** "We're always losing to people in pajamas and flip flops. You know what they have - people, thousands and thousands of people..."

Pacifica Host Garland Nixon on the art of figuring out US war defeats on repeat. And what it all has to do with US military strategy, no health care, and schools going straight to hell; bipartisan presidential dementia; Iran, Vietnam, Ukraine, Iraq twice - and Hakeem Jeffries meeting with Trump financial bagman Kushner...

** "It makes me very sad, and especially as a German, we have such a long history of war - and I really hope that we as a species are able to stop all that, and live in peace together..."

Mathis Landwehr Talk Lion Fist, V For Vendetta, Immigration Game, The Death Of Sherlock Holmes - and what it's like for his young generation experiencing nothing but endless war their entire lifetime...

The German actor in a conversation about his journey from martial arts to socially conscious movies. And V For Vendetta, his first US film, the dystopian political classic about 'the overthrow of a tyrannical government, inspired by The Matrix creators as well, of 'their opposition to fascism, police states and social inequality in the 1980s under British Prime Minister Thatcher...'

And following up with his portrayal of young Edgar Allan Poe's military cadet comrade in the gothic tale, Raven's Hollow, Mathis likewise delves into his latest film, Lion Fist. An unusual tale about a down and out Rust Belt worker just out of prison, entering a duel under the guidance of an Asian martial arts elder - not for glory, but to pay medical bills...

** "We will sneakily be bypassing Donald Trump's Canadian tariffs by smuggling in a short story about spies - written by a mystery classic Canadian author and humorist..."

Arts Express Playhouse: My Revelations As A Spy. 'Where we live, nowhere, where we are, everywhere - frequently we don't know ourselves where we are.' Stay tuned, and all will be revealed...

Plus...Trump bribery at the ballot box...