Charles Goyette, a New York Times bestselling author and national radio commentator, discusses the American people's disgust for the mainstream political establishment, and how they are being misled by the false populism and economic solutions promised by Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.

Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer and Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses Turkey's betrayal of the US on ISIS and the Kurds; and the Iran nuclear deal opponents who are rehashing long-ago debunked claims that Iranian EFPs killed US soldiers in Iraq.

John Kiriakou, a former CIA officer and torture whistleblower, discusses his earlier erroneous defense of the CIA's torture program; his 30 month prison sentence for violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act; and how former CIA Director George Tenet's secrecy kept the FBI out of the loop on terrorist cells in the US - and possibly allowed 9/11 to happen.

Chase Strangio, an ACLU staff attorney representing whistleblower Chelsea Manning, discusses why Manning is facing indefinite solitary confinement during her 35 year sentence in a military prison for such infractions as using expired toothpaste and possessing magazines.

Robert Higgs, Senior Fellow in Political Economy for the Independent Institute, discusses how the current extended period of Fed-induced low interest rates have encouraged risky investor behavior and a "false recovery" from the last recession in 2009.

Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst, discusses the revived tensions between the US/NATO and Russia as both sides prepare for war in Ukraine, where the proto-fascist Right Sector is gaining power.