The man who turned America’s economy into a literal casino
Mary Childs, the co-host of NPR’s “Planet Money,” joins Robert Scheer to discuss her new book, “The Bond King.”
Mar 18, 2022•41 min
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What role has the US played in the Ukraine crisis?
As Russia’s attack on Ukraine wages on, and Ukrainian civilians die daily, the fog of war has seemingly been clouding more nuanced analysis in the United States, argues “Scheer Intelligence” host Robert Scheer. To get more perspective on the historical context of the current conflict, Scheer invites former CIA analyst Ray McGovern to discuss the role the U.S. and NATO have played in Ukraine. McGovern has long been an outspoken critic of what he’s coined as the American Military-Industrial-Congre...
Mar 11, 2022•53 min
Chairman Greg Sarris on the reincarnation of the American Indian
Greg Sarris, Tribal Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, explores the urgent need for an American future rooted in indigenous knowledge.
Mar 04, 2022•35 min
A “deep moral rot" is at the heart of the Navy SEALs
Journalist Matthew Cole joins Robert Scheer to discuss his hard-hitting book, “Code Over Country,” about SEAL Team 6, the most celebrated unit in the Navy SEALs elite special forces unit.
Feb 25, 2022•47 min
Is It too late to protect our privacy in the internet age?
Leading privacy lawyer Neil Richards joins Robert Scheer to discuss his new book “Why Privacy Matters” and whether we can still claw back some control over our personal data.
Feb 18, 2022•43 min
American exceptionalism is on deadly display in Ukraine
Oliver Stone, creator of the Showtime documentary series “The Putin Diaries,” speaks to Robert Scheer about the escalating crisis in Ukraine.
Feb 11, 2022•43 min
America gets Islam all wrong. Muslim Americans pay the price
Middle East expert Juan Cole talks about lesser known peaceful Muslim movements and how the U.S. maligns a Muslims at home and abroad.
Feb 04, 2022•36 min
Michael Ratner was a revolutionary lawyer unlike any other
The late human rights lawyer took on some of the most important cases of our time, including defending Guantanamo Bay detainees and representing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Jan 28, 2022•46 min
Meet the real Hunter S. Thompson, one of the most distinctive American voices of the past century
Peter Richardson joins Robert Scheer to discuss his latest book, “Savage Journey,” on the legendary Gonzo journalist.
Jan 14, 2022•42 min
Remembering Joan Didion, a "singular" California writer and a "helluva lot of fun"
On this week’s “Scheer Intelligence,” Wasserman joins host Robert Scheer to talk about the larger-than-life writer they both greatly admired, but also the flesh-and-bones woman they both knew personally: Joan Didion.
Dec 31, 2021•34 min
A come to Jesus sermon from the Rev. Chris Hedges
During another pandemic holiday season when everyone could use a little faith, the Pulitzer prize-winning journalist talks to Robert Scheer about putting Christ back into Christmas.
Dec 24, 2021•33 min
This whistleblower is a decades-long thorn in the U.S. government’s side
Joseph Carson has spent most of his career as a federal employee challenging everything from the country’s nuclear weapons program to its whistleblower adjudication infrastructure.
Dec 17, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Obed Silva’s memoir delivers a transborder story as universal as love and loss
The Mexican-American author opens the wounds his father inflicted in a eulogistic debut that is as much about the U.S.-Mexico border as it is about healing.
Dec 10, 2021•47 min
It’s time to free Leonard Peltier, America’s longest serving political Prisoner
The Native American activist’s attorney Kevin Sharp tells Robert Scheer why Peltier’s imprisonment is one of the worst miscarriages of justice this country has ever seen.
Dec 03, 2021•59 min
California’s grim genocidal past implicates the University of California
Tony Platt’s recently re-released book, “Grave Matters” digs into the Golden State’s dark history of not only massacring Indigenous Peoples, but later desecrating their graves and excavating their remains without their descendants' consent.
Nov 19, 2021•42 min
New indictments expose Democrats’ Russiagate obsession as a historic hoax.
Aaron Maté joins Robert Scheer to discuss the damning new Justice Department evidence that the Hillary Clinton campaign conspired to finance and promote the totally fraudulent “Steele dossier.”
Nov 12, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Why did a jury of seven US military officers blast the CIA for “torture performed by the most abusive regimes in modern history”?
Torture victim Majid Khan’s lawyer J. Wells Dixon joins Robert Scheer to discuss his client’s shocking testimony about the CIA’s so-called “enhanced interrogation tactics.”
Nov 05, 2021•41 min
Daniel Hale and America’s unending persecution of whistleblowers
John Kiriakou joins Robert Scheer to discuss the plight of the whistleblower, sentenced to 45 months in prison for revealing how often drone strikes kill civilians.
Oct 29, 2021•45 min
God “caged” in Jersey
Chris Hedges on his 10 years as a teacher and pupil creating theater in the U.S. prison plantation system.
Oct 22, 2021•42 min
The brave boys who helped end the Vietnam War
Documentary filmmaker Judith Ehrlich joins Robert Scheer on this week’s “Scheer Intelligence” to discuss “The Boys Who Said No,” a documentary about the Vietnam War draft resisters.
Oct 15, 2021•33 min
Is America’s view of ‘evil’ Russia merely projection?
Joseph Weisberg, a former CIA officer and the creator of the TV show “The Americans,” joins Robert Scheer to examine common misconceptions about the Cold War.
Oct 08, 2021•56 min
War is a multi-trillion-dollar racket and the Pentagon knows it
Andrew Cockburn brilliantly documents the motivations behind the U.S. military’s war lust in his new book, “Spoils of War.”
Oct 01, 2021•42 min
The British-American lie that started 30 years of carnage in the Middle East
Journalist Stephen Davis documents in detail the lead up, cover up and aftermath of a 1990 hostage crisis that few recall.
Sep 24, 2021•37 min
A traitor to torture
In this week’s installment of Scheer Intelligence, host Robert Scheer hears from Kiriakou the inside story of how the the program started as part of a cynical power struggle between the CIA and FBI, why torture does not save lives or secure better intelligence, and how, while the program was started under Republican President George W. Bush, it was a top appointee of President Obama, himself a key architect of the torture program, who chose to prosecute him five years after his interviews with A...
Sep 10, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Paradoxical past, present and future of China's "socialist market"
In this week's Scheer Intelligence podcast, host Robert Scheer discusses the paradoxical past, present and future of China's "socialist market" economic model with Nathan Gardels, author of "It Is No Longer Glorious to Get Rich in China," published this week by Noema, a magazine of the Berggruen Institute.
Sep 03, 2021•43 min
America’s war machine refuses to let Afghanistan go
Maj. Danny Sjursen weighs in on the U.S. exit from Afghanistan and Gen. David Petraeus’ dangerously false narrative about our country’s longest war.
Aug 27, 2021•37 min
Democrats’ destruction of America’s welfare system is coming back to haunt them
Peter Edelman examines how Americans are still tormented by the specter of President Bill Clinton’s worst domestic policy failure.
Aug 20, 2021•40 min
Prisons are an enabler of America’s obscene wealth
Prisoner-turned-journalist Eddie Conway talks about how the immorally cheap labor of those caught in the prison industrial complex is the shame of the U.S. economy.
Aug 13, 2021•57 min
Christianity is the linchpin in America’s war machine
Dr. Kelly Denton-Borhaug, a professor of religious studies, examines how Christian rhetoric is used to justify endless wars and the “moral injury” they inflict.
Aug 06, 2021•38 min
The West is keeping the COVID-19 pandemic from ending
Activist Achal Prabhala speaks to Robert Scheer about the wealthy countries’ reluctance to end global vaccine apartheid.
Jul 30, 2021•51 min
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