6/26/26 Brandon Weichert on the Likely Legacy of Trump’s War with Iran

6/26/26 Brandon Weichert on the Likely Legacy of Trump’s War with Iran

Scott interviews geopolitical analyst and author Brandon Weichert about the Iran war. They begin by reviewing the various reasons they’re pessimistic about Trump’s ongoing attempt to reach a lasting ceasefire. They then zoom out and reflect on how Trump and Netanyahu’s decision to launch this war is likely to change the geopolitical dynamic in the Middle East going forward. Discussed on the show: * “How a $45 Million Donation Brought Larry Ellison Deeper Into Trump’s Circle” (Wall Street Journal [https://archive.is/7CiGb]) Brandon J. Weichert is a geopolitical analyst and author of Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower [https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Space-America-Remains-Superpower-ebook/dp/B08BTT14FH?ref_=ast_author_dp_rw&th=1&psc=1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.yhx4HHF12AlvWsPHlzi72anSXtMpp9TCJ1Y4UxYukrPY4OoW1rzqh3pf7OzhR-86._ieSYyxe72qhhczgsLP0NaubSLT8XbhZR_1E7R6MmmI&dib_tag=AUTHOR], The Shadow War: Iran's Quest for Supremacy [https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-War-Irans-Quest-Supremacy-ebook/dp/B0BQRWC756?ref_=ast_author_dp_rw&th=1&psc=1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.yhx4HHF12AlvWsPHlzi72anSXtMpp9TCJ1Y4UxYukrPY4OoW1rzqh3pf7OzhR-86._ieSYyxe72qhhczgsLP0NaubSLT8XbhZR_1E7R6MmmI&dib_tag=AUTHOR], Biohacked: China's Race to Control Life [https://www.amazon.com/Biohacked-Chinas-Race-Control-Life-ebook/dp/B0B6CXJL1J?ref_=ast_author_dp_rw&th=1&psc=1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.yhx4HHF12AlvWsPHlzi72anSXtMpp9TCJ1Y4UxYukrPY4OoW1rzqh3pf7OzhR-86._ieSYyxe72qhhczgsLP0NaubSLT8XbhZR_1E7R6MmmI&dib_tag=AUTHOR] and A Disaster of Our Own Making: How the West Lost Ukraine. Follow him on X @WeTheBrandon [https://x.com/wethebrandon?lang=fa] Sign up for the Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom at scotthortonacademy.com [http://scotthortonacademy.com/] 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/scott [https://expatmoney.com/scott]; and Crowdhealth https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/ [https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/] (use promocode Horton) 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] 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

6/26/26 Bud Cummins on the ATF’s Killing of Bryan Malinowski

Scott interviews attorney Bud Cummins about Bryan Malinowski, a man who was killed by ATF agents in a poorly planned and entirely unnecessary pre-dawn raid in 2024. Two years later, no government officials have been held accountable, or have even adequately explained what happened. Cummins is representing Malinowski’s wife in a lawsuit that seeks to change that. Bud Cummins is an American attorney, businessman and politician. He served as United States Attorney with five years of service from 2001 to 2006 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.  Sign up for the Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom at scotthortonacademy.com [http://scotthortonacademy.com/] 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/scott [https://expatmoney.com/scott]; and Crowdhealth https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/ [https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/] (use promocode Horton) 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] 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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]