Mitchell Prothero, a McClatchy special correspondent, discusses how he met top Islamic State military commander Tarkhan Batirashvili (a.k.a. Abu Omar al Shishani), who was trained in part by US special forces.

M.J. Rosenberg, a former Congressional aide and AIPAC staffer, discusses his article "AIPAC Spent Millions of Dollars to Defeat the Iran Deal. Instead, It May Have Destroyed Itself."

Lauren Walker, a staff writer for Newsweek, discusses how a botched translation landed Yemeni Emad Hassan in Guantanamo for 13 years; his years-long hunger strike; and how he finally got released.

Chris Woods, a London-based investigative journalist and author, discusses the Airwars.org project that monitors the international coalition's airstrikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, in an attempt to verify civilian deaths and bring accountability to the US and its allies.

Keegan Stephan, a writer and political organizer in New York City, discusses his efforts to keep tabs on all the New Yorkers and other Americans killed by cops, and how our broken judicial process makes prosecuting cops almost impossible.

Joshua Hughes, a peace activist and founder of Verdenergia Pacifica, discusses his sustainable farming and forestry operation in Costa Rica (open to ecotourists and those interested in permaculture) and why he prefers it to making a six-figure income in the US.

Gareth Porter, an award-winning journalist and historian, discusses his article, "Behind the Scenes: How the US and Iran Reached Their Landmark Deal;" and how AIPAC and their supporters in Congress are still working to undermine the deal.