Trudy Stern examines two seemingly distant crises—Venezuela and the war in Ukraine—and reveals how they are connected fronts in a broader global struggle against authoritarian regimes, terror networks, and criminal organizations. Joined by Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery, she breaks down Venezuela’s role as a narco-terror state tied to cartels and terrorist groups, the strategic pressure campaign against the Maduro regime, and how these threats intersect with Russia’s war in Ukraine and wider efforts to undermine democracy, U.S. security, and global stability.

Trudy Stern sits down with Ambassador Jeff Bartos, the U.S. Representative to the UN for Management and Reform, to break down how the United Nations really works, why it’s struggling, and what America is doing to hold it accountable. They explore the UN’s shifting power dynamics, rising authoritarian influence, and Bartos’s mission to restore transparency, efficiency, and shared financial responsibility inside the institution.

On Nothing But the Truth, host Trudy Stern opens with a warning about what she calls a growing ideological war within America’s education system—one she links to long-term infiltration by radical anti-Western movements. She introduces guest Jeffrey Lax, a CUNY department chair who has become a vocal critic of rising antisemitism on campuses. Lax details a controversial job posting at Hunter College seeking an instructor aligned with anti-Israel ideology, arguing it reflects a deeper, systemic rot within CUNY’s leadership and curriculum approval process. He accuses state officials of superficial fixes and describes how academic culture has shifted from education to political indoctrination. Lax recounts alarming incidents from inside CUNY, including discriminatory comments from administrators, to illustrate how far the institution has fallen over the past decade.