Christian Stork, Assistant Editor and Staff Writer for WhoWhatWhy.com, discusses his article "Connections Between Michael Hastings, Edward Snowden And Barrett Brown - The War With The Security State;" some background information on Barrett Brown, Anonymous and HB Gary; how Michael Hastings was connected to the Barrett Brown story and Project PM; and how Endgame Systems has profited from zero-day exploit hacking.

Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg discusses his recent arrest during Hiroshima Day protests at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; why land-based nuclear weapons have no good reason to exist; the effects of nuclear winter; and how ICBMs equipped with conventional warheads (so the US can kill anyone in the world in 1/2 an hour) could start a nuclear war.

Jason Leopold, a journalist with Al Jazeera, discusses the government's claim that "Al-Qaeda might attack Guantanamo" if they reveal details about Guantanamo prisoner genital searches requested in Leopold's motion to intervene in a federal court case.

Ted Snider, a writer for Znet and Counterpunch, discusses how the Obama administration uses the trappings of democracy to effect "silent coups" abroad; the manufactured popular protests designed for regime change, from Iran in 2009 to Egypt today; and how WikiLeaks revealed that the State Department was well aware the 2009 Honduran "constitutional crisis" was nothing but a coup d'état endorsed by Washington.

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses the US embassy closures in the Middle East due to some vague Al Qaeda terrorism threat; allegations that the White House is threatening the families of CIA officers to shut up about the Benghazi incident; and John McCain's new lows on kowtowing to the Israel lobby in the US Senate.

Nuclear physicist Yousaf Butt discusses the Wall Street Journal's fearmongering on Iran's nuclear program; why the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty needs replacing; how Iran's moderate President Rouhani is frustrating the neoconservatives; and the obvious outlines of a US-Iran nuclear agreement.

Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute For Peace and Prosperity, discusses John McCain's eagerness to go to war with Russia; how "pro democracy" NGOs manufacture regime change in other countries; the US's role in Egypt's military coup; and the ins and outs of the Benghazi scandal.

Greg Mitchell, blogger for The Nation and author of Atomic Cover-up, discusses his revisionist history on President Truman's decision to nuke Hiroshima and Nagasaki; the US's longstanding nuclear first strike policy; the top military figures against dropping the bomb on Japan in WWII; the government's decades-long suppression of facts on radiation sickness and civilian casualties; and why Russia's entry in the war was the real tipping point to Japan's ultimate surrender.

Sheldon Richman, vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses his decidedly not-boring article "Frédéric Bastiat and Subjective Marginal Utility;" why economics is really all about human interaction; and why the minimum wage argument misses the point.

Reza Marashi, Research Director for the National Iranian American Council, discusses the latest inflammatory mistranslation of an Iranian president's comments about Israel; how moderate Hassan Rouhani could help mend Iran's relations with the West; and the Obama administration's bad-faith negotiating style.

Patrick Cockburn, a journalist for The Independent, discusses the increasing violence in Iraq; Kurdistan's progress towards independence; the lesser-evilism of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki; why the US continues to aid the floundering Syrian rebels; and what really happened during the Libyan and Egyptian regime changes.

Philip Giraldi, executive director of the Council for the National Interest, discusses the Feds raiding ordinary Americans doing web searches for pressure cookers and backpacks; sabotaging a US-Iran deal on Iran's nuclear program; why government is a racket; why Bradley Manning did the right thing but deserves (some) prison time anyway; and his latest article "Spinning Yarns in the Mainstream Media."

Alexa O'Brien, the unofficial transscriptionist of Bradley Manning's trial, discusses the sentencing phase after Manning's conviction on 20 charges; the government's three classified damage assessments being used against him; the appearance that Judge Lind (who was promoted during the trial) works for the prosecution; and the controversy on just who leaked the Garani airstrike video, and when.

Libertarian activist George Donnelly discusses how his company Shield Mutual is defending customer Adam Kokesh's reputation following his over-the-top arrest by a SWAT team for victimless crimes, and how you can show Judge Frederick Sullivan that Adam Kokesh is not "a very dangerous man" by posting a video clip at myfriendAdam.org.

Arlo Pignotti, creator of QR code Commodity Discs, discusses how his silver and copper medallions can be used as an alternative currency to US dollars, and how you can get a free silver medallion by donating $100 to the Scott Horton Show.