Ben Ehrenreich, author of The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine, discusses why Palestinians in Nabi Saleh have continued protesting the Israeli occupation and theft of their spring for years despite overwhelming odds, brutal responses by Israel, and a less than "honest broker" in the US government that is staunchly supportive of Israel, no matter what.
06/30/16 – David Bromwich – The Scott Horton Show
David Bromwich, Sterling Professor of English at Yale University, discusses the roots of Hillary Clinton's hawkish foreign policy, and the neoconservatives jockeying for position in an anticipated Clinton presidency.
06/30/16 – Sheldon Richman – The Scott Horton Show
Sheldon Richman, author of America's Counter-Revolution: The Constitution Revisited, discusses why Brexit is more complicated than it seems in terms of economics, liberty, immigration, and trade policies; and why embracing xenophobia or protectionism would be the worst course of action for Brits upon exiting the European Union.
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06/28/16 – Shane Bauer – The Scott Horton Show
Shane Bauer, a senior reporter at Mother Jones, discusses his four month undercover journalistic assignment as a private prison guard for the Corrections Corporation of America at the Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, Louisiana. Transcript -- June 28, 2016 -- Shane Bauer Scott Horton: Introducing Shane Bauer -- the heroic Shane Bauer -- senior reporter at Mother Jones magazine. You remember it made the news when his cameraman got busted out in front of a prison in Louisiana back a few...
06/27/16 – James Bradley – The Scott Horton Show
James Bradley, author of the bestseller Flags of Our Fathers, discusses why Americans don't understand Orlando shooter Omar Mateen's motive, and still can't comprehend the lessons of terrorism blowback 15 years after 9/11.
06/27/16 – James Carden – The Scott Horton Show
James Carden, a contributing writer for The Nation, discusses the neoconservative scheme for regime change in Syria and, in the long run, Russia - as articulated in the "dissent memo" signed onto by 51 State Department officials.
06/23/16 – Emily Yates – The Scott Horton Show
Emily Yates, a former Army public affairs specialist and member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, discusses her "truth in recruitment" campaign to teach vulnerable students the reality of life in the military before recruiters can fill their heads with lies.
06/22/16 – Jason Leopold – The Scott Horton Show
Jason Leopold, investigative reporter for Vice News, discusses what the FOIA documents he obtained say about the CIA's "Salt Pit" black site prison in Afghanistan where Gul Rahman was tortured and died of hypothermia in 2002; and the FBI's ongoing criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton.
06/21/16 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses why the Obama administration is favoring al-Qaeda's main Syrian ally Ahrar al-Sham, and refusing to defy regional allies by backing a Syrian ceasefire.
06/20/16 – Derek Johnson – The Scott Horton Show
Derek Johnson, Global Zero's executive director, discuses his organization's efforts to create a world without nuclear weapons, and the challenges awaiting the next president on arms control and the nuclear "hair-trigger" posture with Russia.
06/17/16 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer and Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses why the US foreign policy establishment still wants regime change in Syria even though the Islamic State is as likely as anyone to fill the void.
06/17/16 – Mark Weisbrot – The Scott Horton Show
Mark Weisbrot, author of Failed: What the "Experts" Got Wrong about the Global Economy, discusses why Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is being impeached; and the IMF's weakening influence in "middle income" countries across Latin America.
06/16/16 – Jonathan Landay – The Scott Horton Show
Reuters journalist Jonathan Landay discusses his article "U.S. sees no major Islamic State links to Boko Haram, despite claims."
06/16/16 – Andrew Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show
Andrew Cockburn, author of Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins, discusses the Pentagon's real strategy in the Middle East: namely, keeping the money flowing to the military-industrial-Congressional complex, even if it means sending the incredibly effective A-10 Warthog to the dustbin and risking the lives of US soldiers.