Nima Shirazi, a contributing writer for Mondoweiss, discusses the surprisingly rapid progress toward a US-Iran deal; why the US must recognize Iran's inalienable right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy; Obama's precedent-setting phone call to Rouhani - the first direct presidential contact since 1979; and why US airstrikes on Syria appear to be off the table.

John Knefel, co-host of Radio Dispatch and freelance writer, discusses the FBI's out-of-control domestic spying; the "Domain Management" mapping software used to find all the Muslim communities in America; and how the FBI manufactures terrorist plots and entraps stooges to justify their budget.

Joe Lauria, a New York-based independent foreign affairs correspondent, discusses Iranian President Rouhani's press conference at the UN; the nearly-completed agreement on destroying Syria's chemical weapons stocks; Iran's eagerness to make a deal on their nuclear program to remedy the crippling effects of sanctions on their economy; and the Saudi and Israeli opposition to US-Iran rapprochement.

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses why the mainstream media won't cover the NSA's habit of passing raw intelligence on Americans to Israel; a cost-benefit analysis of the US-Israel "special relationship;" the few barriers to making a deal on Iran's nuclear program; and why Rand Paul is just an empty suit.

John Glaser, a writer for Antiwar.com and The Huffington Post, discusses why Obama shouldn't delay making a deal with Iran; the US's clear support for Al Qaeda in Syria - no matter how much John Kerry claims otherwise; John McCain's brain-damaged lunacy; Israel's latest house-demolishing war crimes in the occupied territories; and why no Israel-Palestine peace talks can end illegal Jewish settlements or find a two-state solution.

Brendan O'Neill, editor of Spiked Online, discusses how foreign intervention ruined the genuine Syrian popular protests by discouraging a peaceful settlement with the government; the US's double standard on which Middle Eastern governments are repressive; and why the Syrian conflict could become worse and more widespread than Lebanon's 15 year civil war.

Ali Gharib, a journalist with Al Jazeera and The Daily Beast, discusses his article "US and Iran: The art of the nuclear deal;" the legitimacy (or not) of UN Security Council resolutions condemning Iran's nuclear program; disagreements about Iran's actual obligations/violations under the NPT; and why Bibi Netanyahu fears good US-Iran relations more than Iranian nukes.

Marc Hyden, a coordinator with Conservatives Concerned with the Death Penalty, discusses the 3 main reasons he opposes the death penalty; why the justice system isn't very interested in a person's actual guilt or innocence; problems with eyewitness identification and forensic "experts;" the corruption of juries in capital cases; and the Conservatives Concerned presence at the Conservative Political Action Conference in St. Louis on September 28th.