Dennis Henigan, "Guns Don't Kill People, People Kill People" And Other Myths About Guns and Gun Control/(former) Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence joins Thom. Dennis Henigan, "Guns Don't Kill People, People Kill People" And Other Myths About Guns and Gun Control/(former) Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence joins Thom. Despite what the NRA and right-wing media might say - the United States has a serious gun violence problem. According one recent study - the gun murder rate in America is actually 25 times that of the other 22 richest nations - combined. The reason for this level of violence is simple :there are too many guns in the hands of too many people. And yet - whenever the calls for reform reach critical mass - the gun lobby and its cronies trot out the same old tired talking points - such as..."If we pass gun control, only the bad guys will have the guns.” They're part of a calculated strategy on the part of the gun lobby to confuse the public and keep it in the dark about just how serious a problem gun violence really is.

Scott Greer, The Daily Caller & Jan Frel, Alternet & Crystal Wright, Con Job: How the Democrats Gave Us Crime, Sanctuary Cities, Abortion Profiteering and Racial Division/Conservative Black Chick/RT America joins Thom. After years of rumor and speculation - the government has finally released the 28 pages of the 9/11 commission report detailing Saudi Arabian involvement in 9/11 - and they're damning. So why exactly did we invade Iraq?

Linda Benesch, Social Security Works & Max Blumenthal, Alternet/The 51 Day War, join Thom. Special Panel Guest: Why is Big Business Funding Our National Conventions?
Brendan Fischer, Campaign Legal Center. When Apple announced last month that it was pulling its funding for the Republican convention - the discussion in the media was pretty superficial. Because Apple's decision was in response to Trump's candidacy - the conversation was mostly about what this meant for the future of the Republican Party. It was seen as yet another example of how Donald Trump was destroying the GOP and its brand - and - as a result - very few people actually spent time to talk about the bigger picture issue: the fact that corporations are funding political conventions in the first place. So - was this this always the case? And if not, when did it begin and why?

Roger Thiel, America's Homefront Air War: the Civil Air Patrol against German submarines in World War II joins Thom. When Americans think of World War Two - they probably think of the beaches of Normandy - the jungles of the South Pacific or the deserts of North Africa. But did you know that some of the most epic moments of the Second World War happened right off the coast of the US?