The Katie Halper Show

Katie talks to Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson about how Israel and the U.S. are losing their war on the world. Mexican journalist José Luis Granados Ceja explains how Latin America is fighting back and how Mexico is helping Cuba.Then, Katie talks to Cuba-based journalist Ed Augustin about how the U.S. blockade in Cuba is killing people, and Cuba-trained physician Dr. Uriel Ramirez talks about how Cuban doctors are saving the lives of Cuban people who the U.S. government is seeking to destroy.To see the full conversation with Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson & José Luis Granados Ceja, please join us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-full-ed-154468546Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired US army colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. He is an anti-war critic of U.S. foreign policy and a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.José Luis Granados Ceja (@GranadosCeja) is a writer and photojournalist based in Mexico City. He previously worked as a staff writer for teleSUR and currently works on a freelance basis. He is also the host of the Soberanía podcast co-host of the Soberanía podcast. His stories focus on contemporary political issues, particularly those that involve grassroots efforts to affect social change. He often covers the work of social and labor movements in Latin America. Follow him on Twitter: https://x.com/granadoscejaEd Augustin is a journalist based in Havana. He broadcasts for NBC News, Al Jazeera and France 24. He writes for the Financial Times, the New York Times and the Guardian. With twelve years experience in Cuba, Ed has reported on power blackouts, state repression, and how sanctions are spurring Cubans to migrate to the United States. He has written, shot and produced documentaries about hurricanes and Guantánamo Bay prison. He has also reported from Venezuela, Haiti, Honduras, Britain and France. He graduated from the University of Manchester with a 1st class degree in Politics and Philosophy. His recent article: "Cuban Patients Are Dying Because of U.S. Blockade, Doctors Say" https://archive.md/T6jCB Dr. Uriel Ramirez was born and raised in Los Angeles, is a graduate of the Latin American School of Medicine (LASM) in Havana, Cuba, and is currently a researcher at the University of New Mexico. He is the founder of The Pan-American Medical Association, with a deep commitment to a future in Anesthesiology and a passion for strengthening health infrastructure, medical systems, and medical logistics. His work is driven by a dedication to advancing health as a human right and building sustainable models that leave a lasting impact on the field of medicine. He collaborates with the William Soler hospital in Havana Cuba and has sent over $3M in medical supplies to the hospital for surgical and anesthesia care.**Please support The Katie Halper Show **For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershowGet your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/allFollow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalpsFollow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalpsFollow Katie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Katie speaks to Conservative Catholic Carrie Prejean Boller, Muslim-American activist and scholar Sameerah Munshi, and Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro. But first she speaks to Remo Ibrahim, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement and the Mask Off Maersk campaign. Finally, Katie speaks about Palestinian philosopher and diplomat Fayez Sayegh with John Harfouch, Associate Professor of Philosophy at The University of Alabama in Huntsville and the author of He is the author of Another Mind-Body Problem: A History of Racial Non-Being and Joseph Levine Professor Emeritus at Umass Amherst, the author of Purple Haze: The Puzzle of Consciousness. For the full discussion, join us on Patreon at  https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-full-dr-153870729Carrie Prejean Boller is a wife, mother of two, & community activist, guided by a deep commitment to protecting religious freedom & upholding First Amendment protections. From San Diego, CA, she won Miss California and wrote the book Still Standing in 2009. Carrie joined the Catholic Church in 2025 and was was appointed by President Trump to serve on the Religious Liberty Commission at the White House. Yaakov Shapiro is an international speaker, author, and pulpit rabbi for over 30 years, now emeritus. After graduating high school at 16, Rabbi Shapiro dedicated himself to full-time study of religion, becoming the protégé of some of the most well-regarded rabbinic scholars in Orthodoxy. At 19 he published his first book, משפטי הבירורים, a collection of original expositions on rabbinic principles of tort adjudication. His most recent work, The Empty Wagon: Zionism’s Journey from Identity Crisis to Identity Theft (2018), a 1381-page treatise on the differences between Judaism and Zionism. Sameerah Munshi is a Brown University graduate with degrees in Mathematics and Political Science, where she was recognized with the James Manning Medal for her work in interfaith engagement and religious studies. She previously served as Executive Director of the Coalition of Virtue, a Muslim-led nonprofit known for its role in the Supreme Court case Mahmoud v. Taylor. Munshi has since pursued advanced study in the Islamic scholarly tradition and is currently an advisor to the White House Religious Liberty Commission. Since this interview Carrie has officially been removed by President Trump and Sameerah has “resigned in protest of this removal and over the illegal war in Iran. She said she could no longer be associated with a commission clearly trying to promote a Zionist agenda nor be affiliated with an administration that kills children in cold blood at the urging of a genocidal state.” Dr. John Harfouch studies the history of philosophy from 1600 to the present. His 2018 book, Another Mind-Body Problem: A History of Racial Non-Being, presents a counter-history of human subjectivity in the Modern period tracing the development of race and racism through the discourse on minds and bodies. He has also written extensively on imperialism, colonialism, and orientalism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His current research program focuses on Palestinian philosopher, Fayez Sayegh, who developed a unique philosophical method to advocate for justice in the Middle East. At UAH, Dr. Harfouch often teaches classes in ethics, history, and political philosophy. He is also the director of UAH’s pre-law certificate. Joseph Levine is an American philosopher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who received his PhD from Harvard University in 1981. He works on philosophy of mind and is best known for formulating the explanatory gap argument against materialist explanations for consciousness. **Please support The Katie Halper Show ** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - thekatiehalpershow  Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalpsFollow Katie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Katie talks to Brian McGinnis, an anti-war Marine Corps veteran, firefighter, and Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate in North Carolina. He recently had his arm broken after he disrupted a Senate hearing to voice his opposition to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Check out his campaign website here: https://brianmcginnis.orgThen Katie talks to David Ramírez Álvarez, the Second Secretary at the Cuban Embassy to the U.S., in Washington, DC and Danny Valdes, an NYC-based Cuban-American organizer with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Danny is part of the Cuban-American delegation for the Nuestra American Convoy, organized by Code Pink and Progressive International. Katie is joining the same convoy and will be part of a media delegation.For the full chat with Danny and David, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-full-153377795**Please support The Katie Halper Show **For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon -  https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-full-153377795Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/allFollow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalpsFollow Katie on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/kthalpsFollow Katie on TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson warns about how U.S. troops would be "swallowed in Iran," where they will be "wounded captured or dead.” He also talks about how Israel "is getting pummeled and decimated" and how this war will actually help China and Russia. He and Katie are joined by Mikey Weinstein an attorney, former Air Force officer and founder and president of The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF). He talks about the bombshell story about higher ups in the military framing the war as a holy one with the aim of armageddon. Then Katie talks to Jamal Abdi, president of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) and Palestinian American journalist Rami Khouri about the latest in Iran.For more of this discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershowLawrence Wilkerson is a retired US army colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. He is an anti-war critic of U.S. foreign policy and a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.Mikey Weinstein is the founder & president of Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF),a church-state separation advocate, former U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General & White House counsel under Ronald ReaganRami Khouri is a Palestinian American journalist, Distinguished Fellow at American University of Beirut and nonresident senior fellow at Arab Center Washington DC. He is the co-editor of the book: 'Understanding Hamas: And Why That Matters.'**Please support The Katie Halper Show **For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershowGet your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/allFollow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalpsFollow Katie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Katie talks to NYC-based Palestinian organizer Nerdeen Kiswani (Within Our Lifetime - United for Palestine, ) & her lawyer Chris Goodshall-Bennett about suing Betar under the KKK Enforcement Act of 1871. Then Katie speaks to analyst Sina Toossi talks about Iran, world war, & who will win. But first, Katie gets a Cuba update from Danny Valdes, a NYC-based Cuban-American organizer who & Kate Willett, a comedian & the host of the podcast Dystopia Now both of whom doing Cuba solidarity organizing with DSA. Danny is organizing a Cuban-American delegation & Kate is organizing a media delegation, which you can support here, (https://www.givesendgo.com/aidandjournalismdelegation) that are part of a convoy to Cuba (https://nuestraamericaconvoy.org/)Nerdeen Kiswani is a Palestinian organizer from New York City. She is the founder & chair of Within Our Lifetime - United for Palestine, a community organization of Palestinians in exile in pursuit of liberation. Nerdeen has spoken for the Palestinian cause on television programs & at events & conferences worldwide & has organized marches with tens of thousands in support of Palestinian liberation. A graduate of the CUNY school of Law, Nerdeen has organized successful campaigns to pass a resolution by the student government & faculty of CUNY Law to cut all ties & divest from all zionist institutions & defend the right for Palestinians to resist colonization. In 2021 Nerdeen led a campaign that successfully defeated a proposal to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism which it equates with anti-zionism. She is currently suing Betar under the KKK Enforcement Act of 1871. Chris Goodshall-Bennett is a civil rights attorney & Partner at Lee & Godshall-Bennett LLP. He has been active in Palestine solidarity work since his time at Columbia University, where he co-founded the Jewish Voice for Peace chapter. Chris has represented victims of police brutality, students facing retaliation for their political activism, prisoners denied basic care & dignity, employees fighting workplace discrimination, & non-citizens facing detention & deportation. Chris is the former Legal Director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the nation’s largest Arab civil rights organization. https://chuffed.org/project/171422-protect-palestinian-activists-support-legal-action-against-betar-usaSina Toossi is a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for International Policy, where he focuses on U.S.–Iran relations, Middle East foreign policy, & nuclear nonproliferation. His writing has appeared in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, & other leading outlets. He regularly provides expert commentary in international media & has been recognized by the Middle East Policy Council as one of its "40 Under 40" rising leaders.**Please support The Katie Halper Show **For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon -  https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershowGet your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/allFollow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalpsFollow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalpsFollow Katie on TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy