This week on Ring of Fire, Ben Freeman, Director of the Foreign Influence Transparency Initiative joins us to discuss Saudi Arabia’s latest tactic when it comes to lobbying the US government, taking its lobbying operation from Washington DC to middle America.

and Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down the biggest stories of the week.

Become a member of this podcast over ROF Podcast dot com, it is your support that keeps the show going. On today’s member show you’ll hear an interview Sam did with Ryann Liebenthal who wrote about the history of student debt in this country, not as old of a story as you might imagine in fact that’s a big part of the problem this debt is not only enormous but it’s fairly recent so if you’re a member of the Ring of Fire Radio podcast you can hear that bonus material just head over to ROF Podcast dot com

This week on Ring of Fire; Nick Martin, of The New Republic, joins us to discuss the epidemic of abandoned oil wells throughout the United States.

and Heather Digby Parton will be here to run down the biggest stories of the week.

What are you missing? On today’s member show you’ll hear an interview Sam did with historian, Stephen Wertheim, Director of the Grand Strategy Program at The Quincy Institue about our exit strategy in Afghanistan. www.rofpodcast.com to become a member

This week on Ring of Fire Matthew Stieb, of New York Magazine, joins us to discuss New York’s recently passed cannabis legalization law, where it succeeds and where it falls short.

and Heather Digby Parton I’ll be run down the biggest stories of the week

This week on Ring of Fire, Alice Sperri from The Intercept, joins us to discuss her investigative reporting into the NYPD’s brutal policing tactics against Black Lives Matter Protesters last summer.

and Heather Digby Parton will help run down the biggest stories of the week.

This week on Ring of Fire, Monique Morrissey of the Economic Policy Institute, join us to discuss the history of the United States Postal Service and the threats it’s currently facing today.

and Heather Digby Parton will help run down the biggest stories of the week.