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Episode154K
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15mo ago
Jun 24, 2025
Length
35m
show avg 48m
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In which I try to answer your questions about modern politics.... Daily letters on Substack found here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/
- 0:00Welcome + heat wave check-in
- 1:03What I'm thinking about: dominance politics in America
- 4:24The cowboy myth and anti-government ideology
- 7:04Trump, masculinity, and the illusion of control
- 8:20U.S.–Iran history: coup, Shah, and nuclear beginnings
- 10:091979 Revolution and fallout from hostage crisis
- 11:20Rise of U.S. neocon foreign policy and regime change
- 12:37Obama’s Iran deal (JCPOA) and how it came together
- 13:22Republican backlash + Trump tears up the deal
- 15:00Trump bombs Iran to get in on Fox News glory
- 16:55Trump’s Truth Social meltdown
- 18:19What happens when dominance politics hits reality
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