Episode

6/19 Anthony Lappé: America’s War on Drugs & Nomiki Konst: Democratic Unity?

June 19, 2017

Today, showrunner Anthony Lappé on his new documentary series, ‘America’s War on Drugs.” The role of secret wars in American history in the cold war. The CIA’s role in bringing LSD to America. “Operation Condor” in Latin America.

Then, Nomiki Konst, currently a correspondent with The Young Turks, updates on us about the ongoing trials of the democratic unity reform commission. The structural fights going on within Democratic Party.

On the fun half – Trump “reverses” some of Obama’s Cuba policies, Jeremy Corbyn calls for seizing luxury properties to house Grenfell survivors, Megyn Kelly does an ok job interviewing Alex Jones, Dave Rubin thinks MLK would be conservative now, and your calls and IMs.

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