The man who exposed Pegasus long before mainstream media
Journalist Richard Silverstein has been sounding the alarm bells about the private surveillance spyware sold by Israel’s NSO for years.
Jul 23, 2021•33 min
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Scheer Intelligence features thoughtful and provocative conversations with "American Originals" -- people who, through a lifetime of engagement with political issues, offer unique and often surprising perspectives on the day's most important issues.
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Something’s rotten in the science of food
Marion Nestle’s book “Unsavory Truths” contains shocking revelations about how the science that influences what we eat is corrupted by corporate interests.
Jul 16, 2021•42 min
Julian Assange’s father and brother on the public and personal urgency of his case
John and Gabriel Shipton talk to Robert Scheer about the WikiLeaks founder’s grueling struggle to be freed from a London prison as the Biden administration demands his extradition.
Jul 02, 2021•43 min
What has Silicon Valley done to our food?
In a new book, journalist Larissa Zimberoff examines how companies have changed the way we eat in the name of climate change without always considering their products’ health impacts.
Jun 25, 2021•40 min
The second American Revolution: A work in progress
The second American Revolution: A work in progress
Jun 18, 2021•1 hr
Has Silicon Valley made it impossible for us to listen?
Ximena Vengoechea wants to teach us how to listen again with her new book “Listen Like You Mean It,” but is that even possible in a capitalist world?
Jun 11, 2021•34 min
Dennis Kucinich: From sleeping in a car as a kid to 16 years in Congress
The former Congress member talks to Robert Scheer about his life and the dramatic events surrounding his political rise, as told in his new book “The Division of Light and Power.”
Jun 04, 2021•53 min
The Women Warriors Who Stopped the American War in Vietnam
Sherry Buchanan, author of “On the Ho Chi Minh Trail,” discusses what she learned about the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese women who survived its frontlines.
May 28, 2021•41 min
A former CIA mideast expert’s view of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis
John Kiriakou, a CIA torture whistleblower, offers expert insight into Israel’s most recent attacks on the Palestinian territories on this week’s “Scheer Intelligence”
May 21, 2021•57 min
The Russian bounty story is a deadly example of fake news
Maj. Danny Sjursen weighs in on U.S. intelligence agencies’ recent admission that a report that the Taliban had been paid by Russia to kill Americans is most likely false.
May 14, 2021•37 min
The Ruling Class’ Revenge Against Julian Assange
Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges joins Robert Scheer to discuss the WikiLeaks founder’s plight as he languishes in a British prison.
May 07, 2021•36 min
Whatever Happened to Americans’ Moral Compass?
Journalist and anti-war activist David Harris speaks to Robert Scheer about his resistence to America’s genocide in Vietnam and his education in federal prison.
Apr 30, 2021•42 min
Black Lives Matter: “When We Fight, We Win”
As the jury was deliberating its verdict in George Floyd’s murder by former police officer Derek Chauvin, BLM co-founder Melina Abdullah spoke with Robert Scheer about the movement’s enormous impact and the work that remains.
Apr 23, 2021•48 min
Capitalism Killed the Rock-and-Roll Star
Jonathan Taplin joins Robert Scheer to discuss his new memoir about the time he spent among rock-and-roll royalty like Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin.
Apr 16, 2021•53 min
“Moffie” links white supremacy and homophobia as macho perversions
Writer-director Oliver Hermanus discusses his new film and the complex history of his native South Africa on this week’s “Scheer Intelligence.”
Apr 09, 2021•47 min
What Is It About the Democrats’ Love of War?
Maj. Danny Sjursen, ret. discusses Biden’s stalling on Trump’s commitment to end the US-Afghanistan war.
Apr 02, 2021•44 min
The Cartoon is Dead: Long Live the Cartoonist
Political cartoonist Mr. Fish joins Robert Scheer to talk about the death of his art form and his most recent book, “Nobody Left.”
Mar 26, 2021•53 min
Ralph Nader: Democrats Ushered in an Era of Corporate Fascism
The consumer advocate, author and former presidential candidate, refuses to mince words about Democrats and their corporate bedfellows in a new interview with Robert Scheer.
Mar 19, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Israel Has Always Been A Contradiction
Larry Gross, who grew up in Israel shortly after it was founded, talks about the racism he witnessed in the young nation long before it occupied the West Bank and Gaza.
Mar 12, 2021•47 min
The Human Cost of America’s Addiction to Cheap Goods
Investigative journalist Amelia Pang joins Robert Scheer to discuss the story of a Chinese prisoner at the heart of her gripping new book, “Made in China.”
Mar 05, 20210
In conversation with Lawrence Ferlinghetti
In a special Scheer Intelligence from a March 2019 conversation, Robert Scheer talks with his lifelong friend and legendary poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who passed recently in San Francisco at the age of 101. The two discuss a host of topics, including the importance of not selling out and the founding of San Francisco’s landmark City Lights bookshop, where Scheer worked as a young man.
Feb 26, 2021•36 min
Israel's apartheid pandemic
Middle East scholar Juan Cole joins Robert Scheer to discuss what the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Feb 19, 2021•51 min
Is Hollywood finally breaking free of toxic gender stereotypes?
Films like “Palmer,” released on Apple+ in late January, are redefining how global audiences understand gender constructs in previously unthinkable ways.
Feb 12, 2021•40 min
The Egregious Price America Exacts for Integrity
Joel Whitney joins Robert Scheer to talk about the lives of poets George and Mary Oppen, two admirable Americans persecuted for their leftist ideals.
Feb 05, 2021•43 min
The FBI’s Crusade Against MLK Was Darker Than You Think
Director Sam Pollard did a deep dive into the FBI’s surveillance of MLK under the leadership of J. Edgar Hoover in his documentary “ MLK / FBI ,” released by IFC Films earlier this month. Listen to the full conversation between Pollard and Scheer as they discuss the implications of that question, as well as address the highly controversial summaries of the FBI’s MLK surveillance tapes discovered by King’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, David J. Garrow in 2019....
Jan 29, 2021•46 min
Jimmy Carter’s Foreign Policy Record Reveals Both Hope and Cynicism (Part 2)
In the second part of the “Scheer Intelligence” interview with Jonathan Alter, the author of “His Very Best” examines the former president’s mixed foreign policy record.
Jan 22, 2021•59 min
Jimmy Carter's Lifelong Efforts to Atone for White America's Sins (Part 1)
Raised in privilege amidst the barbarism of segregation, the oft-maligned president eventually embraced the New South liberalism that just swept his native Georgia’s election.
Jan 15, 2021•51 min
Death by UFO at Heaven’s Gate: A Dark Fable for Christmas
Clay Tweel’s HBO Max documentary on the New Age “cult of cults” that claimed dozens of lives raises powerful questions about the checkered histories of various religions.
Dec 25, 2020•45 min
How Reagan paved the way for Trump
Matt Tyrnauer, director of the devastating Showtime documentary blockbuster “The Reagans,” reveals how Donald Trump was the logical heir to the Reagan Revolution beginning with his plagiarism of the Gipper’s “Make America Great Again” slogan and ending with the abysmal failure to confront a medical pandemic.
Dec 18, 2020•51 min
What Aaron Sorkin Got Wrong in ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
Historian Jon Wiener, who wrote “Conspiracy in the Streets” on the subject of the Netflix film, sets the record straight on this week’s “Scheer Intelligence.”
Dec 11, 2020•37 min
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