Supreme Court Anti-Abortion Ideologues Threaten Access to Emergency Care | The Search For Diplomatic Openings as the War in Ukraine Escalates | Trump's Republican Party Makes it Clear the GOP Would Rather Cheat Than Compete
Host: Ian Masters
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April 24, 2024 - George Beebe | Dr. Rob Davidson | Ari Berman

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Trump's Delaying Tactic is Working as 3 of the 4 Trials He's Facing Will Likely Not be Heard Before the Election | Following His 5th Inauguration, Putin Is Now Called "Imperator", the Formal Title For the Russian Tsars | Student Protests in the Age of the New McCarthyism
Host: Ian Masters
Producer: Graham FitzGibbon
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May 8, 20224 - Michael Greenberger | Azamat Junisbai | Henry Giroux

Israel Joins Peace Talks in Cairo Amid IDF Escalation in Gaza | Strengthening the Laws of War as Non-combatants Die in Gaza and Ukraine | Brazen Examples of Foreign Governments Buying US Senators and Congressmen
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May 7, 2024 -  Leila Hilal | Oona Hathaway | Casey Michel

The Gaza Impasses With Hamas Wanting a Permanent Ceasefire and Israel a Temporary One | A Possible Change in the US's Israel/Palestinian Policy as Grassroots and Student Protests Ended Support For South Africa's Apartheid Regime | Russia Announces Drills For the Use of Tactical Nukes Ahead of Putin's Inauguration Tomorrow
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May 6, 2024 - Dr. Guy Ziv | Jeremi Suri | Eugene Rumer

The House Speaker Uses an Antisemitic Trope Blaming George Soros as he Launches Hearings on Anti Semitism on Campuses | The Role of Right Wing, Christian Zionist and MAGA Provocateurs in Campus Violence | Models of Dialogue and Deescalation as Outside Opportunists Stoke Violence on Campuses
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May 5, 2024 - John Nichols | Harold Meyerson | Brian Levin

On the Brink of the Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza as Ceasefire Talks Are Deadlocked | The DEA's Decriminalization of Marijuana as Too Little Too Late | Could a Change in DEA Policy Revive California's Troubled Marijuana Industry?
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April 24, 2024 - George Beebe | Dr. Rob Davidson | Ari Berman

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