Download Episode. Scott is joined by activist and podcast host Misty Winston to discuss the case of Leonard Peltier, an American Indian Movement member who was charged with killing two FBI agents in 1975. Supporters of Peltier argue that he was charged without...
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5/6/22 Stephen Walt: A Realist’s Take on the War in Ukraine
by Scott Horton | May 8, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Stephen Walt joined Scott for Antiwar Radio this week to give his view of the war in Ukraine. Walt is one of the leaders of the doctrine known as “foreign policy realism.” He starts by explaining what separates the realists from other schools of...
5/6/22 John Kiriakou on the War on Alternative Media
by Scott Horton | May 7, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott is joined by CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou to discuss the recent uptick in deplatforming efforts against alternative media sites like Consortium News and MintPress News. They discuss the hold that the Intelligence Community has over...
5/2/22 Douglas Macgregor on New Russia and “Hatred in the Plural”
by Scott Horton | May 3, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott interviews Retired Colonel Douglas Macgregor about the war in Ukraine. Scott recently interviewed William Arkin who believes the Russians are actually losing this war. Macgregor has a very different take, and Scott gives him the opportunity to...
4/29/22 Jordan Smith on Melissa Lucio and the Pitfalls of Capital Punishment
by Scott Horton | May 3, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott is joined by investigative journalist Jordan Smith to discuss Melissa Lucio, a Texas woman awaiting execution. Smith walks us through Lucio’s case where the tragic death of her child was immediately assumed by police and prosecutors to be...
4/30/22 Nassar Arrabyee on Yemen’s Future
by Scott Horton | May 1, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Nassar Arrabyee joins Scott for Antiwar Radio this week to discuss the ongoing ceasefire in Yemen. Arrabyee explains why he still considers this ceasefire to be different and he gives Scott an update on the effects on the ground. They then discuss...
4/22/22 Mitchell Plitnick on Israel, Iran and a Cold War in the Middle East
by Scott Horton | Apr 29, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott interviews Mitchel Plitnick about Israeli politics and the Iran Nuclear Deal. Plitnick begins by filling us in on the political situation in Israel, where a new coalition government is working to agree upon a budget by the Fall of 2023. If...
4/22/22 Mike Swanson on Inflation and Economic Bubbles
by Scott Horton | Apr 29, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott interviews Mike Swanson about our current economic situation. Swanson starts by pointing out the historic nature of the economy in the middle of 2020 when interest rates and commodity prices were extremely low. Swanson explains how the...