Scheer Intelligence
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.
Latest episodes
Jul 29, 2022 • 38min
Katie Halper: ‘Trump broke liberals’ brains’
The comedian and host of two popular progressive podcasts offers her take on why the American left keeps getting things wrong.
Jul 22, 2022 • 46min
Fist bumping the dictator we pretend to love
Former Mideast CIA operative John Kiriakou discusses his recent trip covering Biden in Saudi Arabia and what he’s learned about America’s “special relationship” with the country.
Jul 15, 2022 • 39min
Saving broke and broken America, one town at a time.
Michelle Wilde Anderson speaks to Robert Scheer about how four working class towns struggling with poverty and broke governments still managed to progress.
Jul 1, 2022 • 44min
Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic, author of “Born on the Fourth of July” and subject of Oliver Stone’s iconic Vietnam War film, will mark his 76 th birthday watching a war that portends the end of civilization
At a time when the war that could end civilization escalates, peace activist Ron Kovic marks his July 4 birthday sounding the alarm about the true costs of war, a sentiment shared by his girlfriend of 16 years, TerriAnn Ferren.
Jun 24, 2022 • 36min
Has America lost the key to democracy?
The authors of “Let’s Agree to Disagree” offer a guide to fostering critical thinking and dialogue in a society that seems to have forgotten how to engage in either.
Jun 17, 2022 • 43min
Craig McNamara reveals the truth behind the lies of his father, Robert McNamara
The author of “Because Our Fathers Lied” lays bare agonizing truths about America his father helped to shape.
Jun 10, 2022 • 42min
Ralph Nader: Is there any hope left for Democrats?
The former presidential candidate speaks to “Scheer Intelligence” host Robert Scheer about the shreds of democracy left in America.
Jun 3, 2022 • 55min
Can the U.S. handle a multi-polar world?
A veteran foreign correspondent returns from three decades covering the rise of the East to grapple with an America that is more dangerously parochial than ever.
May 27, 2022 • 33min
Immigrants are still building America, no matter what our lawmakers say
A new book documents the extent to which American prosperity is founded on immigration—and raises questions about how we treat immigrants today.
May 20, 2022 • 52min
It’s scoundrel time in the good ol’ USA
Critics of the West’s role in the Ukraine war, such as CIA veterans Ray McGovern and John Kiriakou, are being ostracized from the American media landscape.
