Filmmaker Paul Jay discusses his upcoming documentary "How to Stop a Nuclear War" with historian Christian Appy. They explore why the nuclear threat remains largely ignored in public discourse, how Cold War lies continue to shape our worldview, and why Da

Complete recording of filmmaker Paul Jay's presentation and Q&A at UMass about his upcoming documentary "How to Stop a Nuclear War," based on Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg's book "The Doomsday Machine." Moderated by historian Christian App

In this episode, Jay Shapiro opens with a fast essay on kayfabe, heels and faces, and why the ring is the best way to read the national psyche. He looks at Trumps WWE arcs, from Battle of the Billionaires to the I bought Raw storyline, and how that per

In part two of this interview, historian Peter Kuznick co-author (with Oliver Stone) of The Untold History of the United States joins Barry Stevens to reflect on the USAs lost chances for peace. He traces a throughline from the sidelining of VP Henry

Raj Patel and his fellow IPES-Food experts stress the centrality of addressing food systems, a key pillar of the Action Agenda for the COP30. The message uncovered by Lulas bold policies is clear: ending hunger rather than perpetuating it under agribusin

In part one, Peter Kuznick warns that Trump 2.0 is more dangerous than the original. The generals and advisors who once called him a "moron" are gone replaced by sycophants in what Kuznick calls a kakistocracy, government by the worst people. From thr

In this episode, Paul Jay and Col. Lawrence Wilkerson analyze a chilling message from Donald Trump to roughly 800 generals: a straight-up demand for loyalty If you don't like what I'm saying, you can leave the room. Of course, there goes your rank, the

In this talk, Jay exposes the hidden history of U.S. nuclear policybuilt on lies, profiteering, and Cold War paranoiaand explains how those same forces shape todays politics, from NATO and Trumpism to the growing danger of war with China.Journalist a

Paul Jay joins Patrick Lovell to trace how Wall Street profiteeringfrom slavery and the Civil War to J.P. Morgan in World War I and todays BlackRock and Vanguardcreated the militarized economy driving nuclear risk.

This episode examines how Trump's futuristic promises - impenetrable missile shields, Mars colonization, weaponized AI - mask an old playbook: funneling public wealth into private hands through military contracts. While selling fantasies of space salvatio