The vaccination process in the US just picked up even more steam as the Johnson & Johnson vaccine has been cleared for use. Therefore, US equities are rallying after a dismal week as vaccine optimism pushed markets up. Plus, bitcoin’s price has spiked yet again after a dip on some major news from institutional and national governments.

Broadway star Laura Benanti went on social media during lockdown to ask high schoolers to share their performances with her since their local plays and musicals were cancelled. The response was inspiring and now has turned into a documentary. Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020 features high school seniors and how they managed during lockdown.

On the campaign trail Biden said nothing will fundamentally change. He was right. Washington is again illegally bombing Syria. Also, why Trumpism is not going away anytime soon.

CrossTalking with George Szamuely and Marcus Papadopoulos.

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.

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the lead singer of System of a Down, Serj Tankian. He discusses the new documentary ‘Truth to Power’, which explores his family history, including his grandparents surviving the Armenian genocide, and his own early life growing up in Lebanon. Tankian discusses the history of Armenia as a nation, and why many countries such as the UK don’t recognise the repression that Armenians faced under Turkey as genocide. We also talk about the Nagorno-Karabakh war and the dangers Armenians are facing, Turkey’s work to prevent nations from recognising the Armenian genocide, and much more! Finally, we speak to former Turkish ambassador to the UK and leader of the Republican People’s Party, Unal Cevikoz. He discusses the allegations Serj Tankian made about the Republic of Turkey, Turkish power within NATO, the purchase of the S400 missile defence system from Russia, allegations of Turkey using Syrian mercenaries in the Nagorno-Karabakh war, and much more!

‘The United States Congress formally recognised the Armenian genocide in December 2019, both Houses of Congress, so the US has recognised the Armenian genocide, it’s Britain’s turn to recognise the Armenian genocide. Russia has recognised the Armenian genocide, the European Parliament has recognised the genocide, the Vatican, a number of countries around the world, most of Europe, a lot of South America. You tell me why Britain hasn’t recognised the Armenian genocide. I would say that there are too many cosy relationships with BP, Azerbaijan, Turkey, the gas corridor, the southern gas corridor, and it’s basically playing geopolitics and using genocide as political capital, which is disgusting.’

On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the realities of war, its appeal for young men and its destruction of them, with Salar Abdoh, novelist and essayist. Abdoh's new novel, 'Out of Mesopotamia', considered one of a handful of great modern war novels, tells the story of Saleh, a jaded, middle-aged Iranian reporter who accompanies Shia militias, as Abdoh did, in Iraq and Syria during the heavy fighting between 2014 and 2017.

According to today’s guest, the world is undergoing a crisis of crises. And if you glance at a paper, switch on the news, or scroll through a social media feed, that certainly seems to be the case. Do these crises, from Covid-19 to climate change, to polarization and poverty, have a common denominator? To discuss that, Oksana is joined by Sergey Karaganov, Dean of the School of World Economics and International Relations at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.

‘Cancel culture Britain’ continues. With ‘Tom and Jerry’ banned from our screens, the plays of William Shakespeare are under scrutiny because of works such as the ‘Taming of the Shrew’, ‘Macbeth’, ‘Othello’ and the capacity of the Bard to offend. And of course, Sir Winston Churchill. Where once tourists made a pilgrimage to his statue in Parliament Square, we now question whether he is a villain or a hero. But surely he can be both. Had it not been for him, we might be speaking to you in German and we would definitely not be speaking to our guest, journalist Ramsha Khan, at all. She has written an article in Spiked Online this week in defence of Winston Churchill and his reputation, giving an alternative perspective. So, we spoke to her from her home in Pakistan.

As a glimmer of light seems to be shining through a truly horrific year, there are many tragic real-life stories behind the daily statistics. There are also many genuinely uplifting stories too. At the beginning of this emergency, PPE was hard to come by and not always of the highest standards. Battling with black-market traders and extortionate prices, Mask Our Heroes set about sourcing masks from across the world. We have heard of many heroic deeds during this pandemic, with Captain Sir Tom raising millions of pounds for charity, to many others working quietly behind the scenes. One of the latter is Tamer Hassan, a tough-guy actor with a golden heart. He came onto Sputnik to tell us about his work with Mask Our Heroes and how they still continue to distribute much needed PPE across the country.

Remember when the media claimed that Donald Trump put migrant kids in cages? Well, the Biden administration just reopened one of those cage camps for kids, but the media won't report on it, or they call the camps something else. We'll show you.

Can the cancel culture be legislated out of business and protect you from being fired from your job? The panel. Lionel and Kevin Jackson will weigh in.

How many people have died in part to taking the COVID vaccine, it's a topic the media won't talk about, and social media has banned. Celia Farber has written about all of this, she'll join us.

And why can't Dr. Anthony Fauci answer simple questions from the media about vaccines, masks, and returning to normal life?

In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy look at yields soaring on US government debt. ARK’s Cathie Wood warns, “there will be fear.” In the second half, Max continues his interview with Mark Valek of Incrementum.li about gold, bitcoin, and the future of money.