About this episode

Ryan discusses the Iran crisis and related topics with guest Shawn Howard.

Alexi is off today, so this time we are cross-posting a conversation Ryan had with Shawn Howard, who runs the newsletter American Vets in Defense of Democracy. They discussed why the economy hasn't collapsed, how the green energy transition has accelerated, why so much of the world is struggling to come to grips with the fact that the American president is a senile madman, and more. Enjoy!

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Cooper

Guest: Shawn Howard

Topics covered

• Iran crisis
• economy
• green energy transition
• American politics
• global perspective

Keywords

• Iran
• economy
• green energy
• American politics
• Shawn Howard

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Vets in Defense of Democracy

Places: Iran, America

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