Scott Horton Show - Just the Interviews
This podcast is for individual interviews on the Scott Horton Show. See the Q & A show feed to hear Scott answer listener questions and for the full show archives. Scott Horton is the author of Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, and is the host of the Scott Horton Show podcast. He has conducted over 5,500 interviews with authors, journalists, activists, and whistleblowers on the most important foreign policy issues since 2003.
Episodes
Scott interviews author and journalist Michele McPhee about the extensive research she’s done on the Boston Marathon Bombing that happened exactly thirteen years ago this week. Scott and McPhee dig into the background of the Tsarnaev brothers, the holes in the story that they carried out the bombing entirely on their own, how the Russians warned the FBI about the brothers before the attack, the broader political and geopolitical co...
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April 18, 2026 • 37 mins
Scott interviews Trita Parsi about the ceasefire and negotiations between the Trump administration and the Iranians. Parsi believes, while this was a strategic defeat for the US, the ceasefire has given Trump the opportunity to walk away with no deal and that that’s likely what he’ll end up doing. Scott and Parsi dig into the specifics and discuss the broader regional dynamic going forward concerning Iran’s proxies and the Israelis...
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April 14, 2026 • 36 mins
Scott interviews Matt Wolfson about an article he recently wrote about the United Arab Emirates. Wolfson argues that the US and Israel have helped build up the UAE into a regional power with an increasingly interventionist foreign policy of its own.
Discussed on the show:
“The United Arab Emirates: America and Israel’s Frankenstein Monster” (The Libertarian Institute)
“In Strategic Shift, U.S. Draws Closer to Yemeni Reb...
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April 9, 2026 • 52 mins
Scott brought Robert Pape of the University of Chicago back to discuss the attempted ceasefire that went into effect on Wednesday night. Pape explains why this is not actually a meaningful step away from the escalation to a full-on war that he’s long been warning about. He also talks about how this is war is cementing Iran’s status as a world power and why he expects the Iranians to abandon their previous stance, begin earnestly pu...
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March 29, 2026 • 38 mins
Jason Jones of the Vulnerable People Project returns to the show to give Scott an update on how his organization is working to rescue and rehabilitate the people impacted directly by the escalating violence the Israeli government and Israeli settlers are unleashing across the Middle East.
Discussed on the show:
“Iran was nowhere close to a nuclear bomb, experts say” (Scientific American)
Jason Jones is a film producer, au...
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March 29, 2026 • 26 mins
Scott interviews Dan Vergano of Scientific American about an article he wrote exposing how scientifically absurd the claim that Iran was close to even having the ability to fully weaponize the enriched Uranium they possessed was when Washington and Tel Aviv launched this war.
Discussed on the show:
“Iran was nowhere close to a nuclear bomb, experts say” (Scientific American)
Dan Vergano is senior editor, Washington, D.C.,...
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March 27, 2026 • 34 mins
Scott interviews Patrick Pillow about Anatomy of a Regime Change, the series he’s writing on the so-called Color Revolutions. While Iraq and Afghanistan get the most attention, the majority of Washington-backed regime change attempts since the end of the Cold War have taken the form of these CIA-organized political revolutions. Scott and Pillow walk through the specifics of several examples and discuss the importance of this often ...
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March 22, 2026 • 58 mins
Scott brings Larry Johnson back on the show three weeks after his last appearance where Johnson predicted the war with Iran hours before it kicked off. Scott and Johnson examine what’s happened, dig into who’s really calling the shots here, address some of the nonsensical talking points used to make the Iranians out as a unique evil and anticipate what the global consequences of this war will be.
Discussed on the show:
“The...
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March 19, 2026 • 52 mins
Scott interviews Joe Kent, the former director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, about what drove him to resign. Kent explains how he saw the Israelis mislead Trump about an Iranian nuclear threat and the supposed fragility of the regime. He also backs up some of the widely attacked claims in his resignation letter about Israeli involvement in getting the US into previous wars in the region, reflects on what the real goal...
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March 14, 2026 • 56 mins
Scott interviews Israeli geopolitical analyst Shaiel Ben-Ephraim about how Israelis are navigating and thinking about this new war with Iran. He and Scott dig into the differences between the US and Israeli government’s objectives in this war, the distinction between the various factions in Israel, how Netanyahu’s goals differ from the IDF’s and more.
