U.S. Spins Iran Loss And The Genocide Isn’t Over w/ Josh Greene & Peter Beinart (Ep 336)

The World Cup, Iran’s MoU, and trillionaire Elon Musk are the news; commentator Josh Greene and author Peter Beinart are the guests.

Iran is kind of crushing it, both in war and at the World Cup. Francesca welcomes Josh Greene to talk about the ‘memorandum of understanding’ between Tehran and DC and our predictions for yet another forever war. And Elon Musk becomes the world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX goes public, an indictment of humankind undoubtedly. So how did he/we get here?

Then, journalist and author Peter Beinart joins to discuss the US-Iran deal, what the war on Iran has done to the broader question of Palestinian rights, and the strange ideological company progressives now share with Tucker Carlson in opposing Israel's war crimes. We also discuss his book Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza — his argument that American Jews must reject a narrative of permanent victimhood that has enabled the community to look away from Palestinian suffering, and what a new story might actually look like.

Featuring:

Josh Greene, political commentator, filmmaker, and host of Progressive Pulse

Peter Beinart, journalist and Editor-at-Large at Jewish Currents

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