Mel Frykberg, a McClatchy and IPS News journalist, discusses her on-the-ground reporting from war-torn Libya; rumors that the Interior Ministry is in cahoots with Salafist militias, including the one responsible for the US embassy attack; why the Libyan central government can't compete with the influence and firepower of local militias; and why NATO bombs and purple-finger elections don't magically create civil societies.

Jeremiah Goulka, former analyst at the RAND Corporation, discusses the MEK's removal from the US State Department's terrorist group list; it's transformation into a cult following a disastrous military offensive against post-revolutionary Iran; transitioning MEK members from Iraq's Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty - then to foreign asylum; and doubts about the MEK's commitment to "secular, peaceful, and democratic government."

Stacy Langley of Dagny and Lane skin and hair care products discusses the company, their many awesome products for skin and hair, what they mean by "ionic minerals," their best selling products and a great offer available only to listeners of the Scott Horton Show.

Jeffrey Tucker, publisher and executive editor of Laissez-Faire Books, discusses why public institutions have no creative capacity or ability to innovate; the poor alternatives to public schools in our crippled free marketplace; how governments severely limit the transit of people and goods across borders in the so-called age of globalism; the boring repetitiveness of US foreign policy; and the millions of blissfully-ignorant Americans.

Philip Giraldi, former CIA officer and contributing editor to The American Conservative, discusses why Muslims are protesting all over the world; Mitt Romney's frightening ignorance on many topics, including foreign policy; how Benjamin Netanyahu may have overplayed his hand by appealing directly to Americans on the Iran "threat" and blatantly influencing the US presidential election; Eric Posner's indefensible defense of unitary executive theory; and the void left by Ron Paul's retirement...

Asia Times journalist Pepe Escobar discusses the next wave of Muslim protests sure to follow a French cartoon's depiction of the Prophet Muhammad nude; the inter-Islam proxy war for regional dominance, fought by pro-Muslim Brotherhood Qatar and Wahhabi/Salafist Saudi Arabia; the likely culprits of the deadly US embassy attack in Libya; how a Syrian peace deal brokered without US/Western mediation would be a game-changer in regional politics; the fate of Afghanistan after NATO withdrawal; how a...

Jen Marlowe, author of The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian's Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker, discusses the mainstream media's blackout of the "secret" revolution in Bahrain; the international human rights activists participating in the Witness Bahrain initiative; how Bahrain's majority Shia population is battling for equal rights against a despotic monarchy - not engaging in sectarian warfare against the Sunni minority; why Jihan Kazerooni gave up her investment banking career for...

Retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern discusses the still-disputed question "why do they hate us;" how post-WWII US foreign policy is geared toward maintaining wealth and resource disparity; why a global military empire just doesn't make economic sense; the US's diminishing control of the Middle East; the military's claim that Guantanamo prisoner suicides are "asymmetrical warfare;" Hillary Clinton's mastery of doublethink (recall her "Freedom Speech" during which Ray McGovern is dragged out by...

IPS News journalist Adam Morrow discusses the protests in Egypt against the movie Innocence of Muslims; rumors that US-based Coptic Christians produced the movie to foment religious strife; the Muslim Brotherhood's extremely cautious approach to politics and current events; the difference between the minority of radical Salafist protesters (the ones singled out by Western media) and Egypt's comparatively moderate population and government; why Muslims around the world are so sensitive to...

Robert P. Murphy, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, discusses the Federal Reserve's Quantitative Easing program; why the Fed has just decided to buy mortgage-backed securities at a 40 billion/month clip; how businesses are disguising the increased costs they must pass on to customers; Ben Bernanke's devoted service to the big banks; how interest-earning excess reserves are keeping bankrupt banks afloat and discouraging private lending; the argument that defense spending...

Alejandro Beutel, formerly of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, discusses MPAC's exposé on "America's Top 25 Pseudo-Experts on Islam;" Daniel Pipes's 2004 op-ed in which he justifies the WWII internment of Japanese Americans and calls for similar measures against Muslims; the "national security hucksters" who train law enforcement groups on the supposed dangers of Islam; successful anti-Islam propaganda from Danish cartoons to Innocence of Muslims; and how US Middle East hegemony, combined...

Eric Margolis, author of American Raj, discusses the assaults on US embassies in Libya and Egypt; the anti-Islam movie Innocence of Muslims that was apparently financed by an Israeli American; the shared propaganda techniques of Nazi Germany and today's pro-Israel extremists; why Jews should be wary of inciting bigots into Islamophobic rages; Churchill and FDR's coverup of "Uncle Joe" Stalin's massacre of Polish officers in 1940; and why WWII wasn't the "necessary" war we're all led to believe.

Anthony Gregory of the Independent Institute discusses why American conservatives are changing their minds about the War on Drugs; the hypocrisy of drug-warrior presidents (especially Obama) who previously used illegal drugs themselves; why the Democratic Party is no friend to civil liberties and the Bill of Rights; and how unjust drug laws are largely responsible for institutionalized racism and The New Jim Crow in America.

John Feffer of Foreign Policy in Focus discusses "The Dumbing Down of American Foreign Policy;" how Obama (as bad as he is) could be much worse on Iran and Israel; the Iranian cancer patients effected by sanctions; Obama's refusal to spend political capital to back up his big talk on Palestine and nuclear weapons abolition; how liberal internationalism provides a facade for the military-industrial complex; changes in N. Korea policy over the last few administrations; and Ben Swann's...

Sheldon Richman of the Future of Freedom Foundation discusses the controversial voice vote on "God and Jerusalem" at the Democratic National Convention; more evidence that democracy has no place in American party politics; successive Republican and Democratic administrations that pay lip service to Israel by declaring Jerusalem the true capital - while the US embassy stays put in Tel Aviv; and Obama's surprisingly strong stance against an Israeli-led war on Iran.