BhTV: The Wright Show (audio)

Yousef: This election wasn’t democratic ... A referendum on Netanyahu ... Why the two-state solution was already dead ... Yousef: Netanyahu is a byproduct of the problem, not the problem itself ... Why has Trump gone so far right on Israel? ... The peace process as a way to buy time for settlement building ... Yousef: We need to start with recognizing Palestinian rights ...

The origins of Dan and Bob’s debate over whether the foreign policy “Blob” is a thing ... Is Trump’s foreign policy a neocon’s dream? ... Did we or didn’t we intervene in Syria? (And what’s the lesson?) ... Bob complains about the Blob’s use of the term ‘destabilizing’ ... Why Bob wants the US to take international law seriously ... Should China’s maritime assertiveness worry us? ... Dan: Polarized politics makes for a bipolar foreign policy ...

Why didn’t the Mueller report call for any indictments? ... What came of the information Marcy passed to the FBI? ... What is Manafort still lying about? ... Why Barr’s handling of this has been “so outrageous” ... Should Trump now fear prosecutors in New York? ... What does Mueller want Congress to do? ... Marcy: Russiagate skeptics are arguing "in bad faith" ...

Why Aaron was skeptical of Russiagate from the start ... Aaron: Russiagate was a trojan horse for a new Cold War agenda ... How much does Barr’s letter really tell us about the Mueller Report ... Why did Mueller punt on the question of obstruction of justice? ... Are Russiagate skeptics celebrating too much? ...

Julia’s documentary on women in the First Intifada, Naila and the Uprising ... How 9/11 changed Julia’s career path when she was a student at Columbia ... Naila’s story of early trauma and political organizing ... How women quietly moved to the forefront of the Palestinian resistance ... Julia: The Oslo accords were a bad deal for the Palestinian people ... Two-state solution or one-state solution? ... Julia sees hope in the new generation of Palestinian activists ...

How Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments were received across the Jewish community ... Is AIPAC really “all about the Benjamins”? ... Ron: Jews are criticizing Rep. Omar in good faith ... Memory of the Holocaust is fading, and older Jews are concerned ... Ron: Omar has mainly been an asset to her party ... Why wasn’t Jeanine Pirro fired from Fox News? ... ls the speech code regarding Israel getting looser? ... The Israeli take on Trump ...

Immigration lessons from California ... Why Black Lives Matter should take a second look at Bernie ... Bob worries the Dems will tear themselves apart ... What should Bernie say about immigration? ... How to cover controversies when social media makes everyone stupid ... The real meaning of the Covington kid's "smirk" ... The problems with "post-Rapture" Twitter ... Conor’s least favorite Democratic candidate ...

Is Bernie Sanders the standard bearer for a new progressive foreign policy? ... American warfare today: drones and special forces—lots of them ... Sam: "The UN was founded for the sake of peace, not justice" ... Sam critiques the "responsibility to protect" doctrine ... Disentangling poverty and inequality ... Is a global welfare state possible? ... Using economic nationalism to transcend economic nationalism ... The weird ways that Trump is a very truthful president ... Sam's book, Not Enough ...

Max’s on-the-ground observations at political rallies in Caracas ... A brief history of Venezuelan politics, from Chavez to now ... Who’s responsible for the suffering of the Venezuelan people? ... Why didn’t AOC defend her colleague Ilhan Omar against charges of anti-Semitism? ... How Obama’s sanctions paved the way for Trump’s broader economic assault on Venezuela ... Max explains why Maduro turned down a US offer of food aid ... How Juan Guaidó was selected to lead the opposition, and by whom ... What happens if the regime doesn’t change? ...

Competing conceptions of a progressive foreign policy ... The shift from formal to informal international law ... Was bombing Kosovo a good idea? ... Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria—why do we treat their leaders so differently? ... The foreign policy visions of Warren and Sanders ... Heather's progressive foreign policy starts at home ... Venezuela and American hypocrisy ...

The much-discussed report Will co-authored, “The Center Can Hold” ... Why Will likes Elizabeth Warren ... The criminal justice system is even worse than you think ... Why Will is skeptical of Kamala Harris ... What population density tells us about America’s political divide ... Why do some people, and not others, move to the city? ... Personality differences between rural and urban dwellers ... Has gerrymandering run its course in Republican strategy? ...

Why Nathan’s magazine, Current Affairs, is based in New Orleans ... Why is socialism suddenly cool? And what exactly does it mean? ... Why Nathan identifies as a libertarian socialist ... Is “Social Justice Warrior” a straw man? ... Nathan: “Cultural appropriation” is about power disparity, not cultural purity ... Glenn Greenwald joins the “microaggressions” argument ... Nathan: Empathy can be an antidote to tribalistic politics ... The future of leftist foreign policy ...

Bob’s take on the Roger Stone indictment ... Why Michael is still a Russiagate skeptic ... A broken Trump is right twice a day ... Michael: We should've been immediately skeptical of Buzzfeed's story on Cohen's perjury ... Why Bob thinks the BuzzFeed story is at least partly right ... Bob and Michael debate the chances that Russiagate is a big deal ... Are Tulsi Gabbard’s foreign policy views alarmingly weird? ... How Michael navigated the Covington imbroglio on Twitter ...

Why are neoconservatives still influential (and influencing Trump) after the Iraq fiasco? ... Democrats welcome anti-Trump neocons into the fold ... Trump and the neocons find a common enemy in Iran ... Who has Trump’s ear on foreign policy? ... Did America ever really support a "rules-based international order"? ... Why American exceptionalism is key to understanding the modern right ...

What does the BDS movement seek to accomplish? ... Why 26 American states have anti-BDS laws ... Desperate living in Gaza ... Lisa explains why Netanyahu has no long-term plan for the West Bank ... Signs of hope among Palestinian citizens of Israel ... Should the BDS movement narrow its message? ... How Lisa’s perspective evolved after years in Tel Aviv ... The uncertain future of Palestinian leadership ...