NEW 9 Circles of Hell! include trafficking, climate change, greed, cancer, DHS, Kushner, Epstein, Oslo, and prostitution. Become a member and get bonus content throughout the weekend including 'Virus Monologues #3' and Sunday Funnies (and not so funny)! www.patreon.com/posts/9-circ...

This week, Chuck offers his 'the end is nigh' argument. Plus, a 2004 talk with Matthew Brzezinski on, "Fortress America: On the Frontlines of Homeland Security - an Inside Look at the Coming Surveillance State" (@randomhouse.bsky.social). Join for bonus content! www.patreon.com/posts/new-bo...

TUESDAY's new free Hell! at thisishell.com at 10AM CST and podcast shortly after: @miamiherald.com @jkbjournalist.bsky.social who was part of the investigative team that broke the Epstein Files, will join us to discuss her latest at jkbjournalist.substack.com www.patreon.com/posts/this-w...

This week's Question from Hell! is... "It's 2026. How much time do you reckon we got left?" Leave your answer below. We will announce our favorite at the end of the Wednesday, February 18, show. Winner gets TiH! subvertizing stickers!

Sunday Funnies (and not so funny... ) New MAGA, Ghislaine Maxwell, racism, Kid Rock, President Trump, Melania AI, Bill Clinton, and 'viral' jumps the shark www.patreon.com/posts/sunday... Join now to keep thisishell.com free for everyone and get bonus content throughout the week.

The Saturday Morning Post features "The Virus Monologues," rants by Chuck during the first COVID19 pandemic year. It's March 11, 2020, and we were all pretty clueless about exactly what would happen next. www.patreon.com/posts/virus-... Join now for bonus content and help keep thisishell.com free

NEW 9 Circles of Hell! This week, Epstein Files, CIA, NSA, ICE, 'Importing' women, Big Brother, a pogrom, and Iceland's 'cataclysmic' climate change. www.patreon.com/posts/9-circ... Join to get bonus content throughout the week and weekend and help us keep thisishell.com free.

NEW HELL! @epsteinfilesonline.bsky.social are a symptom of capitalism which is why the elite and their government and media were complicit and in a coverup. Also, a 2001 talk warning against fascism with the late Chip Berlet of @praeyesright.bsky.social Join now! www.patreon.com/posts/lifest...

NEW FREE HELL! @theguardian.com's @whitneybauck.bsky.social discusses, "The criminalizing of protest and dissent has a long history in America," as well as 'how activism is tackling the US loneliness epidemic,' and 'how US cities are helping each other resist ICE.' www.patreon.com/posts/new-he...

Kim Kelly, author of, "Fight Like Hell," (@atriabooks.bsky.social) and "Unite and Win" podcast at @organizeworkers.bsky.social on "A Piece of Work: The Department of Labor’s anti-immigrant turn betrays its history" at @thebaffler.com. thisishell.com/episodes/1884 Join us at parteon.com/thisishell

Tuesday's This is Hell! @inthesetimes.com' Kim Kelly, author of, "Fight Like Hell" (@atriabooks.bsky.social) host of "Unite and Win" at workerorganizing.org, on "A Piece of Work: The Department of Labor’s anti-immigrant turn betrays its history" at @thebaffler.com. www.patreon.com/posts/this-w...

The Question from Hell! is... "How will Trump attempt to distract us following the next Epstein Files release?" Leave your answer below. Our favorite gets This is Hell! subvertizing stickers. Start Sundays at sunrise with the Sunday Funnies (and not so funny)! www.patreon.com/posts/sunday...

This is Hell! presents "The Virus Monologues." We begin with the first mention of COVID-19 on January 27, 2020. Oddly, Andy Warhol makes an appearance. www.patreon.com/posts/saturd...

NEW 9 CIRCLES OF HELL! CBP violence, @uofillinois.bsky.social GOP pro-death, Trump's Tren de Aragua lie, DOGE v. @socialsecurity.govmirrors.com, Greenland, @anthropic.com v. @deptofwar.bsky.social, Gemini is anti-Google, USAID kills Gaza report, @hrw.org and Israel. www.patreon.com/posts/9-circ...

FREE! @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublicaguild.org @uprootproject.bsky.social @vocesinternship.bsky.social on "We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds & Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing" written w/past guest @mckenziefunk.com www.patreon.com/posts/new-fr...

