Ximena Vengoechea: Has Silicon Valley Made It Impossible for Us to Listen?
The author 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?
John Kiriakou: A Former CIA Mideast Expert’s View of the Israeli-Palestinian Crisis
The CIA torture whistleblower offers expert insight into Israel’s most recent attacks on the Palestinian territories on this week’s “Scheer Intelligence.”
Chris Hedges on the Ruling Class’ Revenge Against Julian Assange
Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges joins Robert Scheer to discuss the WikiLeaks founder’s plight as he languishes in a British prison.
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Jonathan Taplin: Capitalism Killed the Rock-and-Roll Star
The music industry veteran joins Robert Scheer to discuss his new memoir about the time he spent among rock-and-roll royalty like Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin.
Oliver Hermanus: ‘Moffie’ Links White Supremacy and Homophobia as Macho Perversions
The South African writer-director discusses his new film and the complex history of his native country on this week’s “Scheer Intelligence.”
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Mr. Fish: The Political Cartoon Is Dead: Long Live the Cartoonist
Political cartoonist Mr. Fish joins Robert Scheer to talk about the death of his art form and his most recent book, “Nobody Left.”
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Ralph Nader: Democrats Ushered in an Era of Corporate Fascism
The consumer advocate, author and former presidential candidate refuses to mince words about Democrats and their corporate bedfellows in a new interview with Robert Scheer.
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Ferlinghetti: From Normandy and Nagasaki to Ginsberg and City Lights
The poet and co-founder of famed City Lights Bookstore talks about his life and work publishing writers of the Beat Generation on "Scheer Intelligence."
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Thomas Frank: How the Democratic Party Became a Vehicle of Aristocracy
In the second part of a two-part interview with "Scheer Intelligence," the historian explores how anti-populism made liberals comfortable with plutocracy.
Thomas Frank: Don’t Believe Anything You Were Told About Populism
On this week's episode of "Scheer Intelligence," the journalist examines the history of American populism, and how it was distorted by Democrats and co-opted by Republicans.
Victor Pickard: The Only Meaningful Way to Save American Journalism
A political anthropologist puts a much needed pin to the balloon of American exceptionalism with an invaluable guide to a country that, long before Orwell came along, said war was…
Ronald Goldfarb: America’s Prized Legal System Only Works for the Rich
On this week's "Scheer Intelligence," the attorney offers a scathing indictment of American law and lawyers in his new book, "The Price of Justice."
James Steyer: Wrestling Back Privacy From the Jaws of Big Tech
The Common Sense Media founder is taking on Mark Zuckerberg and other tech barons and he wants to empower the rest of us to do the same.
David Dayen: Trump Is the Sweaty Armpit of Monopoly Capitalism
The journalist examines how the greatest danger to American society doesn’t come from the White House, but from a few obscenely powerful corporations.
John Barry: The 1918 ‘Spanish Flu’ Was a U.S. Export, But Don’t Call It the Kansas Virus
“The Great Influenza” author gave us a warning 16 years ago that is extremely relevant today: It is always fatal to allow politics to trump science.