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Pope Appeals to Politicians to Avert Threat of Nuclear War Over Ukraine

by Scott Horton | Oct 26, 2022 | Blog

Reuters: "Today, in fact, something we dreaded and hoped never to hear of again is threatened outright: the use of atomic weapons, which even after Hiroshima and Nagasaki continued wrongly to be produced and tested." Francis recalled how on October, 25, 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, Pope John XXIII delivered a radio message appealing to leaders of the time to bring the world back from the brink. "Today peace has been gravely violated, assaulted and trampled upon, and this in Europe, on the very continent that in the last century endured the horrors of two world wars,"...

10/22/22 Patrick MacFarlane on the Populist Right’s Taiwan Hypocrisy

by Scott Horton | Oct 26, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott is joined by Patrick MacFarlane, the Justin Raimondo Fellow at the Libertarian Institute, to discuss an article he wrote recently as well as the new direction he’s taking his podcast Vital Dissent. Scott and MacFarlane first dig into the growing tension between Washington and Beijing over Taiwan's sovereignty. MacFarlane points out that some of the best opposition to both the policies that provoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and NATO’s subsequent response is from populist right-wingers. But those very same people throw all their logic out the window when the topic...

10/21/22 James Carden on the Need for Strategic Empathy

by Scott Horton | Oct 25, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. This week on Antiwar Radio, Scott talked with James Carden about an article he co-wrote recently with Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation. The article compares the current level of tension between the U.S. and Russia with the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis sixty years ago. They argue that two factors make today’s flare-up more dangerous: a lack of communication channels and an absence of empathy for the other side. Carden explains why we do not need to sympathize with the Russian invasion to recognize that there is room for diplomacy. Discussed on the show: “How did...

10/21/22 Annelle Sheline: Mad at the Saudis? End the War in Yemen

by Scott Horton | Oct 24, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott talks with Quincy Institute research fellow Annelle Sheline about the recent anti-Saudi sentiment in the Democratic Party and the effort to end the war in Yemen. After some tension between the Biden Administration and OPEC+, many Democrats have been directing anger toward the Saudi Regime. Scott and Sheline discuss how this came about and why the energy should be directed toward ending the war in Yemen. Discussed on the show: “Five ways Biden can ‘re-evaluate’ the Saudi relationship now” (Responsible Statecraft) 1833stopwar.com Annelle Sheline is a Research Fellow...

Top 100 Rodney Dangerfield Jokes

by Scott Horton | Oct 23, 2022 | Blog

Lighten up dude. We're all gonna die soon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GfWXN5Lp1s&t=638s

10/21/22 Daniel Davis on the Looming Battle for Kherson

by Scott Horton | Oct 23, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott talks with Daniel Davis about the evolving situation on the ground in Ukraine. Davis has his eyes on the southern city of Kherson where the Russian forces are digging in for a Ukrainian attack. Clearly the Ukrainian forces have benefited from NATO weapons, but Davis thinks they’re in for a tough winter as Russia gets reinforcements and Ukraine’s armored divisions wither away. And so he expects the Ukrainians to try and take control of as much ground as possible before December. Scott and Davis also discuss how Russia’s annexations have changed the dynamic of this...

10/20/22 Peter Van Buren: How Close to the Brink Are We Really?

by Scott Horton | Oct 22, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott interviews Peter Van Buren to talk through the risk of a nuclear detonation related to the war in Ukraine. Both Scott and Van Buren think the use of nuclear weapons is unlikely, but they dig into the differences in their views of the situation. They also explore how a conventional escalation could play out. Lastly, they turn to North Korea where Van Buren sees the greatest chance of nuclear disaster originating. Discussed on the show: “Nuclear Chicken Is Overrated” (The American Conservative) “Inside the U.S. Effort to Arm Ukraine” (The New Yorker) “NATO Expansion:...

10/17/22 Richard Booth on Why the OKC Bombing is Still Important

by Scott Horton | Oct 20, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Richard Booth joins Scott to discuss the Oklahoma City bombing. The two go back to the beginning and talk about what originally got them interested in the bombing and how they later joined up to create the largest online archive of relevant documents. They then dig into why this story remains important almost thirty years later. Scott plays a number of audio clips to help the listener understand why there is clearly more to the story than the official conclusion would have us believe. But they also talk about instances where other researchers have gone too far with their...

Pope Appeals to Politicians to Avert Threat of Nuclear War Over Ukraine

10/22/22 Patrick MacFarlane on the Populist Right’s Taiwan Hypocrisy

10/21/22 James Carden on the Need for Strategic Empathy

10/21/22 Annelle Sheline: Mad at the Saudis? End the War in Yemen

Top 100 Rodney Dangerfield Jokes

10/21/22 Daniel Davis on the Looming Battle for Kherson

10/20/22 Peter Van Buren: How Close to the Brink Are We Really?

10/17/22 Richard Booth on Why the OKC Bombing is Still Important

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