS! Reports are coming in from the 2026 Socialism Conference.

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

New 'Virus Monologue'! It's now June 1, 2020, and the police murder of George Floyd reveals the free press in the US was bought and paid for by the elite. BTW, on X there's a hashtag suggestion for George Lazerby but not George Floyd. Join now to get 'em all! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

Virus Monologue #31: Looting in the Time of Coronavirus | This Is Hell!

It's now June 1, 2020, and for regular readers you may noticed that's two weeks after the most 'Monologue #30.' This is Hell! was off-air w

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

@bailproject.org's Robin Steinberg and Camilo Ramirez, joined us on This is Hell! to discuss their new book of "The Bail Trap: A Scandal at the Heart of American Justice" (@thenewpress.bsky.social ). Become a Super Listener now to get bonus content all weekend long! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

NEW FREE HELL! Freedom For Sale in the US Justice System | This Is Hell!

Our guests are public defender and activist Robin Steinberg and Camilo Ramirez, co-authors of "The Bail Trap: A Scandal at the Heart of Amer

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Celebrate 30 years of 100% listener supported This is Hell! and get early access to next week's Question from Hell! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p... Help keep thisishell.com FREE featuring a complete archive of every episode dating back to 2015. Join now in time for tomorrow's 9 Circles of Hell!

NEW Question from Hell!: Planet America | This Is Hell!

Super Listeners get early access to the following week's Question from Hell! at the end our Thursday bonus Patreon podcast. The person with

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“Humanity speeding past the limit to avoid climate catastrophe,”"AI could go very, very poorly for human beings,” USPS whistleblower revelations "should worry every American voter, Mapping ICE Profiteers, Justice Alito's Ties to Fossil Fuels, Corrupt USA! and more! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

9 Circles of Hell! Climate, AI, Democracy, ICE, Justice, Corruption, Collapse, Crime and Data Centers | This Is Hell!

Every Friday we share the most hellish news we find over the past week. Today's includes: “Humanity is speeding past the limit to avoid cl

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

@cuhistorydept.bsky.social's Kim Phillips-Fein on "Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight against Equality in America (@wwnorton.com) AND IT'S FREE! Also, Hangover Cure, Rotten History and the Question from Hell! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

NEW HELL! The Disastrous History of US Arguments for Inequality | This Is Hell!

Kim Phillips-Fein returns to This is Hell! to discuss her new book, "Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, an

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Past This is Hell! guests at @socialismconference.org: @mayaschenwar.bsky.social, @sophielewis.bsky.social, @kimkelly.bsky.social, @silkys13.bsky.social, @scalzi.com, @alexhanna.bsky.social, @helenyaffe.bsky.social, @ahsheek.bsky.social, @kellyhayes.bsky.social! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

BONUS PODCAST! Why Chuck Won't Be Going to the Socialism Conference (but you should) PLUS 'The Chicago Eight' | This Is Hell!

Super Listeners get super access to all our bonus content including our weekly bonus podcast which goes live Thursday mornings. This week,

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Tues.: Kim Phillips-Fein on "Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight against Equality in America" (@wwnorton.com) Weds.: @bailproject.org's Robin Steinberg & Camilo Ramirez on "The Bail Trap" (@thenewpress.bsky.social) www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

Next Week In Hell! Inequality American-Style and 'The Bail Trap' | This Is Hell!

Tuesday, our guest is historian Kim Phillips-Fein who returns to This is Hell! to discuss her new book, "Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats,

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Peter Thiel is getting a very cold reception outside his new mansion in the exclusive Barrio Parque neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentinians are chanting: “Out, out, Peter out.”

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This week's Question from Hell!!: Why are you mad at me? Leave your answer below. We'll announce our favorite at end of Wednesday's show. The person with our favorite answer gets a postcard in the mail from Chuck. The image refers to "fawn response" to trauma. www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

NEW Question from Hell! Anger Mismanagement | This Is Hell!

Super Listeners get early access to every week's Question from Hell! which is announced at the end of every Thursday's bonus podcast and the

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The Sunday Funnies... and not so funny... has it all from AntifaMan to the One Percent, and Zen Buddhism to the Iron Lady. Join now and get bonus content all week long! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

Sunday Funnies... and not so funny! Antifa, Sheep, GOP. MAGA, War, Money, Zen. TINA and a Plant | This Is Hell!

Every Sunday morning at sunrise Chicago time, Super Listeners wake up to the funnies or most insightful cartoons and images we stumbled upon

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

"The Virus Monologues" continue! We're now two months into the COVID-19 pandemic and everything's literally falling apart in my home. Meanwhile, long-time listeners are turning on me with rude insults like calling me a "capitalist"! Join now and find out why! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

Virus Monologue #30: Breaking News and Sham Capitalism During COVID | This Is Hell!

Super Listeners get access to the audio and text of a new/old 'Virus Monologue' every Saturday morning. These are rants by Chuck from the ea

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

9 Circles of Hell! Trump Dismissed Iran War Warning, Fastest-Ever Ebola Outbreak, Putin Threatens UK War, Climate Change Caused Deadly Nepal-Tibet Earthquake, US Navy Calls Rape a Workers' Comp Issue, Genocide, ICE Arrests Surge and Trump as Hitler. www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

9 Circles of Hell! Trump Ignored Iran War Warning, Fastest-Ever Ebola Outbreak, Putin Threatens UK War, Climate Change Caused Deadly Earthquake, USN Calls Rape a Workers' Comp Issue, Genocide, ICE and...

The 9 Circles of Hell! are all the news that gives you fits in print. This is the news that scares the news so much, it often goes unreporte

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

If you're a paying subscriber at patreon.com/thisishell you get access to the Sunday Funnies... and not so funny. Here are some of the cartoons that did not make the cut for this upcoming Sunday. Help us keep thisishell.com free and the show 100% listener supported with no ads or corporate grants

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Take a trip with Chuck through Michigan's Upper Peninsula via the region's smalltown papers. We also share a 2006 talk with @jeffgoodell.bsky.social on "Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future" (@marinerbooks.bsky.social/@harpercollins.bsky.social) www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

New Patreon Pod! Northwoods Nature and Nostalgia News, Plus Big Coal | This Is Hell!

Paying subscribers get access to a bonus show every Thursday. This week, after returning from Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Chuck takes a tou

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chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Raul Perez joined us to discuss his British Sociological Assoication paper, "Genocidal Enjoyment: On the Weaponization of Joyful Cruelty and ‘Dark Fun’ during Israel’s Genocide in Gaza.” Plus, the Question from Hell! Keep us free by joining us as a paying member. www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

NEW HELL! Israel's Genocidal Enjoyment and Joy of Cruelty | This Is Hell!

Our guest is sociologists Raúl Pérez co-author of the British Sociological Association paper, “Genocidal Enjoyment: On the Weaponization of

chuckmertz.bsky.social @chuckmertz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

NEW FREE HELL! Researcher and writer Nick Cleveland-Stout wrote the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft paper, “The Eighth Front: Inside Israel’s $1 Billion Influence Campaign.” We also had this week's Hangover Cure, Rotten History and more! Join now! www.patreon.com/thisishell/p...

NEW FREE HELL! Israel's Political Influence War on the United States | This Is Hell!

Joining us is researcher and writer Nick Cleveland-Stout, author of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft paper, “The Eighth Front