Discussed on the show:
Follow Ben-Ephraim on X
The Grand Reckoning
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March 7, 2026 • 34 mins
Scott interviews author and scholar Robert Pape about the insights he’s gained from his decades of extensive research into the strategic effectiveness of air power in war. Pape argues that, while modern precision bombs are remarkable at carrying out their tactical functions, they alone are not enough to win wars. And further, the obsession with tactical bombing campaigns can distract decisionmakers from the political dynamics that ...
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March 7, 2026 • 54 mins
Scott interviews Matthew Hoh about an article he just wrote debunking the old lie, that is being pushed once again, that the Iranian government helped kill hundreds of American soldiers by supplying critical parts for armor-piercing roadside IEDs. He and Scott also discuss how insane Trump’s decision to attack Iran is.
Discussed on the show:
“They Are Still Lying About Iraq” (Antiwar.com)
The Occupation: War and Resista...
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March 4, 2026 • 24 mins
Daniel Davis joined the show for a quick rundown on the war Trump just launched on Iran. He and Scott talk about what’s happened so far and where things may go from here.
Discussed on the show:
Daniel Davis / Deep Dive
Daniel Davis did multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan during his time in the army. He is a Senior Fellow at Defense Priorities and is the author of the reports “Dereliction of Duty II: Senior Military Lea...
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March 4, 2026 • 27 mins
Scott interviews Andy Schoonover, the CEO of CrowdHealth, about the business he started to offer an alternative to our terrible government-warped healthcare market.
Discussed on the show:
CrowdHealth
“Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us” (Time Magazine)
Andy Schoonover is the Founder and CEO of CrowdHealth.
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February 28, 2026 • 48 mins
Scott interviewed Larry Johnson hours before the joint US-Israeli air campaign on Iran commenced. In the interview, Johnson presciently explained why he was virtually certain this was coming. He and Scott then debunked all the ridiculous lies this insane operation is built on and reflected on the complete lack of a clear endgame.
Discussed on the show:
“Will Trump Take the Exit Ramp or Go to War with Iran?” (Sonar21)
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February 23, 2026 • 35 mins
Scott interviews Charles Goyette about his new book, Empire of Lies: Fragments from the Memory Hole.
Discussed on the show:
Empire of Lies: Fragments from the Memory Hole by Charles Goyette
“Where in the Constitution is ‘the interagency’ anyway?” (The Blaze)
Charles Goyette is a New York Times Bestselling Author and award-winning talk show host.
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February 8, 2026 • 49 mins
Scott interviews Matt Williams, known as WillyOAM on YouTube, about the partial release of the Epstein files. They discuss what was revealed, how it all fits in to what we already know and why it matters.
Matt is an Australian Army veteran, independent journalist, and content creator. He served in the Australian Infantry with the 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment from 2014-2021 and was awarded a Queen’s Order of Australia Me...
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February 8, 2026 • 37 mins
Scott brings Kyle Anzalone back to discuss some of the latest foreign policy news. They start with the US-Iran talks this week and Trump’s plan for striking Iran when the talks almost certainly fail. They then discuss where things stand with Gaza and Israel’s territorial expansion in southern Lebanon and Syria.
Discussed on the show:
“Fantasies of Fragmenting Iran Only Serve Israeli Interests” (Libertarian Institute)
Kyle...
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February 1, 2026 • 45 mins
Scott interviews author and researcher Gordon Hahn about the negotiations taking place between the Ukrainian and Russian governments, where things stand on the ground right now, the ambitions of Ukraine’s far right and more.
Discussed on the show:
Ukraine Over the Edge: Russia, the West and the "New Cold War" by Gordon Hahn
“The Rise of Azov's Gen. Andriy Biletskiy” (Substack)
Gordon M. Hahn is an expert for Corr An...
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January 24, 2026 • 37 mins
Scott brings Daniel Davis back to run through some of the latest developments related to American foreign policy. They discuss how close the war in Ukraine is to ending, whether US-EU cooperation is starting to fracture, whether Russia has been effectively weakened by NATO since it invaded Ukraine in 2022 and more.
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Daniel Davis / Deep Dive
Daniel Davis did multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan dur...
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