Scott Horton Show - Just the Interviews
Scott Horton
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.
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May 5, 2026 • 36min
4/30/26 Daniel Davis on What’s Been Happening in Ukraine
Daniel Davis, former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and military analyst, joins to break down recent shifts on the eastern front. He sketches Russian pauses and renewed offensives, Ukrainian counterattacks and manpower limits, and the limits of drones and fortifications. He also maps the war’s strain on NATO and the wider economic ripple from the Iran standoff.
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May 3, 2026 • 47min
4/30/26 Larry Johnson on Trump’s Tenuous Ceasefire with Iran
Larry C. Johnson, former CIA officer and State Department counterterrorism planner now at Sonar21, breaks down Trump’s fraught ceasefire with Iran. He discusses U.S. military limits, naval and munitions constraints, risks of escalation and economic fallout. Short, sharp takes on strategic choices, domestic pressure to strike, and China’s strategic gain.
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Apr 21, 2026 • 1h 21min
4/17/26 Michele McPhee on the Unanswered Questions about the Boston Marathon Bombing and Why They Still Matter
Michele McPhee, bestselling true-crime author and investigative reporter, revisits the Boston Marathon bombing with fresh questions. She probes the Tsarnaevs' backgrounds, possible accomplices, and why Russian warnings to the FBI matter. Short, sharp conversations cover surveillance gaps, the Watertown manhunt, and unresolved evidence that keeps the case alive.
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Apr 18, 2026 • 38min
4/16/26 Trita Parsi on the Likeliest Outcome of the Iran Ceasefire
Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute and author on U.S.-Iran diplomacy, offers a concise take on the ceasefire’s political fallout. He explains why the truce gives Trump a clean exit and why Iran still needs sanctions relief. They discuss Israeli opposition, Hezbollah’s position, and how media and advisors shaped the conflict narrative.
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Apr 14, 2026 • 37min
4/9/26 Matt Wolfson on Underappreciated Danger of the United Arab Emirates
Matt Wolfson, investigative journalist focused on foreign policy and the Middle East, discusses the rising power of the United Arab Emirates. He explores how U.S. and Israeli support helped shape its interventionist behavior. Topics include UAE influence in Africa and Libya, investments and intelligence ties in the U.S., spying and political manipulation, and its role in Yemen and regional alliances.
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Apr 9, 2026 • 52min
4/8/26 Robert Pape: Trump’s Ceasefire Does Not Close the Escalation Trap
Robert A. Pape, University of Chicago political scientist and author, warns the recent ceasefire is not a retreat from escalation. He explains why U.S. forces in the region keep the risk alive. He argues the conflict is boosting Iran’s global leverage and likely accelerating its path to nuclear weapons.
Mar 29, 2026 • 38min
3/26/26 Jason Jones on Helping the Innocent Victims of Israel’s Violence
Jason Jones, film producer and founder of the Vulnerable People Project, discusses rescue and rehabilitation efforts for religious and ethnic minorities amid escalating violence. He recounts evacuations, prosthetics and humanitarian tech, threats to Palestinian Christians, work across Gaza, Lebanon and Nigeria, critiques of policy and Christian Zionism, and ways listeners can support relief programs.
12 snips
Mar 29, 2026 • 26min
3/26/26 Dan Vergano: Iran was Nowhere Close to a Nuclear Bomb
Dan Vergano, senior editor at Scientific American and veteran science journalist, joins to unpack Iran’s nuclear realities. He explains uranium enrichment, why 60% is not the same as a bomb, the state of Iran’s facilities after strikes, and the impracticality of quick weaponization or plutonium routes. The conversation contrasts technical facts with political rhetoric.
Mar 28, 2026 • 35min
3/19/26 Patrick Pillow on Washington’s Preferred Method of Regime Change
Patrick Pillow, investigative writer behind Libertarian Overwatch Substack, digs into Washington’s use of color-coded political revolutions. He traces early models like Serbia, examines NGO funding and playbooks, and walks through cases from the former Soviet space to the Philippines and Lebanon. Short, sharp stories reveal how these staged movements became a preferred method of regime change.
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Mar 23, 2026 • 59min
3/19/26 Larry Johnson on the Ongoing and Coming Failures in the US and Israel’s War with Iran
Larry Johnson, former CIA officer and counterterrorism planner now at Sonar21, returns to dissect US and Israeli failures in the war with Iran. He breaks down air defense and radar losses. He explores Iran’s underground resilience, missile production limits, economic fallout on oil and food, and who really shaped the decision to strike.
