Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex. He never got to meet it's replacement - an industry which swallowed up a fifth of our entire economy and still can't keep us as health as almost anywhere else on Earth. The numbers, the receipts, and one very expensive lesson which includes buying a house in Japan

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AMERICAN REFUGEE: EPISODE 4 NENE ROYAL, THE GIRL WITH A GUITAR AS BIG AS SHE IS

Long before Howie Mandel compared her to Hendrix, before the Golden Buzzer, performance pulled nine million views in a week - she was the kid with a guitar bigger than she was, playing a night market in Phuket, Thailand. Tonight she's in the America's Got Talent Finals. Here's her story, and why I think you should watch!

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AMERICAN REFUGEE: EPISODE 3 - THE BUSINESS OF DEPARTURE

A dying friend. A family restaurant that's fed the same neighborhood for generations. And a hard look at how America prices dignity by the month while the rest of the world still knows how to sit with someone until the end. This one's personal.

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AMERICAN REFUGEE: EPISODE 2 - WHY I WRITE

A screenplay that almost broke through. A DNA test with no lab required. Why I write when no one's paying, no ones watching, and the industry ghosts you more than it every says no - the real story behind why this show exists at all.

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The syllabus for everything this show is about to unpack - ten problems in America, ranked and roasted, coming back updated every ten episodes. Come for the countdown, stay for the receipts.

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