March 30 – The P5+1 Talks with Iran at the Brink; HBO’s Meticulous and Devastating Expose of Scientology; Indiana’s “Religious Freedom” Law Backfires

Full Program

Part 1

We begin with critical phase that the P5+1 talks with Iran are in, hours before the deadline elapses, and speak with Joseph Cirincione, the President of the Ploughshares Fund and author of “Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons”. We discuss his article at The Huffington Post “How to Know the Iran Deal is a Good Deal” and Senator McCain’s recent Senate speech calling on Israel to “go rogue” and start a war with Iran to prevent Obama’s deal with Iran from happening.

Part 2

Then we discuss the HBO documentary “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief” that just aired with a shocking expose of this pseudo religion that is revealed as a ruthless money-making operation which fleeces its followers while enslaving them, and makes billions in tax-exempt profits that are at the disposal of the cult’s secretive and sadistic leader David Miscavige. John Sweeney, an investigative journalist with the BBC’s flagship TV program Panorama, and author of “The Church of Fear: Inside the Weird World of Scientology”, joins us.

Part 3

Then finally we speak with Professor Marjorie Hershey, who teaches Political Science at Indiana State University and is the author of “Party Politics in America”. We discuss how Indiana Governor Mike Pence’s so-called “Religious Freedom” law has backfired, with his efforts to curry favor with the religious right for a possible White House run blowing up in his face.