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Speech – What You Need to Know About Waco – Porcfest 2023

 Download Episode. In 1993 the US Federal government murdered 86 men, women and children in a show of force. Since then the FBI and ATF have tried to cover their tracks by pinning the deaths on "religious extremism" and David Koresh. In this talk Scott Horton will...

The Mises Caucus Doctrine For the Libertarian Party

I originally gave this speech to the Libertarian Party National Committee on July 30, 2022, but the audio and video were terrible and the thing was too long so no one read it. So here's me reading it out loud with decent sound quality at least. And I hope it will be...

9/11/22 Scott Explains the War in Yemen, and the Effort to End It

Download Episode. Yesterday, Scott did a solo show for Antiwar Radio in which he lays out the ongoing grassroots campaign to end U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s brutal war on the people of Yemen. He gives a brief but thorough background on the war and then explains...

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Speech – What You Need to Know About Waco – Porcfest 2023

 Download Episode. In 1993 the US Federal government murdered 86 men, women and children in a show of force. Since then the FBI and ATF have tried to cover their tracks by pinning the deaths on "religious extremism" and David Koresh. In this talk Scott Horton will...

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Fool’s Errand Correction

Gah. There's an error on pages 191–192 in my 2017 book Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan. A vet just wrote me to point out that I was in fact wrong to say that all 64 people killed in a battle in Kunar Province in February 2011 were "innocent." My...

Absolute Idiot Correction to the new book:

Two different times in Provoked, I "misspoke" and wrote that in 1999 Clinton added Poland, Hungary and Romania to NATO. That is of course stupid and wrong, and I know the right country — the Czech Republic, aka Czechia — and say it right more times than wrong in...

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3/24/25 Jesse Trentadue and Richard Booth on the OKC Bombing Cover-Up

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Jesse Trentadue returns to the show after a long hiatus for a deep dive on the Oklahoma City bombing with Scott and Richard Booth. The three explore what we know about what happened, how it differs from the official narrative and what most likely explains the gaps in our knowledge.  

Discussed on the show:

Richard Booth is the Glenn D. Wilburn Fellow at the Libertarian Institute and an independent citizen journalist and member of the Constitution First Amendment Press Association (CFAPA). You can find Richard’s journalism at The Libertarian Institute, and on his Substack. Follow him on Twitter @booth_okc

Jesse Trentadue is a lawyer and the brother of Kenneth “Kenny” Trentadue, who Jesse believes was killed by police after being mistaken for Timothy McVeigh’s accomplice in the Oklahoma City Bombing. Jesse is on a decades-long quest to seek justice for his brother’s death and unveil what really happened in the days and weeks surrounding the April 19, 1995 attack. 

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3/20/25 Ken Klippenstein on How the US Would Wage War on Iran

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Ken Klippenstein joins Scott to discuss some articles he recently wrote about the plan the American government has for fighting a war with Iran. They start with a discussion of Trump’s strikes on the Houthis of Yemen and then get into all Klippenstein’s learned about how Washington would go about fighting a hot war against the Iranian regime. 

Discussed on the show:

  • “Trump Is Now at War With Iran” (Substack)
  • “The Iran War Plan” (Substack)
  • “The Nuclear War Plan for Iran” (Substack)

Kenneth Klippenstein is an American journalist who worked at The Intercept. Prior to joining The Intercept, Klippenstein was the D.C. Correspondent at The Nation, and previously was a senior investigative reporter for the online news program The Young Turks. Follow his work on Substack

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3/14/25 Muhammad Sahimi on how Trump’s Return and Israel’s War are Affecting Iran

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Scott brings Muhammad Sahimi back on the show to talk about recent developments in Iran. They discuss the Trump administration’s relationship with the Iranian regime, the political dynamic within Iran and much more. 

Discussed on the show:

Muhammad Sahimi is a professor at the University of Southern California who analyzes Iran’s political developments, its nuclear program, and foreign policy.

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3/14/25 Daniel Davis on the Ukraine War Talks

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Daniel Davis returns to the show to give an update on the war in Ukraine. He and Scott discuss the ongoing talks, the consequences of Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk region of Russia, the presence of North Korean troops, the actual Russian objectives on the battlefield and more. 

Discussed on the show:

Daniel Davis did multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan during his time in the army. He is a Senior Fellow at Defense Priorities and is the author of the reports “Dereliction of Duty II: Senior Military Leaders’ Loss of Integrity Wounds Afghan War Effort” and “Go Big or Go Deep: An Analysis of Strategy Options on Afghanistan.” Find him on Twitter @DanielLDavis1and subscribe to his YouTube Channel.

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3/7/25 Thomas Eddlem on the Plutocratic War on the American Working Class

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Scott interviews Thomas Eddlem about an article he recently published at the Libertarian Institute about how our economic system is ripping off the American working class. He and Scott dig into how inflation, regulations and programs like Social Security hurt the very people most think the government is around to help. 

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Thomas R. Eddlem is the William Norman Grigg Fellow at the Libertarian Institute, an economist and a freelance writer. He has written three books and holds a masters of applied economics and data scientist certification from Boston College. He lives in Taunton, Massachusetts with his wife Cathy and family.

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