Muhammad Sahimi, professor of Chemical Engineering at USC, discusses why a compromise with Iran is possible if it is not asked to surrender; the misrepresentation of Supreme Leader Khamenei's opinion on a deal with the West; and the chance of a finalized agreement happening within a few months.

Sheldon Richman, vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses how Americans can help Ukrainians; the ratio of crazy/stupidity in neoconservatives picking a fight with Russia; and the imperialist core of American exceptionalism, dating to the country's earliest days.

Patrick Cockburn, an award-winning journalist with The Independent, discusses the treacherous road between Damascus and Tartous in Syria; why nobody really knows the composition of Syria's many rebel groups, or how great their numbers; the Gulf monarchies backing radical Sunni groups throughout the region; and why the Syria-Iraq border no longer matters as suicide bombers roam freely on both sides.

Scott McConnell, a founding editor of The American Conservative, discusses the polls showing Americans oppose intervention in Ukraine; Russia's reaction to State Department neoconservatives engineering regime change in Kiev; and why the US national interest is best served by non-hostile relations with nuclear-armed Russia.

Journalist Jason Leopold discusses the government's Orwellian war on words wherein Guantanamo hunger strikers are said to be on "long term non-religious fasts;" the media blackout on Guantanamo; and the painful process of force feeding. Transcript Hi y'all how's it going. Welcome to the show it's the Scott Horton Show, I'm Scott Horton. You know I used to concerned about this Hunger-Strike down in Guantanamo Bay, bunch of people , most of them were kidnapped and sold for bounty by the...

Alan Butler, host of the Liberty Express Radio show "Butler on Business," discusses the manipulation of BLS statistics for political gain; why the population/employment ratio is a better jobs indicator than the commonly used U3 unemployment rate; and why inflation is much higher than officially reported.

Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses how surveillance/intelligence agencies have become the de facto fourth branch of government; Diane Feinstein's apparent outrage at the CIA spying on her staff's attempt at oversight; the implications of spying on government officials (and handing the info over to Israel); and the folly of NATO and mutual defense treaties. Transcript Alright welcome to the show, I'm Scott Horton, this is my show the Scott...

Dahr Jamail, a Truthout staff reporter, discusses the Fallujah civilians being killed by Iraq's government; the events leading up to the 2004 killing of four Blackwater mercenaries and the subsequent US assault on Fallujah; the continuing consequences of Bush's disastrous Iraq war; and why Nuri al-Maliki is basically a Shiite Saddam Hussein. Transcript Welcome back to the show, I'm Scott Horton this is my show, The Scott Horton Show. This is going to be like a time warp back to ten years ago,...