4/25/24 Richard Booth on HBO’s New OKC Bombing Documentary

 Download Episode. Scott interviews journalist and researcher Richard Booth about HBO’s new documentary An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th. Booth served as a research consultant on the film. He talks with Scott about his experience working with the producers, what the finished film got right and why it’s important. Discussed on the show: Oklahoma City Bombing Archive An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th (IMDb) Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed--and Why It Still Matters by Andrew Gumbel and Roger G. Charles  The Secret Life of Bill Clinton by Ambrose...

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4/25/24 Dana Taib Menmy on the Impending Return of Muqtada al-Sadr

 Download Episode. Scott interviews Iraqi journalist Dana Taib Menmy about an article he wrote on the possibility that cleric Muqtada al-Sadr may return to Iraqi politics after a nearly three-year withdrawal. Scott and Menmy discuss who Sadr is, why he left, why it seems he may return and how that will impact both Iraqi politics and the stability of the whole region. Discussed on the show: “Will Iraq's Muqtada al-Sadr end his political quarantine?” (The New Arab) Dana Taib Menmy is The New Arab's Iraq Correspondent, writing on issues of politics, society, human rights, security, and...

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4/25/24 Ted Snider on the Big Lie Behind the War in Ukraine

 Download Episode. Ted Snider returns to the show to talk about a pair of articles he wrote recently about Ukraine. The first examines the lie we keep hearing from Western officials that Vladamir Putin intends to move beyond Ukraine and conquer parts of Europe. The second article takes a close look at the peace talks that could have ended this war in April of 2022. Snider and Scott discuss what we know about what the sides had agreed to and why the agreement was never realized. Discussed on the show: “Is Putin Bent on Conquering Europe?” (The American Conservative) “What Killed the Peace...

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4/25/24 Kyle Anzalone on the Foreign Aid Bills, Campus Protests and Brutality in Gaza

 Download Episode. Kyle Anzalone was on Antiwar Radio to discuss the big foreign policy stories of the week. He and Scott discussed the four foreign aid bills that just passed Congress and the antiwar protests spreading across America’s college campuses. Anzalone also gave updates on the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the status of Israeli-Iranian tensions. Discussed on the show: “Netanyahu Calls for Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Protesters in the US” (Antiwar.com) “Israel's Day of Infamy” (The Wayward Rabbler) “They Knew There Was No Bomb” (Seymour Hersh) Kyle Anzalone is news editor of...

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