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Aug 13, 2021 • 57min

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.
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Aug 6, 2021 • 38min

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.
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Jul 30, 2021 • 51min

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.
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Jul 23, 2021 • 33min

The man who exposed Pegasus long before mainstream media

Journalist Richard Silverstein has been sounding the alarm bells about the private surveillance spyware sold by Israel’s NSO for years.
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Jul 16, 2021 • 42min

Something’s rotten in the science of food

Marion Nestle’s book “Unsavory Truths” contains shocking revelations about how the science that influences what we eat is corrupted by corporate interests.
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Jul 2, 2021 • 43min

Julian Assange’s father and brother on the public and personal urgency of his case

John and Gabriel Shipton talk to Robert Scheer about the WikiLeaks founder’s grueling struggle to be freed from a London prison as the Biden administration demands his extradition.
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Jun 25, 2021 • 40min

What has Silicon Valley done to our food?

In a new book, journalist Larissa Zimberoff examines how companies have changed the way we eat in the name of climate change without always considering their products’ health impacts.
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Jun 18, 2021 • 60min

The second American Revolution: A work in progress

The second American Revolution: A work in progress
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Jun 11, 2021 • 34min

Has Silicon Valley made it impossible for us to listen?

Ximena Vengoechea wants to teach us how to listen again with her new book “Listen Like You Mean It,” but is that even possible in a capitalist world?
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Jun 4, 2021 • 53min

Dennis Kucinich: From sleeping in a car as a kid to 16 years in Congress

The former Congress member talks to Robert Scheer about his life and the dramatic events surrounding his political rise, as told in his new book “The Division of Light and Power.”

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