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On Contact: The Debacle in Afghanistan
On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the debacle in Afghanistan with Danny Sjursen, a graduate of West Point Military Academy, former US Army major and author. He is a combat veteran who served in Iraq and later as an Army captain in...
Aug 27, 2021 07:27
On Contact: Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man & the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to journalist and author, Ariel Sabar, about his new book Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife. Sabar’s book exposes much about the bankruptcy of contemporary...
Jul 4, 2021 06:23
The days of one-night stands are over – anthropologist
The coronavirus pandemic has not only been a health crisis but it has put our relationships to the test as well. We talked about love and human relations in the post-coronavirus era with Helen Fisher, anthropologist and chief scientific adviser for...
Jul 3, 2020 09:14
On Contact: Afghanistan Papers with Spenser Rapone
Chris Hedges talks to Spenser Rapone, former combat veteran and US Army officer, about the Washington Post’s series the ‘Afghanistan Papers’. Drawing on thousands of pages of international government documents about the war in...
Dec 22, 2019 06:51
The body you’re born with may not be the body you’ll die with – Stelarc
Implanting electronics into ourselves still sounds like something straight out of sci-fi for most of us, but for our guest, the human body is obsolete without modern technology. We talked to performance artist and body-experiments pioneer Steralc....
Sep 20, 2019 07:34
American hawks want showdown with China – Pentagon adviser
This century may see the greatest shift in the balance of power in history. Plagued with economic and infrastructure troubles, and internal divisions, the US risks losing its role as global leader. China is preparing to take over the lead role,...
Mar 24, 2017 08:38
Paul Nuttall's detailed psychometric evaluation
Sam explains the Brexit negotiations through the medium of Sylvanian Families, while potential UKIP leader Paul Nuttall is subjected to a psychiatric exam, and Bobby Mair tries to change the public's opinion of killer clowns. With guests Shaun...
Oct 16, 2016 16:49
UK gov’t has no clue what to do after Brexit – Sinn Fein chairman
When the Britain voted to leave the European Union, not all supported the decision. The majority in Northern Ireland doesn’t want to part ways with the EU, but the ‘Leave’ decision is going to be imposed on the whole of the UK....
Oct 10, 2016 06:32
Russia’s Paralympics ban based on report unworthy of paper it's printed on – sports lawyer
The Olympic Games in Rio were marred by scandal as Russia’s track and field athletes were banned from participating in the games, just as the entire Paralympics team was denied permission to take part in the competition. These harsh decisions...
Sep 9, 2016 08:36
Gitmo command ordered inmates chained to ceiling, degraded, tortured - ex-FBI specialist
The recent CIA torture report revealed the agency’s inhumane practices of interrogation during the War on Terror. However, some people claim the information gathered through torture proved valuable and saved lives - but is that so? Is...
Aug 14, 2015 09:30