Scott Horton (radio host)

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Scott Horton
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Horton in 2019
Born1976 (age 4748)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Author, podcaster, radio host
Organization(s) Antiwar.com, The Libertarian Institute
Spouse Larisa Alexandrovna Horton
Website ScottHorton.org

Scott Horton (born 1976) is an American radio host and author. [1]

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Career

Horton hosts Antiwar Radio for Pacifica Radio's KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles, [2] as well as the podcast The Scott Horton Show. [2] Horton has conducted over 5,000 interviews since 2003. [2] He is also the director of the Libertarian Institute. [2]

Horton is the editorial director of the non-interventionist news portal Antiwar.com. [2] 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 The Austin Chronicle 's Best of Austin award in 2007 for "Best Iraq War Coverage". [3]

Horton's book Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan (2017) is an account of the War in Afghanistan since 2001, which argues that the United States should end its presence in the country. [4] The American Conservative described the work as a "masterful account of America's prolonged Afghan engagement." [5]

In 2019, Horton edited and published the collection of interviews The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019. [6] In late 2019, Horton joined the Libertarian Party to support Jacob Hornberger’s presidential campaign. [7]

In 2021, the Libertarian Institute published his book Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism. [8] In 2024, the Libertarian Institute published his book "Provoked" [9]

Personal life

Horton is married to investigative reporter Larisa Alexandrovna. [2]

Works

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References

  1. Horton, Scott [@scotthortonshow] (May 5, 2022). "I was born in '76. About a year before the first one came out. That's how I measure my lifetime of course" (Tweet). Retrieved August 9, 2023 via Twitter.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "About". The Scott Horton Show. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  3. "Best of Austin 2007", The Austin Chronicle
  4. "Book: Time for the U.S. to get out of Afghanistan". sanduskyregister.com. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  5. "'Fool's Errand': A Guide to the New Forgotten War". The American Conservative. September 7, 2017. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  6. Great Ron Paul : The Scott Horton Show interviews 2004-2019. Horton, Scott. [United States]. September 11, 2019. ISBN   978-1-7336473-1-1. OCLC   1142746161.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. "I Just Joined the Libertarian Party", The Scott Horton Show
  8. 1 2 Horton, Scott (2021). Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism. The Libertarian Institute. ISBN   978-1733647342.
  9. https://scotthorton.org/product/provoked/
  10. Scott Horton, 2017, Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, The Libertarian Institute ( ISBN   1548650218)
  11. Scott Horton, 2019, The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019, The Libertarian Institute ( ISBN   1733647317)
  12. Scott Horton, 2022, Hotter Than the Sun: Time to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, The Libertarian Institute ( ISBN   1733647368)