Scott Horton Show Interviews
Latest Episodes
3/19/18 Christian Appy on the 50th Anniversary of the My Lai Massacre
Christian Appy, author of “American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity,” joins Scott to reflect on 50 years since the Mai Lai Massacre. Appy sets the conditions for the My Lai massacre and explains why it shocked the country from its ...
3/19/18 Mark Perry on Rex Tillerson’s firing and the political workings behind it
Reporter Mark Perry returns to the show to discuss his latest article for The American Conservative, “The Political Forces Behind Rex Tillerson’s Firing.” Perry begins by breaking down what he calls the “Qatar Fiasco” and the role that Israel and its f...
3/19/18 John Kiriakou on Gina Haspel’s nomination for CIA Director
John Kiriakou returns to the show to discuss Trump’s nomination of Gina Haspel as the new head of the CIA. Kiriakou begins by clarifying what’s fact from fiction about Abu Zubaydah and Haspel’s role in the CIA torture program.
3/16/18 Eli Clifton on Mike Pompeo’s and Trump’s neocons ties
Eli Clifton joins Scott to discuss his latest piece with Jim Lobe, “Pompeo: Springtime For Irano/Islamophobes.” Clifton describes how the neocons have direct access to the Trump presidency and how they’ve whipped up a consistent stream of Islamaphobia ...
3/16/18 Chris Smiley on Veterans for Peace’s new documentary on Ahed Tamimi and Palestinian oppression
Associate member of Veterans for Peace Chris Smiley joins Scott to discuss his new documentary “U.S. Veterans Witness Brutal Reality for Ahed Tamimi and Palestinians.” Smiley details the scope of the documentary,
3/9/18 Sheldon Richman on Trump’s Tariffs
Executive editor of the Libertarian Institute Sheldon Richman returns to the show to discuss Trump’s new tariffs on steel and aluminum. According to Richman the major damage of Trump’s tariffs will be felt by downstream producers and the disruption to ...
3/8/18 Peter Van Buren on Trump’s decision to meet with Kim Jung-Un
Peter Van Buren returns to the show to discuss Donald Trump’s decision to meet with Kim Jung-Un to open relations between the United States and North Korea. Van Buren explains why he thinks this is a monumental decision and why there’s real reason for ...
3/9/18 Eric Eikenberry on the Senate Joint Resolution to end American support for the War in Yemen
Eric Eikenberry of the Yemen Peace Project joins Scott to discuss Senate Joint Resolution 54, which invokes the War Powers Resolution of 1973 to end U.S. aid and support the bombardment of Yemen by coalition forces. Eikenberry explains why,
3/7/18 Aaron Maté on Year 1 of Russiagate and its consequences
Aaron Maté of The Real News joins Scott to discuss two of his latest pieces for The Nation, “Hyping the Mueller Indictment” and “What We’ve Learned in Year 1 of Russiagate.” Maté explains why he thinks the Trump-Russia collusion case is much ado about ...
3/7/18 Grant Smith discusses the best moments from the Israel Lobby and American Policy conference
Grant F. Smith returns to the show to review the Israel Lobby and American Policy conference which was held last weekend in Washington, D.C. Smith begins by explaining who Ha’aretz columnist Gideon Levy is and the challenge that antiwar writers have in...