Christian Appy, an author and professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, discusses the powerfully enduring myth of the US's "merciful ending to the good war," culminating in the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years ago.

Scott Paul, Oxfam America's senior humanitarian policy advisor, discusses the desperate humanitarian crisis in Yemen where an intense bombing campaign by a Saudi-led coalition has left the country in ruins.

Conn Hallinan, a writer with Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses his article "Behind Washington’s ‘Crackpot’ Deal with Turkey to Fight ISIS;" and why Obama has decided to provide air cover for the "moderates" fighting Syria's army.

Daoud Kuttab, an award-winning Palestinian journalist, discusses how the Israeli government hopes to deflect the force of international law against illegal Jewish settlements by describing "price tag" attacks on Palestinians as terrorism.

Muhammad Sahimi, co-founder and editor of Iran News & Middle East Reports, discusses the lies being told about the Iran nuclear deal, sanctions relief, and the IAEA's (legally obligated) secrecy.

Justin Logan, the director of foreign policy at the Cato Institute, discusses why Iran has no chance to become the "regional hegemon in the Middle East" once sanctions are lifted and Iran's economy improves.

Anand Gopal, author of No Good Men Among the Living, discusses the death of Mullah Omar, the future of the Taliban, and why the US war in Afghanistan hasn't really ended.

Anthony Weller, editor of First Into Nagasaki, discusses his father's bold journalistic investigations in post-atomic bomb Nagasaki, and how the US government covered up the evidence of the bomb's gruesome effects on its surviving victims.

Mike Maharrey, the communications director for the Tenth Amendment Center, discusses the six state laws going into effect that nullify federal overreach, including "right to try" laws bypassing FDA drug restrictions for terminally ill patients, and legalizing industrial hemp.

Walead Farwana, an American researcher, writer, and amateur historian, discusses the advent of Hezbollah and the 30+ year Iranian relationship with the organization.

Jonathan Marshall, an independent researcher and writer, discusses his article "Obama's Egypt Policy Breeds Terrorism;" and why even neoconservatives want the Egyptian military-led government to dial back its "campaign of indiscriminate repression."

Chris Woods, author of Sudden Justice: America’s Secret Drone Wars, discusses the hundreds of civilian casualties in Iraq and Syria killed by the US-led coalition of countries that are conducting airstrikes, including Turkey and Israel.

Len Ackland, a former newspaper reporter and editor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists magazine, discusses how the "nuclear weapons complex" successfully lobbied Washington to build the B61-12 guided nuclear bomb, breaking Obama's pledge not to build new nukes.

Eli Clifton, a reporter on money in politics and US foreign policy, discusses the $145 million budget for AIPAC, United Against Nuclear Iran, and other groups furiously lobbying Congress to reject the Iran nuclear agreement.

Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent journalist and historian, discusses former IAEA deputy director Olli Heinonen's misleading or false claims that the verification system in the Iran nuclear agreement is too lax to prevent Iran from covertly making a bomb.