J.P. Sottile, journalist and founder of NewsVandal, discusses whether Ukraine's revolution is about democracy and EU integration or the corporate pillaging of Ukraine's resources; Chevron's 50-year shale gas lease and Big Agribusiness' plans to make Ukraine Europe's breadbasket; and how a small, incestuous neocon cabal fomented Ukraine's conflict and stands to profit from the aftermath.

Gareth Porter is an award-winning independent journalist and historian. This is the fifth part in a series of interviews on Porter's new book Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare. Porter discusses the blown opportunity to reconcile with Iran after 9/11 and work together against the al-Qaeda and Taliban common enemies; the incredibly naive, magical thinking of the neocon gang that planned and executed the Iraq invasion/occupation; Iran's doomed-to-failure nuclear...

Gareth Porter is an award-winning independent journalist and historian. This is the fourth part in a series of interviews on Porter's new book Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare. Porter discusses how Israeli Prime Minister Yizhak Rabin created an Iranian nuclear bogeyman to give himself political cover for negotiations with the PLO; Iran's long-range (conventional) missile development program for deterring an Israeli attack; Netanyahu's initial dovishness on Iran...

Jack Matlock, a former US ambassador to the Soviet Union, discusses some diplomatic lessons Obama should learn from Ronald Reagan in the Cold War era; why the US continues to pick a fight with Russia when there's no need for hostility; and resisting calls that "something ought to be done" about conflicts in foreign countries.

Gareth Porter is an award-winning independent journalist and historian. This is the third part in a series of interviews on Porter's new book Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare. This interview focuses on the US political origins of the Iranian nuclear scare; how the post-Cold War peace dividend was thwarted by the military-industrial complex; and why Martin Indyk's dual-containment policy on Iraq and Iran served only to benefit Israel.

Nicolas J.S. Davies, author of Blood On Our Hands: the American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq, discusses the 35 countries where the US has supported fascists, drug lords and terrorists; the quest for global hegemony over all nations from Afghanistan to Zaire; and why the big three state sponsors of terrorism (Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan) are all US allies.

Gareth Porter is an award-winning independent journalist and historian. This is the second part in a series of interviews on Porter's new book Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare. Porter discusses Iran's unknown internal politics, the post-1979 Islamic government's fatwa on WMD; common-sense reasons that oil-rich Iran would want nuclear power; and Iran's latent deterrent effect.

Gareth Porter is an award-winning independent journalist and historian. This is the first part in a series of interviews on Porter's new book Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare. Topics of discussion include US support for Iran's early nuclear program under the Shah, why Iran went to nuclear weapons proliferater A.Q. Khan for civilian uranium enrichment equipment, and the false narrative on Iran's program as told by David Sanger and other biased commentators.

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.

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.

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...