Branko Marcetic discusses the stunning lack of mainstream media coverage of Julian Assange's case. Besides being the right thing to do, since Assange has heroically helped expose heinous crimes by many of the world's governments, journalists also have a selfish reason...
The Scott Horton Show
7/15/21 Ted Snider on Why the US Prefers Iranian Hardliners
by Scott Horton | Jul 15, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Ted Snider about America's relationship with Iran and Syria. Iran has just elected a new president, Ibrahim Raisi, who Snider says is much more of a hardliner than his predecessor, Hassan Rouhani. Rouhani was the one who worked with the Obama...
7/9/21 Jim Bovard on Biden’s Buffoonish War on Extremism
by Scott Horton | Jul 14, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Jim Bovard discusses the recent rumblings about "domestic extremism," which the Biden administration and many Democrats have been warning is a rising problem in America. So far, Biden has only issued executive orders about so-called extremism, but some politicians are...
7/9/21 Kevin Gosztola on the Plights of Julian Assange and Daniel Hale
by Scott Horton | Jul 14, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Kevin Gosztola is back with an update on Julian Assange and Daniel Hale, both of whom continue to languish in maximum security prisons for the "crime" of telling the people about the very real crimes of their own governments. Although a UK judge denied the U.S....
7/9/21 Danny Sjursen on the Danger of an Afghanistan ‘Threequel’ from the Biden Administration
by Scott Horton | Jul 14, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Danny Sjursen about U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which at the moment the Biden administration appears poised to follow through with. Sjursen is concerned about the response from the mainstream media and both party establishments—Republicans claim...
7/9/21 Jared Wall on the Delta-8 THC Loophole Allowing Americans to Buy Cannabis Legally
by Scott Horton | Jul 13, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
New advertiser Jared Wall joins the show to discuss his website, thchempspot.com, which offers cannabis products containing Delta-8 THC, a form of psychoactive THC that's perfectly legal almost everywhere in the United States. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is...
7/2/21 Andrew Cockburn on the Catastrophic Legacy of Donald Rumsfeld
by Scott Horton | Jul 7, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Andrew Cockburn about his new book, Rumsfeld: His Rise, Fall, and Catastrophic Legacy. Scott and Cockburn discuss Rumsfeld's ascent to power through various presidential administrations, with special focus on his role in the disastrous post-9/11...
7/2/21 Mark Perry on the Pentagon’s Latest Corporate Welfare Boondoggle
by Scott Horton | Jul 5, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Mark Perry discusses the bizarre case of the Stryker, a vehicle used by the U.S. army to transport infantry troops to the battlefield. The Stryker, Perry explains, is a deathtrap: it isn't heavily armored enough to stand up to real combat, it rolls over easily and it...