The Covid-19 pandemic is humanity's biggest test in decades, and for every individual's mental health too. We look at fear – one of our most basic emotions, that’s currently ruling many lives – together with Jacek Debiec, psychiatrist and neuroscientist at the University of Michigan.

The rich are prepared to let millions of US citizens die in order to safeguard the economy against the coronavirus crisis. The US renews its demonization of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins sits down with Lee to discuss the shortcomings of the Bernie Sanders campaign, the Green Party's electoral strategy, and how he would react to the nation's problems were he to win in 2020. Naomi Karavani rounds off the show with a look back at the last major pandemic to hit the US: the Spanish Flu.

US jobless claims doubled in just a week, breaking the previous record, with 6.6 million people filing for unemployment benefits for the week ending March 28. However, US equity markets are up. The bounce is mostly attributed to a stabilization in oil markets. The US has more cases of coronavirus than anywhere else in the world (more than 200,000) and over 5,000 deaths. How well prepared are the healthcare system and Medicare? Plus, airlines are facing what some call their “deepest crisis ever” amid the pandemic, and commercial flights have all but come to a complete stop.

Larry talks with former Joint Task Force Katrina Commander Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Russel Honoré about the US government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Plus, Dr. Bob Arnot on what surprises him most about Covid-19.

In the final part of The Alex Salmond Show’s series on the politics of Northern Ireland post Brexit, Alex interviews former SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell on the conversations required to reconcile unionists to a future where Irish nationalism will be in the ascendancy. He also speaks to community campaigner from Border Communities Against Brexit John Sheridan, finding out what lessons have been learned from the successful drive to avoid a land border in the island of Ireland and therefore to protect the peace.

In this episode of Keiser Report, Max and Stacy look at the Bermuda Triangle of consequences unfolding as the fiat-based system wobbles once again, throwing off the good, the bad and the ugly into a world of topsy-turvy. They discuss the new ‘unobtanium’ of physical gold in a market broken by huge demand for the precious metal amid a world disoriented by pandemic, with the cancelation of commercial flights having broken supply chains across the markets. They also marvel at the data on the ‘mind-blowing deflation’ that has hit the oil market, where some grades of fuel are trading at negative prices. In the second half, Max interviews James Howard Kunstler of kunstler.com about the long emergency happening now. Though Trump wants it to be a “short emergency,” the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the impossibility of the structure of our economies.

After being rejected from the big names in comedy, up and coming stand up comedian Sam Morril decided to record and produce his own comedy special with his friends. He talks with Dennis Miller about how the hour long special is blowing up on social media.

Covid-19 has taken hold around the world and rocked the economy. The IMF says we are in a global recession at least as bad as what we saw in 2008. Markets have seen one of the worst quarters in history as the pandemic stalls international growth. Consumer staples remain strong as Americans hoard items like toilet paper and cleaning agents. The Trump administration will defer US tariffs for most-favored nations for three months amid uncertainty over what lies ahead after the outbreak. Meanwhile, video conferencing platform Zoom is being slapped with a lawsuit for allegedly selling personal information to Facebook and other third parties.

A recent court ruling determined Saudi Arabia is NOT off the hook for its role in the 9/11 attacks, as victims and families continue to seek justice. The MSM has all but silenced the story of Joe Biden’s former staffer Tara Reade accusing him of sexual assault. Plus, municipalities across the US are now enforcing quarantines to keep restless residents of other states from fleeing across county lines. RT correspondent Brigida Santos explains how federal agencies like the EPA may be taking advantage of coronavirus bedlam to quietly roll back regulations, giving greater freedoms to big industry. Legal journalist Mollye Barrows audits Hollywood celebrities, as they flood social media by asking cash-strapped fans to donate to Covid-19 relief funds, all while broadcasting from their multi-million-dollar homes.

What kind of moment in history we are living through? How is the coronavirus changing our politics and economy? Can the status quo be maintained? And will there be a populist backlash?

CrossTalking with Anya Parampil, John Laughland, and Jozef Hrabina.