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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The extraordinary film that will change your mind about refugees
04/10/2019 Duration: 46min“Midnight Traveler” tells the harrowing story of Afghani director Hassan Fazili and his family’s displacement as filmed on their cell phones.
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There’s Only One Superpower Left and It’s Not America
27/09/2019 Duration: 41minIn a world in which global opinion reigns, public diplomacy rooted in nationalism and propaganda will not save us from pressing crises.
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America Keeps Getting China All Wrong
20/09/2019 Duration: 44minThe two international giants are linked in inextricable ways, and yet Americans’ understanding of China consistently lacks nuance.
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The solution to homelessness is staring us all in the face
13/09/2019 Duration: 41minPeople like Becky Dennison are working to address to one of America’s most urgent crises with a straightforward approach.
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The Most Consequential Whistleblower Who Wasn't
06/09/2019 Duration: 40minIn the run-up to the Iraq War, Katharine Gun, the subject of the film “Official Secrets,” nearly changed the course of history with one corageous decision.
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White Supremacy Is as American as Apple Pie
30/08/2019 Duration: 37minA documentary about a black woman’s reunion with relatives who have been passing as white gets to the heart of one of the nation’s founding wounds.
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The Latest Victim in the Crucifixion of Julian Assange
23/08/2019 Duration: 51minThe mysterious arrest of a Swedish data privacy activist with links to the WikiLeaks founder raises important questions about government surveillance.
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Democracy Dies Without Alternative Media
16/08/2019 Duration: 42minWhere would America be without the muckraking journalists and the publications that champion their work?
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Is Trump Building a White Ethnostate?
09/08/2019 Duration: 41minAuthor and University of Michigan professor Alexandra Minna Stern traces the origins of America's burgeoning white nationalist movement.
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America Has Gulags In Its Own Backyard
02/08/2019 Duration: 31minIn a groundbreaking series, Shoshana Walter reveals the work camps operating all over the country under the guise of rehab centers.
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We Could Solve the Israel-Palestine Conflict Tomorrow
26/07/2019 Duration: 50minFilmmakers Abby Martin and Mike Prysner discuss the war crimes being committed in Gaza and how a resolution could be reached in the Middle East.
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New Low in Greed: Care Home Operators Rake in Millions, Pay Workers $2 an Hour for 24/7 shifts
19/07/2019 Duration: 42minA new investigative report uncovers rampant exploitation of caregivers at residential care homes across the nation, many of them poor immigrants who work for a pittance around the clock with no days off, often sleeping on floors, couches, or in garages while the care home owners get rich, breaking several labor laws.
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The Media Is Complicit in Julian Assange’s Torture
12/07/2019 Duration: 44minA United Nations expert finds the WikiLeaks founder has been subjected to psychological torture, and media around the globe played a part.
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The Homegrown Crisis California Refuses to Own
05/07/2019 Duration: 40minOne of the wealthiest and most liberal states in America has created a humanitarian emergency that only those who caused it can truly fix.
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The Sordid Story Behind the Mass Extinction of Languages
28/06/2019 Duration: 44minLanguages along with the world views they contain are dying out at an alarming rate. Sadly, this is by no means an accident, argues Lena Herzog.
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Elon Musk Is Gaslighting America
21/06/2019 Duration: 33minJournalist Will Evans exposed Tesla’s flagrant labor violations, but all the company’s founder did was shrug him off and cry "fake news."
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The Lies Liberals Tell Themselves About the Second Amendment
14/06/2019 Duration: 40minA deep-seated denial of the racist, colonial roots of gun rights in the U.S. underlies the left’s flawed approach to domestic arms control.
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Can We Learn Anything From Our Forever Wars?
07/06/2019 Duration: 33minIn a brutally honest exit interview, recently retired U.S. Army Maj. Danny Sjursen opens up about his 18 years as a witness to the carnage of America’s forever wars.
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Did the Left Get Zionism and Israel Totally Wrong?
31/05/2019 Duration: 37minSusie Linfield traces the history behind what she views as a leftist abandonment of Zionism by Jewish intellectuals such as Noam Chomsky and Hannah Arendt.
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The Americanization of Popular Culture Should Terrify Us All
24/05/2019 Duration: 34minHollywood's triumph in the global culture wars is a serious cause for concern at a time in which conglomerates and uniformity reign, argues French scholar Violaine Roussel.