Charles Goyette, a New York Times bestselling author and national radio commentator, discusses the American people's disgust for the mainstream political establishment, and how they are being misled by the false populism and economic solutions promised by Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.

Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer and Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses Turkey's betrayal of the US on ISIS and the Kurds; and the Iran nuclear deal opponents who are rehashing long-ago debunked claims that Iranian EFPs killed US soldiers in Iraq.

John Kiriakou, a former CIA officer and torture whistleblower, discusses his earlier erroneous defense of the CIA's torture program; his 30 month prison sentence for violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act; and how former CIA Director George Tenet's secrecy kept the FBI out of the loop on terrorist cells in the US - and possibly allowed 9/11 to happen.

Chase Strangio, an ACLU staff attorney representing whistleblower Chelsea Manning, discusses why Manning is facing indefinite solitary confinement during her 35 year sentence in a military prison for such infractions as using expired toothpaste and possessing magazines.

Robert Higgs, Senior Fellow in Political Economy for the Independent Institute, discusses how the current extended period of Fed-induced low interest rates have encouraged risky investor behavior and a "false recovery" from the last recession in 2009.

Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst, discusses the revived tensions between the US/NATO and Russia as both sides prepare for war in Ukraine, where the proto-fascist Right Sector is gaining power.

David Bromwich, Professor of Literature at Yale, discusses how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his "marionettes" are intervening in US politics to an unprecedented degree by demanding the obedience of Congress to Israel in their effort to undermine Obama and destroy the Iran nuclear deal.

Brad Hoff, Managing Editor of Levant Report, discusses former DIA director Michael Flynn's confirmation that the White House deliberately backed the radical Islamic factions within the Syrian insurgency, including Al Qaeda - which amounts to treason at the highest level of US government.

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.

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.

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.

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.