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.

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.

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.

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.

Scott Paul, senior humanitarian policy advisor for Oxfam America, discusses how the US-Saudi war in Yemen has created a world-leading humanitarian crisis for the remaining civilian population.

Seymour Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author, discusses the US military's covert opposition to the Obama administration's "Assad must go" policy in Syria, including intelligence-sharing with the Syrian army to prevent Jabhat al-Nusra and Islamic State from taking over.

Jon B. Carroll, co-founder of the Alabama Justice Project and a member of Reporters Without Borders, discusses the latest updates on his previous reporting about the Dothan, Alabama police force's decade-long practice of framing young black men for drug and weapons crimes; why Radley Balko is skeptical of the story; and a former prosecutor's confirmation of Carroll's claims.

Gareth Porter, an award-winning investigative journalist and historian, discusses the IAEA's "final assessment" on the possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program; and how the agency has served as the US's political tool for many years.

Daniel Larison, a senior editor at The American Conservative, discusses the bleak prospects for a UN-brokered ceasefire in Yemen, where the Saudi coalition's blockade threatens starvation and a humanitarian catastrophe.

Daniel Sanchez, a regular columnist for Antiwar.com, discusses the new Star Wars movie and how the Star Wars franchise reinforces Randolph Bourne's claim that "war is the health of the state."

Stephen Zunes, professor of politics and international studies at the University of San Francisco, discusses why Israel still wants regime change in Syria, even if the Islamic State takes over; and US efforts to eliminate all nationalist Arab governments.