Tommy takes a jab at easing fears surrounding the Coronavirus and tries to explain why the panic is worse than the virus itself.
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3/13/20 Ryan McMaken on the Coronavirus and our Fragile Economy
Scott interviews Ryan McMaken about the current coronavirus-induced financial slowdown and what it might mean in terms of the next big crash. McMaken explains that with America's incredibly over-financialized economy, practically the only tool that the government...
News Roundup 3/16/20
US News Maryland police killed Duncan Socrates Lemp while he was in bed at his home. It is unclear why SWAT teams raided Lemp’s home in the middle of the night. [Link]The FED plans to inject $500 billion into the market three times to keep rates where the FED wants...
The Chaos in Iraq guest Will Porter
Will Porter returns to the show to talk about the chaos in Iraq. Over the weekend, the US bombed several positions claiming to be striking back against the "Iranian-backed" Shia group that killed two Americans and a British soldier. However, the Iraqi government...
Did Maryland Police Shoot And Kill A Sleeping Man?
The constitution is dead” was the last tweet ever sent by 21-year-old Duncan Socrates Lemp. On Thursday morning at 4:30 a.m., a Montgomery County SWAT team killed Lemp during a violent attack on his family’s home in the affluent Washington suburb of Potomac,...
3/13/20 Kelley Vlahos on the Release of Chelsea Manning
Scott is joined by Kelley Vlahos, executive editor at The American Conservative, to talk about the release, at long last, of Chelsea Manning, who was being held in federal jail for refusing to testify in the Julian Assange case. After a year in jail and a suicide...
3/13/20 Pat McGeehan on the Defend the Guard Act
Pat McGeehan recounts his experience in the most recent West Virginia state legislative session trying to pass his "Defend the Guard" legistlation. He describes the many battles involved in introducing a bill like this, waged both behind the scenes in the form of...
3/13/20 Dave DeCamp on Douma, Yemen and Afghanistan
Scott interviews Dave DeCamp about the latest news in the OPCW whistleblower saga, in which yet another whistleblower has now come forward, bringing the total to four. The employees, mostly anonymous, have claimed that their assessments of the alleged chemical attack...
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