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9/24/18 Rajan Menon on the Yemeni War

by Scott Horton | Sep 28, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Rajan Menon, Professor of International Relations at CCNY and Senior Research Fellow at the Saltzman Institute for War and Peace Studies at Columbia University and author of "The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention," is on the show to talk about the Yemeni War. Menon...

8/31/18 Daniel Ellsberg: The Doomsday Machine and Nuclear Winter

by Scott Horton | Sep 6, 2018 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show

Daniel Ellsberg is on the show to talk about his book The Doomsday Machine and his experiences working in the RAND corporation in the early 1960s, specifically on the casualties numbers estimated from a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union and China. Ellsberg talks...

8/31/18 Larry Wilkerson on Neocons in Trump Administration

by Scott Horton | Sep 4, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Larry Wilkerson, former army Colonel and Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, is interviewed on his new article at LobeLog "The Neoconservative Comeback" on the growing influence of neoconservatism in the Trump Administration. Trump's Syria and...

8/24/18 Mason Tvert on the Marijuana Policy Project

by Scott Horton | Aug 28, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Mason Tvert from the Marijuana Policy Project is on the show to update Scott about all the topics surrounding the Marijuana Policy Project's efforts to get marijuana legalized in Colorado. Tvert talks about how they tried to re-educate Coloradans about the true nature...

8/22/18 Danny Sjursen on Terror Wars and Becoming Antiwar

by Scott Horton | Aug 25, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Danny Sjursen is interviewed on his service in the Terror Wars, how he became antiwar, and how he wants his service and the service of others to be honored. Sjursen is a major in the U.S. army and former history instructor at West Point. He writes regularly for...

08/20/18 Mark Thornton on Skyscraper Curse and Austrian Business Cycle

by Scott Horton | Aug 24, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow of the Ludwig von Mises institute and Book Review Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, is interviewed on the so called "Skyscraper Theory", and his new book "The Skyscraper Curse", about the correlation of new tall...

8/14/18 Peter Van Buren on Iraq, Twitter, and More

by Scott Horton | Aug 16, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Peter Van Buren is interviewed on his recent twitter ban, and also his books "We Meant Well" and his time in Iraq as a foreign service officer. Van Buren talks about the drama surrounding his book's publication while he was still employed at the State Department, and...

8/10/18 Grant Smith on US Lying About Israel’s Nukes

by Scott Horton | Aug 11, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Grant Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle East Policy, is interviewed on his new article "Can the US Keep Lying About Israel's Nukes?". A new court case may force the US government to admit that they know Israel has nuclear weapons. Israel's history...

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