Scott Horton is an American radio host and author.

Career

Horton hosts '' Antiwar Radio'' for Pacifica Radio's

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90.7 FM in

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, as well as the podcast ''The Scott Horton Show.'' Horton has conducted over 5,000 interviews since 2003. He is also the director of the Libertarian Institute. Horton is the editorial director of the non-interventionist news portal

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. He was previously the host of ''Say It Ain't So'' on Free Radio Austin 97.1 FM, the ''Weekend Interview Show'' and the KAOS Report on Radio KAOS 95.9 FM, for which he won ''

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''s Best of Austin award in 2007 for "Best Iraq War Coverage". Horton's book ''Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan'' (2017) is an account of the

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since 2001, which argues that the United States should end its presence in the country. ''

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'' described the work as a "masterful account of America’s prolonged Afghan engagement." In 2019, Horton edited and published the collection of interviews ''The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019.'' In late 2019, Horton joined the

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to support

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’s presidential campaign."I Just Joined the Libertarian Party"
''The Scott Horton Show'' In 2021, the Libertarian Institute published his book ''Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism''.

Personal life

Horton is married to investigative reporter

Larisa Alexandrovna Larisa Alexandrovna (born 1971) is an American journalist, essayist, and poet. She has served as the managing editor of investigative news of ''The Raw Story'' and contributes opinion and columns to online publications such as Alternet. She is als ...

Works

* ''Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan'' (2017)Scott Horton, 2017, ''Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan,'' The Libertarian Institute () * ''The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019'' (2019)Scott Horton, 2019, ''The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019,'' The Libertarian Institute () *''Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism'' (2021) * ''Hotter Than the Sun: Time to Abolish Nuclear Weapons'' (2022)Scott Horton, 2022, ''Hotter Than the Sun: Time to Abolish Nuclear Weapons,'' The Libertarian Institute ()

References

External links

Appearances
on

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Official website

Full interview archive

Scott Horton articles for Antiwar.com

Scott Horton archives at The Libertarian Institute
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