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Hormuz Reality Check (ft. Energy Expert Helima Croft), Starmer Out, Ukraine Hits Back, Brexit at 10
Jun 25, 2026
1h 02m 50s
The Cuba Conundrum (ft. Ricardo Zúñiga), US-Iran Deal, UK Defense Secretary Quits, Armenia Looks West
Jun 18, 2026
56m 32s
The Critical Minerals Race (ft. CSIS Expert Gracelin Baskaran), Poland's Defense Surge, and Hungary After Orbán
Jun 11, 2026
1h 06m 43s
Bellingcat Founder Eliot Higgins on the War for Truth in the Age of Slopaganda
Jun 4, 2026
1h 11m 58s
Losing Sight of Iran's Revolutionary Character Has Cost the West, ft. IISS Expert John Raine
May 28, 2026
54m 54s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/25/26 | ![]() Hormuz Reality Check (ft. Energy Expert Helima Croft), Starmer Out, Ukraine Hits Back, Brexit at 10 | In the wake of the United States’ MOU with Iran, the headlines have been chock-full of optimism. Sir Richard Dearlove and guest co-host Sabrina Singh sit down with Helima Croft, Managing Director and Head of Global Commodity Strategy and MENA Research, RBC Capital Markets, to lend more nuance to the news. Also: What Starmer’s resignation could mean for the UK, takeaways from the recent G7 meeting, Ukraine’s success with drones, and how things have changed in the decade since Brexit. In this episode: (00:00) Intro: Strait of Hormuz Crisis Explained (02:00) UK PM Starmer Resigns: What Comes Next (08:34) G7 Summit: China, Ukraine, and Europe's Crisis (14:22) Ukraine War: Can Russia Be Stopped? (18:35) Brexit at 10: Was It Worth It? (23:24) Is the Strait of Hormuz Really Open? (30:08) Oil Markets React to Iran-US Peace Deal (36:55) Iran Nuclear Deal: What's Really at Stake (44:39) Iran Sanctions Explained: Congress vs. Treasury (48:01) OPEC's Collapse: Saudi Arabia vs. China (51:47) Best and Worst Case Outcomes for Oil (58:22) Key Takeaways: Global Energy's New Reality Hosted by Sir Richard Dearlove (former MI6 Chief) and guest co-host Sabrina Singh (former Pentagon Press Secretary) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 02m 50s | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | ![]() The Cuba Conundrum (ft. Ricardo Zúñiga), US-Iran Deal, UK Defense Secretary Quits, Armenia Looks West | The man who secretly negotiated with Cuba for the Obama Administration says it plainly: the risk of military intervention is quite high. Ricardo Zúniga breaks down why the U.S. and Cuba are headed toward conflict, why the Cuban regime would rather fight than negotiate, and why Cuba is not Venezuela, no matter what the White House says. Also this week: the Iran-U.S. ceasefire deal, the resignation of UK Defense Secretary John Healey, and what Armenia's election means for Putin. In this episode: (02:07) Iran Deal (07:32) UK Defense Shakeup (09:39) Armenia Votes West (12:14) Cuba Interview Begins (15:04) Life Inside Cuba (18:31) Cuba Versus Venezuela (20:22) Russia China Backing (24:01) Collapse Crime Risks (28:28) Will US Strike Cuba? (33:04) Reform Not Bombs (36:51) CIA Channel Talks( 44:00) Intermediaries Options (46:34) One Decision to Change Cuba’s Fate Show Notes: The Day After in Cuba | Foreign Affairs https://www.foreignaffairs.com/cuba/day-after-cuba Is Cuba About to Fall? A 35-Year CIA Analyst on What Comes Next | One Decision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddlk1Wxy8To Hosted by Sir Richard Dearlove (former MI6 Chief) and Kate McCann (Political Editor at Times Radio) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 56m 32s | ||||||
| 6/11/26 | ![]() The Critical Minerals Race (ft. CSIS Expert Gracelin Baskaran), Poland's Defense Surge, and Hungary After Orbán✨ | critical mineralsChina+5 | Dr. Gracelin BaskaranRosanna Lockwood | CSIS | ChinaPoland+1 | rare earth mineralsChina+8 | — | 1h 06m 43s | |
| 6/4/26 | ![]() Bellingcat Founder Eliot Higgins on the War for Truth in the Age of Slopaganda✨ | Open Source IntelligenceIran conflict+4 | Eliot Higgins | BellingcatEuropean Union+4 | IranIsrael+3 | OSINTIran+6 | — | 1h 11m 58s | |
| 5/28/26 | ![]() Losing Sight of Iran's Revolutionary Character Has Cost the West, ft. IISS Expert John Raine✨ | Iran's regime stabilityMiddle East geopolitics+5 | John Raine | International Institute for Strategic StudiesIRGC | IranCuba+2 | IranMiddle East+7 | — | 54m 54s | |
| 5/21/26 | ![]() The Undersea Contest for Control of the Global Economy, ft. Journalist Samanth Subramanian✨ | undersea cablesglobal economy+3 | Samanth SubramanianRosanna Lockwood | MI6The Web Beneath the Waves | IranChina+5 | undersea cablesinternet traffic+6 | — | 1h 02m 12s | |
| 5/14/26 | ![]() Former White House China Advisor on What Beijing Really Wants from Trump Summit✨ | US-China relationsTaiwan+4 | Rosanna LockwoodRush Doshi | Biden's National Security CouncilThe Long Game | ChinaUS+6 | ChinaTrump+7 | — | 51m 06s | |
| 5/7/26 | ![]() After Maduro: Who's Running Venezuela Now?✨ | Venezuela politicsUS foreign policy+4 | Raul Stolk | Caracas Chronicles | VenezuelaUnited States+5 | VenezuelaDelcy Rodríguez+8 | — | 59m 36s | |
| 4/30/26 | ![]() US Senator on How Putin is Playing Trump, China's Quiet Win, and King Charles in DC✨ | US foreign policyTrump administration+4 | Jeanne Shaheen | MI6 | New HampshireUS+5 | TrumpPutin+5 | — | 51m 48s | |
| 4/23/26 | ![]() The Iran Upheaval Has Unraveled a Decade of Indian Foreign Policy✨ | South Asian geopoliticsMiddle Eastern geopolitics+5 | Sir Richard DearloveRosanna Lockwood+1 | MI6 | IndiaPakistan+6 | IranIndia+8 | — | 59m 25s | |
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| 4/16/26 | ![]() Will China's Strategic Bet on the Iranian Regime Pay Off?✨ | China's strategyUS military presence+4 | Evan Medeiros | Georgetown UniversityTimes Radio | United StatesIran+3 | ChinaIran+8 | — | 48m 05s | |
| 4/9/26 | ![]() $100 Million a Day: Putin’s Iran War Windfall✨ | Russia-Iran relationsUS foreign policy+4 | Alexander Gabuev | Carnegie Russia Eurasia CenterMI6 | IranRussia+3 | PutinIran War+5 | — | 50m 01s | |
| 4/7/26 | ![]() “Open the F***in’ Strait!”: Trump’s Scorched Earth Threat to Tehran✨ | US-Iran relationsTrump's rhetoric+4 | — | IranUS+2 | Middle EastAsia+1 | TrumpIran+7 | — | 23m 24s | |
| 4/2/26 | ![]() Is Russia the Iran War's "Biggest Winner"? | Fareed Zakaria✨ | Middle Eastern conflictglobal power restructuring+4 | Fareed Zakaria | CNN | IranIsrael+2 | Iran WarIsrael+6 | — | 53m 37s | |
| 3/31/26 | ![]() Trump's Iran Endgame: Will U.S. Troops Go In?✨ | Iran conflictU.S. military strategy+3 | Baroness Ayesha Hazarika | MI6 | IranUnited States+5 | IranU.S. troops+7 | — | 19m 17s | |
| 3/26/26 | ![]() Is Cuba About to Fall? A 35-Year CIA Analyst on What Comes Next✨ | CubaCIA analysis+5 | Brian Latell | CIA | CubaUnited States | CubaCIA+5 | — | 42m 20s | |
| 3/24/26 | ![]() The Oil Price Pivot: Did Global Markets Force Trump to Pause the War?✨ | US foreign policyIran conflict+4 | — | MI6Times Radio | IranUS+4 | TrumpIran+6 | — | 19m 25s | |
| 3/19/26 | ![]() The Largest Oil Supply Shock in History: Inside the Strait of Hormuz Crisis | Helima Croft✨ | oil supply disruptionStrait of Hormuz+3 | Helima Croft | RBC Capital MarketsCIA | Strait of HormuzRed Sea+2 | oil supply shockStrait of Hormuz+3 | — | 37m 53s | |
| 3/17/26 | ![]() “Disappointed Across the Board”: Is Iran Causing the US-EU Alliance to Crumble?✨ | US-EU relationsIran conflict+3 | Rosanna Lockwood | MI6 | IranFrance+4 | IranUS-EU alliance+5 | — | 18m 35s | |
| 3/12/26 | ![]() Did Netanyahu Drive Trump Into War? NYT's Ronen Bergman + Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus on What’s Next in Iran | What exactly drove President Donald Trump’s decision to join Israel in joint strikes against Iran? Ronen Bergman joins from Tel Aviv where he is a Senior Correspondent for Military and Intelligence Affairs for Yedioth Ahronoth and staff writer for The New York Times Magazine. He shares his reporting of how Netanyahu moved Trump toward a joint strike, and why he's staying quiet about it for now. Then, retired Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, former Israeli Defence Forces spokesperson and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, breaks down the major Israeli military objectives and how close Israel is to achieving each one. Plus, what Arab Gulf states are privately telling Israel. In this episode: 01:24 New Leader Wounded 06:42 Israel Aims And Limits 09:36 Regime Change Doubts 16:14 Israeli Public Mood 23:30 Intel Airpower Strategy 25:12 Introducing LT. COL. (RET.) Jonathan Conricus 29:48 Strait of Hormuz Threat 32:45 Stopping Enriched Uranium 36:21 War Communications as Force Multiplier 40:55 Regime Change Scenarios 43:58 Gulf States Defense Show Notes: Iran’s New Supreme Leader Was Wounded Early in the War, Iranian and Israeli Officials Say - The New York Times Hosted by Sir Richard Dearlove (former MI6 Chief) and Rosanna Lockwood (International Journalist) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 58m 29s | ||||||
| 3/11/26 | ![]() Will "Trump declare victory and go home?" | Congressman Jim Himes on the Iran Endgame | One of the few Americans briefed before US hit Iran sits down with Sir Richard Dearlove and Rosanna Lockwood to share his analysis: the legal justification is false, the strategic endgame doesn't exist, and we may have just handed Iran every reason to build a nuclear weapon. US Representative Jim Himes (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee, breaks down Trump's grip on Capitol Hill, and whether the only exit is a face-saving declaration of victory. Recorded March 9th, 2025. Hosted by Sir Richard Dearlove (former MI6 Chief) and guest co-host Rosanna Lockwood (International Journalist) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 31m 26s | ||||||
| 3/10/26 | ![]() “The IRGC Got Their Man”: Former UK Defense Minister and Ex-MI6 Chief on Mojtaba Khamenei’s Ascent | Mojtaba Khamenei has been appointed to succeed his father as Supreme Leader of Iran. What now? Former UK Defence Secretary Sir Ben Wallace, who spent eight years as Chairman of the British–Iran Parliamentary Group, views this as a doubling down on defiance. Former MI6 Chief Sir Richard Dearlove and international journalist Rosanna Lockwood break down the rationale behind why the IRGC is vested in maintaining the status quo, the growing rift between the United States’s strategy and Gulf States Allies, and whether or not the United States and Israel have a viable endgame.Plus: Already at $100 per barrel, how high will the price of oil climb? What impact will the conflict in Iran have on European security and economies? Are Russia and China giving Iran an intelligence edge? In this episode: 01:10 Succession in Tehran 02:56 The IRGC as a Business Cartel 04:10 The Gulf States’ Perspective 06:55 UAE Business Backlash 10:26 Insurance and War Risk Shock 14:10 Shahi Drones and Escalation Risks 17:51 EU and UK Economic Hit 19:33 UK Politics and Social Tensions 21:38 One Decision to Watch Hosted by Sir Richard Dearlove (former MI6 Chief), Sir Ben Wallace (former UK Defence Secretary) and guest co-host Rosanna Lockwood (International Journalist) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 23m 58s | ||||||
| 3/5/26 | ![]() “Surrender would be far more dangerous to Iran’s survival than war.” - Iran Expert Trita Parsi | Iran's strategy isn't to defeat the US militarily. Trita Parsi argues that it's to make the cost high enough, fast enough, to collapse domestic support before Iran loses. With MAGA turning against the war, oil markets destabilizing, and both parties alarmed by talk of ground troops, Trump urgently needs a face-saving exit. Plus, Parsi believes that Iran's revolutionary system was built to withstand exactly this kind of pressure. Trita Parsi is the co-founder and Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, co-founder