In an eclectic program, Ralph talks first with Rebecca Sheir and Eric Shimelonis, creators of the podcast “Circle Round,” which adapts and updates folk-tales for children. Then, investigative reporter Katherine Eban joins us to talk about her exposé: “Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom.”

The refusal of the Church to purge abusers and pedophiles from the clergy and accept human sexuality as a blessing, is leading to the end of the Church as we know it, says Matthew Fox on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay

Cardinal Ratzinger, who later became Pope Benedict, launched a campaign in defense of murderous dictatorships in Latin America and to purge the Church of liberation theology and priests like Matthew Fox - on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay

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--Democrats Face Decision On Impeachment

--New Evidence Suggests 2018 Chemical Attack in Douma, Syria Was Staged

--Israeli Private Intelligence Company Black Cube Out of Control

--Tennessee Passes Law Designed to Intimidate Black Voters

Former priest Fox talks about questioning the concept of original sin, the assassination of John Paul I, John Paul II reviving the Inquisition led by Cardinal Ratzinger, and the concept that there is no love without justice - Matthew Fox on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay

Now an Episcopalian priest, Matthew Fox tells of his coming to political consciousness and decision to join the Catholic priesthood, which he saw not as an escape, but as a way to stay in the world - Matthew Fox on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay

Director of Vote Hemp, Eric Steenstra, recounts how they finally won the battle to legalize industrial hemp farming. And former NRC commissioner, Peter Bradford, rebuts recent op-eds that promote nuclear power.

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--D-Day: How the US Supported Hitler's Rise to Power

--Has Indonesia Bucked the Global Rightward Trend?

--Trump's Mexico Tariffs: A "Foolish' Policy"

--Trump's Mexico Tariff Ignores the Reality of Migration

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--D-Day: How the US Supported Hitler's Rise to Power

--Has Indonesia Bucked the Global Rightward Trend?

--Trump's Mexico Tariffs: A "Foolish' Policy"

--Trump's Mexico Tariff Ignores the Reality of Migration

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--State Department Perpetuates Disinformation On Iran

--U.S. Prepares Sanctions to Block Food Program for Millions of Venezuelans

--Is Pope Francis Doing Enough to Root Out Sex Abuse in the Church?

--Anti-Semitism in Germany

--Austria's Far Right Gains Ground Despite Massive Corruption Scandal

--Canadian Inquiry Demands Justice for Genocide of Indigenous Women and Girls