Robert Scheer
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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Trump Is the Sweaty Armpit of Monopoly Capitalism
Journalist David Dayen examines how the greatest danger to our American society doesn’t come from the White House, but from a few obscenely powerful corporations. → Read More
How Afghanistan Went From Hippie Haven To War Battleground
In this week’s episode of KCRW’s “Scheer Intelligence,” Robert Scheer talks to Jere Van Dyk, who has reported on Afghanistan since the 1970s and has writ... → Read More
Director Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant Wants to Make Vietnam Great Again
Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant has an underlying mission in her art: to shed light on complex Vietnamese history and challenge Vietnamese stereotypes. Her la... → Read More
Filmmakers Look At The Myths Of Racism
Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis’ new documentary “Whose Streets?” may take the recent racial justice movement out of Ferguson, Mo., as its main focus, but... → Read More
Sarah Pillsbury On The Intersection Of Hollywood And Activism
Sarah Pillsbury does not have a conventional Hollywood career. On top of producing such films as “Desperately Seeking Susan” and “And the Band Played On,... → Read More
How the Internet Has Transformed Capitalism
Jonathan Taplin, the founding director of the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab, doesn’t believe in the “internet revolution.” In this week’s episode of ... → Read More
How the Internet Has Transformed Capitalism
Jonathan Taplin, the founding director of the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab, doesn’t believe in the “internet revolution.” In this week’s episode of ... → Read More
‘Nobody Speak’: How Billionaires Are Silencing the First Amendment
When documentary filmmaker Brian Knappenberger set out to make a film about Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker Media, he didn’t fully realize the impact... → Read More
Author Rebecca Carroll On Identity And The ‘Monolith Of Blackness’
In this week’s episode of KCRW’s “Scheer Intelligence,” Robert Scheer interviews Rebecca Carroll about race, her writing process and the current climate ... → Read More
America’s Incarceration Crisis: Are We ‘Doomed To Repeat The Same Failed Policies’?
In this week’s episode of “Scheer Intelligence” for KCRW, Robert Scheer speaks with James Forman Jr. The Yale Law School professor once clerked for forme... → Read More
Director John Scheinfeld On The Spiritual Journey Of Jazz Icon John Coltrane
In this week’s episode of “Scheer Intelligence” Robert Scheer speaks with documentarian John Scheinfeld about his latest film, “Chasing Trane” about jazz... → Read More
Oliver Stone On Interviewing Putin, Documenting Snowden, And Making Controversial Choices
Stone and Scheer discuss filmmaking, America’s military exploits, surveillance, and other far-reaching topics. → Read More
Immigrant Scapegoating Didn’t Start Under Trump—It Was ‘Greatly Accelerated’ Under Clinton
In this week’s episode of Scheer Intelligence, Robert Scheer interviews attorney Bill Blum, a Truthdig columnist and a lecturer at the University of Sout... → Read More
A Community Terrorized: Immigration Crackdown Could Destroy The Social Fabric Of The U.S.
"I think we’ve got a reign of terror here that many people can go about their lives not noticing." → Read More
From The ‘Nation Of Poets’ To Trump’s America, One Somali-Born Writer Is Giving Refugees A Voice
In this week’s episode of “Scheer Intelligence,” Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer interviews Boyah J. Farah, a nonfiction writer whose work has app... → Read More
The CIA’s 60-Year History Of Fake News: How The Deep State Corrupted Many American Writers
In this week’s episode of “Scheer Intelligence” Robert Scheer interviews Joel Whitney, author and co-founder of Guernica magazine. Whitney’s new bo... → Read More
Fired ‘Marketplace’ Reporter Wonders: Is Objective Journalism Dead?
In this week’s episode of “Scheer Intelligence,” Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer interviews Lewis Wallace, a former reporter fired for questioning... → Read More
Mary Astor’s Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936
On the KCRW show “Scheer Intelligence,” Edward Sorel, author and illustrator of book and magazine covers, tells Robert Scheer about the enduring interest... → Read More
David Dayen: The Untold Stories Of The Mortgage Crisis
In this week's episode of "Scheer Intelligence," Robert Scheer speaks with David Dayen, author of the book Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud. Dayen and Scheer discuss the federal government's failure to respond to millions of people who suffered from the mortgage fallout from the 2008 bank crisis. Dayen tells Scheer that anger over… → Read More
Robert Scheer And Petros Papadakis Discuss The Joys And Dangers Of College Football
Petros Papadakis, former USC college football captain and current analyst for Fox Sports, tells Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer about the lure of the game for young people. The two also debate whether politics belong on the field and in the locker room. Papadakis suggests that unionizing college players could be complicated and agrees that college players deserve some financial… → Read More