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Pat Tillman's Mother, Mary Tillman, and journalist Narda Zacchino join the show to talk about their efforts to uncover the truth surrounding the circumstances of Pat’s death and their book "Boots on the Ground By Dusk: Searching for Answers in the Death of Pat Tillman." But first, reporter Julia Rock talks about the Norfolk Southern train derailment, which she's covered for The Lever. Julia Rock is an investigative reporter at The Lever, covering business and politics. Pat Tillman gave up his professional football career to join the U.S. Army Rangers after 9/11. In 2004, Pat was shot and killed in Afghanistan in a friendly fire gun battle. Yet the story told by the government was quite different. Mary Tillman, Pat’s mother, documents her family’s crusade to uncover the truth and expose the cover-up of Pat’s death orchestrated by senior military officials. Narda Zacchino is a lifelong journalist, former masthead editor at the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle, author of two books, one on Pat Tillman and one a contemporary history of California. She is currently the editor of ScheerPost, a daily news website. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media and to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Follow Katie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kthalps

To hear the rest of this discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Direct link to the Patreon portion of this broadcast - https://www.patreon.com/posts/aaron-good-and-78848682 Susan Abulhawa is a Palestinian American writer and human rights activist. She is the author of 'Mornings in Jenin,' which was translated into 32 languages and sold more than a million copies, 'The Blue Between Sky And Water' and 'Against the Loveless World.' She is the founder of Playgrounds for Palestine and the Executive Director of Palestine Writes (https://palestinewrites.org/). Aaron Good is a political scientist and historian, the host of American Exception Podcast and the author of 'American Exception: Empire and the Deep State.' ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media and to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Follow Katie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kthalps

To hear the rest of the discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Direct link to the Patreon portion of this broadcast - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-post-of-78521041 Post State Of The Union panel with Katie and her special guest Gareth "Gary" Reynolds, co-host of The Dollop podcast, historian Daniel Bessner, Medea Benjamin, Norman Solomon and Jack Allison! We talk Biden's State of The Union speech, as well as the actual state of the nation and the world. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media and to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Follow Katie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kthalps

To hear the rest of this discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Direct link to the full discussion with Dr. Gabor Maté & Daniel Maté - https://www.patreon.com/posts/dr-gabor-mate-on-77937326 Here is a preview of my conversation with Dr. Gabor Maté and his Son Daniel Maté, in which Dr. Maté talks about the way capitalism kills people, his latest book which he wrote with Daniel, the New York Times best-seller "The Myth Of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture," and more. After 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, Dr. Maté worked for over a decade in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. Gabor is an internationally renowned speaker highly with expertise on addiction, trauma, childhood development, and the relationship of stress and illness. His book on addiction received the Hubert Evans Prize for literary non-fiction. For his groundbreaking medical work and writing he has been awarded the Order of Canada, his country’s highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver. His books include In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction; When the Body Says No; The Cost of Hidden Stress; Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder; and (with Dr. Gordon Neufeld) Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. His next book is The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture is due out on September 13, 2022. His next book, Hello Again: A Fresh Start for Parents and Their Adult Children is expected in 2023. Gabor is also co-developer of a therapeutic approach, Compassionate Inquiry, now studied by hundreds of therapists, physicians, counselors, and others internationally. Daniel Maté is a Vancouver-born, Brooklyn-based composer, lyricist, playwright, and co-author of the NYT best-seller The Myth of Normal. He's won several prestigious awards for his musical theatre songwriting, including the Edward Kleban Prize, Cole Porter Award, and Jonathan Larson Grant. He's the co-host, with Carice van Houten of Game of Thrones fame, of the new podcast Let's Get Lyrical with Carice and Daniel. He also runs the world's only mental chiropractic service, which is called Take A Walk With Daniel. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media and to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Direct link to the full discussion with Dr. Gabor Maté & Daniel Maté - https://www.patreon.com/posts/dr-gabor-mate-on-77937326 Follow Katie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kthalps

