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4/13/23 Max Blumenthal: MSNBC Goes After the Twitter Files and Israel Descends into Violence

by Scott Horton | Apr 14, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Max Blumenthal joined Scott on Antiwar Radio this week to talk about Matt Taibbi’s interview on MSNBC and what’s going on in Israel. They start with Matt Taibbi, who has been the subject of some serious heat from the establishment after his reporting brought attention to the scale of government censorship happening on social media. They talk about Medhi Hasan’s failed attempt to discredit Taibbi’s revelations in an incredibly hostile TV interview. Next they move to Israel. Scott has done some interviews recently about the disturbing developments in Israeli politics, but...

Interview Show 20th Anniversary

by Scott Horton | Apr 12, 2023 | Blog

I started on the radio in late 1998, but today is the 20th anniversary of the interview show. First of 5,894 so far was the great Alan Bock on Iraq, three days after the marines pulled down Saddam's statue in Baghdad. The full archive is here.

4/5/23 Matt Taibbi on the Danger of Digital Censorship

by Scott Horton | Apr 8, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott was joined by Matt Taibbi this week on Antiwar Radio. They discuss some of Taibbi’s recent reporting on the government-NGO-corporate media joint effort to flag and suppress certain news and opinions that they deem to be disinformation. They take a step back and look at the broader context behind this story and discuss some evidence that the fight against this new digital censorship regime can work. Discussed on the show: “People Can Win” (Racket News) Insane Clown President by Matt Taibbi Matt Taibbi is a journalist, author and political commentator. Subscribe to...

4/4/23 Jeffery Sachs on What Led to War in Ukraine

by Scott Horton | Apr 5, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University joins the show to discuss the war in Ukraine. First, Scott asks him about his extensive experience telling the truth about American foreign policy on national television. They then take a look back at the important developments that led to this war over Ukraine. They discuss the talks after the fall of the USSR, the Russian interest in the port at Sevastopol, the true beginning of the current war in 2014 and more. Discussed on the show: Naftali Bennett interview “NATO Expansion: What Gorbachev Heard” (National Security Archive)...

3/31/23 Josh Rushing on the Persecution of Julian Assange

by Scott Horton | Apr 5, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Journalist Josh Rushing joins Scott to discuss a documentary he produced for Al Jazeera about Julian Assange. Rushing talks about his experience making the documentary, what they focused on and why they produced it now. They run through the many myths people still believe about Assange before getting into the multiple ways he has been targeted by the government and betrayed by many of his fellow journalists. Discussed on the show: The imprisonment of Julian Assange Scott’s interview with Gabriel Shipton, Julian Assange’s brother The Julian Assange Indictment WikiLeaks:...

3/31/23 Mike Swanson on the Bank Failures and the Strength of the Dollar

by Scott Horton | Apr 3, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Mike Swanson is back on the show to talk about the state of the economy. Scott and Swanson discuss some of the forces behind the recent banking failures and examine how they complicate the Fed’s fight against inflation. They then explore some of the claims being made about the imminent collapse of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. Swanson shares his insights on each of these topics and then explains what he thinks is in store for the economy in the near future. Discussed on the show: Wall Street Window Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by...

3/30/23 Dave DeCamp on Bakhmut, Nord Stream and the Escalations over Taiwan

by Scott Horton | Apr 1, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Dave DeCamp was back on Antiwar Radio this week to discuss some of the week’s biggest foreign policy news. They discuss Ukrainian President Zelensky’s recent comments about what would happen if Russia takes the eastern city of Bakhmut. They then move on to Seymour Hersh’s report about a joint U.S.-German coverup of the operation to destroy the Nord Stream pipelines. They also talk about the Taiwanese president’s visit to the U.S. and review some of the recent provocative changes to America’s Taiwan policy. Scott ends the show with a recording of the video version of his...

3/24/23 Ryan McMaken on Nuclear Weapons and How the Fed Fuels Inequality

by Scott Horton | Mar 29, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott is joined by Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute to talk about nuclear weapons and the boom-bust cycle. They begin with a discussion of McMaken's recent article pushing back against common arguments for the production of more nuclear weapons. McMaken argues that, even if you accept the premise that we need nuclear weapons for deterrence, it does not follow that we need thousands of them. They then move on to the economy. They first dig into what’s actually behind today’s inflation and looming recession. That leads to a broader discussion about why some of the most...