Governments write the laws you live under, set the taxes you pay and decide when your country goes to war. Brian Rose has spoken to a former director of US military intelligence, a former White House adviser, a former federal prosecutor, an FBI hostage negotiator and the head of a major human rights group, as well as economists and outspoken critics of the state. They cover the law and the constitution, intelligence agencies, public debt and how London itself is run. Every full interview is free to watch.
From retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn and former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro to former US Attorney Preet Bharara, former FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss, Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz and Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth: how government works, from people who have seen it up close.
Several guests have held senior government posts. Retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn argues that America is broken and citizens must fight for it. Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro argues that the 2024 election would decide the nation’s fate. Former US Attorney Preet Bharara talks about doing justice and the ethics of wealth. Chris Voss, who led the FBI’s international kidnapping negotiations, shares what more than 150 hostage cases taught him. Former CIA officer Kevin Shipp argues that a shadow government sits behind the elected one, and former SAS officer Simon Mann, who died in 2025, described the failed coup in Equatorial Guinea and his later pardon.
In 2026 Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz set out the constitutional argument for how a president could serve a third term. Kenneth Roth, then executive director of Human Rights Watch, explains how he believes the world can stop China abusing human rights. Mike Benz argues that the US government funds a network that censors speech online. In 2020 Brian Rose also asked Londoners what lockdown rules meant for them: Steve McNamara of the Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association, restaurateur Jonathan Downey and Dr Tony Burch of Age UK.
Many guests argue that government finance is where real power lies. Economist and author James Rickards, a regular guest, has warned of banking crises, the end of the dollar’s dominance and what he calls a new world order. Peter Schiff warns of recession, inflation and a collapse of the dollar. MIT economist Yasheng Huang argues that political centralisation lies behind China’s slowdown, and Colonel Douglas Macgregor says in America Is Falling Apart that the US needs a new strategy at home and abroad. Anthropologist David Graeber, who died in 2020, argued that debt grew out of everyday promises and that many modern jobs are pointless.
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Who has London Real interviewed about government? Brian Rose has interviewed retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, David Graeber, Simon Mann, Peter Navarro, Preet Bharara, Chris Voss, Alan Dershowitz, Kenneth Roth, Colonel Douglas Macgregor, Ken Livingstone, Mike Benz, James Rickards and former CIA officers Kevin Shipp and John Kiriakou, among others.
Do the guests trust government? Views differ. Some guests, such as Michael Flynn, Peter Navarro and Preet Bharara, held senior posts and talk about how the system works from the inside. Others, such as Kevin Shipp and Mike Benz, argue that parts of the US state act without proper oversight. Each guest makes their own case in full.
What do the guests say about government and the economy? James Rickards and Peter Schiff warn of debt, inflation and pressure on the dollar, Yasheng Huang argues that China’s centralised politics is slowing its economy, and Colonel Douglas Macgregor argues that America needs to rethink its strategy.
Are the full government episodes free to watch? Yes. Every full-length interview on this page can be watched free on londonreal.tv.
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