Jesse Ventura and Brigida Santos discuss new charges against Ghislaine Maxwell for her alleged sex-trafficking scheme with Jeffrey Epstein. An adult woman’s lawsuit against Epstein’s estate paints a broader picture of their alleged crimes for the first time. Author John Coffee talks about his new book, ‘Corporate Crime and Punishment: The Crisis of Underenforcement’.

On this episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy look at indications that the Ponzi economy is beginning to buckle, similar to the dotcom crash, as SPACs insiders begin to sell. In the second half, Max interviews investment manager, Lawrence Lepard, about the failure of gold to provide a meaningful price signal in the day of massive money printing. Lepard believes the dollar, and all fiat currencies, are hyperinflating against bitcoin, however.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Kevin MacDonald, Oscar-winning director of the film ‘The Mauritanian’ and Nancy Hollander, attorney at FBD Law and the lawyer of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, the man on whom the film is based. Mohamedou Ould Slahi was held in the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison camp without charge from 2002 until 2016. The interview covers the many tragedies that occurred since he became a target for the United States, including CIA-backed torture via the notorious ‘extraordinary rendition program,’ the many episodes of torture that occurred at Gitmo, the Obama administration’s battle to keep Ould Slahi in prison despite there being no charges against him, and the pressure applied to Hollander for simply being his lawyer.

Lee Camp opens the show this week with a recent report released publicly by the intelligence community to prove how little they are willing to tolerate free speech. Their list of “domestic violence extremists” includes a wide array of groups to be targeted. The real crime of most of these groups is standing in the way of, or simply being opposed to, global capitalist power. In Taking the News from Behind, Camp looks back at how the Pentagon stopped Trump from bringing the troops home from Afghanistan.

Naomi Karavani reports on the current situation in Afghanistan and what the oligarchs who run the US empire stand to lose if America ends the longest war in its history. It isn’t the lives they’re worried about. It’s the contracts, the resources, and the cash. Natalie McGill joins Camp to discuss Derek Chauvin’s trial for murdering George Floyd, and what's missing from President Biden’s $2.2 trillion infrastructure bill.

President Biden urges unity as Americans prove to be more divided than ever. Psychotherapist Nancy Colier discusses the mentality behind today’s coarsened political rhetoric, and whether a change in leadership is enough to bridge the social divide. Poll numbers suggest a surge in optimism among Americans following the anniversary of Covid-19 lockdowns. But how are teachers and students coping after a year away from the classroom? Media studies professor David Bernstein and host of Teacher Talk Dr. Lisa Mozer explain developmental concerns shared by educators. How soon can students finally get back on track?

The US has added just short of one million jobs as uncertainty about the pandemic begins to wane and markets react around the globe. Plus, the corporate backlash against Georgia’s new voting law is heating up as the state’s government responds. And with vaccinations on the rise, what could we see in the music industry as live events begin to return?

Punishment for crime is an essential component of our civilisation. But do the punishments currently in place actually make society safer? We talked to Rosemary Ricciardelli, criminology coordinator at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and associate scientific director at the Canadian Institute of Public Safety Research and Treatment.

Millions of Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses are going to waste following a mistake by a third-party manufacturer. We bring you the latest on the state of the inoculation process and how South Korea is using blockchain in the fight against Covid-19. With the vaccination process heating up in the United States, what fate could the future hold for the movie industry as the age of the novel coronavirus forces it to evolve?

Lee Camp interviews the economics professor and author of 'Debunking Economics,' Steve Keen. Keen's scholarship gives insight into the ways that neoclassical economic models misunderstand climate change. These models, therefore, stop our political institutions from responding to the crisis and provide cover for corporations to continue their polluting business practices. The conversation covers the climate crisis and the continuing failure of modern societies to take it seriously.

Naomi Karavani reports on the second-largest oil spill in US history. The North Carolina oil spill went undetected until two teens stumbled upon it by accident. The company responsible for the spill already had a terrible safety record and managed to keep the story fairly quiet despite the scale of the problem. Anders Lee takes a look back at the racist history of the 911 emergency call system.

Historically speaking, the Cold War was a great ideological confrontation. Western liberalism vs Soviet communism. According to Joe Biden, the great geopolitical struggle of our time is democracy vs autocracy. For Biden, we are in another great ideological struggle. But there is a difference: the West, particularly the US, is the only ideological actor.

CrossTalking with Rick Rozoff, Bruce Gagnon, and David Swanson.