10/24/13 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show

Philip Giraldi, executive director of the Council for the National Interest, discusses the Anti-Defamation League's inclusion of CNI in their top-10 anti-Israel group list; Benjamin Netanyahu's blatant attempts to break up a US-Iran peace deal; and the US-Saudi rift on Syrian policy.

10/21/13 – Mel Frykberg – The Scott Horton Show

Journalist Mel Frykberg discusses the Libyan government's involvement in kidnapping their own prime minister; the Egyptian military's large scale operation in Sinai; the Muslim Brotherhood's limited political options; and Al Qaeda's involvement in nearly every Middle East-North Africa armed conflict.

10/18/13 – Barbara Slavin – The Scott Horton Show

Barbara Slavin, a journalist with Al-Monitor, discusses the centerpiece of Iran's new nuclear proposal; the concessions Iran is willing to make in exchange for seeing an "endgame" plan from the US; the unhappy hardliners on both sides; and why Iran's uranium enrichment serves little purpose other than as a bargaining chip.

10/18/13 – Amy Hagopian – The Scott Horton Show

Amy Hagopian, Associate Professor at the University of Washington's School of Public Health, discusses the Public Library of Science's (PLOS) study on mortality in Iraq from the 2003-2011 war and occupation; the results of other comparable studies done by different groups since 2007 or so; and the public's gross underestimation of the human costs of war.