The Chris Hedges Report Creators & Guests

Christopher Hedges is a journalist, author, and television host.

Katherine Franke is a writer, researcher, professor of law, gender and sexuality at Columbia University, and author of the book "Wedlocked."

Yasha Levine is a Russian-American investigative journalist, and author.

Rupa Marya is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California.

Dr. Cornel West is a prominent philosopher, political activist, social critic, author, and public intellectual. He is best known for his works on race, class, and justice, including his acclaimed book "Race Matters," which addresses pressing issues of race in America. West has held professorships at Harvard University, Princeton University, and Union Theological Seminary, where his teachings on philosophy, religion, and African American studies have influenced generations of students. He is also a frequent commentator on various media platforms, contributing to discussions on contemporary social and political issues. West's contributions to public discourse and his advocacy for social justice have earned him widespread recognition and respect.

Mohammed El-Kurd is a Palestinian writer and poet.

Joe Sacco is a cartoonist, journalist, and author of the book Palestine.

Dr. Farah El-Sharif is a scholar of Islamic intellectual history. She received her PhD from Harvard University in 2022, where her dissertation was on the most widely disseminated Islamic text in 19th century West Africa.

Richard Thomas Medhurst is a Syrian-British journalist and YouTuber. Known for his work on the Middle East, Medhurst was "the first reporter arrested and under investigation under Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000".

Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, and founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum

Jason Stanley is a philosopher, professor of Philosophy at Yale University, and author of the book How Fascism Works.

Omar El Akkad is an Egyptian-Canadian novelist and journalist, whose novel What Strange Paradise was the winner of the 2021 Giller Prize.

Gabor Maté is a Hungarian-born Canadian physician with a background in family practice and a special interest in childhood development and trauma, and in their potential lifelong impacts on physical and mental health, including on autoimmune disease, cancer, ADHD, addictions and a wide range of other conditions.

Israeli journalist and author. Levy writes opinion pieces and a weekly column for the newspaper Haaretz that often focus on the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. Levy has won prizes for his articles on human rights in the Israeli-occupied territories. His critics characterize him as left-wing and accuse him of being a propagandist for Hamas.

John Joseph Mearsheimer is an American political scientist and international relations scholar.