6/19/26 William Van Wagenen on What It’s Like on the Ground in Lebanon

6/19/26 William Van Wagenen on What It’s Like on the Ground in Lebanon

Scott interviews William Van Wagenen about what he’s been seeing in southern Lebanon as the fighting between Hezbollah and the IDF drags on. They also discuss the western-backed bin Ladinite regime in Syria. Discussed on the show: * Creative Chaos: Inside the CIA’s Covert War to Topple the Syrian Government by William Van Wagenen [https://libertarianinstitute.org/books/creative-chaos-inside-the-cias-covert-war-to-topple-the-syrian-government/] William Van Wagenen is the author of Creative Chaos: Inside the CIA’s Covert War to Topple the Syrian Government [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLKPF8K1/?coliid=I1J3EEBE3LGTW2&colid=3MY6YT45KPXR9&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it]. He has a BA in German literature From Brigham Young University and an MA in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. You can read his other writings on Syria for the Libertarian Institute here. Follow him on Twitter @wvanwagenen [https://x.com/WVanwagenen]  Audio cleaned up with the Podsworth app: https://podsworth.com [https://podsworth.com/] Use code HORTON50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com [http://podsworth.com/] to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Scott Horton Show! For more on Scott's work: Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org [https://www.libertarianinstitute.org/] Check out Scott's other show, Provoked, with Darryl Cooper https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show [https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show] Read Scott's books: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine https://amzn.to/43D82oY [https://amzn.to/43D82oY] (The audiobook of Provoked is being published in sections at https://scotthortonshow.com [https://scotthortonshow.com/]) Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism: https://amzn.to/4eMQblu [https://amzn.to/4eMQblu] Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan https://amzn.to/4a5fKvx [https://amzn.to/4a5fKvx] Follow Scott on X @scotthortonshow [https://x.com/scotthortonshow] And check out Scott’s full interview archives: https://scotthorton.org/all-interviews [https://scotthorton.org/all-interviews] This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Tax Attorney Matt Sercely https://agoristtaxadvice.com [https://agoristtaxadvice.com/]; Moon Does Artisan Coffee https://scotthorton.org/coffee [https://scotthorton.org/coffee]; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom https://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=1616 [https://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=1616] and Dissident Media https://dissidentmedia.com [https://dissidentmedia.com/]; Expat Money https://expatmoney.com/ [https://expatmoney.com/]; and Crowdhealth https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/ [https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/] (use promocode Horton) Sign up for the Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom at scotthortonacademy.com [http://scotthortonacademy.com/] You can also support Scott’s work by making a one-time or recurring donation at https://scotthorton.org/donate/ [https://scotthorton.org/donate/]https://scotthortonshow.com or https://patreon.com/scotthortonshow [https://patreon.com/scotthortonshow] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

