Alex Salmond speaks to Dr Angelique Coetzee, the Pretoria GP who first identified the Omicron variant – and who informed the world (based on her practical experience of patients) that the new variant, while hyper-infectious, was much milder in health impact than the deadly Delta variant. Meanwhile, Prof Hugh Montgomery of UCL warns policymakers that it is not inevitable that further new variants will necessarily be less potent, and urges a fundamental reassessment of humanity’s interaction with nature, which is provoking the emergence of deadly contagions from the animal kingdom.

Russia and Ukraine insist they are against military escalations along the border, yet the US wants to send troops to appease congressional war hawks. Alabama residents are instructed by cops to remove Facebook posts critical of police.

We head to the metaverse, where real estate is booming in the virtual space. We break down the growing market, and answer another key question – what exactly is the metaverse? And US national debt has passed the $30 trillion mark. We’ll break down the figures and discuss how the Covid-19 pandemic has caused the figure to balloon.

In this episode of Keiser Report from San Salvador, Max and Stacy play a video they recorded while walking down the San Salvador volcano. In it, a tourist from New York explains why he believes the idea of a volcano bond is genius. In the second half, Max chats to Will Hernandez of Paxful.com about hyperbitcoinization in El Salvador and around the world.

On this episode of Going Underground we speak to UN Refugee Agency spokesperson Peter Kessler. He discusses the multitude of crises facing Afghans after the US occupation, including a liquidity crisis severely impacting the economy, a major loss of income wiping out the Afghan middle class, and investment and development grinding to a halt. He calls for more international assistance from wealthy countries around the world, including Russia and China. Finally, we speak to Lama Fakih, the Human Rights Watch crisis and conflict director. She discusses the hacking of her personal phone using Pegasus Spyware, why she can’t pinpoint a single state that would have targeted her, how the surveillance prevents journalists and human rights activists doing their work, the worsening humanitarian crisis in Lebanon, and much more.

Not long ago, open public debate was considered a good thing, even essential for a stable and functioning society. Today, if you do not follow and propagate liberal pieties you are accused of ‘misinformation’ and should be banned from polite society. Shut up or else!

CrossTalking with Lionel, Oliver Boyd-Barrett, and David Freiheit.

It’s a new month, and more delays for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. We’ll take a look at how tensions over Ukraine are impacting the state of the completed project. Plus, all eyes are on OPEC+, as oil prices remain near $90 per barrel. Could the cartel ramp up production ahead of schedule? We’ll discuss. And, could the Federal Reserve raise interest rates seven times this year? We’ll bring the latest predictions with analysis.

While China has taken a stand against cryptocurrency in the past, the nation is making moves to explore the world of blockchain technology. We’ll take a look at what impact it could have. And we’ll take you next door to India, where the world’s second-largest nation is slated for a major rebound in the wake of its Covid woes. Plus, Spotify says it will add a new warning on its platform after the most popular podcaster in the world was criticized for his content. We’ll discuss the latest in the ongoing debate.

In this episode of the Keiser Report, from the airport in San Salvador, Max and Stacy look at the statement from the Biden administration that bitcoin is a matter of national security. In the second half, Max chats to Simon Dixon of BnkToTheFuture.com about his arrival in El Salvador just as hyperbitcoinization hits the country. Simon says he believes the nation will rival Singapore as it gains first-mover advantage by developing a bitcoin securities infrastructure.

The brain...It’s a complex and complicated organ that connects our consciousness and our human body. There is a lot we know but even more that we don’t. Researchers are exploring the relationship between the “mind” and the physical body and what happens when either one of those dies. Chief Scientist of the Mindscope program at the Allen Institute for brain science Christof Koch joins William Shatner on this week's episode of "I Don't Understand" to discuss.