Marcy Wheeler, a blogger at emptywheel.net, discusses the FBI's fight with Apple about making an alternate iPhone operating system that would allow the government to see the contents of San Bernardino terrorist Syed Rezwan Farook's phone - after the FBI screwed up their first chance to get the information.

Grant F. Smith, director of research at the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, discusses the IRmep-sponsored polls showing that Americans, and particularly young Jewish students, have an increasingly less favorable view of Israel. Reminder: On March 18, 2016, Grant F. Smith and many notable journalists and academics will participate in the "Israel's Influence: Good or Bad for America?" conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Listeners of this podcast will receive a...

Daniel Larison, a senior editor at The American Conservative, discusses his article "How the GOP Failed to Stop Trump," and why establishment-favorite candidate Marco Rubio isn't going to save the party.

Jon Schwarz, a journalist with The Intercept, discusses Donald Trump's proclamation in the South Carolina Republican debates that George W. Bush lied about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to the 2003 war, and the profound effect Trump has had on the core belief system of American conservatives.

Patrick Cockburn, a Middle East correspondent for The Independent, discusses the emerging winners and losers in the Syrian conflict - although the end isn't yet in sight.

John Feffer, the director of Foreign Policy In Focus, discusses South Korea's decision to close the Kaesong Industrial Complex, the last remaining economic link between North and South Korea; and how this brings the "sunshine policy" era to a close.

Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent investigative journalist, discusses why the Obama administration continues to pretend the al-Qaeda affiliated Nusra Front qualifies as one of the "legitimate opposition groups" in Syria that should be exempted from Russian air strikes.