# Scott Horton (radio host)

Scott Horton (born 1976) is an American radio host and author. He serves as the editorial director of the Libertarian Institute and hosts The Scott Horton Show, where he has conducted thousands of interviews with experts on foreign policy, war, and civil liberties. Horton is also the author of Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan and Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism, both of which critique U.S. military interventions.
An advocate of non-interventionism, Horton is known for his libertarian critique of American foreign policy and his opposition to the expansion of military power. He has contributed to various publications, including Antiwar.com and The American Conservative, and frequently speaks at conferences and events whose stated aims are to promote peace and individual liberty.

## Career

Horton hosts Antiwar Radio for Pacifica Radio's KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles, 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 Antiwar.com. 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".
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. The American Conservative described the work as a "masterful account of America's prolonged Afghan engagement."
In 2019, Horton edited and published a collection of interviews with former U.S. Representative Ron Paul entitled The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019. In late 2019, Horton joined the Libertarian Party to support Jacob Hornberger’s presidential campaign.
In 2021, the Libertarian Institute published his book Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism, an appeal to end the American global military campaign known as the war on terror. In 2024, the Libertarian Institute published his book Provoked, an account of the Russo-Ukrainian War which details American involvement in the conflict.
In a May 2023 article, Horton argued that the United States should end its involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian War, claiming that U.S. actions, including NATO expansion, missile deployments, and what he calls 'orchestrated' regime changes in Ukraine (referring to the 2014 Maidan Revolution), provoked the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He criticized past U.S. administrations for undermining peace efforts such as the Minsk agreements through arms sales to Ukraine and rhetoric aimed at weakening Russia. Highlighting the risk of nuclear escalation due to the war’s proximity to Moscow, Horton likened U.S. actions to hypothetical Chinese and Russian provocations near the U.S. border, in Canada and Mexico. He closed his article by calling for an immediate U.S. withdrawal from any involvement in the conflict.

## Personal life

Horton is married to investigative reporter Larisa Alexandrovna.

## Works

* Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan (2017)
* The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019 (2019)
* Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism (2021)
* Hotter Than the Sun: Time to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (2022)
* Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine (2024)