"The Greatest Bank Robbery Ever" with William K. Black

William K. Black

William Black explains crony capitalism, control fraud, Liars' Loans, fraud incentives, and how bank managers make fraud payoff and let the public pay the bill.
Source: Guns and Butter, for February 29, 2012 - 1:00pm

Gareth Porter

Scott Horton Interviews Gareth Porter

Gareth Porter, investigative journalist and historian talks about Lt. Col. Daniel Davis' efforts to inform the public on the terrible conditions in Afghanistan. He also comments about the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. He explains why the “messianic” Benjamin Netanyahu might start a war with Iran even if it does not benefit Israel.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Gareth Porter







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Music includes John Prine - Sam Stone, Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525, David Rovics - Operation Iraqi Liberation, Odettta - God's A-Gonna Cut You Down, Willie Nelson - Peaceful Solution, Peacesong - Sudden Sound, The Beatles - Flying, U2 - Peace On Earth (Tribute to Heros), Harmonious Combustion - A Song Of Peace, Terry Gangstad - Soap Mouthwash, We'll Meet Again

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Glenn Greenwald Explains How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful

Glenn Greenwald

Harry Kreisler talks with writer Glenn Greenwald.  Glenn analyzes the relationship between principle, power, and law and describes the erosion of the rule of law in the United States.  Highlighting the degree to which the legal system frees the powerful from accountability while harshly treating the powerless, Greenwald describes the origins of the current system, its repudiation of American ideals, and the mechanisms, which sustain it.  He then analyzes the media's abdication of its role as a watchdog. He concludes with a survey of the record of the Obama administration in fulfilling its mandate and argues for an alternative politic.
Source: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful with Glenn Greenwald (Conversations with History)

Gareth Porter

Scott Horton Interviews Gareth Porter

Gareth Porter, investigative historian and journalist discusses Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey’s warning to Israel’s government that the U.S. will not be dragged into war with Iran by a unilateral Israeli attack. He comments on Mossad’s general agreement with the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate on Iran that there is no evidence Iran has decided to pursue a nuclear weapons program.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Gareth Porter


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Music includes Graham Nash - Military Madness, Freeman Z - New Orleans, Wille Nelson - Whatever Happened, Grand Funk Railroad - People Let's Stop the War, The Celebration Of The Lizard - The Unknown Soldier, Animals - Sky Pilot, John Denver - City Of New Orleans, Gandhi Address the People of India, Filled With Love, I am not a number!, Merle Haggard - Rainbow Stew

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How To Stop Corporations, Banksters, and Other Vampires from Sucking America Dry

Dylan Ratigan

Dylan Ratigan is host of “The Dylan Ratigan Show,” on MSNBC and author of Greedy Bastard$!. Dylan Ratigan explains his hardball, gloves-off approach to American politics and big business. Ratigan discusses the repercussions and remedies to the problems America faces. Quentin Hardy is Deputy Technology Editor of The New York Times and moderator of this discussion.
Source: Dylan Ratigan

Tom Engelhardt

It Can't Happen Here

Tom Engelhardt talks about reversals in foreign and military policy and American involvement in the Greater Middle East.
Source: It Can't Happen Here







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Music includes Steve Earle - Jerusalem, Roy Zimmerman - Vote Republican 3.0, Simon and Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence, Janis Ian - Baby I've Been Thinking, Movie Network - Speak the Truth, Charlie Daniels Band - Still in Saigon, JFK 1-20-1961, Buffy Sainte-Marie - Soldier Blue, Matisyahu - One Day, Marx Brothers - The Original Voice Tracks From Their Greatest Movies

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Jack Abramoff explains how lobbyists control Congress

Jack Abramoff

Once the most influential lobbyist in Washington, Jack Abramoff presents an inside look at the lobbying industry and the power it has on Capitol Hill. He discussed his insights with Eliza Newlin Carney, staff writer for CQ and Roll Call, covering lobbying and influence.

Convicted in 2006 of mail fraud and conspiracy, he was at the heart of an extensive corruption investigation that led to the conviction of White House officials J. Steven Griles and David Safavian, U.S. Representative Bob Ney, and nine other lobbyists and Congressional aides. He served three years, six months of a six-year sentence in federal prison before being released early to a Baltimore halfway house on June 8, 2010.
Source: After Words With Jack Abramoff

Chris Woods

Scott Horton Interviews Chris Woods

Chris Woods, documentary producer and freelancer for The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, discusses drones and CIA tactics in Pakistan include targeting rescuers and funerals. He calls for formal investigations of the “secret” war in Pakistan.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Chris Woods






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Music includes Sherreece - Wings, Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Teach Your Children, Edwin Starr - War What Is It Good For, Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Deja Vu, Pink Floyd - Us And Them, We Are One, Reverend Earnest Angry - Robin Williams, Ernest Tubb - Soldier's Last Letter, Herb Alpert - Love Potion No. 9

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What did the West do to succeed?

Niall Ferguson

The economist and historian Niall Ferguson argues that Western civilization came to dominate the world by developing and using six concepts: competition, science, the rule of law, modern medicine, consumerism and the work ethic. As the rest of the world adopts these concepts, the less the west dominates it. Mr. Ferguson discusses the historic power of several western empires and their inevitable decline with author, reporter, and cultural critic Susan Jacoby.
Source: After Words: Niall Ferguson, "Civilization: The West and the Rest," hosted by Susan Jacoby

Stephen Zunes

Stephen Zunes on the Middle East

Stephen Zunes discusses with Scott Horton the Arab Spring as the culmination of decades of peaceful rebellion against tyrannical governments. He explains how violent revolutions tend to breed more violence and result in authoritarian governments. He comments on how the Bush administration helped to bring down a few of Middle East/North African dictators without meaning to.
Source: Scott Horton Interviews Stephen Zunes

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Music includes David Freyer - Rise Up!, Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin', Michael Jackson - History, Mario Cuomo 7-16-1984, Antrim Mennonite Choir - Amazing Grace, Bobby McFerrin - All I Want, Joan Baez - Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

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