Middle East scholar Wendy Pearlman talks about why it's so hard to talk about Syria. / Investigative journalist Greg Palast digs through the GOP's vote suppression files.

Historian Elizabeth Catte explores the Appalachia-sized gap in the liberal worldview. / Columnist Adele Stan examines the dark money fortunes of the Trump White House.

Behavioral scientist Samuel Bowles charts out the path towards a moral economics. PLUS: Chuck looks backwards at 21 years / Rotten History

On moral economics [15:36] / The hillbilly problem problem [58:35] / Dark fortunes in the White House [1:30:49] / Talking about talking about Syria [1:59:05] / Crosschecking voter suppression [2:31:59] / Putin, in Russian [3:03:36] / Exile of the king [3:41:32]

Julianne Tveten and Paul Blest explore the dark side of Silicon Valley's libertarian UBI business plan. / In a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen gets inappropriate about cultural appropriation.

Writer Michael Deibert examines the quakes in Haiti's political and economic history. PLUS: Question From Hell!

Valerie Vande Panne explores the time banks and informal economies of post-crash Detroit. / Live from São Paulo, Brian Mier reports on the trial of former Brazil president Lula da Silva.

On capitalist impunity [18:35] / Detroit's informal economies [1:00:19] / Carwashing Lula [1:35:07] / Haiti, between quakes [2:06:18] / Tech's UBI business plan [3:06:37] / Inappropriation [3:42:23]

Journalist Jesse Eisinger examines the political consequences of business executive impunity. PLUS: Chuck and David Brooks do lunch, Rotten History...

Writer Julian Brave NoiseCat explains how pipeline politics threaten not only native lands, but indigenous sovereignty. / In a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen post-mortems last week's Dykes [HIS WORDS] v Kikes [HIS WORDS] piece.