NEW BONUS EP! Chuck tries to figure out where this is and takes a shot at describing folks' concerns...wherever this is. We also share our prescient 2006 talk with Alfred McCoy on "A Question of Torture," and his @tomdispatch.bsky.social post, "Welcome Home, War!" www.patreon.com/posts/new-bo...

NEW FREE HELL! @beyondplastics.bsky.social Judith Enck on, "The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late” (@thenewpress.bsky.social). Also, Hangover Cure, Rotten History and your answerrs to the Quesrion from Hell! www.patreon.com/posts/new-pl...

Tuesday: @beyondplastics.bsky.social's Judith Enck on "The Problem with Plastic" (@thenewpress.bsky.social). Wednesday, @propublica.org's @nicolefoy.bsky.social discusses abuses in ICE detention centers. www.patreon.com/posts/this-w... LIVE 10AM CST at thisishell.com and podcast shortly after.

WARNING! This week's Question from Hell! is REALLY hellish. 'What will ICE and the government say about you that justified them killing you in broad daylight? ' Leave your answer below. We will announce our favorite answer at the end of our Wednesday show. www.patreon.com/posts/new-mo...

Coming soon! A big announcement and a new series! www.patreon.com/posts/saturd...

NEW 9 Circles of Hell! This week Trump threatens Canada over F-35 Deal, Antisemitic Antisemitism, Michigan boarding school cover-up, ICE, White Supremacy, Migrant crackdown profiteering, Epstein Files, Means-testing scam, and AI is stealing books. Join now! www.patreon.com/posts/nine-c...

Inspired by our talk with Clara Mattei, Chuck tries to define what the US really is. We also share a 2005 talk with the late great @michaelparenti.bsky.social. www.patreon.com/posts/new-bo... Get extra content throughout the week and help keep thisishell.com free by becoming a Patreon subscriber

NEW FREE HELL! No membership required. Historian @alfredmccoy.bsky.social returned to This is Hell! Alfred joined us to discuss his new book, "Cold War on Five Continents: A Global History of Empire and Espionage" (@haymarketbooks.org). Join to get bonus conetent! www.patreon.com/posts/new-al...

NEW FREE HELL! @utulsa.bsky.social's and @freefreeforum.bsky.social's Clara E. Mattei on "Escape from Capitalism: An Intervention” (@simonandschuster.bsky.social). Join and support completely listener supported This is Hell! www.patreon.com/posts/new-he...

ICYMI today's Sunday Funnies (and not so funny) include some questions we hope you can answer, graffiti, MLK + CRT, a clock for our time, Nobels for Nazis, and the BIG difference between Israel and Iran. Join now for daily bonus content! www.patreon.com/posts/sunday...

NEW QUESTION FROM HELL! What illegal narcotic will the Trump administration claim is being trafficked to the US by Greenland? Leave your answer below. Our favorite will be announced at the end of our Wednesday, January 28, show following Jeff Dorchen and the Moment of Truth.

NEW! Chuck reviews everything we learned throughout 2025. www.patreon.com/posts/saturd... Join now and get daily bonus content throughout 2026 while keeping thisishell.com free and the show completely listener supported and NSPM-7 non-compliant. Without you This is Hell! would not be possible.

NEW 9 Circles of Hell!, the week's most hellish news features free speech, a 'damaging ideology,' AI WMD, judge opposes morality, USA out of the UK, @democrats.org support ICE, ICE bullies citizens, secretive AI, and Donald Trump-Bari Weiss "elitism." Join now! www.patreon.com/posts/9-circ...

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

NEW Patreon! Chuck writes a letter to the future that tries to explain how we got to fascism PLUS a 2004 interview with Jeremy Bigwood on @nedemocracy.bsky.social undermining of Venezuela's democracy. Join now for daily bonus content and help us stay free! www.patreon.com/posts/new-le...

We end our series on death, mourning and grief by sharing our 2003 talk with Robin D.G. Kelley on his essay in "After Life: A Collective History of Loss and Redemption in Pandemic America" (@haymarketbooks.org) edited by @kerileighmerritt.bsky.social. It's free! www.patreon.com/posts/denyin...

Chuck's taking time off to mourn so we're sharing interviews on loss. Yesterday, it was our talk with Cindy Milstein on "Rebellious Mourning" (@akpress.org) Today, it's B'Tselem's Oded Na'aman on his @bostonreview.bsky.social essay, "A Menacing Silence" It's free! www.patreon.com/posts/loss-a...

This week, we are taking time off to reflect on past interviews with guests discussing death, loss, grief, mourning and the power of each as Chuck does his best to honor and remember the life of a loved one. Join us all week on Patreon -- and it's free. www.patreon.com/posts/monday...

