EP: 73 We Control the Strait… So Why Doesn’t Anything Else Add Up?

The Sense and Senseless Podcast · Sep 5, 2026 · 1h 18m · transcript

Bryan and Jason skip the cable-news haze and start in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump claims U.S. control; they say practical control is stronger than earlier in the war, but that is not peace. Oil still needs the Navy. Fire was exchanged with Iran again; damage reports conflict by source.U.S. figures cited: 18 confirmed dead, ~500–760 wounded since the war began. Iranian estimates discussed: 4,000–7,000 killed (~1,000 civilians) and ~26,000 wounded — unofficial. They tie that to earlier protest deaths, citing a Feb. 23, 2026 HRANA report on protests from Dec. 28, 2025: 7,007 verified deaths…