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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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Feb 18, 2022 • 43min
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 11, 2022 • 43min
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 4, 2022 • 36min
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.
Jan 28, 2022 • 46min
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 14, 2022 • 42min
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.
Dec 31, 2021 • 34min
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 24, 2021 • 33min
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 17, 2021 • 1h 2min
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 10, 2021 • 47min
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 3, 2021 • 59min
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.
