Scott Horton Show Interviews

Scott Horton Show Interviews


Latest Episodes

10/13/17 Jason Ditz Updates the Situation in Syria
October 13, 2017

Managing news editor of Antiwar.com Jason Ditz returns to the show to discuss the war in Syria where two separate wars are taking place—against ISIS in the East and al Qaeda in the east. Ditz details all of what we don’t know thanks to increased secrec...

10/13/17 Marjorie Cohn on the whitewashing of Agent Orange in Ken Burns’s “Vietnam War”
October 13, 2017

Marjorie Cohn joins the show to discuss her recent article, “The Vietnam War is Not History for Victims of Agent Orange.” Cohn elaborates on her major criticism of the Ken Burns Vietnam War documentary—his lack of coverage of agent orange.

10/6/17 Greg Lovett on his documentary “Delay, Deny, Hope You Die: How America Poisoned Its Soldiers”
October 06, 2017

Gregory Lovett joins Scott to discuss his new documentary, “Delay, Deny, Hope You Die: How America Poisoned Its Soldiers” which opens Monday in Los Angeles and across the country over the next month. Buy tickets for an upcoming screening in your area h...

10/6/17 Gareth Porter on Congress’s potential role in ending the war in Yemen
October 06, 2017

Gareth Porter returns to the show to discuss his article for The American Conservative Magazine, “When Did Congress Vote to Aid the Saudi’s Yemen War?” Porter explains why, despite there being zero national security interest at stake, the U.S.

10/6/17 Thomas Harrington on Catalonia’s push for independence
October 06, 2017

Thomas Harrington joins Scott to discuss his latest article on Catalonia for Antiwar.com “Last Sunday In Catalonia: Pirates 1, The Invincible Armada 0.” Harrington breaks down the history of Catalonia, how we’ve gotten to where we are today,

10/3/17 Anne Jones on Trump taking his turn to fail in Afghanistan
October 03, 2017

Ann Jones, author of “Kabul in Winter: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan,” returns to the show to discuss her latest article at TomDispatch.com “Afghanistan, Again?” Jones explains how every president repeats the actions of his predecessor in an attemp...

10/2/17 Joe Lauria on the consequences of the Kurdish Referendum
October 02, 2017

Joe Lauria returns to update the situation in Iraqi Kurdistan after the referendum for an independent Kurdish state passed. Lauria describes the escalating tensions, explains why believes the referendum was a mistake, and how despite the vote,

8/29/17 Nasser Arrabyee on the latest Saudi atrocities in Yemen
August 29, 2017

Nasser Arrabyee returns to the show to discuss recent Saudi massacres in Sana’a, the worsening cholera epidemic, and how despite Saudi Arabia’s brutal tactics, they are no closer to achieving their goals. Arrabyee explains how the Saudis have tried to ...

8/28/17 MSF’s Clair Manera on the cholera epidemic in Yemen
August 28, 2017

Claire Manera from Médecins Sans Frontières returns to the show to discuss the cholera epidemic in Yemen, which has somehow gotten much worse. When Manera was on the show less than two months ago there were an estimated 30,

8/25/17 Daniel Lazare on Israel’s role in the new Syrian conflict
August 25, 2017

Journalist and author Daniel Lazare returns to the show to discuss his latest article for Consortium News, “Israel’s Alarm over Syrian Debacle.” Lazare explains that while ISIS and al-Qaeda are on the verge of being defeated in Syria,