Rick Shenkman, founder of the History News Network and author of Political Animals, discusses how the human brain's evolutionary development has made us suckers for politicians, like Ted Cruz, who use "bluster and bigotry" to gain popularity.

Trevor Timm, founder of the Freedom of the Press Foundation and a columnist for The Guardian, discusses the Making A Murderer Netflix documentary series, and why this miscarriage of justice is the rule, rather than the exception, in the American criminal justice system.

Eli Clifton, a writer on politics and US foreign policy, discusses his Lobelog article "Washington's Multi-Million-Dollar Saudi PR Machine."

Najam Haider, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at Barnard College, discusses the theological differences between and within Sunni and Shia Muslims, and the motivation of Islamic terrorists.

Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, discusses his article "Neocons at National Review: ‘Stop Calling Us Neocons!'"

Seamusin Reilly, an independent analyst and opinion writer, discusses why the US dollar remains the world's reserve currency and how that status shapes the government's foreign policy.

Greg Archetto, a former State Department and Defense Department official, discusses his article "The Conscience of an Arms Dealer: How a Bombed Airport in Yemen and My Year With Rand Paul Made Me Quit the Pentagon."

Christine Ahn, a columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus and Executive Director of Women Cross DMZ, discusses North Korea's recent claim that they detonated a hydrogen bomb; the failure of Obama's hawkish "collapsism" foreign policy; and how simple diplomacy can build bridges even with North Korea.

Brad Hoff, the managing editor of Levant Report, discusses the latest released batch of Hillary Clinton's emails from the State Department, and what they reveal about her dirty war in Libya.

Janet Reitman, author of Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion, discusses her Rolling Stone article "Inside Gitmo: America's Shame," about the legal farce that continues more than 15 years after 9/11.

Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute, discusses "skyscraper booms" and what they indicate about the broader economy's health.

Gareth Porter, an award-winning investigative journalist, discusses the US military's disagreement with Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration's policy of regime change in Syria and Libya; and Seymour Hersh's article on the subject.

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses the implications of the Wall Street Journal article "U.S. Spy Net on Israel Snares Congress: NSA's targeting of Israeli leaders swept up the content of private conversations with U.S. lawmakers."

Eric Margolis, author of American Raj: Liberation or Domination, discusses why the New York Times article claiming Russian President Vladimir Putin is instigating another Cold War with the US has the story completely backwards.

Patrick Cockburn, a Middle East correspondent for The Independent, discusses why the Syrian civil war, already starting its fifth year, will be producing terrorist attacks and refugee disasters for the foreseeable future.