Gareth Porter, author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses Iran's fulfillment of its obligations under the nuclear agreement (JCPOA), and why it won't blunt the US's belligerent Middle East foreign policy.

Jason Leopold, author of News Junkie, discusses Italy's prosecution (in absentia) of CIA officers involved in the 2003 rendition of Abu Omar to Egypt where he was tortured; and why former CIA counter-terrorism officer Sabrina De Sousa is the only one to face imprisonment thus far.

Sarah Helm, a former Middle East Correspondent for The Independent, discusses her article "ISIS in Gaza," about the allure of radical Islam to disillusioned young Palestinians who are weary of Hamas's failure to achieve peace and an independent state.

Jacqui Shine, a Chicago-based writer and historian, discusses her article "Inside the Police-Industrial Complex," inspired by her visit to the 2015 convention of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, discusses his lobbying effort to finally get Guantanamo closed, release the prisoners who are wrongly-held, and try the remaining few for terrorism in proper federal courts on US soil.

Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council, discusses Iran's progress at fulfilling its obligations of the nuclear deal, which should get the crippling economic sanctions lifted; and how Saudi Arabia is trying to prevent US-Iranian relations from improving.

Patrick Cockburn, a Middle East correspondent for The Independent, discusses the Arab Spring's hopeful beginning and disastrous outcome in every country (except Tunisia) where a democratic uprising threatened the established autocracy.

Mike Swanson, author of The War State and founder of Wall Street Window, discusses how the Fed helped blow a huge bubble in corporate bonds, and why debt-financed stock buybacks can't possibly continue at the rate they've been going.

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."