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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.
Episodes
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May 5, 2017 • 36min
Oliver Stone: A controversial and provocative original (Part I)
The Oscar-winning director discusses his unique take on history through his films. [Contains adult language]

Apr 28, 2017 • 41min
Ray McGovern: Faulty intelligence
The former CIA analyst discusses his time in the agency and how he believes intelligence was used to wrongly justify wars.

Apr 21, 2017 • 31min
Cullen Hoback: What Lies Upstream
The documentary filmmaker discusses digital privacy and his latest film about the safety of drinking water.

Apr 14, 2017 • 31min
Dr. Paul Song: Obamacare is not the progressive answer
The healthcare reform advocate discusses where the Affordable Care Act falls short and what can be done.

Apr 7, 2017 • 33min
Bill Blum: Bill Clinton laid the groundwork for Trump
The attorney and author talks about how the Clinton administration played a role in Trump's current immigration policies.

Mar 31, 2017 • 31min
Victor Narro: Undocumented immigrants living in fear
The immigration and labor attorney discusses the trauma of being an undocumented immigrant right now.

Mar 24, 2017 • 35min
Boyah J. Farah: A voice for refugees
The Somali-born American writer discusses his early life in the war-torn country and becoming an American.

Mar 17, 2017 • 33min
Joel Whitney: The CIA's Cold War literary influence
The author of Finks: How the CIA Tricked the World’s Best Writers discusses how the spy agency used its own form of propaganda through highly respected magazines to counter the rise in communism around the world.

Mar 10, 2017 • 31min
Lewis Wallace: Is objectivity dead?
The former Marketplace reporter discusses his controversial blog post about neutrality in the Trump era.

Mar 3, 2017 • 31min
Edward Sorel: A lifetime curiosity about Mary Astor
The illustrator and author discusses his recent book, Mary Astor’s Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936. [EXPLICIT LANGUAGE]