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This is Hell! THIS SATURDAY broadcasts a live four hour WNUR Annual Phoneathon Fundraiser Special – DONATE RIGHT NOW AT 1-847-491-3655 – with host Chuck Mertz interviewing marijuana advocate Mason Tvert, author Rachel Herz on the ‘Mysteries of Repulsion,’ business writer Mike Hudson on potential GE fraud, and columnist Joshua Holland on whatever the hell we feel like. Irregular correspondents will be ‘Our Man in Budapest’ Todd Williams, Kate O’Donnell who loves to say, ‘Thank You, Science!,’ and Jeff Dorchen delivers a Moment of Truth.

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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.

Today’s Nine Circles! are … IG has concerns over Keystone XL deal, UK-Falkland tensions, Greek PM demands bailout, Syria’s twin suicide bombings, The West and authoritarian Ethiopia, Nigeria’s costly insurgency, Sudan’s civil war, Maldives “losing” it, and Bad information turns deadly.

Today’s Nine Circles of Hell! are Foreclosure settlement means more home seizures, Hundreds dead in Syria, ‘Rock star’ judge corruption, Europe freezes, The Murder Capital of the World, UN cops to use nerve agents, Daley costs taxpayers $6.2M, White supremacists back?, and “Very polite” iProtesters.

Today’s Nine Circles! are … Politicians’ families get taxpayer cash, Pentagon cuts cut, Egypt cracks down, Putin warns West, Somali car bomb, Maldives violence, Indian growth slows, US nuke agency confusion, and Plaintiff Orca.

Today’s Nine Circles! are … El Salvador gang wars, US inquiry into Murdoch, Internet’s “violent radicalism,” Greek strike!, 22,000 Mali refugees, Nigerian war, Ugandan anti-gay bill back, Libyan refugees killed, and Pakistan kids pushed out of school to work.

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Today’s Nine Circles Hell! are … US freezes Iranian Central Bank assets, Brazilian cops fight soldiers, Romanian government quits, ‘Bin Laden aide’ to be released, Pakistan spy secrets revealed, FBI keeping eye on ‘sovereign citizens’, Reuters strike!, Jail for links to BBC, and Banks pay back more.

The Nine Circles of Hell!; Sunday Edition! includes writing from the past week by past This is Hell! guests Tim Dickinson, Chris Hedges, Bob Lipsyte, John Pilger, David Moberg, Gareth Porter, Matt Taibbi, Andy Worthington and Dave Zirin.

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Today’s Nine Circles! are New Anonymous hacks, China won’t “buy Europe,” More deaths in Egypt protests, Iran war “detrimental to US,” Dozens killed at peace meeting, Malaria killing more than previously thought, Plastic trash plagues planet, Bird flu research could kill half of all humans, and Tweeting more addictive than smokes, booze.