Synopsis
Scheer Intelligence features thoughtful and provocative conversations with "American Originals" -- people who, through a lifetime of engagement with political issues, offer unique and often surprising perspectives on the day's most important issues.
Episodes
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Coronavirus has already transformed America, for better and for worse
10/04/2020 Duration: 48minIn a special edition of “Scheer Intelligence,” host Robert Scheer becomes the guest as filmmaker Stephen French asks for the journalist’s take on the unprecedented crisis.
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Even the ICC Can’t Rein in American Exceptionalism
03/04/2020 Duration: 59minThe U.S. response to the international criminal court’s decision to permit an investigation into the Afghanistan War highlights the profound danger America poses to the world.
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The Afghanistan War Turned Americans Into ‘Good Germans’
13/03/2020 Duration: 59minA combat veteran reflects on the moral impact America’s longest war has had on its own people.
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Bernie Sanders Is Trying to Save the Democratic Party From Itself
06/03/2020 Duration: 46minThe class war that gave rise to Sanders’ campaign is the fault of a long line of corporate Democrats like Joe Biden, and voters know it.
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Julian Bond Was a Radical Long Before MLK
28/02/2020 Duration: 47minThe lifelong activist often adopted radical positions on a number of issues, including war and the environment, a new book reveals.
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The CIA’s Complicity in Modern Global Atrocities Revealed
21/02/2020 Duration: 44minIntelligence expert William Binney discusses the revelation that a widely used encryption service has been in CIA hands for decades.
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The Clinton Machine Will Do Anything to Stop Bernie
07/02/2020 Duration: 01h05minIt’s not just Sanders that the Democratic establishment is frightened of, it’s the powerful working class movement he’s helped build.
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Dennis Kucinich: The Democratic Party Has No Soul
31/01/2020 Duration: 40minAs tensions between the left and right wings of the Democratic Party continue to rise, the former Congress member offers an insider’s take on the party.
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The Greatest Threat to the Prison Industrial Complex
24/01/2020 Duration: 01h01minA new PBS documentary provides insight into a prison initiative that is fighting recidivism with an unlikely tool.
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Noam Chomsky Makes the Case for the Lesser of Two Evils
17/01/2020 Duration: 40minIn the second part of an engrossing interview, the renowned thinker explains his criticisms of Israel and his take on U.S. electoral politics.
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Noam Chomsky: America Has Built a Global Dystopia
10/01/2020 Duration: 43minIn the first installment of a remarkable two-part interview, the two left-wing public intellectuals meet for the first time to discuss world politics.
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The Bipartisan Profiteers Who Demolished the American Dream
13/12/2019 Duration: 45minWhen it comes to the U.S. housing crisis, the blame from the wholesale swindling of the American people lies on all ends of the political spectrum.
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The Plot to Discredit and Destroy Julian Assange
06/12/2019 Duration: 40minSeveral nations have played a role in the WikiLeaks publisher’s demise as corporate media stands idly by.
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America’s Darkest Secrets Are Laid Bare in ‘The Report’
29/11/2019 Duration: 48minA new film about the CIA torture report brings to life the brutal reality of the crimes the agency committed post-9/11.
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The stain on America’s collective soul that will not wash away
22/11/2019 Duration: 53minAlthough the extent of our lawless detention program in Guantanamo Bay is something many Americans know little about, it affects us all.
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The center cannot hold off climate catastrophe
08/11/2019 Duration: 41minExperts worldwide are trying to tackle climate change with radical proposals, but one thinker is advocating for a more moderate approach.
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There is no Donald J. Trump without William F. Buckley
01/11/2019 Duration: 51minAn in-depth look at a debate between James Baldwin and Buckley reveals ever-relevant truths about racism in modern America.
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The drug trade isn’t just killing people, it’s killing the planet
25/10/2019 Duration: 38minA gripping documentary documents the surprising role drug cartels and illegal traffickers are playing in the looming extinction of a rare whale.
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We’re having the wrong conversation about mental health
18/10/2019 Duration: 45minTwo of the most urgent crises facing Americans---mental health and homelessness---are inextricably linked. The failure to see this has only made things worse.
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The Man Who Created a President From Beyond the Grave
11/10/2019 Duration: 45minA bone-chilling documentary about Roy Cohn, Donald Trump’s mentor, reveals the all-American evil that brought us modern-day politics.