AUDIO: Robert Scheer Speaks With Jill Stein About the Green Party and the 2016 Election

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 8, 2016 In this week’s “Scheer Intelligence,” the Truthdig editor-in-chief’s podcast on KCRW, Stein talks about her evolution from a Harvard idealist to a family physician, environmental activist and now political candidate, and why she believes she and Bernie Sanders are more similar than different. Dig deeper ( 36 Min. Read )

AUDIO: Robert Scheer Interviews Ralph Nader, Consumer Advocate and Voice Against Corporate Power

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 22, 2016 In this week’s episode of “Scheer Intelligence,” the Truthdig editor-in-chief’s podcast on KCRW, Nader talks about the rise of Bernie Sanders and the conditions he believes that Sanders must set in order to endorse Hillary Clinton in the event she wins the Democratic nomination. Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )

AUDIO: Robert Scheer Interviews Tom Dine, a Longtime Advocate for Israel and Mideast Peace

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 9, 2016 In Friday's episode of "Scheer Intelligence," Truthdig's editor-in-chief speaks with Tom Dine, senior policy adviser at the Israel Policy Forum and former head of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, about Dine’s career in public service, the thwarting of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Dine's role in negotiations between Syria and Israel in recent years. Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )

AUDIO: Robert Scheer on ‘The Hunting Ground’—a Documentary About Sexual Assault on Campus

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 27, 2015 In the fifth episode of “Scheer Intelligence,” Truthdig's editor-in-chief discusses the documentary film "The Hunting Ground" (airing again on Sunday, Dec 27 on CNN) with its director, Kirby Dick, and producer, Amy Ziering The film has been shown at hundreds of college campuses, provoking heated discussions about the prevalence of sexual assault and how educational institutions handle accusations of rape In the fifth episode of “Scheer Intelligence,” Truthdig's editor-in-chief discusses the documentary film "The Hunting Ground" (airing again on Sunday, Dec. Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )

AUDIO: Robert Scheer Hosts Dennis Kucinich — an Unpredictable American Original

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 28, 2015 In the third episode of “Scheer Intelligence,” eight-term Ohio congressman and two-time presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich raps about the underbelly of U.S. politics going back to his days as Cleveland’s “boy mayor” in the late 1970s. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

AUDIO: Robert Scheer and David Talbot Explore the Origins of America’s Secret Government

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 14, 2015 In the second episode of "Scheer Intelligence”—Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer’s new KCRW podcast—Salon.com founding Editor David Talbot tells how former CIA chief Allen Dulles defied Franklin Roosevelt to conscript former Nazi leaders in preparation for war with the Soviet Union—one of many deviations from official history that are recounted in Talbot's new book, "The Devil's Chessboard." (With transcript)In the second episode of "Scheer Intelligence”—Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer’s new KCRW podcast—Salon.com founding Editor David Talbot tells how former CIA chief Allen Dulles defied Franklin Roosevelt to conscript former Nazi leaders in preparation for war with the Soviet Union, as reported in Talbot's new book, "The Devil's Chessboard." Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )

AUDIO: Robert Scheer and John Dean on Richard Nixon, Ted Cruz and the Abuse of Power

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Oct 31, 2015 In the premiere episode of KCRW's "Scheer Intelligence," Truthdig's editor-in-chief sits down with John Dean, the former Nixon legal adviser who blew the lid off the Watergate scandal In this podcast, Dean offers his take on the misuse of power under the guise of national security—both during the Nixon era and today (Above, Robert Scheer interviewing President Nixon for the Los Angeles Times in 1985). Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )

Scheer: Brought to You by the NRA

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 13, 2000 The National Rifle Association and gun manufacturers are right -- if George Bush is elected president, they've got it madeThe gun sellers who want to add to the national supply of 200 million guns in civilian hands have broken off negotiations for new safety measures in the hopes of a kinder Bush administration Only last week, NRA First Vice President Kayne Robinson boasted that if Bush wins the White House, "We'll have a president where we work out of their office -- unbelievably friendly relations". Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )