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Deal or No Deal?

Episode length: 58m

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Lots and lots of burning questions dominate the news. Do we need a $250 bill, and what or who should be on it? Mamdani flexes his communist urges in NYC, so what could possibly go wrong? And can a state tax a "slush fund" at 100%? James and Charles have thoughts.

But the question we really want an answer to is, "Do we have a deal with Iran or not?" To answer that, we welcome back our old friend Richard Goldberg, a senior advisor at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the former director for countering Iranian weapons of mass destruction for the White House National Security Council during the first Trump administration.

It's an episode to get your Spidey senses tingling.

Hosts:
Charles C. W. CookeJames Lileks
Guest:
Rich Goldberg

Discussion (4)

  • Charlotte@Charlotte

    I collect coins and banknotes. For my money (heh), French colonial paper currency is the most beautiful ever produced. Gorgeous colors, elegant and location-specific designs, plenty of national/imperial pride without being aggressive about it. Stunning.

  • Charlotte@Charlotte

    A suggestion (request? plea? entreaty?) for our Beneficent Ricochet Overlord, @charlescwcooke: once the launch of RV5 is imminent, could you please do an AMA or Zoom event or live chat so that members can pepper you with complaints ask questions about the new site and your vision for it? I know I'm not the only member who often wonders what Rico's future looks like, or what you think the purpose of the site is, or what we're all doing here.

  • Steven Seward@StevenSeward

    Deal or no Deal? If I'm not mistaken, they never even mentioned the "deal," unless it was just n passing and I missed it. There was good content but really wanted to hear James' and Charles' take on the Iran deal, or lack of one.