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Trump’s Peace Prize Pipe Dream
Episode 476
Tommy and Ben lament Trump’s travesty of a spending bill and the death of USAID, and how both will cost lives and further tank America’s global reputation. They unpack the fallout from Israel and the…
Published on 4 months ago
Trump Fails To Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Program
Episode 475
Tommy and Ben grapple with the fallout from Trump and Netanyahu’s war with Iran. They talk about how America’s massive bunker buster bombs didn't solve the problem of Iran’s nuclear program, why the …
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Trump Goes to War With Iran
Episode 474
Tommy and Ben react to Trump’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. They break down the many horrifying ways Iran could retaliate in the short and long term, how the conflict could snowball across t…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Will Trump Drag Us Into War With Iran?
Episode 473
Tommy and Ben tackle the big question: will Trump be stupid enough to drag the United States into another war in the Middle East? They dig into the various right-wing forces arguing for and against U…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Israel Launches Massive Strike on Iran
Episode 472
Tommy and Ben discuss Israel’s ongoing military assault on Iran–breaking down who and what got hit, why the timing was a surprise, and what the Trump administration knew ahead of time. They also talk…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Trump’s MAGA Militia
Episode 471
Tommy and Ben unpack Trump’s cruel and incoherent travel bans, the administration’s callous stranding of migrants and ICE agents in Djibouti, the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US and his imme…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Ukraine's Surprise Attack on Russia
Episode 470
Ben and guest co-host Ali Velshi kick off the show with a conversation about how Trump’s policies are accelerating US brain drain, Tulsi Gabbard’s Fox News-style overhaul of the Presidential Daily Br…
Published on 5 months ago
Tracking Trump's Global Grift
Episode 469
Tommy and Ben are on the Trump corruption beat, including Vietnam’s fast-tracking of a Trump golf project for favorable treatment, the administration pushing Elon Musk’s Starlink on foreign countries…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
A Trauma Surgeon's Story From Gaza
Episode 468
Tommy and Ben discuss President Trump’s policy changes on Syria and his man-crush on its president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, what lifting sanctions on Syria could (and should) look like, more details on how …
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Con Man Air: Trump’s Middle East Cash Grab
Episode 467
Tommy and Ben discuss how President Trump’s first official foreign trip is a blatant extraction of money from the Middle East, his announcement that the US will lift sanctions on Syria, the widening …
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago