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RT News - February 24 2022 (13:00 MSK)
Vladimir Putin has ordered a special military operation in Donbass, saying the aim is to protect people there. The Russian Defense Ministry says there is no threat to civilians in Ukraine and the Russian president stressed Russia had no plans to...
Feb 24, 2022 12:06
On Contact: Corporate assault on US Postal Service
Chris Hedges discusses the corporate assault against the US Postal Service with author Christopher W. Shaw. The corporate seizure of public utilities and privatization of schools is part of a broad assault to turn government assets into assets that...
Jan 21, 2022 05:52
On Contact: Outlier – Jimmy Carter
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the legacy of the Carter administration with his biographer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Kai Bird. Jimmy Carter, America’s 39th president, who served one term from 1977 to 1981 before being defeated by...
Jan 16, 2022 06:22
On Contact: Neofascist seizure of America’s state governments
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the seizure of state governments by America’s homegrown neofascist movement with the historian Paul Street. The creeping homegrown Christianized fascism that is steadily gaining power in the United States is...
Oct 22, 2021 06:45
On Contact: Trauma & Transformation in an American Prison, Part 2
In the second of a two-part interview, journalist Hugh Hamilton discusses with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Chris Hedges the role of race and poverty in mass incarceration, as chronicled in Hedges’ new book, ‘Our Class:...
Oct 17, 2021 07:27
On Contact: Economic disobedience and debt abolition
On the show this week, Chris Hedges discuss economic disobedience and debt refusal with Thomas Gokey from Debt Collective. Most people in the United States are burdened by staggering amounts of debt. They accrue mounting debt because they are forced...
Jul 23, 2021 08:53
On Contact: Pandemic 2
On the show this week, in the second of a two-part interview, Chris Hedges continues his discussion with philosopher Slavoj Zizek about the social, political and psychological consequences of prolonged lockdowns and social distancing, as well...
Jul 16, 2021 08:09
On Contact: Pandemic!
On the show this week, the first of a two-part interview, Chris Hedges discusses the social, political, cultural and economic ramifications of the pandemic with the philosopher Slavoj Zizek. “Driven by demand to persevere and not to fail, as...
Jul 14, 2021 07:58
On Contact: Palestinian and Israeli hostilities
Chris Hedges discusses the disputes between the Palestinians and Israelis with Palestinian political activist Dr. Sami Al-Arian. Hedges argues that nearly all the words and phrases used by the Democrats, Republicans, and the talking heads in the...
May 16, 2021 06:12
Humor a great way to speak truth to power – ‘humor engineer’
Humor can be a lifeboat in dark times when it seems we have nothing to laugh about at all. But how is today’s reality transforming what we find funny? We talked about this with Andrew Tarvin, humor engineer and bestselling author....
Dec 4, 2020 07:10