It was the American writer Gore Vidal who cynically quipped, “It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.” This perfectly sums up the US’ desire for global domination. But will the US Oligarchy remain unsatisfied with its success and continue to push for the failure of other countries?

Host Ross Ashcroft is joined by journalist Ben Norton to explore whether there is any stopping the insatiable quest for US so-called superiority and exceptionalism.

Government temporary measures are rarely temporary.

In a surveillance age, very few people know that travel passports were initially meant to be temporary but World War I brought in harsh restrictions on the freedom of movement. So what consequences will emerge from new immunity or vaccine passports?

Host Ross Ashcroft is joined by Alexis Hancock and David Nolan to discuss if these ‘temporary’ downsides will become the norm as we gradually forget that freedom is a natural condition?

The trauma created by the pandemic has understandably meant we’re looking for rapid solutions to complex problems.

Rich Western countries have bought up most of the supply of vaccines in a headlong rush to protect their own populations.

But isn’t the key to universal public health access to medicine for all?

Host Ross Ashcroft is joined by public health activist Achal Prabhala and Andrea Taylor from the Global Health Innovation Center to ask if this blinkered approach will end up costing everyone much more.

The Biden administration has wasted no time in showing that it, too, is going to continue the great American tradition of the 'forever war'. So, will there be another unjustified precursor to the next US-led conflict?

Host Ross Ashcroft is joined by Robert Fantina and Piers Robinson to ask if American citizens have grown suspicious of forever wars abroad – especially when there is so much economic demise and division at home?

For over 20 years the United States was allowed to use Shannon airport as a military base, a permission granted to them by the Irish government.

Two Renegades hopped over the fence of a base from which the US used to wreak havoc across the world. Arrested and sent to court, they managed to turn the case on its head, as in the end, it was the Irish foreign policy that was put on trial.

Members of European Parliament and Activists Clare Daly & Mick Wallace join host Ross Ashcroft to tell the full story.

The disaster has been dubbed the Amazon Chernobyl. Between 1964 and 1992, the oil company Texaco, later acquired by Chevron in 2001, was allegedly responsible for the dumping of over 30bn gallons of toxic waste and crude oil into the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador.

The impact on local communities has been devastating, destroying livelihoods and causing a spike in cancer and birth defects.

Lead US attorney for the indigenous plaintiffs Steven Donziger joins host Ross Ashcroft to unfold.

A year on for the beginning of the pandemic we reconnect with Professor Steve Keen to talk climate breakdown, fraudulent economics, the so-called Great Reset and how we can think about charting a different course...

There is just one word that causes everyone in Washington to convulse...  Professor of Wellbeing Economics Paul Frijters and journalist Matthew Ehret join host Ross Ashcroft to discuss America's need for a new enemy and Cold War 2.0.

All you ever hear business leaders calling for is certainty... the problem with this is that the only thing in life that’s certain is uncertainty. So how does philosophy allow us to navigate uncertain times?

Host Ross Ashcroft is joined by business philosopher & author Anders Indset to unfold.

For decades we have been brainwashed into believing that unlimited growth is good.

Economic growth is apparently the holy grail rooted in outdated measurements like GDP and arbitrary stock market digits... But what if these assumptions are wrong and actually for our well-being and the future of the planet we have to redefine success and embrace degrowth?

Host Ross Ashcroft is joined by economic anthropologist Jason Hickel and global justice activist Asad Rehman to unpick.