The "debt ceiling" and the war on social programs
On today's episode Walter Smolarek and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the so-called “debt ceiling” government borrowing limit. As the countdown begins to a default, right wing politicians are using the s...
25 Jan 202328min
Biggest Fraud in History? Pentagon Can’t Locate Over Half Its Assets w/ Lee Camp
The Pentagon has “lost track” of more than half of its assets, based on its fifth failed audit in a row. The Pentagon’s assets include troops, weapons, battleships, submarines, buildings, and more, co...
19 Jan 202347min
How to Become a Billionaire
On today's episode Brian and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss widening global inequality in light of the Oxfam report showing that two-thirds of all wealth created around the world since 2020 has gone to...
18 Jan 202330min
U.S. Game Plan for South Korea
Even a film screening of a North Korean family drama is getting South Korean organizers in trouble under the administration of right-wing President Yoon, as he takes the country back toward the op...
17 Jan 202349min
How the CIA Politically Manipulates Islam for the US War Agenda
The U.S. government has funded, written books for, and otherwise supported the development of right-wing Islam extremism to support U.S. imperialist goals. Then they turn around and stoke Islamophobia...
12 Jan 202353min
7,000 Nurses Say 'Enough!' & Strike: What's Causing the Healthcare Crisis?
On today's episode Brian and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the strike that 7,000 nurses are on in New York. What's behind this huge strike and the increasing wave of strikes? Professor Richard Wolff ...
11 Jan 202324min
$10 Trillion for Nuclear War: Racing to the Nuclear Cliff
The United States is adding even more money and capacity into its cache of nuclear weapons, the detonation of which would mean tens of millions of people dying. What's behind the estimated $10 trill...
10 Jan 202353min
How the U.S.’s Taiwan Policy Makes War with China a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
A growing chorus of U.S. elites are calling for the U.S. government to prepare for war with China. The strategy hinges on coercing Taiwan into the middle of the “major power conflict” with mainland Ch...
5 Jan 202353min
