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badlands podcast by borzou daragahi
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badlands podcast by borzou daragahiNarrow Michigan Victory Will Embolden AIPAC (S01E122)
Wednesday, August 5, 2026, Chicago Progressives and sane people celebrated an imporant victory for Senate candidate Abdul el-Sayed, who defeated Congresswoman…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiHow Israel Lost Michigan, And American Jews (S01E121)
Tuesday, August 4, 2026, Chicago It’s not just the Israel lobby. It also the defense lobby. And the insurance, gun, banking, law, pharamaceutical, Qatar, and…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiSpoils Of War: Why Iran Won’t Give Up The Strait of Hormuz (S01E120)
Monday, August 3, 2026, Chicago Donald Trump backed off again from his latest threat to launch a major campaign against Iran, citing a fresh breakthrough in…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiWar Escalates In Iran, While Trump Peddles Peace For Gaza (S01E119)
Friday, July 31, 2026, Boston The war continues to escalate as neocons demand the US commit more war crimes. In the latest episode of badlands, I discuss the…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiThe Real Story Of The CIA’s Regime Change Plot In Syria (S01E118)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit borzou.substack.com Thursday, July 30, 2026, Boston Author and intellectual Robin Yassin-Kassab…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiIran: Two Publicly Hanged In Isfahan (S01E117)
Wednesday, July 29, 2026, Chicago Iranians authorities publicly executed two young men early Tuesday in the city of Isfahan. Abolfazl Sepahi and Amirhossein…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiLindsey Graham: More Of A Warmongering Freak Than We Ever Imagined (S01E116)
Monday, July 27, 2026, Chicago Newly released video excerpts from a documentary movie show the late South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham giddy about goading…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiHow A TV Channel Drove The Iran War (S01E115)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit borzou.substack.com Friday, July 24, 2026, Chicago Scholar Nahid Siamdoust joins badlands to…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiWhat Yemen Tells Us About The Iran War (S01E114)
Thursday, July 22, 2026, Chicago In the latest edition of badlands, I discuss the Yemeni Houthi’s attacks on Saudi ships transiting the Bab el-Mandeb Strait…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiChicago Stories: Nick Fuentes, ICE, And The Pope (S01E113)
Wednesday, July 22, 2026, Istanbul In this edition of badlands, I speak with Chicago-area college professor and activist David Goldberg about rightwing…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiHere’s What The Iran War Looks Like (S01E111)
Monday, July 20, 2026, Chicago The US military completed a ninth consecutive night of airstrikes on Iran, and Iran reciprocated with missile and drone strikes…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiWhy Israel Has Gone Off The Rails (S01E108)
Wednesday, July 15, 2026, Chicago Israel’s wars in Gaza, the West Bank, Iran, and Lebanon have led to ambiguous military outcomes but undoubtedly increased the…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiSleepwalking Into A Forever War With Iran (S01E110)
Friday, July 17, 2026, Chicago As the Iran war escalates, Donald Trump rehashes his nonsensical election conspiracy theories. The Democrats come out strongly…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiCorrupt, Violent Gangs Rule Over Libya (S01E109)
Thursday, July 16, 2026, Chicago Libya has often been described as yet another US-led Middle East regime change operations that led to catastrophic results for…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiNeocons Drag World Back To Brink Of Total Iran War (S01E107)
Tuesday, July 14, 2026, Chicago US President Donald Trump plans to re-impose the blockade on Iranian ships transiting the Persian Gulf. As for other ships, he…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiCan Israel Handle The Truth? (S01E106)
Monday, July 13, 2026, Chicago The US and Iran hammered away at each other over the weekend, with Tehran effectively imposing a closure on the Strait of Hormuz…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiFragile Lebanon Is Disintegrating Under Weight Of Israeli War, US Pressure (S01E105)
Friday, July 10, 2026, Istanbul Israel continues to occupy a huge swath of Lebanon, attacking Lebanese civilians in horrific atrocities taking place regularly…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiFear, Treachery, Lies: Iran Crisis Continues To Rattle The Gulf (S01E104)
Thursday, July 9, 2026, Paris Overnight attacks between the US and Iran continued for a second day, with reports that Donald Trump pushed the envelope by…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahi'The War Has Started Again’: US, Iran Trade Major Attacks (S01E103)
Wednesday, July 8, 2026, Paris The US and Iran traded major military strikes overnight in the most serious threat to the framework ceasefire deal signed last…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiThe Energy Crisis Is Still Not Over (S01E102)
Tuesday, July 7, 2026, Paris Is the oil shock finished? Not really. Energy analyst Robin Mills joins the latest edition of badlands for an interview on whether…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiHero Or Scoundrel? Putting Iran's Ali Khamenei To Rest (S01E101)
Monday, July 6, 2026, Paris Millions of people are taking part in ceremonies marking the Feb. 28 death of Iran’s former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, a…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiDeconstructing The Scheme To Sabotage Iran Diplomacy (S01E93)
(Photo: AI-generated image posted online to intimidate Trita Parsi).) Tuesday, June 23, 2026, Istanbul Trita Parsi has been among the most measured and…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiJD Vance Discloses Trump’s Real Plan On Iran (S01E100)
Thursday, July 2, 2026, Istanbul In an interview with Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire network, Vice President JD Vance strongly suggested that the US was playing…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiArmenia Rejects Israel's ‘Weaponization’ of Genocide (S01E99)
Wednesday, July 1, 2026, Istanbul Israel recently began taking steps to recognize the Armenian Genocide, the horrific massacre of Armenian people at the hands…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiOffside in Seattle, And In The Strait Of Hormuz (S01E97)
Monday, June 29, 2026, Istanbul Iran was booted from the World Cup, failing to advance to the knockout round after a controversial referee call and a…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiLebanon Peace Deal Fuels War (S01E98)
The US managed to get Lebanon and Israel to sign on to a peace deal that key constituencies reject. The country’s parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri along with…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiSpoiler Alert: Many Ways Iran Deal Could Be Derailed (S01E96)
Friday, June 26, 2026, Istanbul On Thursday, Iran attacked a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, violating a provision of the memorandum of understanding it signed…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiThe Gulf Considers Giving Iran A Bear Hug (S01E95)
Thursday, June 25, 2026, Istanbul Even as Marco Rubio attempts to keep America’s Gulf clients in line, some of them are already finding their own way. In…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiAtomic Cafe: Why Trump Is So Fixated On Iran’s Nuclear Program (S01E94)
Wednesday, June 24, 2026, Istanbul Donald Trump keeps making claims about Iran’s agreement to compromise on its nuclear program that Iran keeps swatting down…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiUS-Iran Talks Balk Over Lebanon, Trump Threats (S01E92)
Monday, June 22, 2026, Istanbul Iran and the US talks get underway in Switzerland, but almost immediately fall apart. The Iranian delegation stood up JD Vance…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiAmerica Unleashed: Why the US Can’t Kick Its Addiction To Empire (S01E88)
Friday, June 12, 2026, Istanbul It’s not just Iran. The US is kicking up chaos in a wide swath of the world, including in Latin America, where it has toppled…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiSipping Neocon Tears: Warmongers Rage Over Iran Deal (S01E91)
Thursday, June 18, 2026, Istanbul Next week we could be in a war again, with Donald Trump bombing the s**t out of Iran and Iran destroying the Gulf’s energy…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiThe Most Toxic, Politicized World Cup Ever? (S01E86)
Wednesday, June 10, 2026, Istanbul The 2026 World Cup gets underway this week in North America and already the pre-tournament shenanigans threaten to upstate…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiSubmit Or Die: Why Israel Is Crushing The Palestinian Economy (S01E90)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit borzou.substack.com Tuesday, June 16, 2026, Istanbul A major new report by the Crisis Group…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiAll The Ways The US Lost The War To Iran (S01E89)
Monday, June 15, 2026 Istanbul A memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran has been agreed to, with a signing ceremony in Geneva expected on Friday…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiSo, The US Ain't Gonna Bomb The Sh*t Out of Iran? (S01E87)
Thursday, June 11, 2026, Istanbul If you look at social media you might be forgiven for being confused. One day Donald Trump says the US is within days of a…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiInvestigating Jared And Ivanka’s ‘Bond Villain Lair’ In Albania (S01E85)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit borzou.substack.com Tuesday, June 9, 2026, Istanbul Tiny Albania has upended Ivanka Trump and…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiWar Fears Spike As Iran And Israel Trade Strikes (S01E84)
Monday, June 8, 2026, Istanbul I’ve warned for weeks that neither side in the conflict is quite tired of war yet, and that only the fear of plunging the world…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiHow Iran Is Defeating The Washington Blob (S01E83)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit borzou.substack.com Friday, June 5, 2026, Istanbul US lawmakers finally stood up to the Trump…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiAlbania Protests Halt Jared And Ivanka’s 'Epstein Island' Resort Scheme (S01E82)
Thursday, June 4, 2026, Istanbul Tiny Albania turned itself into a Balkan United Arab Emirates by cozying up to Israel and the administration of Donald Trump…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiIsrael's War In Lebanon Threatens To Blow Up US Deal With Iran (S01E81)
Tuesday, June 2, 2026, Istanbul Axios reports on a testy exchange between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel’s offensive in Lebanon. Earlier on…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiThey Need Iran To Be The Next Forever War (S01E80)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit borzou.substack.com Monday, June 1, 2026, Istanbul The same people who goaded Donald Trump into…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiTurkey's Democracy Under Dire Threat (S01E79)
Friday, May 29, 2026, Istanbul Not enough has been said about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s systematic dismantling of Turkey’s opposition movement…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiTrump Threatens To ‘Blow Up’ Oman (S01E78)
Thursday, May 28, 2026, Istanbul It was one of the nastiest and most uncalled for moments in Donald Trump’s unhinged second term. In the middle of a press…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiShe Reports Iran News In Her Pajamas (S01E77)
In today’s edition of badlands, I speak with journalist Leila Gharagozlou, a CNN correspondent who has amassed a massive following on her TikTok account with…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiUS Airstrikes Endanger Iran Peace Talks (S01E76)
Tuesday, May 26, 2026, Istanbul Iranians are warning of a wider war following US airstrikes on the country late Monday or early Tuesday. On the latest edition…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiRumors Of Iran Deal Trigger Epic Neocon Meltdowns (S01E75)
News of a possible deal between Iran and the US sent heads exploding among neocons and warmongers. Truth be told it was a delight to be behold. In today’s…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiLet’s Face It: Donald Trump Is An Idiot (S01E74)
Friday, May 22, 2026, Istanbul On Wednesday, Donald Trump took a call from Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On Thursday, Turkey’s Erdogan-controlled…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiUkraine: High-Tech 'Kill Zones’ And The New Economics Of Warfare (S01E73)
Thursday, May 21, 2026, Istanbul Ukraine stunned the world last weekend with a fresh, robust drone and missile strike on Russia’s capital. It wasn’t the first…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiTrump's Tough Talk Toughens Iran’s Resolve (S01E72)
Wednesday, May 20, 2026, Istanbul After signaling that the US was again getting ready to resume its military operations against Iran, Trump again backed down…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiIran Regime, Opponents Lack Solutions To Economic Woes (S01E71)
Last week Tehran-based tech entrepreneur Hamidreza Ahmadi stunned Iran watchers with an insightful and extraordinarily brave essay written from Iran about the…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiIn Iran & Ukraine, Hybrid Warfare Comes Of Age (S01E70)
Donald Trump again threatened war this weekend, and there are reasons to believe he means this time. But does he know what he’s in for? In today’s podcast, I…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiUAE Caught Two-Timing Arab World With Israel (S01E69)
It was something out of a 1960s brat-pack comedy. Israel got sick of being treated like the side piece and announced to the world that it had a thing going…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiThe Art Of The Steal (S01E68)
Tuesday, May 12, 2026, Istanbul Diplomacy over Iran remains at an impasse, as Donald Trump heads to Beijing for his big meeting with Xi Jinping without a deal…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiThe War Is Tearing Iranian Families Apart (S01E67)
Monday, May 11, 2026 There appears to be no perfect English translation for the Persian word, “ghar.” It means you’ve disowned someone, disavowed friendship or…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiIran, US Jaw-Jaw, War-War At The Same Time (S01E66)
Friday, May 8, 2026, Paris There was another exchange of fire between Iran and the US on Friday. This time Americans disabled two Iranians ships. Meanwhile…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahi‘Any Wrong Move’ Could Lead To Civil War In Lebanon (S01E65)
Thursday, May 7, 2026, Paris Despite a US-imposed ceasefire, Israel continued to aggressively target Lebanon, ostensibly to target members and leaders of the…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiInching Toward An Iran Deal, Or More War (S01E64)
Wednesday, May 6, 2026, Paris Lots of back and forth today on whether Iran and the US were getting closer to a deal or not. There were reports citing US…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiIran Signals It’s Ready To Escalate (S01E63)
Tuesday, May 5, 2026, Paris It was no surprise that the US tried to test Iran’s resolve on the Strait of Hormuz just after it announced the launch on Monday of…
badlands podcast by borzou daragahiTrump’s Strait Of Hormuz Gambit Begins (S01E62)
Monday, May 4, 2026, Paris Iran opened fire at two US ships on Monday, even as Americans claimed that two US-flagged vessels managed to sneak through the…