Provoked with Darryl Cooper and Scott Horton

Scott is delusional and completely unrealistic. JD Vance is not entirely complicit. Sure he could have spoken more publicly, but Scott is LYING by implying that he didn’t oppose the war, when there have always been stories about his opposition to the war. It one thing for a low level person to resign for being sidelined, but not the higher levels. If you followed Scott’s advice, there would only be neocons surrounding Trump. Scott would feel happy, but we would all be in a worse situation. Scott is a juvenile and needs to grow up. The world isn’t all neat and tidy like Scott pretends. It’s much more complicated and there aren’t any white hats vs black hats, everything is more or less gray. Darryl is much more relevant and realistic. It’s not that Scott isn’t right a bunch of the time, but he’s too much like a leftist in his narcissistic confidence and complete detachment from reality. Unfortunately, Scott dominates the conversation with his dribble. He’s as bad as the neocons with overstatements and assumptions. A degree of truth with a heavy dose of bull$hit. The same thing that the neocons do. In 2024 Trump was elected with a coalition of voters. The coalition was damaged and a large number punished the Republicans because of the betrayal. Just like they punished the Democrats in 2024. More voters are not aligned than aligned with either party. If they feel maligned they will punish whoever maligned them. Scott is a moron believing that the voters stayed away, they didn’t stay away for the most part. They decided to punish Trump plain and simple! JD Vance’s explanation is the most obvious and accurate explanation of the situation. I will not be surprised if in 2028 that there is another major shift. The middle didn’t vote for the democrats because the democrats won over the hearts and minds, but rather they benefited from the punishment of the republicans. Stop being idiotic!

Darryl got a lot to say, makes it worth tolerating Scott’s almost insufferable ego. He knows everything except that the biggest egos are always the most insecure. Horton demonstrates this point on just about every episode.

(Toning down and being more careful with my language to avoid any filters that might prevent reviews from showing.) Darryl was a bootlicker for the police in the latest episode; in another recent episode, he suggested that some of those killed in German concentration camps were killed by other European countries and then blamed on Germany after the fact (I guess the accusations of him being a denier of that atrocity were true after all); he also recently said (both in this show and on The Tom Woods Show) that those guilty of "witchcraft" should be "burned at the stake" (if he actually believes that "witchcraft" is real, then he lives in a fantasy world and is completely detached from reality). I've been a fan of Scott's show for over ten years, and hold him in high regard, but the fact that he not only chose to do a show with this clown but thinks that he's someone who deserves to be taken seriously has lowered my opinion of him. Also including my original review about Darryl being referred to as a "historian": Being a history presenter is not the same thing as being a historian. For comparison, Dan Carlin doesn't call himself a historian despite having a degree in history and one of the most popular history podcasts in the world because he doesn't do the work that historians do.

I like Scott Horton and Darryl Cooper and thought I would like this show. Been listening since the first episode. Unfortunately, as others have pointed out, it’s just boring. It mostly consists of contrarian talking points and Scott interrupting Darryl at every opportunity. I think both Scott and Darryl are better at their “day job” podcasts and they are both better as guests on other podcasts. I still kind of like Scott and Daryl but definitely don’t want to hear much from either of them. I was even lukewarm on Daryl’s latest “Enemies” podcast, which is a shame. As for Scott, if he liked to see himself type even half as much as he likes to hear himself talk, it’s no surprise his books are the size of dictionaries (and that’s not a compliment).