I interview Andrew Bard Schmookler about his new book, What We're Up Against. We discuss evil, brokenness and the challenges we must face to deal with the evil he describes

I have David Swanson in this second half of the night's show on pushing the Nobel Peace Prize to return to giving awards to people who do what Alfred Nobel specified in his will.

There an effort to force the Nobel Peace Prize nominating committee to return consistently to awarding peace prizes to people who meet Alfred Nobel's criteria for the award, as he stipulated it in his will.

I interview David Swanson and Mairead Maguire. David Swanson ia a dedicated anti-war, peace activist and author. Mairead Maguire was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and has continued to work for peace for a long time.

Micah L. Sifry is a democracy activist, cofounder and Editorial Director of Personal Democracy Forum, one of my favorite conferences for smart people and cutting edge innovation, and the author of numerous books, including Wikileaks and the Age of Transparency, The Big Disconnect, Why the Internet Hasn't Transformed Politics (Yet) and, most recently, co-editor of A Lever and Place to Stand.

Kevin Gosztola has co-founded a new website, Shadowproof.com , that, like the Phoenix, has risen from the ashes of Firedoglake.com, where Kevin had written a column, The Dissenter, which he is continuing along with archiving all of the past content from Firedoglake.

Kevin was, earlier in his career, a writer and editor at OpEdNews.com.

Psychologist Stephen Soldz has been advocating for the American Psychological Association to change it's ethics policy for psychologists so they could not enable torture. After nine years, SUCCESS. We talk about the issues, how the success happened, in terms of policy changes and activism strategies.

Janine R. Wedel is Professor School of Policy, Government, & International Affairs, George Mason University, author of the book, Unaccountable; How Elite Power Brokers Corrupt Our Finances, Freedom and Security. She is also a social antrhopologist.

Whistleblower John Kiriakou was recently released from prison, another hero punished for telling the truth.

I spend just over an hour with Chris Hedges, discussing his new book, Wages of Rebellion. He goes into detail describing the factors that lead to rebellion and revolution. He also answered a half a dozen questions asked by OEN members.

I spend just over an hour with Chris Hedges, discussing his new book, Wages of Rebellion. He goes into detail describing the factors that lead to rebellion and revolution. He also answered a half a dozen questions asked by OEN members.