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The Truth of the Matter

Many of us have questions about global issues and not a lot of places to turn to for reliable and thoughtful answers. In The Truth of the Matter, hosts Bob Schieffer and Andrew Schwartz breakdown complex policy issues of the day. No Spin, No Bombast, No finger pointing. Just informed discussion.

Social Media and Political Polarization

31 mins; September 24, 2021

Sub Deal with Aus-UK

25 mins; September 23, 2021

Era of Strategic Competition

21 mins; September 15, 2021

Covid Reset

24 mins; September 13, 2021

Meet the New Taliban, Same as the Old Taliban

19 mins; September 08, 2021

Digital Taliban

31 mins; September 02, 2021

Global Jihadist Shot in the Arm

28 mins; August 26, 2021

Afghan Addiction

27 mins; August 24, 2021

Jihadist Burning Man

30 mins; August 19, 2021

Amy McGrath on Afghanistan and Her New Book “Honor Bound”

27 mins; August 17, 2021

Afghanistan Now

24 mins; August 16, 2021

Violence and Coexistence in Israel with CSIS's Jon Alterman

31 mins; May 13, 2021

Bring Music Home

32 mins; May 12, 2021

Vaccine Hesitancy, Distribution and the Next Phase

25 mins; April 14, 2021

Rise of Domestic Terror with CSIS’s Seth Jones

30 mins; April 13, 2021

Food Insecurity in America with CSIS’s Caitlin Welsh

23 mins; April 01, 2021

Political Data Science with David Shor

31 mins; March 26, 2021

Political Data Science with David Shor

30 mins; March 25, 2021

Alec MacGillis

35 mins; March 18, 2021

Dr. Peter Hotez

43 mins; March 11, 2021

Space is Defendable with CSIS’ Todd Harrison

19 mins; March 09, 2021

The Bulwark’s Charlie Sykes

31 mins; March 04, 2021

WaPo’s Josh Dawsey: Trump and the GOP

32 mins; February 24, 2021

What Does Freedom and Equity Mean to Americans?

29 mins; February 01, 2021

ABC’s Jonathan Karl on Trump’s Final 8 Days

23 mins; January 12, 2021

Voter Registration HeadCount’s Andy Bernstein

27 mins; December 22, 2020

Conflict, Climate, and Covid-19

30 mins; December 18, 2020

Politico’s Tim Alberta Understanding Election 2020

34 mins; December 02, 2020

Pappyland with Wright Thompson

30 mins; November 23, 2020

Sustainable Infrastructure in the Amazon

24 mins; November 16, 2020

American Feelings on Safety and Wellbeing

20 mins; October 20, 2020

Mapping the Future of U.S. China Policy

25 mins; October 15, 2020

Making Sense of 2020 Election Polling Trends

25 mins; October 07, 2020

Daniel Yergin on "The New Map"

24 mins; September 17, 2020

An Open World

26 mins; September 15, 2020

Violence in the Streets of America

21 mins; September 03, 2020

Terrorism in the U.S.

31 mins; August 25, 2020

NYT’s Bret Stephens on Israel and “One” or “Two” State Solutions

41 mins; August 13, 2020

David Sanger and the Roots of the Nation’s Struggle to Control the Pandemic

34 mins; July 22, 2020

Climate, Energy, and U.S. Foreign Policy

23 mins; July 08, 2020

Wes Moore, Robin Hood Foundation CEO on Ending Poverty and Systemic Racism in America

37 mins; July 02, 2020

Dr. Michael Fauntroy on Systemic Racism

30 mins; June 25, 2020

Law Professor Joshua Geltzer on Election Security

25 mins; May 21, 2020

John Barry, Eminent Pandemic Historian - "Tell the Truth"

30 mins; May 15, 2020

Sold Out of Meat

21 mins; May 06, 2020

Long Term Impacts of Covid-19 on Global Migration

24 mins; April 28, 2020

U.S. Views of China During Covid-19 Pandemic

29 mins; April 23, 2020

Big Brother, Solutions & Widespread Distrust

29 mins; April 15, 2020

Maggie Haberman WH Coverage of Covid-19

19 mins; April 07, 2020

COVID-19 in North and South Korea

23 mins; March 31, 2020

Health V. Economy

30 mins; March 25, 2020

Oil Markets Under Pressure

30 mins; March 20, 2020

COVID-19: Testing the U.S.

32 mins; March 19, 2020

Italy Total Lockdown?

30 mins; March 11, 2020

Age of Mass Protests

18 mins; March 04, 2020

COVID-19: New Reality

22 mins; February 27, 2020

Libya Conflict

24 mins; February 11, 2020

Brexit: What Happens Next?

26 mins; February 04, 2020

Impeachment and the Media

27 mins; January 28, 2020

Global Economic Outlook

28 mins; January 23, 2020

U.S.-China Trade Deal: Phase One

26 mins; January 16, 2020

The Killing of Soleimani and U.S. Response

27 mins; January 10, 2020

Bad Ideas in National Security

23 mins; December 18, 2019

British Elections

30 mins; December 11, 2019

Climate Change and Food Security

25 mins; December 04, 2019

The Islamic State's Next Wave

21 mins; November 05, 2019

Russia Into Africa

23 mins; October 29, 2019

A Reckoning in Syria and What it Means for the Middle East

29 mins; October 22, 2019

An Ongoing Discussion on Syria

30 mins; October 16, 2019

U.S. Troop Pullout of Syria

26 mins; October 08, 2019

U.S. and China: A New Paradigm

27 mins; October 04, 2019

Bonus: Schieffer's Green Room on Iran

9 mins; October 01, 2019

Explaining the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act

25 mins; September 24, 2019

The Attack on Saudi Arabia

24 mins; September 17, 2019

Edge of a New Epoch

37 mins; September 12, 2019

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