For the full conversation, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Direct link to the Patreon-only portion of this conversation with Christian Parenti - https://www.patreon.com/posts/christian-is-78103491 Katie Halper speaks with Christian Parenti about his recent article, “‘Diversity’ Is A Ruling-Class Ideology,” which appears in Compact Magazine. Christian Parenti is an Author and Professor of Economics at John Jay College - City University of New York. He’s the author of several excellent books, including, “Radical Hamilton: Lessons From A Misunderstood Founder,” “Tropic Of Chaos: Climate Change And The New Geography Of Violence,” The Freedom: Shadows And Hallucinations In Occupied Iraq,” “The Soft Cage: Surveillance From Slavery To The War On Terror,” and “Lockdown America: Police And Prisons In The Age Of Crisis.” Christian Parenti’s writing can also be found in places like The Nation, Fortune, The London Review Of Books, The New York Times, and other publications. Link to Christian's article in Compact Magazine - https://compactmag.com/article/diversity-is-a-ruling-class-ideology ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media and to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Follow Katie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kthalps

Katie talks to Palestinian activist Issa Amro about Israeli's new government and how to survive it. Issa Amro is a Palestinian Human Rights Defender from Hebron, West Bank. He is the recipient of the One World Media Award in 2009 and recognized as Human Rights Defender of the Year in Palestine in 2010 by the United Nations. He is the founder of the Hebron-based direct action group Youth Against Settlements. UN Special Rapporteurs reported that Amro had been arrested and detained by Israel more than 20 times in the year 2012 alone. Amro was featured in Amnesty International’s global Write for Rights campaign in 2017 to support him through his trial in Israeli military court. In winter 2021, Amro was convicted on six charges related to his community activism, including three counts of participating in a protest without a permit.” The trial was criticized by prominent human rights organizations, international lawmakers and independent UN experts. He was also prosecuted by the Palestinian Authorities for “causing public strife” and insulting higher authorities” on social media under the draconian cybercrime law and 1960 Jordanian penal code. Amro has sporadically been arrested, jailed, tried and harassed by Palestinian authorities since 2017. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media and to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Follow Katie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kthalps

Katie interviews Retired Colonel Ann Wright On Ukraine, NATO and Pearl Harbor. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** On Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Follow Katie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kthalps

From Hawaii, Katie talks to three organizers who are protecting the water and future of Hawaii as well as organizing for its independence: Healani Sonoda-Pale, Dani Espiritu & Mikey Inouye. Healani Sonoda-Pale is a citizen leader of Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi a native initiative for self-determination and self-governance. She was born and raised on the island of O'ahu where her ancestors lived from time immemorial. For over 25 years Healani has served as an educator who has taught at Hawaiian immersion preschools and Hawai'i high schools and colleges for over 25 years. Currently, she is an outspoken advocate for the protection of Hawaiian lands, water, ocean resources and marine life, and iwi kūpuna. Healani sits on various community boards and is a member of the O'ahu Water Protectors, a group of leaders who are calling for the shut down of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. Dani Espiritu is a Kanaka Maoli educator from Kāneʻohe, Oʻahu currently living in Waimalu, where her mother's ʻohana is from. She is a member of the Oʻahu Water Protectors and is also dedicated to the restoration of loʻi kalo (irrigated taro fields) and traditional food systems. Mikey Inouye is an independent filmmaker and community organizer with O’ahu Water Protectors and the Shut Down Red Hill Mutual Aid Collective. Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen - https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/liliuokalani/hawaii/hawaii.html#I Recommended reading: https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/from-a-native-daughter-colonialism-and-sovereignty-in-hawaii-revised-edition/ ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media and to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Follow Katie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kthalps

Thomas Frank talks about what the Democrats get wrong and how we can build a real movement to defeat The Right. Thomas Frank is the author of the books What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America; Listen, Liberal; Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?; The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism among others. Link to Thomas' website - www.tcfrank.com ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For the entire discussion, bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media and to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Link to hear the rest of my discussion with Thomas Frank - https://www.patreon.com/posts/thomas-frank-76944272 Follow Katie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kthalps

Katie and Sam look back on 2022 and its historical context. Samuel Biagetti holds a doctorate in early American history. He uses his knowledge in his antique dealership, in producing the podcast Historiansplaining, in his writings, and in giving college-level lectures. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For the entire discussion, bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media and to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Direct link to the Patreon podcast with Samuel Biagetti - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-samuel-76527741 Follow Katie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kthalps Link to Historiansplaining podcast website - https://historiansplaining.com/ Link to Historiansplaining on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5530632