Today Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with National Security Analysts Melvin Goodman and Lawrence Korb to talk about the ousting of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State and the nomination of CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him. Guest: Melvin A. Goodman, served as a senior analyst and Division Chief at the CIA from 1966 to 1990.  … Continued


Trump Replaces Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo at State; Torturer Named New Head of CIA; Jeremy Scahill: Trump CIA Pick Gina Haspel Ran Secret Torture Black Site; “Unprecedented & Shocking”: Armed Secret Service Agents Should Not Be Allowed at Polling Sites; Charterize, Privatize, Christianize: The DeVos-Backed Policies That “Gutted” Michigan Public Schools.


Trump Replaces Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo at State; Torturer Named New Head of CIA; Jeremy Scahill: Trump CIA Pick Gina Haspel Ran Secret Torture Black Site; “Unprecedented & Shocking”: Armed Secret Service Agents Should Not Be Allowed at Polling Sites; Charterize, Privatize, Christianize: The DeVos-Backed Policies That “Gutted” Michigan Public Schools.


Education Secretary Betsy DeVos displays a stunning ignorance of the nation’s public school system she oversees. Her recent 60 Minutes interview comes on the heels of West Virginia’s historic and victorious teachers’ strike and the persistent conservative demand to arm teachers in response to school shootings. We’ll turn to our education correspondent, Kevin Kumashiro to … Continued


Most Americans are dissatisfied with their physical appearance, often resulting in eating disorders and physical or mental health problems. This affects females and males, young and old, of all economic and ethnic backgrounds. Join me and Harvard psychologist Roberto Olivardia, co-author of The Adonis Complex, and therapist Laurelee Roark co-author of It’s Not About Food.


Today we are in conversation with Vegas Tenold.  He embedded himself with members of three of America’s most ideologically extreme white nationalist groups-the KKK, the National Socialist Movement, and the Traditionalist Workers Party.  Vegas Tenold is an award-winning journalist. He has covered the far right in America for years, as well as human rights in Russia, conflict … Continued


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Tragedy at Yountville, Plus: Brexit talks stuck over Ireland

7:36 – Paul Liem is the Board Chairperson of the Korea Policy Institute, based in Berkeley 7:52 – State Senator Bill Dodd represents California State Senate District 3, which includes Yountville, where Afghanistan war veteran Albert Wong killed three hostages on Friday 8:08 – Declan Kearney is the Chair of Sinn Fein, the left-wing Irish republican party advocating … Continued