by Scott | Jan 31, 2023 | Interviews
Download Episode. Eric Margolis returns to the show to talk about the war in Ukraine. Scott reflects on some of his early interviews with Margolis about Ukraine back in 2014. Just as he had said back then, Margolis sees some disturbing parallels between the modern...
by Scott | Aug 20, 2021 | Interviews
Eric Margolis talks with Scott about the situation in Afghanistan as American forces continue to withdraw. Of course, the last few days have seen nonstop headlines proclaiming an utter disaster in the country, many of them excoriating President Biden for having...
by Scott | Oct 16, 2020 | Interviews
Eric Margolis discusses President Trump’s recent peace deals between Israel and some of the Arab states. First Margolis explains that these aren’t really peace deals; what they do is simply make public the normalization of relations between countries that were already...
by Scott | Jun 22, 2020 | Interviews
Scott interviews Eric Margolis about the recent border skirmishes between Chinese and Indian troops, which have resulted in deaths on both sides. The border between these two countries has been in dispute practically since its creation, and neither Scott nor Margolis...
by Scott | Nov 18, 2019 | Interviews
Scott talks to Eric Margolis about the history of the Soviet Union and its aftermath, in honor of the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall last week. Margolis reminds us what a mistake the Cold War was, as is the new Cold War that American neocons and...
by Scott | Aug 11, 2019 | Interviews
Scott interviews Eric Margolis about the recent legal change that will now allow non-Kashmiris to buy land in Kashmir. Kashmir is majority Muslim, and has been the subject of territorial disputes between India and Pakistan for years. The fear is that the legal change...
by Scott | Jun 16, 2019 | Interviews
Eric Margolis shares stories from his work helping rescue zoo animals from Gaza, where Israeli occupation has forced the Palestinians living there to squalor and the brink of starvation. The promise of a Palestinian state appears to be totally forgotten, says...
by Scott | Apr 14, 2019 | Interviews
Eric Margolis comes back on the show to give an update on the revolutions brewing in Africa. The forces at work during the Arab Spring are still at play in countries like Algeria, and elsewhere in Africa, America has deliberately fomented political unrest for its own...
by Scott | Feb 6, 2019 | Interviews
Eric Margolis joins the show to talk about President Trump’s apparent intentions to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan. This idea has met with a surprising amount of pushback—somehow ending the war is seen as more shameful than the war itself. Scott and Margolis fear...
by Scott | Dec 21, 2018 | Interviews
Eric Margolis gives an update on the “yellow vest” protests in France over recent fuel taxes announced by President Macron. The protests have caused Macron to back down from some of his policies, which Margolis says has left him looking weak. Macron’s future as leader...
by Scott | Sep 2, 2018 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, the veteran journalist, is interviewed on his obituary of the brilliant Uri Avnery, “The Lion of Judah’s Last Roar“. The life of Uri Avnery. Topics discussed range from Avnery’s efforts in the Middle East peace process, the Iraq Wars, Afghanistan,...
by Scott | Jul 30, 2018 | Interviews
Foreign correspondent Eric Margolis is interviewed on Imran Khan’s winning campaign in Pakistan and the geopolitical implications of his election. Khan’s biography, his political activities, and Margolis’s thoughts on Pakistan’s political direction is discussed in...
by Scott | May 24, 2018 | Interviews
Foreign correspondent Eric Margolis joins Scott to discuss Israel-Palestine, the history of Palestinian suffering, how the future of the conflict might be resolved or exaggerated. Margolis recalls his mother’s reporting on Israel-Palestine, and the consequences and...
by Scott | Feb 6, 2018 | Interviews
Veteran journalist Eric Margolis returns to the show to discuss his latest article, “The Syrian Madhouse Gets Even Crazier.” Margolis explains why Rex Tillerson’s recent decision to maintain a long-term presence in eastern Syria has created an even...
by Scott | Dec 21, 2017 | Interviews
Eric Margolis joins Scott to discuss his latest article, “Sorry, Chump, You Didn’t Have It In Writing” in which Margolis recalls the history of broken promises and lies made to Russia by NATO and the United States, and the subsequent increase in tension and near...
by Scott | Dec 6, 2017 | Interviews
Legendary journalist Eric Margolis returns to the show to discuss the escalated tensions in North Korea. Margolis explains why the threat of nuclear war is all the greater with Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Margolis says that tension with North Korea really...
by Scott | Sep 6, 2017 | Interviews
Author and journalist Eric Margolis returns to the show to discuss the slow motion war escalating between China and India that Margolis has long believed is an inevitability. The conflict between the two nuclear powers centers on their desire to control the Himalayan...
by Scott | Aug 23, 2017 | Interviews
Eric Margolis returns to the show to discuss his recent heroic trip to the Middle East where he helped save starving zoo animals from Aleppo with Four Paws International. Margolis recounted his trip and the incredible rescue he helped bring about in his latest article...
by Scott | Jun 12, 2017 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, the famous foreign affairs correspondent and author of “War at the Top of the World” and “American Raj”, is interviewed on the 1967 Arab Israeli War that started fifty years ago this June. In a wide ranging interview, Margolis delivers a 101 on postwar...
by Scott | Apr 21, 2017 | Interviews
Eric Margolis, a journalist and author of American Raj, discusses the signs of an impending US troop surge in Afghanistan to finally “win” the war after 16 years; and the potentially disastrous consequences if Trump’s bellicosity on North Korea ever turns into...