Interviews

1/25/24 Jason Ditz on All the Ways the War in Israel Could Escalate

Download Episode. Jason Ditz returns to the show to discuss the potential for escalation in the Middle East. Ditz has been following developments on Israel’s northern border closes and talks with Scott about the potential that Israel faces a direct war with Hezbollah. They then zoom out to the broader region and talk about the […]

1/25/24 Brad Pearce on the October 7th Attacks

Download Episode. Brad Pearce joins Scott to talk about the work he’s done digging into the claims that the IDF was responsible for much of the devastation on October 7th. Pearce explains the history of Israel’s evolving doctrine for preventing and avoiding hostage situations to help us better interpret what happened that day in Southern […]

1/18/24 Glenn Greenwald on the Legacy of the Edward Snowden Leaks

Download Episode. Glenn Greenwald joins Scott to discuss the Edward Snowden leaks and the broader fight to protect civil liberties. They start with a discussion of Greenwald’s remarkable consistency amid the dramatic evolution of America’s political dynamics. They then talk about the Snowden leaks, and Greenwald fills in some details about what happened with the […]

1/18/24 Max Blumenthal on the Lies Getting Gazans and Israeli Hostages Killed

 Download Episode. Max Blumenthal returns to the show to talk about some of his recent reporting about Gaza. They first discuss some New York Times reports about October 7th that are not only completely free of evidence but are even disputed by the victims being featured. They then talk about some of the evidence […]

1/18/24 Tim Shorrock on the Dangerous and Avoidable Escalations with North Korea

Download Episode. Tim Shorrock joined Scott on Antiwar Radio this week to discuss North Korea. Although the news has been dominated by Israel and Ukraine, tensions have been rising on the Korean peninsula as well — especially as Biden has worked towards remilitarizing Japan. Shorrock and Scott discuss what’s happening, look at how close we […]

1/11/24 Keith Knight on the Reasons He Left Progressivism

Download Episode. Scott interviews Keith Knight about his new book Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism. They go through a number of insights, all cited in the book, that convinced Knight that those with compassion for the world’s poor ought to embrace nonaggression and free markets. Discussed on the show: Domestic Imperialism by Keith […]

1/11/24 Nebojsa Malic on Biden’s Aggressive Posturing Towards the Bosnian Serbs

Download Episode. Scott is joined by Nebojsa Malic to discuss the U.S. flying F-16s over Bosnia and Herzegovina in a threat to the Bosnian Serbs. Malic lays out the historical context before he and Scott dig into what’s happening now. Discussed on the show: “US Flies F-16 Fighter Jets Over Bosnia in Threat to Serbs […]