Podcast Episodes

Britain in crisis | Simon Heffer

Episode 22

Westminster is once again consumed by speculation about whether the Prime Minister can survive. The turmoil surrounds Labour’s Keir Starmer, the man …

5 months, 1 week ago

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The Thomas Massie Primary | Dan McCarthy & James Antle

Episode 21

The war in Iran has exposed visible strains within President Trump’s MAGA coalition. Prominent voices associated with the movement -- including Joe R…

5 months, 1 week ago

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Will Trump’s new ploy work? | John Mearsheimer & Trita Parsi

Episode 20

The exchange of missiles and bombs may have paused, at least temporarily, but the struggle between the United States and Iran is not over. The Strait…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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A watershed moment? Sir Max Hastings and John Mearsheimer

Episode 19

Historians reserve the term “watershed” for those rare moments when events do not merely shock the established order but upend it. Think of the fall …

5 months, 4 weeks ago

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Has Trump Misread Iran? | Patrick Cockburn & Sahar Razavi

Episode 18

President Trump insists the U.S. naval blockade is working -- that Washington’s pressure will force Tehran to return to the bargaining table, with co…

6 months ago

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Will Trump’s Naval Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Work? | John Mearsheimer and Joshua Landis

Episode 17

In Islamabad, U.S. and Iranian negotiators have failed to reach even the outline of a peace deal. What now? President Trump has announced a naval blo…

6 months, 1 week ago

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Reopen Strait of Hormuz … or else! | Rosemary Kelanic & Trita Parsi

Episode 16

President Trump threatens to destroy all of Iran’s power plants if the country’s leaders don’t agree to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. What if Tehran d…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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Is Israel Driving the Iran War? | John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt

Episode 15

Professors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt examine Israel’s role in the Iran war and the wider regional crisis -- and revisit their most controvers…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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Iran: The Illusion of a Peace Deal | John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt

Episode 14

Professors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt explain why U.S. and Iranian demands are fundamentally irreconcilable -- and why this crisis is far from…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Political Cost of the Iran War | Doug Bandow & Henry Olsen

Episode 13

The war in Iran has entered its fourth week. What are the political costs for Donald Trump and the Republican party in the leadup to November’s congr…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

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