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Our guests this weekend were:

• John Vidal is the Guardian’s environment editor. John is the author of “McLibel: Burger Culture on Trial” (Pan Books). His recent articles include, “Nigeria’s agony dwarfs the Gulf oil spill. The US and Europe ignore it,” “Presence of world leaders ‘paralysed’ climate summit, UN letter claims,” “Academic resigns from UK food watchdog over ‘GM propaganda’,” and “2010 on track to become warmest year ever.”
• Mike Marqusee writes Level Playing Field, a column on politics and culture for The Hindu Sunday magazine, one of India’s largest circulation English language publications, and Contending for the Living for Red Pepper. Mike’s most recent book is the paperback edition of “If I Am Not for Myself: Journey of an Anti-Zionist Jew” (Verso). His recent columns include, “Looking forward to the miraculous” and “An attack on the international movement.”
• retired United States Air Force lieutenant colonel William Astore taught at the Air Force Academy and the Naval Postgraduate School and currently teaches History at the Pennsylvania College of Technology. Bill’s recent writing includes, “Doubling Down in Afghanistan: Why We Refuse to Fold a Losing Hand,” and “American Kleptocracy: How Fears of Socialism and Fascism Hide Naked Theft.”
• writer and former documentary filmmaker Julia Whitty is the author of “Deep Blue Home: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean,” (Mariner Books) which comes out in July. Julia’s book, “The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South Pacific,” (Mariner Books) won the PEN USA Literary Award. She is on this weekend to discuss her Mother Jones article, “The Last Taboo: 6.7 billion reasons—and counting—to take an honest look at our population problem.

Live in the studio, Kevan “The Radical Pessimist” Harris gave his two cents.

Live from Palo Alto, Mike Dvorak returned with ‘The Wind Blows” report. This week, he compared the regulations regarding offshore wind turbines to those relating to offshore oil drilling.

Live from Oakland, Elvis DeMorrow told us what’s happening in the Konspiracy Korner.

Live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth.