A Meaningless Debate in a Democratic Ritual That Avoided Discussing Our Endangered Democracy | How Anti-War Left Wing Activists in Israel Are Being Threatened and Silenced | Growing Tensions as Venezuela Threatens to Annex an Oil-Rich Region of Guyana
Host: Ian Masters
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December 7, 2023 - Aaron Rupar | Haggai Matar | Phil Gunson

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After Getting MAGA World and the Trump GOP to Believe He Won the Last Election, Now Trump Has Them Believing the Trial That Convicted Him 34 Times Was Rigged | Are Biden and Netanyahu on the Same Page With the Gaza Ceasefire Plan? | Today's Elections in Mexico Will Result in a Woman as President For the First Time
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June 2, 2024 - Sophia Rosenfeld | Jennifer Loewenstein | Laura Carlsen

Why We Should Care About the Trump Trial and, With the Tail Wagging the Dog, Biden Has to End the Gaza War Which Netanyahu Plans to Continue for 7 Months | The War in Ukraine Has Gone From a Proxy War to a NATO Conflict
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May 30, 2024 - Ryan Cooper | Robert Young Pelton

Complaints From Ukraine's Front Lines That Big Ticket U.S. Weapons Don't Work, Get Jammed or are Unsuitable | A Possible Trade War with China or a Necessary Stimulus For the Next Green Economy? | Today's Election in South Africa as a Referendum on the ANC
Host: Ian Masters
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May 29, 2024 - Stephen Biddle | Zach Carter| Dr. Steven Nabieu Rogers

The Ghost of Roy Cohn Hangs Over Trump's Hush Money Trail as Closing Arguments Were Heard Today | Bibi and MbS Have Biden in a Trap and the Pentagon and the CIA Have Drunk the Silicon Valley Kool-Aid | The Libertarians Boo Trump and Quickly Reject RFK Jr
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May 28, 2024 - Kai Bird | Andrew Cockburn | James Gray

On Memorial Day Those Who Serve America vs Those Who Want to Tear it Apart | Consciousness, Authoritarianism and Political Violence
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December 7, 2023 - Aaron Rupar | Haggai Matar | Phil Gunson

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