Scott interviews Josiah Lippincott about the conventional narrative surrounding the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. The common argument, says Lippincott, is that the U.S. had no real choice but to drop the bombs, since the alternative would have...
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9/11/20 Trita Parsi: What Trump’s Iraq Troop Withdrawal Means for Ending America’s Wars
Trita Parsi discusses President Trump's recent announcement of a troop withdrawal from Iraq. Parsi is hesitant to fully endorse this move, explaining that while troop reductions are obviously good, such individual tactical moves, in order to be truly effective, must...
9/11/20 Danny Sjursen: America in the Age of Endless War
Scott interviews Danny Sjursen about his new book, which chronicles his own story of disillusionment with America's endless wars, in addition to outlining what he believes should be the new attitude of true American patriotism. He calls this type of patriotism...
Russiagate is Horseshit
A fan of the show wrote wanting to know how can I not see what a Russian agent Trump is? Well: Popodopolous had no knowledge of any Russian anything. The guy who set him up was not a Russian agent, but MI-6. Carter Page was a CIA asset, not a Russian one. And they...
9/11/20 Clive Stafford Smith on Julian Assange’s Political Show Trial
Clive Stafford Smith, expert witness in Julian Assange's extradition hearing, talks about the outrageous scandal that is the U.S. government's attempted prosecution of Assange and Wikileaks. Smith begins by making the obvious point that as a recipient of classified...
9/11/20 David Vine on the Tens of Millions Displaced by America’s Terror Wars
Scott interviews David Vine about his research into the effects of America's decades-long wars on terror. Vine and his team have recently estimated that at minimum, 37 million people have been displaced as a direct result of the war on terror, with roughly 8 million...
19 Years After 9/11 Americans Still Live in Fear
On Conflicts of Interest #6, Kyle and Will outline the legacy of the September 11 attacks on their 19th anniversary, including years of war, torture, and mass surveillance carried out in their wake. The Pentagon has awarded a $13.3 billion contract to Northrop Grumman...
Making Politics More Like a Free Market
Free-market capitalism is the most successful economic system in history, as it has brought unprecedented prosperity and powered vast improvements in all aspects of human well-being. However, in spite of capitalism’s success, the application of economic ideas to...
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