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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Jun 18, 2021 • 60min
The second American Revolution: A work in progress
The second American Revolution: A work in progress
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?
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.”
May 28, 2021 • 41min
The Women Warriors Who Stopped the American War in Vietnam
Sherry Buchanan, author of “On the Ho Chi Minh Trail,” discusses what she learned about the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese women who survived its frontlines.
May 21, 2021 • 57min
A former CIA mideast expert’s view of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis
John Kiriakou, a CIA torture whistleblower, offers expert insight into Israel’s most recent attacks on the Palestinian territories on this week’s “Scheer Intelligence”
May 14, 2021 • 37min
The Russian bounty story is a deadly example of fake news
Maj. Danny Sjursen weighs in on U.S. intelligence agencies’ recent admission that a report that the Taliban had been paid by Russia to kill Americans is most likely false.
