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On Contact: Israeli-Palestinian conflict
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Professor Ilan Pappe from the University of Exeter. The Biden administration has turned its back on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, always more political theater than...
Oct 8, 2021 05:35
Bitcoin's only use is to hold on to it and hope – economist
The cryptocurrency craze is promising to bring about a new financial revolution while critics argue whether this gamble is worthwhile. We talk about this with Peter Schiff, stockbroker, chief economist and global strategist at Euro Pacific Capital....
Mar 12, 2021 06:16
On Contact: Boxing white supremacy
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Professor Gerald Horne about the importance of boxing in the shattering of white supremacy. Professor Horne’s new book is ‘The Bittersweet Science: Racism, Racketeering and the...
Feb 14, 2021 07:46
Scientists never sure of anything – Ig Nobel Prize founder
As one famous sci-fi author once said, the phrase that heralds most discoveries is not “Eureka!” but “that's funny”... Marс Abrahams, the founder of the Ig Nobel Prize and the editor of Annals of Improbable Research magazine,...
Dec 25, 2020 06:44
UN Rapporteur Alena Douhan: Unilateral sanctions attack fundamental human rights! (E940)
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Negative Impact of the Unilateral Coercive Measure on Human Rights Alena Douhan. She discusses the legacy of her predecessor Idriss Jazairy who had appeared many...
Oct 28, 2020 08:30
On Contact: Nonviolent rebellion with Roger Hallam
Chris Hedges discusses resistance with Roger Hallam, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion and author of ‘Common Sense for the 21st Century: Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown and Social Collapse’. EXTRA NOTES:In April...
Aug 2, 2020 06:32
On Contact: Ayn Rand with Prof. Lisa Duggan
On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the outsized influence of the writer, Ayn Rand, on America's business and financial elite with New York University professor and author, Lisa Duggan. Duggan's new book is entitled 'Mean Girl: Ayn Rand...
Jan 19, 2020 13:20
McMindfulness with Ron Purser
Chris Hedges talks to Ron Purser, professor of management at San Francisco State University, about the growth of mindfulness meditation in the mainstream. As meditation makes its way into schools, prisons and government agencies, Purser argues the...
Jan 12, 2020 07:03
On Contact: Activism with the Kings Bay Plowshares 7
Chris Hedges talks to New York Catholic Workers Martha Hennessy and Carmen Trotta about breaking into the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base to charge the US government with crimes against peace on April 4, 2018. The peace activists, known as...
Oct 27, 2019 06:51
On Contact: Rebel, Rebel with Kevin Zeese and Dr Margaret Flowers
Host Chris Hedges talks to activists Dr Margaret Flowers and attorney Kevin Zeese, who run Popular Resistance, about power and the effect of organized, sustained civil disobedience and forms of non-cooperation when it comes to issues of war,...
Oct 13, 2019 08:39