6/19/26 Larry Johnson on Trump’s Effort to End the Iran War

Scott interviews Larry Johnson about the ongoing, frequently broken yet somehow still holding ceasefire between the US and Iran, the Trump administration’s effort to find some way out of the war they started and the Israeli’s muddled attempt to sabotage the process. Discussed on the show: * “Persian Gulf Oil Shipping Crisis Deepens as Barnacle Fouling Hits Idled Supertanker Hulls” (Sonar21 [https://sonar21.com/persian-gulf-oil-shipping-crisis-deepens-as-barnacle-fouling-hits-idled-supertanker-hulls/]) Larry C. Johnson is a former CIA officer and intelligence analyst, and a former planner and advisor at the US State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism. Follow his analysis at Sonar21 [https://sonar21.com/].   Audio cleaned up with the Podsworth app: https://podsworth.com [https://podsworth.com/] Use code HORTON50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com [http://podsworth.com/] to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Scott Horton Show! For more on Scott's work: Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org [https://www.libertarianinstitute.org/] Check out Scott's other show, Provoked, with Darryl Cooper https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show [https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show] Read Scott's books: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine https://amzn.to/43D82oY [https://amzn.to/43D82oY] (The audiobook of Provoked is being published in sections at https://scotthortonshow.com [https://scotthortonshow.com/]) Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism: https://amzn.to/4eMQblu [https://amzn.to/4eMQblu] Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan https://amzn.to/4a5fKvx [https://amzn.to/4a5fKvx] Follow Scott on X @scotthortonshow [https://x.com/scotthortonshow] And check out Scott’s full interview archives: https://scotthorton.org/all-interviews [https://scotthorton.org/all-interviews] This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Tax Attorney Matt Sercely https://agoristtaxadvice.com [https://agoristtaxadvice.com/]; Moon Does Artisan Coffee https://scotthorton.org/coffee [https://scotthorton.org/coffee]; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom https://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=1616 [https://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=1616] and Dissident Media https://dissidentmedia.com [https://dissidentmedia.com/]; Expat Money https://expatmoney.com/ [https://expatmoney.com/]; and Crowdhealth https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/ [https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/] (use promocode Horton) Sign up for the Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom at scotthortonacademy.com [http://scotthortonacademy.com/] You can also support Scott’s work by making a one-time or recurring donation at https://scotthorton.org/donate/ [https://scotthorton.org/donate/]https://scotthortonshow.com or https://patreon.com/scotthortonshow [https://patreon.com/scotthortonshow] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

6/19/26 Kit Klarenberg on the Unraveling of West’s Global Hegemony

Scott interviews Kit Klarenberg about some reporting he’s done on the looming political shakeup in Bosnia. That leads to a broader discussion about how the foreign policy of the post-Cold War American empire set the conditions for it’s own decline. Discussed on the show: * “Western Hegemony Unravels In Bosnia” (Global Delinquents [https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/western-hegemony-unravels-in-bosnia]) * “The Day America’s Empire Died” (The Exiled [https://exiledonline.com/the-day-americas-empire-died/]) * “Ukraine's Secret Al Qaeda Invasion Of Africa” (Global Delinquents [https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/ukraines-secret-al-qaeda-invasion]) Kit Klarenberg is an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions. Subscribe to his Substack [https://www.kitklarenberg.com/] and follow him on Twitter @KitKlarenberg [https://twitter.com/KitKlarenberg]   Audio cleaned up with the Podsworth app: https://podsworth.com [https://podsworth.com/] Use code HORTON50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com [http://podsworth.com/] to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Scott Horton Show! For more on Scott's work: Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org [https://www.libertarianinstitute.org/] Check out Scott's other show, Provoked, with Darryl Cooper https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show [https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show] Read Scott's books: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine https://amzn.to/43D82oY [https://amzn.to/43D82oY] (The audiobook of Provoked is being published in sections at https://scotthortonshow.com [https://scotthortonshow.com/]) Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism: https://amzn.to/4eMQblu [https://amzn.to/4eMQblu] Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan https://amzn.to/4a5fKvx [https://amzn.to/4a5fKvx] Follow Scott on X @scotthortonshow [https://x.com/scotthortonshow] And check out Scott’s full interview archives: https://scotthorton.org/all-interviews [https://scotthorton.org/all-interviews] This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Tax Attorney Matt Sercely https://agoristtaxadvice.com [https://agoristtaxadvice.com/]; Moon Does Artisan Coffee https://scotthorton.org/coffee [https://scotthorton.org/coffee]; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom https://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=1616 [https://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=1616] and Dissident Media https://dissidentmedia.com [https://dissidentmedia.com/]; Expat Money https://expatmoney.com/ [https://expatmoney.com/]; and Crowdhealth https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/ [https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/] (use promocode Horton) Sign up for the Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom at scotthortonacademy.com [http://scotthortonacademy.com/] You can also support Scott’s work by making a one-time or recurring donation at https://scotthorton.org/donate/ [https://scotthorton.org/donate/]https://scotthortonshow.com or https://patreon.com/scotthortonshow [https://patreon.com/scotthortonshow] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

