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
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.
May 13, 2022 • 41min
Will the Ukraine war end without destroying all life on the planet?
Veteran award-winning journalists Patrick Cockburn and Robert Scheer, who met in Moscow in 1987 when Mikhail Gorbachev optimistically promised peace, now fear a descent into nuclear war hell.
May 6, 2022 • 50min
No such thing as dissent in the age of big tech
Lifelong journalist Joe Lauria joins Robert Scheer to discuss how companies like PayPal, YouTube and Facebook are quashing non-stream reporting and opinions on Ukraine.
Apr 29, 2022 • 38min
The American women and children we all conveniently forget
Jorja Leap joins Robert Scheer to discuss the plight of women who have been incarcerated and their struggles to reenter society.
Apr 22, 2022 • 1h 4min
Putin is already using his nuclear weapons
Pentagon whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg argues the Russian president may not be deploying his nukes but is using them effectively as a threat.
Apr 15, 2022 • 58min
American dissent on Ukraine is dying in darkness
When it came to the Ukraine conflict, Professor Michael J. Brenner did what he’s done his whole life: question American foreign policy. This time the backlash was vitriolic.
