Michael Maloof and Matthew Hoh break down the recent Washington Post exposé “The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War,” outlining the myriad of diplomatic red flags and utter lack of foresight throughout the US push to invade Afghanistan following 9/11. Then, John Sitilides comes on to discuss the continued push for regime change in Iran. Also, North Korea has re-ignited rocket tests, with Kim Jong-un ominously alluding to a “Christmas gift” for the US. Plus, as the world watches ‘Phase One’ of a US-China trade deal finally being ironed out, China is making moves to poach US agriculture markets in retaliation for the deluge of tariffs over the past year.

China and the US have agreed to move forward with a ‘Phase One’ trade deal that could cool economic tensions between the two heavyweights. We break it all down and take a look at how markets are reacting to the news with Sara Montes de Oca; and dive deeper into what the deal will mean for farmers in the US. Plus, as Zimbabwe teeters on the edge of a financial crisis, could crypto be the way forward for the cash-strapped nation? Eric Wade of Crypto Capital lends us a hand today to analyze Bitcoin’s recent performance and how the asset has performed over the past decade.

Nick Lachey sits down with guest host Tom Green to talk about his new show ‘America’s Most Musical Family’. Plus, what it’s like touring with 98 Degrees the second time around and how the schedule has changed now that they have kids.

The UK general election: With a predicted large majority, this would be the biggest majority for the Tories since the days of Margaret Thatcher, and Labour’s worst showing in about 80 years. It would seem “getting Brexit done” did the trick. This is a big win for BoJo, but is it for the UK?

CrossTalking with John Wight, Mitch Feierstein, and Alan Sked.

Corporate debt is nearing 50% of the overall economy while working class people struggle to survive. A Newsweek journalist quits after the outlet suppressed a whistleblower story on Syrian chemical attacks. And it was nearly impossible to make the Afghanistan Papers public information.

Maryam Henein came on the show to discuss how the big data companies censor news that’s inconvenient to their business models. You might’ve heard of shadow-banning and algorithmic censorship. Henein has done the research on it. We also learn what happened to journalist Max Blumenthal after police arrested him on false charges the other week. Spoiler: he has good news. Naomi Karavani ends the show with a new segment destroying some of the worst opinions thrown down on Twitter in the last week.

Boeing is back in the hot seat as a whistleblower has sounded the alarm on the company in front of Congress. International Regulatory Attorney Myles Edwards joins us to break down the fate of the 737 Max model and what this means for the future of air travel. Plus, Peloton has been suffering from an advertising controversy, but how has it affected the firm’s bottom line? In this episode, we do a deep dive on the situation and what lies in store for the exercise giant with Adam Mesh of the Adam Mesh Trading Group and RT’s very own Scottie Nell Hughes and Sara Montes de Oca.

Will impeaching Donald Trump cost democrats in 2020? Larry talks with political experts, including a former congresswoman who voted to impeach President Richard Nixon.

With technology evolving at cosmic speeds and artificial super-intelligence no longer just a Hollywood dream, is humanity’s path ahead a dangerous one? And will our lives still be real? We talked about this with one of the most acclaimed thinkers of our time, philosopher and director of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University, Nick Bostrom.

In these highlights of international programs, the Alex Salmond Show finds out where the most content society on earth is, why the Maltese prime minister resigned despite that island’s soaraway economic success, and why our series on the fate of the RMS Lancastria made a very special gentleman very happy.