Nine Circles of Hell!, November 24, 2025: | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

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This week, bird flu death, deadly private equity ERs, Big Oil wins COP30, Iran must move capital, Trump's holiday immigration church raids, Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody surge and more!

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Ecuador voters reject return of US military bases in referendum Voters in Ecuador appeared to have rejected the return of US military bases according to early results of a Sunday referendum, in a damaging blow to President Daniel Noboa, who is friendly with Donald...

My guess for next country to have "narcoterrorists" running fentanyl to the United States is Ecuador.

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Sunday Funnies (and not so funny) for November 23: | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

BIG NEW EDITION of 'Sunday Funnies (and not so funny)'.

Thanksgiving, when US was socialist, US parents chooses fossil fuel over kids, Mamdani and Trump, fascists, CBP, PATRIOT Act, ICE, GOP, Chicago, Waze, ChatGPT, Rush and whimsy.

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Saturday Morning Post from Your Bitter Blind Broke Gap-Toothed Host: 2025 Revealed Why 'This IS Hell!' | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

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This week, Chuck dissects the 2025 edition of This is Hell! and discovers some ugly truths.

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NEW FREE EP! The Existential Threat to American Football | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

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Former NFL, @cfl.ca and @notredame.bsky.social player Michael Oriard discusses his book, "Sanctioned Savagery: A History of Violence in American Football (@uncpress.bsky.social)

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NEW PATREON POD! 'Disaster Capitalism and a 2005 Talk with Earth First! Co-founder Mike Roselle | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

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Inspired by @leninology.bsky.social's "Disaster Nationalism" (@versobooks.bsky.social), Chuck rants about fascism PLUS a 2005 talk with @earthfirst.bsky.social, @ran.org and The Ruckus Society co-founder Mike Roselle.

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The Downfall Of Liberal Civilization / Richard Seymour Richard Seymour returns to This Is Hell! to talk about his new book "Disaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilization”, published by Verso Books. Seymour discusses the ideologies amplifying ...

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An in-depth talk w/@leninology.bsky.social on "Disaster Nationalism" (@versobooks.bsky.social).

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What's YOUR Question from Hell! for Chuck? Mel Wants to Know! | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

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NEW Nine Circles of Hell! NOW on Monday! From the End of the World to Deadly Food | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

Start your week w/ 'The 9 Circles of Hell!,' the most hellish recent news you may have missed including the rich don't care about the planet, Israel's disinformation campaign recruits US media, @dhsgov.govmirrors.com racial profiling, privatization is fraud and more!

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This week's Question from Hell! is...

... what would have convinced you to vote with Republicans to end the shutdown without a single thing gained?...

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Sunday Funnies (and not so funny) for November 16, 2025: From Racist ICE Invasions to Exploding Whales | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

Sunday Funnies (and not so funny) are up!

ICE, deportation, Debs, Felix, Nazis, fascists, fear, Trump, Epstein, Democrats, 6-7 and exploding whales.

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Saturday Morning Post, November 15, 2025: Help Us Help You Help Us! | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

In today's Saturday Monring Post, Chuck engages in what he hopes will become commonly known as 'prefigurative programming,' and a more democratic This is Hell!

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NEW EP! US Tax Code Creates Aristocracy | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

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Ray D. Madoff on "The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy" (@uchicagopress.bsky.social).

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THE WEEK IN HELL! Nationalism and Football! | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

The week... IN HELL!

TUESDAY:
@leninology.bsky.social on "Disaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilization" (@versobooks.bsky.social)

WEDNESDAY:
Michael Oriard on "Sanctioned Savagery: A History of Violence in American Football" (@uncpress.bsky.social)

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NEW EP! 'The Prison Industry' IS Human Trafficking | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

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@biancatylek.bsky.social, co-author with @worthrises.bsky.social of, "The Prison Industry" (@thenewpress.bsky.social).

PLUS, small town old time news, this week's 'Hangover Cure,' 'Question from Hell!,' 'Rotten History.'

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NEW PATREON EP! Good Radio, Bad Radio | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

NEW PATREON EP!