6/15/26 Trita Parsi on the Israeli Panic over Trump’s Peace Deal

Scott interviews Trita Parsi about the deal Trump has apparently made with the Iranians to end the war. They discuss the panic we’re seeing about it from the Israelis and what Trump must do to rein them in and prevent Tel Aviv from sabotaging the peace process. They also discuss Parsi’s recent appearance on Tucker Carlson’s show and The Free Press story that tried to start a deportation scare about him. Discussed on the show: * Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States by Trita Parsi [https://www.amazon.com/Treacherous-Alliance-Secret-Dealings-Israel-ebook/dp/B0014TTYYE/ref=sr_1_1?crid=29GG0J8EY232B&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.C59gcs439c0ASAcmjQ_55cOSNZ9fdQBwKpohXqFxjcxDKdcsNrp-GfvvYN6WbFizc6Z72x3PdAi6CY-q8wGSrAAXI0izfFu1ICOw4diJ4cLlQoysnFK35-N77LRFR00msT9UUIe5n8nmKVoBESy6-n-JCjmJak3xcnlmBwoerHLdHHcDAf6cRsfupevMhOtcW95brj0e8lD9XJlsmwIPGQ.UOiIR2gxt72yZRQmuOy9SJHL4P3bpow1Ppd86gqfKuA&dib_tag=se&keywords=Trita+Parsi&qid=1781618262&sprefix=trita+parsi%2Caps%2C215&sr=8-1] * A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama's Diplomacy with Iran by Trita Parsi [https://www.amazon.com/Single-Roll-Dice-Obamas-Diplomacy/dp/0300169361/ref=sr_1_4?crid=29GG0J8EY232B&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.C59gcs439c0ASAcmjQ_55cOSNZ9fdQBwKpohXqFxjcxDKdcsNrp-GfvvYN6WbFizc6Z72x3PdAi6CY-q8wGSrAAXI0izfFu1ICOw4diJ4cLlQoysnFK35-N77LRFR00msT9UUIe5n8nmKVoBESy6-n-JCjmJak3xcnlmBwoerHLdHHcDAf6cRsfupevMhOtcW95brj0e8lD9XJlsmwIPGQ.UOiIR2gxt72yZRQmuOy9SJHL4P3bpow1Ppd86gqfKuA&dib_tag=se&keywords=Trita+Parsi&qid=1781618262&sprefix=trita+parsi%2Caps%2C215&sr=8-4] * Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy by Trita Parsi [https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Enemy-Obama-Triumph-Diplomacy-ebook/dp/B072QKY77Q/ref=sr_1_2?crid=29GG0J8EY232B&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.C59gcs439c0ASAcmjQ_55cOSNZ9fdQBwKpohXqFxjcxDKdcsNrp-GfvvYN6WbFizc6Z72x3PdAi6CY-q8wGSrAAXI0izfFu1ICOw4diJ4cLlQoysnFK35-N77LRFR00msT9UUIe5n8nmKVoBESy6-n-JCjmJak3xcnlmBwoerHLdHHcDAf6cRsfupevMhOtcW95brj0e8lD9XJlsmwIPGQ.UOiIR2gxt72yZRQmuOy9SJHL4P3bpow1Ppd86gqfKuA&dib_tag=se&keywords=Trita+Parsi&qid=1781618262&sprefix=trita+parsi%2Caps%2C215&sr=8-2] * Parsi’s interview with Tucker Carlson [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeScodaLjkg] Trita Parsi is the Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft [https://quincyinst.org/] and the author of Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072QKY77Q/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1]. Parsi is the recipient of the 2010 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. Follow him on Twitter @tparsi [https://twitter.com/tparsi]   Audio cleaned up with the Podsworth app: https://podsworth.com [https://podsworth.com/] Use code HORTON50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com [http://podsworth.com/] to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Scott Horton Show! For more on Scott's work: Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org [https://www.libertarianinstitute.org/] Check out Scott's other show, Provoked, with Darryl Cooper https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show [https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show] Read Scott's books: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine https://amzn.to/43D82oY [https://amzn.to/43D82oY] (The audiobook of Provoked is being published in sections at https://scotthortonshow.com [https://scotthortonshow.com/]) Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism: https://amzn.to/4eMQblu [https://amzn.to/4eMQblu] Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan https://amzn.to/4a5fKvx [https://amzn.to/4a5fKvx] Follow Scott on X @scotthortonshow [https://x.com/scotthortonshow] And check out Scott’s full interview archives: https://scotthorton.org/all-interviews [https://scotthorton.org/all-interviews] This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Tax Attorney Matt Sercely https://agoristtaxadvice.com [https://agoristtaxadvice.com/]; Moon Does Artisan Coffee https://scotthorton.org/coffee [https://scotthorton.org/coffee]; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom https://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=1616 [https://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=1616] and Dissident Media https://dissidentmedia.com [https://dissidentmedia.com/]; Expat Money https://expatmoney.com/ [https://expatmoney.com/]; and Crowdhealth https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/ [https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/] (use promocode Horton) Sign up for the Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom at scotthortonacademy.com [http://scotthortonacademy.com/] You can also support Scott’s work by making a one-time or recurring donation at https://scotthorton.org/donate/ [https://scotthorton.org/donate/]https://scotthortonshow.com or https://patreon.com/scotthortonshow [https://patreon.com/scotthortonshow] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