and former president of the National Iranian American Council, and author of four books on US foreign policy in the Middle East. In this episode: 01:19 Succession After Assassination 03:13 Army vs IRGC Dynamics 10:55 Iran Strategy and US Politics 15:44 Why No Uprising 22:42 Gulf States Security Fallout 25:43 Saudi Shift After Oct 7 30:03 MAGA Backlash and Exit Ramps 33:32 Why Trump Went In 39:56 One Decision to Watch Hosted by Sir Richard Dearlove (former MI6 Chief) and guest co-host Rosanna Lockwood (International Journalist) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 47m 40s | ||||||
| 3/4/26 | ![]() John Bolton and Operation Iraqi Freedom Commander: The Lessons from Iraq Trump Can't Ignore | Former National Security Advisor John Bolton doesn't mince words: the opening strikes on Iran were just the beginning. In this special bonus episode, Bolton breaks down why he believes the Iranian regime will fragment from within, what the Gulf Arab states are about to do, and how war in Iran affects Russia, Ukraine, and China. Then, retired Lt. General Mark Hertling brings the view from the ground. A veteran of multiple Iraq deployments and the former Chief of War Plans on the Joint Staff. Hertling has seen this before. He's asking the question nobody in Washington seems to want to answer: Is there actually a plan for the day after the strikes? In this episode: 01:31 John Bolton 04:32 Power Vacuum Risks 08:44 Gulf States Reaction 10:50 Iran Retaliation Strategy 15:16 Israel Influence Question 17:03 Oil Shock And Putin 19:51 China And Taiwan 23:34 Deterrence And Alliances 29:51 Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling 34:28 Decapitation and Unrest 36:24 Iraq Lessons on Disbandment 42:02 Intel Gaps and Planning 52:19 Wider Regional Fallout Show Notes: Opinion | With attack on Iran, U.S. deterrence is being restored - The Washington Post Order Mark Harling’s book: If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal Lt. General Mark Hertling recorded on March 2, and Amb. John Bolton recorded on March 3. Hosted by Sir Richard Dearlove (former MI6 Chief) and Kate McCann (Political Editor at Times Radio). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 04m 26s | ||||||
| 3/3/26 | ![]() Khamenei Has Fallen. Is This the Rebirth of American Deterrence? Ex-MI6 Chief's Analysis | After weeks of buildup, the United States and Israel have attacked Iran, killing long-time leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. How will the downfall of his regime reverberate throughout the Middle East and beyond? Former MI6 Chief Sir Richard Dearlove and journalist Kate McCann (Political Editor at Times Radio) dive into the questions around the decision to strike Iran, what the death of Khamenei means for Iran’s future, and whether Iranian proxies in the region like Hezbollah have the strength to aid in retaliation. Plus: Does China have a reason to step in and help Iran? Should Russian President Vladimir Putin be concerned that he’s lost an ally, or emboldened because of the United States’ split attention? What will the UK’s involvement be in supporting the US and Israel in this conflict? In this episode: 01:37 - The decision behind killing Khamenei 03:43 - Ramifications of turning Khamenei into a martyr 06:32 - Why a popular uprising in Iran is unlikely 08:50 - Starlink and the information war 10:25 - How the Ayatollah’s downfall may be the death knell for Iran’s regional proxies 12:28 - Who backs Iran now? 13:51 - Will China be a mediator? 15:48 - Putin’s lost an ally 19:18 - Consequences of Starmer’s hesitancy 22:36 - The lethal combination of Israeli HUMINT and the CIA’s advanced surveillance Hosted by Sir Richard Dearlove (former MI6 Chief) and journalist Kate McCann (Political Editor at Times Radio). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 27m 55s | ||||||
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