3/21/19 Danny Sjursen on the Propaganda of the US Empire

Scott talks to Danny Sjursen, who has now finally retired after more than a decade in the U.S. army. Sjursen has been outspoken about his opposition to the American war state throughout most of his time in the military, and points out that the United States has lost...

11/5/18 Danny Sjursen on a New Iraq War Report

Major Danny Sjursen comes back on the show to talk about the many errors of the various American wars in Iraq. Sjursen has written a new article discussing a recently leaked report that was commissioned during and about Iraq War 2, but was deliberately stymied and...

10/20/18 Danny Sjursen on the War in Afghanistan

Major Danny Sjursen comes back on the show to discuss the killing of General Raziq in a recent “green-on-blue” attack. Sjursen explains that these killings are not new—there have been dozens throughout the war in Afghanistan—but they should be a wake-up call. If...

10/5/18 Danny Sjursen on Blowback in the Mideast

Major Danny Sjursen comes back on the show to talk about the blowback from America’s many wars in the Middle East. He explains a process with which listeners of this show will no doubt be familiar, by which the U.S. sets itself up for future wars by arming and...

8/22/18 Danny Sjursen on Terror Wars and Becoming Antiwar

Danny Sjursen is interviewed on his service in the Terror Wars, how he became antiwar, and how he wants his service and the service of others to be honored. Sjursen is a major in the U.S. army and former history instructor at West Point. He writes regularly for...

2/22/19 Matthew Hoh on Getting out of Afghanistan

Matthew Hoh talks about why ending the war in Afghanistan has been so difficult. For one thing, even though many of the soldiers on the ground realize the war is both immoral and unwinnable, the war planners don’t necessarily know that. For another, generals and other...

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2/19/18 Stephanie Savell on the Costs and Abuses of War

Brown University’s Stephanie Savell joins Scott to discuss her project “Costs of War” as well as her research into policing of Brazilian slums. Savell explains why she thinks Americans have a strong detachment from discussing the war on terror and how military...