Holland Cooke talks with Dr. John Dombrowski, pain medicine physician, about the recent sad headlines: from Hollywood star Luke Perry’s sudden death to Alex Trebek’s recent announcement of having stage four pancreatic cancer. Plus, Dr. Dombrowski gives his perspective on the recent FDA-approved drug Esketamine. Holland talks to Professorial Lecturer Margot Susca and Professor of Journalism Chris Chambers about the modern age of news and about the close links between the White House and Fox News, the president’s friends and foes, and the confused TV audience.

Holland Cook speaks with San Diego attorney and legal analyst Jan Ronis on a disturbing report that California is keeping a secret list of criminal cops, with crimes ranging from shoplifting to murder; some downloaded child pornography, others beat wives, girlfriends, or children. Those convicted number in the thousands. Astronomer and author Bob Berman, the most-followed astronomy writer, discusses whether we will suffer the dinosaurs' fate.

Max and Stacy discuss the significance of the Chinese central bank openly reporting that they are buying gold. They also discuss bitcoin prices reacting immediately to the release of Fed minutes indicating concern for “financial instability.” Max interviews author, financial commentator, and comedian Dominic Frisby of DominicFrisby.com about the latest on bitcoin and gold markets. Regarding gold, they ask whether or not the record gold buying from central banks will ever impact prices.

As the investigation into what happened in the two recent MAX crashes continues, there are disturbing new questions. Holland discusses this with Jamie Finch, who served as the National Transportation Safety Board’s director of public and family affairs. Plus, a discussion with Brian Keane, president of SmartPower, on why some cities have stopped recycling and what the fix is. Our society has never been more polarized than it is now, and Washington has never been more gridlocked. Has the modern-day war-of-words permanently torn the fabric of America? Holland discusses this with two who know the true meaning of war: ex-Pentagon official Michael Maloof and Dr. Harlan Ullman, ex-Pentagon adviser and Vietnam and Persian Gulf veteran.

Lee starts off with the media’s response to the launch of the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders. We look at the recently unveiled story that the US has been waging a secret war on Somalia. Lee also covers the scandal that Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has put himself in. Then he draws positive attention to Patricia Okoumu – the climbing protester who has put her body on the line multiple times to protest the US’ trigger-happy stance on immigrant deportation. Natalie McGill brings Google and other big tech companies into the spotlight. Finally, Naomi Karavani brings you the scene at this year’s CPAC.

The International Criminal Court has decided against prosecuting US war crimes. Veteran suicides are on the rise. Police and prison guards across the US have taken the fun #FeelingCuteChallenge and turned it into a terrifying look into their motivations. The Democrat-led House Foreign Affairs Committee says Julian Assange’s actions aren’t protected by the First Amendment.

Lee starts off with the media’s response to the launch of the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders. We look at the recently unveiled story that the US has been waging a secret war on Somalia. Lee also covers the scandal that Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has put himself in. Then he draws positive attention to Patricia Okoumu – the climbing protester who has put her body on the line multiple times to protest the US’ trigger-happy stance on immigrant deportation. Natalie McGill brings Google and other big tech companies into the spotlight. Finally, Naomi Karavani brings you the scene at this year’s CPAC.

This week on VIP, Lee reveals more flaws in the story that Russian hackers handed Trump the 2016 presidential election when he reports on a conversation between three well-respected voices in media and scholarship. On the podcast Scheer Intelligence, legendary investigative reporter Robert Scheer interviewed Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and part-owner of The Nation, and Stephen Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies at Princeton. They dissect all of the fantasy and farce involved in the Russiagate narrative, and Lee displays their conclusions along with his personal brand of rage-comedy. Lee then interviews John Leary, the executive director of Trees For The Future and author of ‘One Shot: Trees As Our Last Chance For Survival’.

Lee opens the show this week with an overview of systemic racism in the US today. Public school funding, climate change, the wealth gap, and exposure to pollution are all issues that disproportionately harm communities of color. Lee gives you the details. From the news, Lee reports on climate change and its impacts, leaked audio of Tucker Carlson showing his bigotry, the EU’s attempt to negotiate a peaceful end to the US’ failed regime-change operation in Venezuela, and he goes after Wal-Mart’s plan to get rid of its greeters. In the second half of the show, Naomi Karavani takes over the desk to tell you how several states are preparing laws that would make it significantly more expensive for protesters to block the construction of fossil fuel infrastructure projects such as pipelines. Natalie McGill caps the show off with a rare dose of good news from the Prison-Industrial Complex.

This week on VIP, Lee looks at the president’s move to dismantle the Iran nuclear deal in his interview with former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter. Ritter recently released the book, ‘Dealbreaker: Donald Trump and the Unmaking of the Iran Nuclear Deal.’ He is also a member of the whistleblower group Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. He believes that people will support peace when they know the truth, so he built a career undermining the lies that are spread to send us to war. Before the US invaded Iraq, Ritter was warning people that our government was lying when it claimed that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Lee credits him as one of the people whose work woke him up to government corruption. In the interview, they discuss how understanding the WMD lie can help people understand other more recent efforts the US government has taken to use false information to justify war. Ritter also talks about what needs to happen to get the Iran nuclear negotiations back on track.