6/12/26 Jason Jones on Life for Christians in the West Bank and Gaza

Scott brings Jason Jones of the Vulnerable Peoples Project back on the show for an update on life for Christians living under the thumb of the IDF and Zionist settlers in the West Bank. Jones cites his personal experience and recent anecdotes from his organization. The two also discuss how the people of Gaza are faring. Discussed on the show: * savewestbankchristians.com [http://savewestbankchristians.com/] Jason Jones is a film producer, author, activist, popular podcast host, and dedicated human rights worker. And he is the founder and president of The Vulnerable People Project [https://www.vulnerablepeopleproject.com/]. Subscribe to his Substack [https://substack.com/@thejasonjonesshow].  Audio cleaned up with the Podsworth app: https://podsworth.com [https://podsworth.com/] Use code HORTON50 for 50% off your first order at Podsworth.com [http://podsworth.com/] to clean up your voice recordings, sound like a pro, and also support the Scott Horton Show! For more on Scott's work: Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org [https://www.libertarianinstitute.org/] Check out Scott's other show, Provoked, with Darryl Cooper https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show [https://youtube.com/@Provoked_Show] Read Scott's books: Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine https://amzn.to/47jMtg7 [https://amzn.to/47jMtg7] (The audiobook of Provoked is being published in sections at https://scotthortonshow.com) Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism: https://amzn.to/3tgMCdw [https://amzn.to/3tgMCdw] Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan https://amzn.to/3HRufs0 [https://amzn.to/3HRufs0] Follow Scott on X @scotthortonshow [https://x.com/scotthortonshow] And check out Scott’s full interview archives: https://scotthorton.org/all-interviews [https://scotthorton.org/all-interviews] This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Tax Attorney Matt Sercely https://agoristtaxadvice.com [https://agoristtaxadvice.com/]; Moon Does Artisan Coffee https://scotthorton.org/coffee [https://scotthorton.org/coffee]; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom https://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=1616 [https://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=1616] and Dissident Media https://dissidentmedia.com [https://dissidentmedia.com/] Sign up for the Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom at scotthortonacademy.com [http://scotthortonacademy.com/] You can also support Scott’s work by making a one-time or recurring donation at https://scotthorton.org/donate/ [https://scotthorton.org/donate/]https://scotthortonshow.com or https://patreon.com/scotthortonshow [https://patreon.com/scotthortonshow] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]