Download Episode. Kyle Anzalone joined Scott on Antiwar Radio this week to run through some of the biggest Ukraine news of the day. They start with a look at the many factors that doomed Ukraine’s counteroffensive and examine how American and Ukrainian officials are trying to process the failures. They also touch on the escalating drone strikes on Kyiv and Crimea, the fury directed at Elon Musk over Starlink, the West’s declining leverage over the world stage and more. Discussed on the show: Scott’s Speech to the Travis County Libertarian Party “Zelensky Blames West for Failed...
9/7/23 Dr. Ron Paul on the Long Deliberate War on Our Liberties
Download Episode. Dr. Ron Paul joined Scott to talk about his newest book, The Great Surreptitious Coup. They talk about how some of the big power grabs of the 1960s and 1970s by institutions like the CIA, FBI and Federal Reserve explain the mess we find ourselves in today. Then Dr. Paul explains what’s needed to get us back on track. Discussed on the show: The Great Surreptitious Coup: Who Stole Western Civilization? by Ron Paul “Will BRICS Smash the Dollar?” (Ron Paul Institute) Former congressman and American hero Ron Paul is the host of the Ron Paul Liberty Report and director of the...
9/7/23 Ted Galen Carpenter on Ukraine and the Call for War on Mexico
Download Episode. Scott was joined by Ted Galen Carpenter on Antiwar Radio this week. They first discuss the status of Ukraine’s counteroffensive. There has been a lot of coverage of some Ukrainian gains in the southeast. Less covered have been the Russian gains in the northeast. They discuss these developments and reflect on the reaction in Washington. At the end, they touch on the absurd GOP proposal to launch a conventional war against the Mexican drug cartels. Discussed on the show: “Is the United States Pursuing a Permanent Cold War with Russia? (Libertarian Institute) “Russia as the...
8/31/23 Andy Worthington: Some Good News from Guantanamo Bay
Download Episode. Andy Worthington is back to discuss what’s happening down at Guantanamo Bay. This time there is a positive development. A judge has ruled that statements gathered from the so-called “Clean Team” interrogations of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri cannot be used against him. Scott gives some background on what the “Clean Team” interrogations were before the two discuss the specifics of al-Nashiri’s situation. They also detail how he was tortured. Finally, Worthington explains the status of the men who remain at Guantanamo. Discussed on the show: “Trial Judge Destroys Guantánamo’s...
8/31/23 Branko Marcetic on the Ousting of Imran Khan and Washington’s Plan for Ukraine
Download Episode. Branko Marcetic joined Antiwar Radio this week to talk about two articles he wrote recently. The first concerns the ousting of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan in a no-confidence vote. U.S. officials and their friends in the media had said, emphatically, that the American government had no role in his removal. But a recently published cable appears to contradict that claim. Scott and Marcetic discuss. They then turn to the second article which examines the U.S. government’s apparent plan to extend the war in Ukraine, despite the failures of the counteroffensive....
8/24/23 Nasser Arrabyee on the State of Yemen Today
Download Episode. Nasser Arrabyee joins Scott again to give an update on Yemen. The ceasefire has held for more than a year, but there is still much for the various factions to negotiate. Arrabyee gives an account of where things stand on the ground, and then the two take a step back and look at the broader geopolitical context. Discussed on the show: “‘Al-Qaeda’ attack kills secessionist commander and three fighters in Yemen” (Al Jazeera) Nasser Arrabyee is a Yemeni journalist based in Sana’a, Yemen. He is the owner and director of Yemen-Now.com. You can follow him on Twitter @narrabyee....
8/24/23 Dennis Marburger on the Brutal Nagorono-Karabakh Blockade
Download Episode. Dennis Marburger returns to the show to talk about the humanitarian crisis occurring right now in Nagorno-Karabakh. Marburger gives the historical context behind what’s happening before digging into the details of the current blockade, which began late last year. Scott and Marburger then look at the geopolitical context and discuss how this can be resolved. Discussed on the show: “The Crisis We Ignore” (The Critic) Origins Discovery Armenophobia Maro Kochinyan “‘They want us to die in the streets’: inside the Nagorno-Karabakh blockade” (The Guardian) “Nations by Consent”...
8/24/23 Kyle Anzalone on the Counteroffensive and Prigozhin Plane Crash
Download Episode. Kyle Anzalone was back on Antiwar Radio this week to talk about Ukraine. Scott and Anzalone take stock of the Ukrainian counteroffensive and discuss the reaction of American officials. They then touch on the political aspect of this war before finishing with a quick look at the reports that the Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash. Discussed on the show: “‘Fight Russia to the Last Ukrainian’ Is Official White House Policy” (Libertarian Institute) “US ‘Fears’ Ukraine Is Too ‘Casualty Averse’” (Antiwar.com) Scott’s recent interview with Daniel Davis...









