First we talk to Thomas Ferguson from the Institute for New Economic Thinking’s Director of Research Projects about his new report of the impact of money on elections.

Later we speak with Adolph Reed, Jr., professor of political science at University of Pennsylvania about why we need to just go ahead and vote for the "lying neoliberal warmonger."

We talk with viral sensation Brandy Young, a second grade teacher from Godley, Texas, who recently decided that the kids in her class would not be given formal homework assignments and instead encouraged to spend more family time.

Later, we look at an old lie about Social Security from Donald Trump and out-of-control medicine prices like the EpiPen with Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times.

Breaking the News featuring Executive Producer Bradley Herring

A conversation with Amy Kapczynski, a Professor of Law at Yale Law School and faculty director of the Global Health Justice Partnership, about how we can bring down out-of-control drug prices

Eric Boehlert, senior fellow at Media Matters for America, on Trump's new campaign manager and his bigoted website

Jasmine Jefferson, Legislative Director at Social Security Works

Libby Watson, staff writer at the Sunlight Foundation.

Steve LeVine, Washington Correspondent for Quartz. He writes about the intersection of energy, technology and geopolitics.

Annette Gaudino, HCV Project Co-Director at Treatment Action Group

The Zero Hour is on a break this week. For your enjoyment, we've put together an episode of our best interviews from our trips to Netroots Nation and the Democratic Convention this summer.

John Upton, Senior Science Writer at Climate Central

M Adams, Co-executive director of Freedom, Inc. and a member of the Vision4blacklives leadership team

Sam Seder, host of The Majority Report

Annette Gaudino, HCV Project Co-Director at Treatment Action Group

Liz Kennedy, Director of Democracy and Government Reform at Center for American Progress