Juan Cole on the Clearest Example of Israeli Apartheid Yet
The Middle East scholar joins Robert Scheer on "Scheer Intelligence" to discuss what the COVID-19 pandemic revealed about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Fisher Stevens: Confronting Homophobic Bullying in ‘Palmer’
On this week's "Scheer Intelligence," the director explores how films like “Palmer" are redefining how global audiences understand gender constructs in previously unthinkable ways.
Jonathan Alter: Did Carter Trick the Soviets Into Invading Afghanistan? (Pt 2)
Click to subscribe on: Apple / Spotify / Google Play. You can also listen to Part 1 of this interview with Jonathan Alter here. When the Carter presidency comes up,…
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Jonathan Alter on Jimmy Carter’s Lifelong Efforts to Atone for White America’s Sins (Part 1)
Raised in privilege amidst the barbarism of segregation, the oft-maligned president eventually embraced the New South liberalism that just swept his native Georgia’s election.
Clay Tweel: Death by UFO at Heaven’s Gate
What do we mean by religion? Who gets the authority? Who defines it? Isn't all religion, in some sense, kooky, cultish, and so forth?
Matt Tyrnauer: How Reagan Paved the Way for Trump
The director of the devastating Showtime documentary blockbuster “The Reagans” reveals how Donald Trump was the logical heir to the Reagan Revolution beginning with his plagiarism of the Gipper’s “Make…
Jon Wiener: What Aaron Sorkin Got Wrong in ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
The historian, who wrote 'Conspiracy in the Streets' on the subject of the Netflix film, sets the record straight on this week’s '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.
[rewind] The California Genocide No One Talks About
UCLA history professor Benjamin Madley’s book details the killing of tens of thousands of Native Americans as the state was being settled in the 19th century.
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.
Dennis Kucinich on the Real Reason the Blue Wave Never Materialized
On this week's "Scheer Intelligence," the former Ohio congressman and mayor of Cleveland weighs in on what the Democratic Party keeps getting wrong.
Victor Pickard: How to Save American Journalism
Publicly-funded media models make a lot of Americans nervous, but Victor Pickard argues on the latest "Scheer Intelligence" episode that it may be the only way to repair our tattered…
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…
David Vine: Tracing America’s Brutal Imperialist History Through Its Military Bases
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…
[rewind] Chomsky Makes Case for Lesser Evil Voting
In the second part of this 2020 interview with Robert Scheer, the renowned thinker shares his criticisms of Israel and his views on electoralism.