Sunday Funnies (and not so funny) go live every week at sunrise. This week, a @bbbanksy.bsky.social or two (or not), how to melt ICE, US propaganda revealed, handy reminders about fascism, snowflake MAGA and Trump, plus we share a way to save Greenland. Join now! www.patreon.com/posts/sunday...

NEW Saturday Morning Post from your bitter blind broke gap-toothed host. This week, it's a preview of what's to come on This is Hell! in 2026. Join now to keep us free and find out what we'll be doing as Trump's ICE and MAGA continues to impose fascism. www.patreon.com/posts/saturd...

NEW 9 Circles of Hell! Trump opposes vote and thinks civil rights "badly treated whites," ICE hires 1/6 leader, ICE is Big Brother, AI behind poor ICE vetting, Dems won't stop ICE, Billionaire Trump pal wants Greenland, Israel backs Shah, GOP weaponizes 'doxxing'. www.patreon.com/posts/9-circ...

NEW bonus Patreon pod! Chuck offers an apology because this is not the media... This is Hell! Plus a 2003 interview with Venezuelanalysis's Greg Wilpert on his @newleftreview.bsky.social writing, "Collision in Venezuela." Join now and keep thisishell.com free! www.patreon.com/posts/apolog...

NEW FREE HELL! @seamus-malekafzali.com on "The Assassination That Paved the Way for Trump’s Venezuela Attack" at @thenation.com. The US and the west have been enabling Trump since 2020 so Venezuela shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Join to keep our site free! www.patreon.com/posts/new-ep...

NEW FREE HELL! @prospect.org and @econliberties.bsky.social' Maureen Tkacik on "The Narco-Terrorist Elite" and "The $30 Billion Identity Theft of Venezuela." Did you know Trump & @marcorubio.bsky.social are getting the Iran-Contra band back together? Keep us free! www.patreon.com/posts/new-fr...

WE FORGOT TO SHARE THIS WEEK'S QUESTION FROM HELL! WINNER ANNOUNCED AT END OF SHOW THIS MORNING! This week's Question from Hell! is... Assuming you follow the flawed Gregorian calendar, what is your New Year's resolution? Leave your answer below. Winner gets free TiH! subvertising stickers.

This week's 9 Circles of Hell! Israel's Ongoing Genocide ICE's Deadliest Year Mystery Venezuela Coup Bet US Drops Maduro Claim House Subpoenas Journalist Over Journalism Google AI Dangers NYT's Anti-Trans Policy Texas A&M Bans Plato Musk Endorses White Nationalism www.patreon.com/posts/nine-c...

Sunday Funnies (and not so funny) are back for 2026! Fentanyl is the new 'yellow cake urainum', it turns out real birds are not real after all, AI reveals Trump uses a walker and more! Join to keep us free throughout the year! www.patreon.com/posts/sunday...

FREE BONUS Best of 2025 is the third most downloaded show of 2025 -- and the only NOT to feature a guest interview. Find out all you need to know about Squirty Cream and hear a Moment of Truth from @jdorchen.bsky.social. No membership required. www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...

NEW PATREON EP! Chuck looks into the future and sees what US propagandists won't PLUS a 2002 talk with former @newamerica.org @openmarkets.bsky.social director Barry Lynn discussing his @motherjones.com on the recently failed US coup of Venezuela and Hugo Chavez. www.patreon.com/posts/lookin...

Great news from @ceprdc.bsky.social! Senate says NO to war with Venezuela! cepr.net/newsroom/cep...

Final free "Best of 2025"! @prof-deleon.bsky.social was on to discuss his book, "Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity" (@ucpress.bsky.social) which explains labor history ain't what you think it is. Join now for bonus content! www.patreon.com/posts/best-o...

Anybody know how to contact @bloomberg.com about interviewing one of their writers?

Today's penultimate "Best of 2025" features Jodi Dean and her book, "Capital's Grave: Neofeudalism and the New Class Struggle" (@versobooks.bsky.social). Free. No membership required. Become a subscriber to keep us free and get bonus content throughout 2026! www.patreon.com/posts/happy-...

Your Holidays may be over but the Hellidaze keeps on giving with "Best of 2025" as chosen by you. This time it's our talk with @quinnslobodian.com who talked about "Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ and the Capitalism of the Far Right" (@princetonupress.bsky.social). www.patreon.com/posts/best-o...