{"podcast":{"title":"Scott Horton Show - Just the Interviews","slug":"scott-horton-show-just-the-interviews-970238","podcast_index_feed_id":970238,"rss_url":"http://feeds2.feedburner.com/Scotthortonshow","website_url":"https://scotthorton.org/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/cfcff9a4-a62d-11ec-9ad5-3388d66ec854/image/just_interviews_2021.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Scott Horton","episode_count":664,"summary":"This podcast is for individual interviews on the Scott Horton Show. See the Q & A show feed to hear Scott answer listener questions and for the full show archives. Scott Horton is the author of Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, and is the host of the Scott Horton Show podcast. He has conducted over 5,500 interviews with authors, journalists, activists, and whistleblowers on the most important foreign policy issues since 2003.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T10:18:35.435317+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scott-horton-show-just-the-interviews-970238"},"episode":{"title":"4/8/26 Robert Pape: Trump’s Ceasefire Does Not Close the Escalation Trap","slug":"4-8-26-robert-pape-trump-s-ceasefire-does-not-close-the-escalation-trap","published_at":"2026-04-09T23:33:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scott-horton-show-just-the-interviews-970238/4-8-26-robert-pape-trump-s-ceasefire-does-not-close-the-escalation-trap","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scott-horton-show-just-the-interviews-970238","url":"https://scotthorton.org/interviews/4-8-26-robert-pape-trumps-ceasefire-does-not-close-the-escalation-trap/","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SCHM4547511998.mp3?updated=1775778017","summary":"Scott brought Robert Pape of the University of Chicago back to discuss the attempted ceasefire that went into effect on Wednesday night. Pape explains why this is not actually a meaningful step away from the escalation to a full-on war that he’s long been warning about. He also talks about how this is war is cementing Iran’s status as a world power and why he expects the Iranians to abandon their previous stance, begin earnestly pursuing nuclear weapons and attain them quickly. Discussed on the show: “The Pause That Isn’t: Why the Iran Ceasefire Changes Everything” (The Escalation Trap) “The War Is Turning Iran Into a Major World Power” (The New York Times) Robert A. Pape is Professor of Political Science and Director of the University of Chicago Project on Security and Threats and the author of Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War. Follow him on Twitter @ProfessorPape Audio cleaned up with the Podsworth app: https://podsworth.com Use code HORTON50 for 50% off your first order at 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 Check out Scott's other show, Provoked, with Darryl Cooper 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 (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 Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan https://amzn.to/3HRufs0 Follow Scott on X @scotthortonshow And check out Scott’s full interview archives: https://scotthorton.org/all-interview…","meta_description":"Scott brought Robert Pape of the University of Chicago back to discuss the attempted ceasefire that went into effect on Wednesday night. Pape explains why…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3146,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scott-horton-show-just-the-interviews-970238/episodes/4-8-26-robert-pape-trump-s-ceasefire-does-not-close-the-escalation-trap/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scott-horton-show-just-the-interviews-970238/4-8-26-robert-pape-trump-s-ceasefire-does-not-close-the-escalation-trap.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}