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8/5/22 Grant F. Smith on Isaiah Kenen and how the Israeli Government Formed AIPAC

by Scott Horton | Aug 10, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott talked with author Grant F. Smith about his new podcast detailing the founding of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC. They also discuss how AIPAC has recently been getting more involved in U.S. elections. While some have...

8/5/22 David Pyne Shares the Views That Got Him Blacklisted by the Ukrainian Government

by Scott Horton | Aug 9, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott interviews David Pyne about the articles he wrote on the war in Ukraine that landed him on the Ukrainian regime's blacklist. Earlier this year, Pyne wrote a piece that contained a fifteen-point plan to stop the bloodshed and pull all Russian...

8/5/22 Laurie Calhoun on Zawahri’s Alleged Assassination and the Fanaticism of the Military Industrial Complex

by Scott Horton | Aug 8, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott talks with Libertarian Institute Senior Fellow Laurie Calhoun. They begin with a discussion of last week's announcement that a CIA drone strike killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahri in Kabul Afghanistan. Calhoun explains why she remains...

8/5/22 Connor Freeman on JCPOA Negotiations and Opposing War with China

by Scott Horton | Aug 7, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. This week on Antiwar Radio, Scott interviewed Libertarian Institute Assistant Editor Connor Freeman. Freeman goes over the messy situation Iranian officials face as JCPOA negotiations pick back up while the Middle East Cold War continues to heat...

7/28/22 Douglas Macgregor on NATO’s Doomed Strategy in Ukraine

by Scott Horton | Jul 31, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. This week on Antiwar Radio, Scott was joined by retired Col. Douglas Macgregor to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine. Macgregor has been deeply critical of NATO’s reaction to the Russian invasion, which he calls impulsive. He says the leverage...

7/25/22 John Vaughn on Why People Aren’t Joining the Military

by Scott Horton | Jul 29, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott spoke with retired U.S. Army Captain John Vaughn about the Military’s recent recruitment troubles. Vaughn gives an insider’s take on why interest in joining up has been dropping and highlights some relevant statistics. He reflects on his own...

7/25/22 Dave DeCamp on Ukraine, Taiwan, Iran and his New Podcast

by Scott Horton | Jul 28, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott interviewed Antiwar.com News Editor Dave DeCamp earlier this week. First, they discussed DeCamp’s new podcast — Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp. The show runs every weekday and highlights the most important foreign policy headlines of the day....

7/22/22 Jeff Deist on Inflation, the Housing Market and the Death of Savings

by Scott Horton | Jul 28, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott is joined by Jeff Deist, the President of the Mises Institute, to discuss the bizarre economic moment we are living through. Deist puts into perspective the historic levels of economic stimulus that the Federal Reserve injected into the...

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