Scheer Intelligence

Alissa Quart discusses her latest book, Squeezed, on living in a middle-class that is being crumpled by meritocracy and converted into what Quart terms the “Precariat,” which Scheer describes as “people who think they’re in the middle class, and they have the education, very often they find themselves living paycheck to paycheck.”

Jacob Snow discusses Amazon’s Rekognition program, which is being promoted for use at the state and federal level to use facial recognition to fight crime. 

Journalist and filmmaker Zeiad Abbas, a Palestinian refugee, describes living conditions of Palestinians under the state of Israel, which he calls “ethnic cleansing,” and discusses a toxic water crisis in Gaza and more.

Hollywood historian, film critic and writer Carrie Rickey discusses the lack of women behind the cameras in Hollywood; it wasn’t always so.

A deep look at how the accumulation of money has become the greatest goal, even at the peril of the self.

Nick Goldberg, the editorial page editor of the Los Angeles Times, discusses print journalism, its financing, and the challenges it faces.

The Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist assesses his career reporting on some of most significant stories of the past 50 years.

The sports journalist discusses his new book on the conflicted progress of black athletes.

The documentary director and Montana journalist discuss their film about how so-called dark money entered politics in the big sky state.

The former Wall Street banker turned journalist and author returns to Scheer Intelligence to critique the actions of international central banks.