Episodes

  • Can Iran confront Israel on its own?

    Can Iran confront Israel on its own?
    Jun 16 2025
    Israel pounds Iran - and Iran strikes back, hitting Tel Aviv. Since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October 2023, Israel has damaged Iran, not just at home, but also outside is territory... by striking its allies. Hezbollah‘s leader Hassan Nasrallah was assassinated in Beirut, the Houthis in Yemen have taken hits, as well as militias in Iraq. Israel struck Iranian interests in Syria and Tehran's ally - former Syrian leader Bashar Al Assad - was deposed. Hamas’ leaderships has also been decimated, including in assassinations carried out in Tehran. So is Iran now fighting from a weakened positioned?
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    28 mins
  • Why is Israel attacking Iran now?

    Why is Israel attacking Iran now?
    Jun 16 2025
    After Israel launched strikes in Tehran and other Iranian cities, Iran responded with its own firepower. What is behind this dramatic escalation, and what will it mean for the region and beyond?
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    24 mins
  • Why Trump Is Targeting Europe w/ Prof. Richard Wolff

    Why Trump Is Targeting Europe w/ Prof. Richard Wolff
    Jun 15 2025
    Trump threatened Europe with tariffs and stocks plummeted. He paused them and stocks climbed. Now the EU says they are ready for “fast track talks.” Is Europe bowing to Trump?
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    38 mins
  • Preemptive strike? The media and Israel’s attack on Iran

    Preemptive strike? The media and Israel’s attack on Iran
    Jun 15 2025
    Israel has launched an unprovoked assault on Iran, including strikes on nuclear facilities and assassinations of several senior military commanders and scientists. In front of the world’s media, however, the Netanyahu government is spinning the attack as “preemptive”.
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    25 mins
  • Inside Project Esther’s plan to silence pro-Palestinian activism

    Inside Project Esther’s plan to silence pro-Palestinian activism
    Jun 15 2025
    The Trump administration’s crackdowns on pro-Palestinian activism look eerily similar to a conservative proposal to target universities and international students it claims are part of a “terrorist support network”.
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    22 mins
  • UN Security Council Holds Emergency Meeting Over Escalating Iran-Israel Conflict

    UN Security Council Holds Emergency Meeting Over Escalating Iran-Israel Conflict
    Jun 15 2025
    Security Council meets in emergency session over Iran-Israel conflict, amid strikes and counterstrikes Overnight from Thursday into Friday, Israeli military strikes targeted nuclear facilities across Iran, including the Natanz enrichment site.
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    24 mins
  • How desperate is Iran for a deal with the US?

    How desperate is Iran for a deal with the US?
    Jun 14 2025
    With a battered economy and a restless population, Iran is as desperate as the United States to come together, Johns Hopkins University Professor Vali Nasr argues. Nasr told host Steve Clemons that US President Donald Trump's administration is eager to reach an arms control deal with Iran, and Iran is eager to grow economically. “Both of them have arrived, after 40 some years, at a juncture where they need to change the direction of their relationship,” Nasr said.
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    24 mins
  • Will Trump go through with his threat of 50% tariff on EU?

    Will Trump go through with his threat of 50% tariff on EU?
    Jun 14 2025
    US President Donald Trump is threatening to slap a 50% tariff on all goods from the EU after complaining trade negotiations are going nowhere. Last month, he announced a 20% tariff on most EU goods but brought it down to 10%. These new threats, run the risk of damaging an important trade relationship which had been showing signs of recovery. The 27-member bloc says it maintains the same line: de-escalation, but is ready to respond. And if Trump goes through with his tariffs, the EU will have higher import taxes on its hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of exported goods. Will the EU retaliate? Or will Trump's tariffs - now his signature move - backfire for American manufacturing?
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    29 mins
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