Scott talks to Colleen Moore about America's withdrawal from global nuclear arms agreements under the Trump administration. Part of the reason for Trump's keenness on pulling out of these agreements is his reputation as a tough negotiator who prioritizes America's...
Hotter Than the Sun
12/6/19 Tom Collina: America’s Dangerous “Nuclear Sponge”
by Scott Horton | Dec 8, 2019 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Tom Collina tells Scott about the "nuclear sponge", a collection of land-based nuclear weapons in America's upper midwest, whose real purpose is just to absorb the strikes of a nuclear attack by a hostile power rather than to actually be used in an attack of their...
11/7/19 Francis Boyle: In Defense of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7
by Scott Horton | Nov 11, 2019 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Francis Boyle about his attempts to help Liz McAlister and the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 in their legal battle for what he views as justified civil resistance. McAlister helped break into the Kings Bay nuclear base in order to peacefully and symbolically...
10/18/19 Elizabeth McAlister: Nuclear Winter and the Kings Bay Plowshares 7
by Scott Horton | Oct 20, 2019 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Elizabeth McAlister of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 updates Scott on her legal situation, following an April 2018 incident in which she and other members of her organization broke into a Nuclear Submarine facility. The Kings Bay Plowshares are a group of Catholics...
8/27/19 Gar Alperovitz: the Decision to Nuke Japan
by Scott Horton | Aug 28, 2019 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Historian Gar Alperovitz shares the history of America's use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Contrary to what most of us learned in school, many of the top military officers and intelligence officials were adamant at the time that use of the bombs was...
8/23/19 Peter Van Buren: the Hiroshima Myth
by Scott Horton | Aug 25, 2019 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Peter Van Buren about the effects of war on American culture. They discuss the fact that America has been at war almost constantly for its entire history, ever since the nation was formed by overthrowing the British. Having an external enemy supposedly...
08/03/09 Gordon Prather: Iran and North Korea’s Nuclear Programs
by Scott Horton | Aug 3, 2019 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Gordon Prather, former nuclear weapons physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, discusses unsubstantiated claims Iran is secretly building nukes, the IAEA going beyond the scope of their mandate in Iran dealings, Bill Clinton's broken promises regarding N....
5/24/19 Grant F. Smith: the Niger Uranium Forgeries
by Scott Horton | May 27, 2019 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Grant Smith about his work obtaining secret government documents by FOIA request. This time Smith has gotten a 640-page document outlining Bush administration intelligence on Iraq's nuclear weapons in the leadup to the Iraq war. Discussed on the show:...
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