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US To Go Max On Iran Sanctions (S01E134)

Plus, how to confront the world’s most dangerous rogue states

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Israel Is Choking The West Bank Economy. The World Is Finally Noticing (S01E133)

New York Times follows the Crisis Group in focusing on Israel’s strangulation of the West Bank

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Iran Has Lots Of Secrets. Its War Plans Ain’t Among Them (S01E132)

Tehran has not only signalled that it was willing to escalate the war, it has begun to do so.

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Screwing Over Your Friends And Neighbors (S01E131)

Trump threatens Oman and tosses South Korea under the bus. Iran is watching.

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Donald Trump Can’t Shut His Big Fat Mouth (S01E130)

The president keeps flapping his trap with irresponsible talk. Iranians are responding with esclalatory rhetoric.

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Rogue Regimes: Governments Which Oppress, Abduct, And Brutalize (S01E129)

Iran, Israel, and the US compete for rogue regime of the week

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Axing The ‘Axis': Ditching Tired Thinking On Foreign Policy (S01E128)

Former Pentagon official Jasmine El-Gamal on Syria, Iran, and DC groupthink. Plus, updates on the latest Iran diplomacy and West Bank repression.

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Donald Trump Is Stuck In The Quicksand of Iran (S01E127)

Watch now | Trump is in hell. His strategy is to paper over the fact that he has no strategy.

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Is A Free Syria Still Possible? (S01E126)

Part 2 of Robin Yassin-Kassab’s interview. Plus, how Ukraine and Saudi Arabia are undermining Trump's Hormuz strategy

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What It Means For The US To Lose, What It Means For Iran to Win (S01E125)

Plus, the updates on the latest esclations between Houthis and Saudi-backed forces in Yemen

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Sour Grapes: US, Israel Lose On Hormuz, Diplomatic Alliances (S01E124)

Saudi, Pakistan, Turkey form historic partnership while US downplays handing Persian Gulf to Iran

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Who Screwed Lebanon? Iran? Israel? US? (S01E123)

Debate with pro-war advocate Nadim Shehadi. Plus, the US Democrats declare ‘war’ on themselves

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Narrow Michigan Victory Will Embolden AIPAC (S01E122)

Plus, why warmongers are unable to learn from their catastrophic failures in Iran.

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How Israel Lost Michigan, And American Jews (S01E121)

David Goldberg on shedding Israeli indoctrination, plus the big Michigan primary everyone is watching

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Spoils Of War: Why Iran Won’t Give Up The Strait of Hormuz (S01E120)

Plus, destroying neocon argument that war has been going on for 47 years, plus the latest in diplomatic talks and a brief update on Gaza

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War Escalates In Iran, While Trump Peddles Peace For Gaza (S01E119)

Neocons demand more war crimes as civilians suffer

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The Real Story Of The CIA’s Regime Change Plot In Syria (S01E118)

Author Robin Yassin-Kassab discusses the events leading up to the toppling of Bashar Assad. Plus, the latest on the expanding Iran war.

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Iran: Two Publicly Hanged In Isfahan (S01E117)

Iran’s overuse of the death penalty, plus Trump’s latest threats and the latest diplomatic maneuverings

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Iran’s southern cities brace themselves as US attacks focus on sites close to the Strait of Hormuz (No. 39)

From the Singapore Straits Times

Lindsey Graham: More Of A Warmongering Freak Than We Ever Imagined (S01E116)

Plus, the danger that Iran war could expand from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian and Red seas

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How A TV Channel Drove The Iran War (S01E115)

Plus, how nefarious operatives are dehumanizing Iranians with fake casualty counts

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What Yemen Tells Us About The Iran War (S01E114)

Saudi ships burn off the coast of Yemen, while the 'neocon lite' crowd continues to predict American victory

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Chicago Stories: Nick Fuentes, ICE, And The Pope (S01E113)

Plus, the latest on Iran, the Washington neocons' attempt to lure the US into a deeper escalation in the war

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Why Libya Was A Neocon Regime Change War, And Why It Wasn’t (S01E112)

Anas al-Gomati on Libya 15 years later. Plus, the latest on Iran

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