12/22/15 Jon B. Carroll

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.

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12/22/15 Seymour Hersh

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.

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12/17/15 Gareth Porter

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.

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12/17/15 Daniel Sanchez

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.”

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12/17/15 Daniel Larison

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.