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Mary Murphy: Change Happens When Women are in Power

January 19, 2018 0 Comments

The journalism professor and media expert discusses the sexual harassment scandal in Hollywood with "Scheer Intelligence" host Robert Scheer.

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Peter Kornbluh: America Is Doomed Without Transparency

November 10, 2017 0 Comments

The senior analyst at the National Security Archive discusses the need for transparency of government documents.

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Daniel Ellsberg: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

November 3, 2017 0 Comments

The former military analyst talks about why he leaked the Pentagon Papers and why there aren’t more whistleblowers today.

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Melvin A. Goodman: A Truth-Teller at the CIA

July 7, 2017 0 Comments

The former CIA analyst discusses his book "Whistleblower at the CIA: An Insider’s Account of the Politics of Intelligence."

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James Forman, Jr.: The Immorality of Mass Incarceration

June 23, 2017 0 Comments

The professor and former public defender discusses his new book "Locking Up Our Own" about the mass incarceration of black men.

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Laura Poitras: A Filmmaker Who’s Not Afraid to Take Risks

May 19, 2017 0 Comments

The Oscar-winning documentarian behind "Citizenfour" discusses her new film "Risk" about Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

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Ray McGovern: The Faulty Intelligence Driving Our Forever Wars

April 28, 2017 0 Comments

The former CIA analyst discusses his time in the agency and how he believes intelligence was used to wrongly justify wars.

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Cullen Hoback: Is the Government Keeping Drinking Water Safe?

April 21, 2017 0 Comments

The documentary filmmaker discusses digital privacy and his latest film, "What Lies Upstream," about the safety of drinking water.

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Joel Whitney: The CIA’s Cold War Literary Influence

March 17, 2017 0 Comments

The author of "Finks: How the CIA Tricked the World’s Best Writers" discusses how the spy agency used its own form of propaganda to counter criticism.

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Blase Bonpane: A Priest Who Defied the Catholic Church

December 2, 2016 0 Comments

The priest discusses his career working for peace in Central America and his conflicted relationship with the Catholic Church.

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David Dayen: The Untold Stories of the Mortgage Crisis

October 21, 2016 0 Comments

The writer of "Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud" examines the fallout from the housing crisis.

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David Cay Johnston: Donald Trump Is the Epitome of America’s Rigged System

September 23, 2016 0 Comments

Robert Scheer sits down with the award-winning journalist and author to discuss the 2016 Republican presidential candidate.

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Jason Leopold on the Power of FOIA

April 15, 2016 0 Comments

Robert Scheer sits down with the journalist to discuss how he has used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain previously undisclosed government documents.