Chuck engages in participatory programming, which is good.

We also share a 2006 talk with @futureofmusic.bsky.social's Peter Dicola on corporate consolidation in radio, which is bad.

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THIS WEEK!

TUESDAY: @biancatylek.bsky.social, co-author with @worthrises.bsky.social of, "The Prison Industry" (@thenewpress.bsky.social).

WEDNESDAY: Ray D. Madoff, author of, "The Second Estate: How US Code Made American Aristocracy" (@uchicagopress.bsky.social).

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Sunday Funnies (and not so funny) for November 9: From Dead Darth's Successor to Chicago's Rebellion Against the Empire | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

Sunday Funnies are up!

This week, JD Vance is the new Dick Cheney, Dad joke backs @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @nypost.com hates him, Monty Python Standard Time, Trump's losing it, brand reality, ICE crimes, and a sign of our times.

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Saturday Morning Post from Your Bitter Blind Broke Gap-Toothed Host, November 8: Decolonize the Holidays! | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

Today's post from your bitter blind broke gap-toothed host.

We need to reclaim and retake our holidays from capitalism.

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Nine Circles of Hell!, November 7: Antisemitism, Gaza, BBC, Venezuela, DEI, Chicago, CBP, Lies, SNAP and Marx! | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

Wrap up the week every Friday with 'The 9 Circles of Hell!' the most hellish news you may have missed, including some you won't see in the US.

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We cannot continue letting billionaires keep the world's money while the poorest suffer Since 2000, the richest 1% of the world's population has taken 41% of all new wealth. The poorest half of the world has received only 1%.

Check out what past guest Joe Stiglitz is up to.

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NEW BONUS PATREON EP!: What We Learned in October (part 2) and How We Broke a 2002 War Crimes Story | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

NEW Patreon:
Stewart Home on "Fascist Yoga" (@plutopress.bsky.social)
Philip Kadish on "Great White Hoax" (@thenewpress.bsky.social)
Brent Z. Kaup/Kelly F. Austin on "Pathogens of Finance" (@ucpress.bsky.social)
Hamid Dabashi on "After Savagery" (@haymarketbooks.org)

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NEW Election Day Special: 'Replace the State' with Sasha Davis | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

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Sasha Davis on “Replace the State: How to Change the World When Elections and Protests Fail” (@uminnpress.bsky.social).

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Sunday Funnies... and not so funny... for November 1, 2025: Trump, Theocracy, Christ, Theft, Nazis, Guns, ICE, Liberals, Poverty, Surveillance, Fascism and Healthcare | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

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This week, Trump, theocracy, Christ, theft, Nazis, guns, ICE, liberals, poverty, surveillance, fascism and healthcare.

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Saturday Morning Post, November 1, 2025: Our Genocidal ‘Civilization’ | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

NEW post from your bitter blind broke gap-toothed host.

Western civilization's and philosophy's record when it comes to genocide ain't great.

Maybe there's a reason for that.

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Nine Circles of Hell! for Friday, October 31: From Trump's War on Narcoterrorists Being Good for Drug Dealers to Charlie Kirk's War On Free Speech | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

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Trump, Venezuela, Maduro, "drug boats," UK armed Sudan genocide, UN finds acts of Israel's genocide, Bibi secretly funded Hamas, Obama library real estate scam, and Charlie Kirk critic jailed for free speech.

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NEW EP! Western Civilization's and Philosophy's Legacy of Genocide | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

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Hamid Dabashi discussed "After Savagery: Gaza, Genocide, and the Illusion of Western Civilization" (@haymarketbooks.org).

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NEW BONUS PATREON EP! October in Review (part one) and a 2005 Nazi Warning | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

THIS MONTH!

'Extractive Capitalism' @versobooks.bsky.social), @lalehkhalili.bsky.social, 'Africonomics' (@thenewpassion.bsky.social) Bronwen Everill, 'The Cost of the Cloud' (@nybg.bsky.social) Ashley Dawson, 'Enshittification' (@fsgbooks.bsky.social) Cory Doctorow.

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