Scott Horton Show Interviews
Latest Episodes
3/27/17 Jess Sundin on Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh’s impending deportation from the US
Jess Sundin, a founding member of the Twin Cities-based Anti-War Committee, discusses 69 year-old Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh’s three year long legal battle with the US government, which charged her with immigration fraud for failing to disclose h...
3/27/17 Philip Giraldi on “Russiagate” and allegations that Obama ordered surveillance on Trump
Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer and Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses FBI Director James Comey’s testimony at the House Intelligence Committee’s hearing on Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia; Trump’s asserti...
3/27/17 Nasser Arrabyee on the mass protests in Yemen as the US-backed Saudi war hits the two year mark
Nasser Arrabyee, a Yemeni journalist based in Sanaa, discusses the large Yemeni protests against the Saudi economic blockade and military aggression; and how President Trump is arming the Saudis far more than Obama was willing to,
3/26/17 Iona Craig on the truth about Trump’s ‘Highly Successful’ January SEAL raid in Yemen
Iona Craig, a British-Irish independent journalist, discusses the result of President Trump’s first authorized counterterrorism operation – a SEAL raid on the Yemeni village of al Ghayil that left many civilians dead,
3/24/17 Grant F. Smith on the Israel Lobby and American Policy Conference
Grant F. Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy and author of Big Israel, talks about the role of the Israel Lobby in American politics and the great lineup of speakers at his event at the Press Club in Washington, D.C.
3/22/17 Andy Worthington on keeping up the fight to close Guantanamo
Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, discusses former Obama administration Guantanamo envoy Paul Lewis’s call on Donald Trump to close Guantanamo instead of adding new prisoners; and why existing federal prisons and courts are more than ca...
3/22/17 Daniel McAdams on Senator Rand Paul’s ‘Stop Arming Terrorists Act’
Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, discusses how Rand Paul’s Stop Arming Terrorists Act could impact terrorism-supporting countries like Saudi Arabia; and the Mises Institute event “Symposium with Ron...
3/22/17 Patrick Cockburn on the ending of Syria’s civil war, with Assad still in power
Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for The Independent, discusses why the battle for Manbij could be the beginning of the end for ISIS, as Syrian Kurds backed by US air strikes and Syrian Army troops backed by Russian air strikes threaten to o...
3/15/17 Nathaniel Penn on the inhumane and arbitrary practice of solitary confinement in US prisons
Nathaniel Penn, a GQ correspondent, discusses his exposé on the reality of solitary confinement in US prisons, which is meted out with very few checks in place, no accountability for the prison officials who order it,
3/15/17 Ron Paul on North Korea and the larger global war on terror
Former Congressman Ron Paul discusses what President Trump should do about North Korea’s provocative military demonstrations; and why “taking the gloves off” doesn’t solve foreign policy problems or reduce terrorism threats to the US.