Download Audio. Scott brings Matthew Hoh back on the show to talk about the rumored deal Trump made with the Russians to end the war in Ukraine, the legacy of Dick Cheney, the ramifications of what Israel accomplished and has failed to accomplish in Gaza and more....
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11/18/25 Barry Eisler on the CIA, Venezuela and Using Novels to Wake People Up
Download Audio. Scott interviews novelist Barry Eisler about his background at the CIA, how he woke up to the realities of the American empire, the insanity of Washington even considering a war with Venezuela, how he writes his novels and more. Discussed on the...
What’s Wrong with Young People?
A former Obama speechwriter faulted young people for having the faculty of abstraction when thinking about the Holocaust, genocide, Israel, and the Palestinians.
TGIF: The Capitalist-Socialist Asymmetry
Free-marketeers have long pointed out a particular asymmetry between capitalism and socialism (whether of the international or national variety). While anyone in a capitalist society would have a right to engage in socialism (as anyone can do now in our hampered...
French General: We Must Be Ready To ‘Lose Our Children’ in War with Russia
The head of the French armed forces said his country must be prepared to send its children to die in a war with Russia. “Russia is convinced that the Europeans are weak. However, we are strong, fundamentally stronger than Russia,” Chief of the French Defense Staff...
Iran Withdraws From Inspections Agreement with IAEA
On Thursday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) passed a resolution demanding that Iran allow inspectors to reach sites bombed by Israel and the US. Tehran responded by withdrawing from an inspections agreement with the international nuclear watchdog. The...
Human Rights Watch: Israel Is Committing Crimes Against Humanity in the West Bank
Human Rights Watch declared Israel's campaign of forced displacement of Palestinians from the West Bank a crime against humanity. “The Israeli government’s forced displacement of the populations of three West Bank refugee camps in January and February 2025 amounts to...
Abdicating Responsibility: Education
I discuss how sending children to public school is abdication of responsibility and read the seven purposes of school from Dumbing us Down.
What Has the Government Done to Our Cars
The modern car is an abomination. These once glorious machines have been covered in so many needless hoses, cords, sensors, and plastic shields that a man cannot just open his hood and look at his engine. They are full of other invasive features due to persistent...
The Opportunity Costs of Our War in Somalia
For more than two decades, the United States has waged a quiet, little-noticed air and special operations war across the Horn of Africa. If most Americans are unaware of this fact, that is no accident. The campaign in Somalia has been conducted so far from public...
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