Download Episode. Kyle Anzalone returns to the show to run through some of the top stories from the Libertarian Institute and Antiwar.com. They touch on Ukraine, China, Assange and more. Discussed on the show: “Democrats Attack Ukraine Audit Resolution as “Divisive and Ill-advised’” (Libertarian Institute) “US Ambassador Blasts Hungary’s Call for Ceasefire in Ukraine as ‘Cynical’” (Libertarian Institute) “Zelensky Holds ‘Meaningful’ Call With China’s Xi Jinping” (Antiwar.com) “Republicans...
4/27/23 Daniel Davis on the Actual State of Ukraine’s Forces
Download Episode. Daniel Davis joined Scott for Antiwar Radio this week to discuss the war in Ukraine. They talk about the leaked documents, which Davis says only confirmed what those paying attention already knew. In this interview, they compare what’s being said about the condition of Ukraine’s forces with reality. Discussed on the show: “Will Ukraine’s Spring Offensive Bring Kyiv Victory – Or Set The Stage For Defeat?” (19FortyFive) “Take The Win And End The Ukraine War Now” (19FortyFive)...
4/14/23 Michael Maharrey on The Best Arguments Against Defend The Guard and Why They’re Wrong
Download Episode. Scott is joined by Micahel Maharrey of the Tenth Amendment Center to talk about Defend The Guard. Maharrey reviews the arguments that federal and state officials have been using against the Defend The Guard legislation at some of the recent state legislative hearings. In this interview, he zeroes in on a couple that he considers to be the strongest. Maharrey lays out those arguments and explains why they fall short. Discussed on the show: DefendTheGuard.us...
4/14/23 Erik Sperling: Don’t Underestimate America’s Ability to Ruin the Yemen Peace Talks
Download Episode. Erik Sperling of Just Foreign Policy joins the show to talk about what’s going on in Yemen. There have been some very good developments there recently with peace talks, ceasefires and blockades being lifted. Overall, it appears that the Saudis are no longer interested in carrying out regime change in Yemen. That is a major step towards peace, but Sperling warns that there are still parties who want elements of this war to continue in some capacity. Discussed on the show:...
4/14/23 Rick Sterling on Why Zelensky Will Not Take Back Crimea
Download Episode. Scott interviews journalist Rick Sterling about what he learned on a trip to Crimea back in 2016. Sterling explains how the trip came about, who he was able to meet and why it’s convinced him the current regime in Kyiv will not be able to take control over the peninsula. Discussed on the show: “Why Zelensky Will NOT Take Back Crimea” (Antiwar.com) Rick Sterling is a journalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He can be contacted at rsterling1@protonmail.com. This...
4/14/23 Ted Galen Carpenter on the News Media’s Role in the American Empire
Download Episode. Ted Galen Carpenter makes his first appearance on the show as a Senior Fellow at the Libertarian Institute. Scott and Carpenter discuss his most recent book about the news media’s long history of enabling Washington’s disastrous foreign policy. They start with the campaign to get the U.S. involved in World War I and move up to the present day—touching on Vietnam, Iraq War I, Bosnia, Iraq War II, Syria and Ukraine. Discussed on the show: Unreliable Watchdog by Ted Galen...
4/13/23 Max Blumenthal: MSNBC Goes After the Twitter Files and Israel Descends into Violence
Download Episode. Max Blumenthal joined Scott on Antiwar Radio this week to talk about Matt Taibbi’s interview on MSNBC and what’s going on in Israel. They start with Matt Taibbi, who has been the subject of some serious heat from the establishment after his reporting brought attention to the scale of government censorship happening on social media. They talk about Medhi Hasan’s failed attempt to discredit Taibbi’s revelations in an incredibly hostile TV interview. Next they move to Israel....
4/5/23 Matt Taibbi on the Danger of Digital Censorship
Download Episode. Scott was joined by Matt Taibbi this week on Antiwar Radio. They discuss some of Taibbi’s recent reporting on the government-NGO-corporate media joint effort to flag and suppress certain news and opinions that they deem to be disinformation. They take a step back and look at the broader context behind this story and discuss some evidence that the fight against this new digital censorship regime can work. Discussed on the show: “People Can Win” (Racket News) Insane Clown...
4/4/23 Jeffery Sachs on What Led to War in Ukraine
Download Episode. Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University joins the show to discuss the war in Ukraine. First, Scott asks him about his extensive experience telling the truth about American foreign policy on national television. They then take a look back at the important developments that led to this war over Ukraine. They discuss the talks after the fall of the USSR, the Russian interest in the port at Sevastopol, the true beginning of the current war in 2014 and more. Discussed on the show:...
3/31/23 Josh Rushing on the Persecution of Julian Assange
Download Episode. Journalist Josh Rushing joins Scott to discuss a documentary he produced for Al Jazeera about Julian Assange. Rushing talks about his experience making the documentary, what they focused on and why they produced it now. They run through the many myths people still believe about Assange before getting into the multiple ways he has been targeted by the government and betrayed by many of his fellow journalists. Discussed on the show: The imprisonment of Julian Assange Scott’s...
3/31/23 Mike Swanson on the Bank Failures and the Strength of the Dollar
Download Episode. Mike Swanson is back on the show to talk about the state of the economy. Scott and Swanson discuss some of the forces behind the recent banking failures and examine how they complicate the Fed’s fight against inflation. They then explore some of the claims being made about the imminent collapse of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. Swanson shares his insights on each of these topics and then explains what he thinks is in store for the economy in the near future. ...
3/30/23 Dave DeCamp on Bakhmut, Nord Stream and the Escalations over Taiwan
Download Episode. Dave DeCamp was back on Antiwar Radio this week to discuss some of the week’s biggest foreign policy news. They discuss Ukrainian President Zelensky’s recent comments about what would happen if Russia takes the eastern city of Bakhmut. They then move on to Seymour Hersh’s report about a joint U.S.-German coverup of the operation to destroy the Nord Stream pipelines. They also talk about the Taiwanese president’s visit to the U.S. and review some of the recent provocative...
3/24/23 Ryan McMaken on Nuclear Weapons and How the Fed Fuels Inequality
Download Episode. Scott is joined by Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute to talk about nuclear weapons and the boom-bust cycle. They begin with a discussion of McMaken's recent article pushing back against common arguments for the production of more nuclear weapons. McMaken argues that, even if you accept the premise that we need nuclear weapons for deterrence, it does not follow that we need thousands of them. They then move on to the economy. They first dig into what’s actually behind...
3/24/23 Ted Snider on the Rapidly Changing World Order
Download Episode. Scott is joined by Ted Snider to talk about the real-time shift we are living through from a unipolar order dominated by Washington to a multipolar world where different blocs engage on more equal footing. They start with the war in Ukraine where western officials are doubling down on some of the choices that have thrown Eastern Europe into chaos in the first place. They then zoom out and examine how Washington’s recent foreign policy has driven Russia and China closer...
3/24/23 Kelley Vlahos on Those Most Responsible for Iraq War II
Download Episode. Kelley Vlahos returns to the show to talk about some of the writers, pundits and government advisors most responsible for the invasion of Iraq twenty years ago. Vlahos wrote an article highlighting three awful reflections about the war written recently by some of its biggest cheerleaders—David Frum, Eli Lake and Max Boot. They also discussed a symposium organized by Responsible Statecraft which asked a range of historians, journalists and authors to name the most underrated...
