Peter and Mickey spend the hour with David Talbot, author of “The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA and the Rise of America’s Secret Government.” According to Talbot, Dulles — a Wall Street lawyer turned spymaster — shaped the modern CIA, defied the will ofPresidents, and was complicit in the JFK assassination.…

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Nuclear-industry critics Arnie and Maggie Gundersen warn that, four-and-a-half years after the meltdown, Fukushima still poses a danger to Japan and the Pacific region, and that the Japanese government is trying to prevent journalists and physicians from disclosing the ongoing problems. The program closes with an excerpt from a speech by Arnie Gundersen…

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Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips spend the hour in conversation with author Peter Dale Scott. Scott explains the concepts of “deep politics” and “deep events,” which underlie much of his work; he also discusses his most recent publication, the e-book “Dallas ’63,” about the JFK assassination.

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“Censored 2016,” Project Censored’s annual book of censored stories and media analysis, is just off the presses. On this week’s program, Peter and Nolan speak with Andy Lee Roth, co-editor of the new volume, about some of the stories in “Censored 2016.” Then Peter and Nolan discuss the new Global Critical Media…

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9/11 and the Rise of Neoconservative Foreign Policy. For this 14th anniversary 9/11 special program, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips speak with Media Roots journalist and filmmaker Robbie Martin about his new film “A Very Heavy Agenda.” The film looks in depth at the Kagan family and the rise…

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Authors Mark Pilisuk and Jennifer Rountree discuss their new book, “The Hidden Structure of Violence:  Who Benefits From Global Violence and War.” They contend that organized violence is not an inescapable part of human existence, but is organized and carried out by the dominant social order to enhance its own power.…

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Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff co-hosts for the Project Censored show provide an update on human rights abuses in Mexico funded by US; they speak with researcher/journalist Laura Carlsen in Mexico City.  The remainder of the program focuses on the impacts of nuclear technology on the enviroment and society. Ken…

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In a remarkable case study of censorship, author and political cartoonist Ted Rall recounts how he was dropped from the Los Angeles Times, purportedly for giving an untrue account of a 2001 encounter with an LAPD officer, who cited Rall for jaywalking. As he refutes the ‘evidence’ behind his dismissal, Rall also points…

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This week’s program offers two perspectives on global capitalism and permanent war. Sociologist William Robinson makes the case that the present state of capitalism may be a “systemic crisis,” something not seen in centuries. Then peace advocate Kathy Kelly relates her experiences from Afghanistan to US prisons, and refutes the notion of…

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Peter Phillips and guest co-host Laura Wells spend the hour in conversation with author Peter Matthews about his new book “Dollar Democracy.” The conversation addresses issues from GMO labeling to California’s Proposition 13 to the runaway Pentagon budget; Matthews’ underlying theme is that most contemporary political problems can be traced…

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