Episode Details

Participants: John Steppling, Shaenah Batterson, Max Parry, and Dennis Riches. Topics covered: confirmation hearings for Trump’s appointees, Trump’s Greater Israel ambitions, change in Iran’s foreign policy? implications of the Israeli ceasefire, Los Angeles fires, the history of California fires, building back better, disaster recovery, housing and rental accommodation shortages, Trump’s expansionism and the 19th century history of US territorial expansion—“transactional colonialism,” “no, the app is not more convenient or efficient.” Music track “Just a Mood” by Red Norvo Sextet (public domain).