Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent journalist and author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses the ties between US-armed Syrian "moderates" and the al-Qaeda linked Al Nusra Front, and why the mainstream media is doing their best to ignore the connection.

Rob Prince, a retired teacher of International Studies at the University of Denver, discusses the strategic interests motivating the US government to meddle in Somalia since the 1993 "Black Hawk Down" Battle of Mogadishu; and why the "Obama Doctrine" of using proxy warlords to fight Al-Shabaab isn't working.

Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, discusses the terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium; the many European Muslims returning home from fighting in Syria; and the clueless ineptitude of US foreign policy.

M.J. Rosenberg, a former Senior Foreign Policy Fellow at Media Matters Action Network, discusses Hillary Clinton's speech at the annual AIPAC conference in Washington D.C.; and why pro-Palestinian Americans should give up hope that the US government will ever stop doing Israel's bidding.

Ramzy Baroud, editor of The Palestine Chronicle, discusses the growing popularity of the BDS movement (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) against Israeli apartheid, despite the efforts of Western governments to criminalize the protest tactics.

Jeff Bachman, a Professorial Lecturer in Human Rights at American University, revisits the "humanitarian intervention" in Libya and how the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine was used to justify the US-led regime change.

Will Grigg, a blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the suspicious circumstances in which Rancher LaVoy Finicum was killed by the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team and Oregon State Police troopers at a roadblock in Oregon, as he and a group of federal land policy protesters - led by Ammon Bundy - drove to a scheduled meeting with Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer.

Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), discusses Russian President Putin's decision to pull back the Russian military from Syria - having accomplished his goals of weakening Islamic State and Nusra Front and getting a ceasefire agreement in place.

Roger Charles, co-author of Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed--and Why It Still Matters, discusses President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court, and Garland's role in covering up the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing investigation.

Stephen Zunes, a professor of politics and coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, discusses Hillary Clinton's involvement in the 2009 military coup in Honduras that deposed democratically elected president Manuel Zelaya.

Grant F. Smith, director of research at the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, discusses the 'Israel’s Influence: Good or Bad for America?' conference he is moderating at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. on March 18; and why only Americans are so deluded that they believe Palestinians occupy Israeli land, and not the other way around.

Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent journalist and historian, discusses Secretary of State John Kerry's plan to use cruise missile strikes to force Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, and Obama's refusal to allow it.

Eric Margolis, an internationally-syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses North Korea's progress on nuclear weapons development and why the US would be wise to show restraint instead of engaging in provocative war games with South Korea.

James W. Carden, a contributing writer for The Nation and former advisor on Russia at the US State Department, discusses the neocon-dominated US media's constant anti-Russia propaganda and how it could end in catastrophe.

Arun Kundnani, author of The Muslims Are Coming!: Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror, discusses the FBI's plan to spy on high school students as part of their "Preventing Violent Extremism in Schools" program .